I was quite happy with Lightroom 6 (which I have paid a license for).
But I don't like Adobes new subscription based licensing model, and I
would prefer to not have to use Windows (and I don't have a Mac).
I am trying out Darktable since it's open source, run native on Linux
and is faster than Lightroom 6 in a VM with Windows.
It would be annoying to have to keep Lightroom around, since then I
would also need to keep a Windows (virtual) machine around. I don't need
that for anything else.
On 2020-07-24 22:10, Marc Sitkin wrote:
Mikael-
Darktable is not the same as Lightroom. I used Lightroom for many years
(since it came out) and it does do what you say, you get a reasonable
rendition pretty quickly with the various defaults and styles available.
LR also has good DAM capabilities. It's a great program for developing
lots of images quickly and will suffice for most needs. Like all
software, it has its strengths and weaknesses.
The closest I've gotten to building speed in darktable for shoots where
most of the images need to be at least processed in a common manner is
to process one, and build a history stack and using the lightable copy
and paste commands, applying it to a range of images. Individual images
can then get tweaked before export.
Another alternative is to import your jpegs and work from there. In a
lot of cases, you can get what you want without using the RAWs.
There are many images processed in Lightroom that still look perfectly
fine after many years. But there are some that I've reprocessed in
darktable and reprinted, and there are some stunning differences in the
new prints. darktable is a powerful program offering greater control
over individual images than Lightroom. You might want to give it a
chance, and keep Lightroom around as well.
Enjoy!
On Fri, Jul 24, 2020 at 2:53 PM Patrick Shanahan <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
* Mikael Ståldal <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>
[07-24-20 13:50]:
> That sounds quite complicated. I just want to be able to use the
profiles
> that are built-in in my cameras. With Lightroom, I could extract
them with
> Adobe DNG Profile Editor.
>
>
> On 2020-07-24 12:16, KOVÁCS István wrote:
> > On Fri, 24 Jul 2020 at 11:24, Mikael Ståldal <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> > > In Lightroom, I could apply camera calibration profiles to
make RAW
> > > images look like JPEGs from from camera. And also chose between
> > > different profiles from the camera (like portrait, landscape,
> > > monochrome, vivid). Is it possible to do this in Darktable?
> >
> > You may find a ready-made style, but if not, you can make your own:
> > https://pixls.us/articles/profiling-a-camera-with-darktable-chart/
> > 'Either we fit to a JPEG generated by the camera, which can
also apply
> > creative styles (such as film emulations, filters), or we profile
> > against real color reproduction. For real color a color target
ships
> > with a file providing the color values for each patch it has.
> > In summary, we can create a profile that emulates the manufactures
> > color processing inside the body, or we can create a profile that
> > renders real color as accurately as possible.'
But you are not using lightroot now and everything is NOT the same.
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