HI Mikael,
Lightroom is a great program if you are willing to pay the
subscription. Using the included camera profiles like landscape and
portrait hands the creative decisions over to someone else who has written
the programs. I personally never use these profiles in Lightroom. I have my
own styles where I like my landscapes taken on a sunny day to be adjusted
differently to a landscape taken on an overcast day because the lighting
and contrast are so different. That is how I work with Lightroom.
In darktable you have the base image without any preconception forced on
you by the software writers. You have the luxury of creating your own
unique and creative picture styles. You can save them as a style so when
you open similar images you select similar styles for these images. It
might sound hard work to set these up, but it is not. With respect, the
whole idea of using raw file editors like LR and DT is to bring out the
best in the images and not be limited by the camera manufacturer's
preconceived ideas imposed into the JPG image created by the camera. I
encourage you to embrace the differences and freedom of DT and not expect
DT to be just a free version of LR. I have LR, but I defer to DT for my RAW
file edits because it allows more creative control than LR. LR is a great
tool for the professional who does not want to spend time getting the best,
but rather needs a quick cookie cutter system to throw out very good images
quickly with little effort. DT is more of an artists tool and is not as
streamlined as LR, but if I want LR I pay the subscription and use LR.
Goodluck and enjoy discovering what makes DT so great. Well done to all the
volunteers who develop these great programs free of charge.
Terry
On Sat, 25 Jul 2020 at 03:47, Mikael Ståldal <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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]> 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.'
> >
> > Kofa
> >
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