Hi Miklós, Maybe these will help you with using darktable to process negatives.
This does need the latest darktable version (3.2.1), 'cause this is when the negadoctor module was introduced. This module was specifically made for processing negatives. There isn't that much material available yet, but these three might help: Testing Darktable 3 Negadoctor module (1): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgEqDqR514Q Testing Darktable 3 Negadoctor module (2): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CV_0v0pBOsY And the video made by Aurélien Pierre, the developer of this module: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DiNlHBZE888 There's also this thread on pixls.us: https://discuss.pixls.us/t/inverting-photos-of-color-negatives-with-darktable/9140/42 Hope this helps. On Wed, 12 Aug 2020 15:06:27 +0200 Miklós Müller <[email protected]> wrote:, > Hello, > > I am quite new to raw processing with darktable. My primary purpose is to > "scan" negative films with dslr, invert them, and then do some post > processing. This is just a hobby, so I don't expect stunning results at > start, I just need something to begin with. > > I can achieve pretty good results with new films shot by myself with just a > few clicks. > > But I am completely lost when I am trying to revie my father's 40+ year old > negatives. I do the same basic steps what I do with my new films (i.e. > white balance the film base on the right side, do an invert with picker > choosing the now white stripe on the right, and then I there I am with a > dull image seemingly lacking color and contrast, etc. > > I would be very grateful, if you could help me out getting started, i.e > provide me with a basic, repeatable set of steps which would bring me to a > somewhat better image. > > Here are the links to an example nef file and an exported jpg to the > starting point where I currently stand quite helpless. > nef > <https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WH9iBeIz6oXKw-0wqOnQc96daKKTu8up/view?usp=sharing> > xmp > <https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pTtkR9Ho8SSAfJAjiczkkLnctFEK_uyt/view?usp=sharing> > jpg > <https://drive.google.com/file/d/12XCiHSTcUgeHepAefh4TPc4DPe3Z83GL/view?usp=sharing> > > Another dull example: > nef > <https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TOCyzAm6eeqgr2-VXJ3zQ2ZkP1noOffh/view?usp=sharing> > xmp > <https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ziahjK78VfNZym28aDOljI8_r7NqKwME/view?usp=sharing> > jpg > <https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Z5v7wth4kus8Z8Ku_Oyaj3_M8hOyDJGs/view?usp=sharing> > > Another (somewhat better) example, where I used the woman's swimming dress > to pick black and white points with the rgb curve tool: > nef > <https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Gw0QfQRUEftJur-qM53K0aoyBF36dhTq/view?usp=sharing> > xmp > <https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VR-TV730ZomKMoBZc-vGzImvFaktaPFH/view?usp=sharing> > jpg > <https://drive.google.com/file/d/19Vu_DdYLaEioiVvW2KxmyzlIajz2zHEs/view?usp=sharing> > > > > Thanks for your help: > Miklos > > ____________________________________________________________________________ > darktable user mailing list > to unsubscribe send a mail to [email protected] -- Public key fingerprint: 840F 4077 8511 998C ADF3 909A 5AD3 5FC4 1271 1B0E Short key ID: 1271 1B0E (gpg --keyserver keys.gnupg.net --recv-key 12711B0E)
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