Dear List, Just want to add my experiences with Darktable 3.2 I installed it on a testing laptop, a Macbook Pro 2011, so quite old but works decently well with Linux Mint 20. I have been using darktable since the early days of 2015, and most recently I have had several months experience with Darktable 3.0 before trying Darktable 3.2 today for about an hour. Some basic observations:
1. In Darktable 3.0, there was a weird mask problem where mask inversion required some tweaking with mask opacity to work. That problem is now gone in darktable 3.2! Yes! 2. Darktable 3.2 with the new preferences window and other tweaks looks really good. The context-sensitive buttons helps too. Everything looks better. 3. I had to adjust to a new workflow. Previously if I adjusted exposure first then activated filmic, filmic would adjust overall exposure as well and then I would have to adjust the white level exposure and some other variables to compensate. Now, that no longer happens, and I believe the way it works is more logical now. 4. Also, on the topic of filmic, it is much easier to have a properly saturated image now, adjusting under the "look" tab. When first activated, filmic does seem to crush blacks a little, but that is easily adjusted. 5. I still use tone curve as well as tone equalizer for artistic adjustments, as the fine-grained control there is important, especially for difficult lighting situations with birds. Overall impressions: a worthy improvement (thanks, developers!). I am going to adjust to a new workflow with darktable 3.2, but it is not a big adjustment. I think overall darktable has come very far since the early days, and it is hard to believe such a program is free software. Sincerely, Jason ____________________________________________________________________________ darktable user mailing list to unsubscribe send a mail to [email protected]
