You should create that directory in your user home directory, something like $HOME/.config/darktable/color/out
/usr/share directories are system directories and could be overwritten or deleted by the package/application on updates, uninstalling, reinstalling... In general, they should not be modified by users. Cheers, Rafa El mié., 11 nov. 2020 a las 13:33, tony Hamilton (<shaky.st...@ntlworld.com>) escribió: > Further to my earlier reply, I am intrigued to understand why there is > no directory '/color/out' within the 'usr/share/darktable' directory - > which is where dt says it will look for a monitor profile. I am unable > to create the required directory, except via use of sudo in a command > line - which somewhat defeats the security and integrity of the usr > direcory. > > What have I misunderstood ? > > On 10/11/2020 19:03, ternaryd wrote: > > On Tue, 10 Nov 2020 17:53:59 +0000 > > tony Hamilton <shaky.st...@ntlworld.com> wrote: > > > >> myself, failing to understand the > >> implications of 'input' in 'input profile'. > > An input color profile just tells darktable > > the meaning of the numbers in the input file. > > If this is a raw file from your camera, and if > > you've prepared a specific profile for that, you > > can replace the standard matrix which is used > > by default. > > > >> how to tell dt where my icc profile > >> is > > You don't. darktable has a few places where to > > look for input profiles. If you open the input > > color profile module and hover the mouse over > > the text "input profile", darktable will tell > > you, where. A typlical place is > > ~/.config/darktable/color/in. Whatever is > > there, darktable will give you a choice for the > > image you are working on. > > > > Beware, darktable won't show you a file name > > but the name which is within that profile. > > Having there two versions of the same profile, > > might give you two equal entries in the menu, > > even if the file names are different. > > > >> I did calibrate the monitor, using SpyderX and > >> its calibration software, > > The monitor is an output device. If this is not > > available throuch Xatoms or colord, you can > > choose it in lighttable, the monitor icon at > > the left lower corner of the central area. > > > >> but under Windows > > I'm not a Windows user, but I would expect > > argyll and displaycal to be available. You > > don't need them to use darktable. You only need > > them, if you want to prepare your own profiles. > > You can use any other method to do so. As long > > as the resulting profiles are valid, darktable > > should be able to use them. For creating new > > profiles, you might want to search for help on > > the argyll mailing list. > > > >> how colour management is implemented in dt. > > darktable can use the system wide color > > management settings, but offers you the options > > to make specific choices for each image you > > edit. > > > ____________________________________________________________________________ > > darktable user mailing list > > to unsubscribe send a mail to > darktable-user+unsubscr...@lists.darktable.org > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________ > darktable user mailing list > to unsubscribe send a mail to > darktable-user+unsubscr...@lists.darktable.org > > -- Enviado desde mi tabla de planchar ____________________________________________________________________________ darktable user mailing list to unsubscribe send a mail to darktable-user+unsubscr...@lists.darktable.org
