Thanks to the developers for this great version of DT. Is this the right forum to request that the Defringe module not be deprecated. I have just tested the Chromatic aberration module and yes it is very good, but the image I tested it with got a better result with the Defringe module. I see that I can still access the defringe module in the latest release, which is great. I appreciate that some modules are deprecated because no one is available to maintain them.
On Sun, 4 Jul 2021 at 01:25, Willy Williams <[email protected]> wrote: > Many thanks to all the developers for this release! Your work is very > much appreciated! > > Willy Williams > > ************************************************** > On 7/3/2021 at 4:14, Pascal Obry wrote: > > We're proud to announce the new feature release of darktable, 3.6.0! > > The github release is here: > [https://github.com/darktable-org/darktable/releases/tag/release-3.6.0](https://github.com/darktable-org/darktable/releases/tag/release-3.6.0) > . > > As always, please don't use the autogenerated tarball provided by > github, but only our tar.xz file. the checksums are: > > ``` > $ sha256sum darktable-3.6.0.tar.xz > 86bcd0184af38b93c3688dffd3d5c19cc65f268ecf9358d649fa11fe26c70a39 > darktable-3.6.0.tar.xz > $ sha256sum darktable-3.6.0.3.dmg > 12c9319d68dac5b1b5602bf470254467b90f5c5b9d2e93ea081d42884cfd4f80 > darktable-3.6.0.3.dmg > $ sha256sum darktable-3.6.0-win64.exe > aad925988545ff3c50f54243520e8481c695b38b209daa808a490113f6400374 > darktable-3.6.0-win64.exe > ``` > > When updating from the currently stable 3.4.x series, please bear in > mind that your edits will be preserved during this process, but the new > library and configuration will not be usable with 3.4.x any more. > > You are strongly advised to take a backup first. > > #### Important note: to make sure that darktable can keep on supporting > the raw file format for your camera, *please* read [this > post](https://discuss.pixls.us/t/raw-samples-wanted/5420?u=lebedevri) > on how/what raw samples you can contribute to ensure that we have the > *full* raw sample set for your camera under CC0 license! > > - Almost 2680 commits to darktable+rawspeed since 3.4 > - 954 pull requests handled > - 290 issues closed > > ## The Big Ones > > - Full rework of the import module. The new module allows you to see > thumbnails of your images before import and makes it easier to handle > multiple import tasks. The same dialog is now used for importing > from disk, card or camera. > > When importing "in-place", images that are already present in > darktable > are flagged and can be automatically excluded from the import. > > Importing from a local drive won't use gphoto and so should work more > reliably on Windows. > > - A vector-scope is added to complement the current histogram, > waveform and parade views. > > - A new default demosaic algorithm (RCD) has been introduced, which > should provide > better quality than the current default (PPG) without the long run- > times > of AMaZE. the order of the demosaic algorithms has also been adjusted > for clarity. > > - Support for "dual demosaic" has also been added, allowing you to > combine > "RCD + VNG4" and "AMaZE + VNG4" for bayer sensors, for xtrans sensors > there is > "Markesteijn 3-pass + VNG". This allows you to use an algorithm > better resolving > fine detail and another one delivering smoother output depending on > local image content. > > - You can now create an opacity mask based on the sharpness of the > image. This uses > a similar algorithm to that used in dual demosaic. > > - Drawn shapes are drawn on the original RAW image and then distorted > through > the pixelpipe. This previously led to, for example, circles becoming > ellipses > (due to lens distortion) after being placed on the image. All drawn > shapes can > now be pre-visualized and moved prior to placement, with full > deformation > applied. This makes the editing of masks easier fully WYSIWYG. > > - A new Color Balance RGB module has been added. This can be used as a > one stop module > for all color grading work. > > - A new censorize module has been added. This allows you to hide parts > of the image by adding > a blur/pixelization. > > - A new crop module has been added. This new module has been added late > in the > pixelpipe and makes it possible to use cropped parts of the image for > source spots > in the retouch module, for example. > > - A new section has been added to the color calibration module to allow > you to calibrate > colors using a color checker chart. > > - The map module has been enhanced in a number of ways: > - When importing a GPX the trace can be displayed. > - Location can be set using polygons and directly created from > information > reported by Open Street Map. As a reminder, all locations > create tags automatically for images placed into the area. > > - The basic adjustments module has been replaced with the quick access > panel, which > can be used to group controls from multiple different modules in one > place. Currently, > only non-graphical controls (sliders, comboboxes etc.) can be used. > > ## Other New Features And Changes > > - The various lighttable modes can now be accessed via clear and > descriptive icons > at the bottom of the screen. These should be easier to use than the > existing drop-down > selection. > > - The export module is now also accessible on the left-hand panel of > the > darkroom view. > > - The mix control in the contrast equalizer module is now retained as > module parameter. This means that no data is lost when using this > slider and > you can always change the mix later with full precision. > > - The following modules have been deprecated: > - The basic adjustments module has been replaced by the new quick > access panel. > > - The vibrance module has been replaced by the vibrance control in > the new color > balance rgb module. > > - The spot removal module has been replaced by the retouch module > (use > this module in "clone" mode to replicate the spot removal > functionality) > > - The defringe module has been replaced by a new "chromatic > aberrations" module. > The old module has been renamed to "raw chromatic aberrations". > > - The RAW chromatic aberration module has been enhanced to support > multiple iterations and an option to help avoid color shifting has > been added (not activated by default). > > - Scene-referred workflow is now the default, though this can still be > changed in > preferences. > > - The ESC key can be used to exit the slideshow view. > > - You can now <kbd>Ctrl-Click</kbd> on the module groups preset button > to > access the manage dialog directly. > > - Many aspects of the GUI have been reworked or tweaked for a better > user > experience (combo-box alignment, padding, histogram icons, etc.). > > - The color of scope views (histogram, parade, waveform) has been > reworked using CSS. > > - The integrated help system now points to the new user manual which is > up-to-date for this release. Also for development builds of darktable > these links will > go to the development version of the manual. So more links have been > added, for example, for the lighttable layout and the timeline. > > As a reminder, the new documentation is available in the following > location > (viewable online or in pdf and epub formats): > > https://www.darktable.org/usermanual/3.6/en/ > > - Many graphs in processing modules can now be resized with > <kbd>Ctrl+Scroll</kbd>. > (Filmic RGB, RGB levels, levels, lowlight, colorzones, rawdenoise, > denoise profile, contrast equalizer). > > - A new color preservation method ("norm-preserving colorfulness") has > been added to the color calibration module. > > - A simplified and more precise message has been added to notify the > user > when their database(s) are locked by another process. > > - A rational function has been added to toe/shoulder controls in Filmic > RGB. > > - A new preference for advanced users can now be used to disable the > module warning messages. Use at your own risk. > > - Preliminary work toward full support for CR3 has begun. darktable's > exif > support can now read CR3 files if the proper exiv2 library version > is found. > > - A new color science with norm preservation under de-saturation has > been > added to Filmic RGB and a new scaled euclidean norm is supported. > > - Some changes have been made to make liquify faster when editing > nodes. Also smaller deformation stamps are now supported. > > - The style of module sub-sections has been tweaked so that they stand > out more. > > - It is now possible to more easily manage overlapping masks. For > example, it is > possible to change an ellipse's control points when they lie within a > larger circle or path shape. > > - Easier handling of the mask controls - do not require high precision > as mouse collision detection has been reworked. > > - The preferences, "manage module groups" and import dialogs will > remember and > restore their size after closing. Their default size is designed to > support > smaller screens and it is recommended that you resize them as > appropriate. > > - A huge number of internal optimizations have been made throughout the > code. > For example: soften, tone equalizer, drawn masks, color picker, color > space conversions. > It is impossible to list them all > > - Many speed improvements have been made for the standard CPU code path > by tuning the > OpenMP code. There are some huge gains with the new code in some > modules. We have then removed some hand-coded SSE routines as they > are not > faster and are hard to maintain. > > - The prompt that appears when exporting in overwrite mode is now > optional and controlled > by a security preference. > > - An icon has now been added to module headers to indicate whether a > module uses a mask. > This allows you to quickly see which modules use a mask and to > enable/disable the mask > preview by clicking on it. > > - A message is now shown when a camera is plugged and darktable is not > able > to connect to it. The general cause is that the camera is mounted by > the OS and so is exclusively locked. > > - The grey darkroom loading screen is now optional. This can lead to > on-screen artifacts > but can also be useful to quickly compare versions of an image. > > - Module group presets can now be auto-applied based on the image being > edited. > This make it possible to create groups specifically to develop color, > monochrome, RAW or Jpeg images, for example. > > - Different interpolation algorithms are advised for warping and > scaling modules. > A new preference has been added to allow you to select these > algorithms independently. > > - RGB scene blending mode is now used for the denoise (profiled) > presets. > > - Parametric masks are now handled better when being reset. Some > parametric masks > may need to be inverted in order to be considered as a no-operation. > > - The GUI of the blending section has been rewored to be more compact. > > - Distortion is no longer computed for shapes that are outside of the > current > view. > > - Better values are reported on toast messages when changing masks' > size > and feather. > > - Undo has been enhanced to support duplicates. That is, the creation > of > duplicates can be undone using <kbd>Ctrl+Z</kbd> (undo). > > - In the darkroom, undo now restores the mask display status along with > the module changes. > > - Non-matrix-based color profiles have been filtered out of the > histogram profile > menu. > > - The timeline/filmstrip keyboard shortcut has been changed to > <kbd>Ctrl-B</kbd>. > This is more consistent with <kbd>Ctrl+Shift+B</kbd> (used to toggle > the bottom > panel) and avoids a conflict with sticky preview shortcut. > > - Some preferences have been moved to a sub-menu in the module preset > menu. This makes the global preferences lighter. This has been > done for the import, export, metadata and "collect images" modules. > > - Jpeg-2000 files are now decoded faster (using multiple threads). > > - The lighttable has been enhanced to use the embedded Jpeg preview > depending on the size of the thumbnails being displayed. > Setting such a preference to use embedded preview for small > thumbnails may speed-up > the handling of large collections during import, for example. > > - Added support for removing multiple styles at once. > > - Added support for import/export of presets on mass. > > - Added collect filter presets to display images based on aspect ratio > and import date. > > - The variables $(EXIF_xxx) can now be used while importing pictures. > > - Graduated density module's control is fixed when using down-sampling. > > - Color zone saturation has been adjusted to avoid misleading visual > illusions. > > - Modules can now be removed from a group by right-clicking on the > group icon. > > - Many improvements have been made to the TIFF export module. > > - In the lighttable, when several images are selected, the image > information module > now displays the information only if every image share the same data. > If data are > different, a \<various values\> text is displayed. > > - In the export module, the last visited Piwigo album is now remembered > between sessions. > > ## Bug Fixes > > - Fix ellipse and gradient rotation angle when distortion modules are > activated. This is a GUI issue only when adding and editing shapes. > > - Fix white-balance from old edits where the white-balance module was > left at default values in darktable 2.6.x. For those edits we > need to recover the legacy values and not the new ones from 3.x. > > - Use smooth zooming to avoid thumbnails flickering. > > - Fix entering of exponent expression in sliders for keyboard where ^ > is a dead key (this is the case in the German and French layout for > example). > > - The import should be a bit faster for large collections by limiting > the GUI update. > > - Fix various AVIF issues (set YUV range, proper use of color > primaries, set codecName, etc.) > > - Fix demosaic border handling and have fewer differences between the > CPU & GPU code path. > > - Fix use of sources in spot and retouch when distortion is used. The > source area was not always correctly distorted and was actually > giving different results depending on whether distorting modules > were present in the pipe. > > - In the default watermark simple-text we now preserve the spaces. > > - Properly check for CLUT in all ICC intents before extracting matrix. > > - Properly use the inverse-transform routine provided by lensfun > instead > of an adhoc iterative routine in the lens correction module. This > makes the code > cleaner and probably more precise. > > - Hide borders by default in slideshow view. > > - Ensure that duplicates are given the same time-stamp as the source > image. > > - Fix creation of duplicates when the workflow default has been > changed since the base image was created. That is, an image > created with the display-referred workflow must be fully identical > when duplicated, even if the workflow default has been changed to > scene-referred. > > - Properly group focal lengths in the collect images filters. > > - Better naming of the RAW prepare module controls. > > - Fix live-view display scaling on large screens (especially for HiDPI > ones). > > - Fix migration of legacy parameters for denoise (profiled). A > copy/paste error was copying the shadow parameter as the new bias. > > - Fix possible loss of masks where a module is disabled just before > switching to another module. > > - A new module instance can now be created by right-clicking on > the multi-instance menu or on a preset. This replaces middle-click, > which is not available on all mice. > > - Fix zoom in the lighttable full preview to keep the mouse position. > > - Recover forms from legacy spot in version 1. > > - Fix reset in the export module so that it resets all module > parameters > to their default values. > > - Fix HDR DNG white balance setting. > > - Import Lightroom metadata only if there is not already a darktable > XMP for > the corresponding image. > > - Fix color profile handling in the overexposed module. > > - Fix style undo in overwrite mode. > > - Fix possible issue with CUPS printer margins computation when > computer is not using the English locale. > > ## Notes > > - The database upgrade can be slow. > > This new version modifies quite a lot the database structure by > adding > foreign keys and cascade support. This will avoid dangling data in > the > database and will enforce a better consistency. > > ## Lua > > - API changed to 6.2.0 > > - Password storage and retrieval - added _darktable.password.save()_ > and _darktable.password.get()_ to save and retrieve passwords using the > darktable password storage back end. > > - Widget naming - widgets now have a name field, making it possible to > style them using CSS > > - _darktable.gui.libs.visibility_ is fixed so that setting a lib to > hidden (false) removes it from the user interface. > > - Preferences - added _darktable.preferences.destroy()_ to remove a > preference. Added _darktable.preferences.get_keys()_ to return a > sorted table of all of the preferences for both darktable and lua. > > - Get image from database by image id - added > _darktable.database.get_image()_ to retrieve an image by the image ID > > - _darktable.gui.libs.metadata_view.destroy_info()_ - function added to > remove field added by > _darktable.gui.libs.metadata_view.register_info()_ from the image > information display. Thanks @phweyland > > - API change to 6.2.1 - **SCRIPT BREAKING CHANGE** > > - Event naming - add a name field to _darktable.register_event()_ so > that multiple events of the same type can differentiated and the > desired one selected and accessed. > > - Event destruction - _added darktable.destroy_event()_ to remove an > event. > > - API change to 6.2.2 - **SCRIPT BREAKING CHANGE** > > - Add _selection-changed_ to the lua events so that scripts can respond > when the selection changes > > - Selection naming - add a name field to > _darktable.gui.libs.select.register_selection()_ so that the selection > can be selected and manipulated after creation > > - Selection destruction - add > _darktable.gui.libs.select.destroy_selection()_ to remove an selection > button from the user interface. > > - Selection sensitivity - add > _darktable.gui.libs.select.set_selection_sensitive()_ to set selection > button sensitivity > > - API change to 6.2.3 - **SCRIPT BREAKING CHANGE** > > - Action naming - add a name field to > darktable.gui.libs.image.register_action() so that the action can be > selected and manipulated after creation > > - Action destruction - add darktable.gui.libs.image.destroy_action() to > remove a lua created action button from the user interface. > > - Action sensitivity - add > darktable.gui.libs.image.set_action_sensitive() to set action button > sensitivity > > - Bugfix - Changed text_view widget to wrap lines when the text exceeds > the width of the widget > > - Storage removal - add darktable.destroy_storage() to remove a storage > from the exporter > > - Widget visibility - add visible member to widgets for visibility > control > > - Change API to 7.0.0 for darktable 3.6.0 due to all of the breaking > changes this development cycle > > ## Changed Dependencies > > ## RawSpeed changes > > > ## Camera support, compared to 3.4.1 > > ### Base Support > > - Fujifilm GFX100S (compressed) > - Fujifilm X-E4 (compressed) > - Fujifilm X-S10 (compressed) > - Leica D-Lux 7 (4:3, 1:1, 16:9, 3:2) > - Nikon Z 6_2 (14bit-compressed, 14bit-uncompressed, 12bit-compressed, > 12bit-uncompressed) > - Nikon Z 7_2 (14bit-compressed, 14bit-uncompressed, 12bit-compressed, > 12bit-uncompressed) > - Panasonic DC-G100 (4:3) > - Panasonic DC-G110 (4:3) > - Panasonic DC-GF10 (4:3) > - Panasonic GF90 (4:3) > - Pentax K-3 Mark III > - Ricoh GR III (dng) > - Sony ILCE-1 > - Sony ILCE-7SM3 > - Sony ILCE-QX1 > > ### White Balance Presets > > - Fujifilm GFX100S > - Fujifilm X-E4 > - Nikon D780 > - Panasonic DC-FZ10002 > - Panasonic DMC-G8 > - Panasonic DMC-G80 > - Panasonic DMC-G81 > - Panasonic DMC-G85 > - Ricoh GR III > - Samsung GX20 > > ### Noise Profiles > > - Canon PowerShot S110 > - Nikon COOLPIX P950 > - Nikon Z 7_2 > - Olympus E-M10 Mark IV > - Pentax K-3 Mark III > - Samsung GX10 > - Samsung GX20 > - Sony ILCE-1 > - Sony ILCE-7C > > ### Custom Color matrices > > - Samsung GX20 > > ## Translations > - Afrikaans > - German > - Esperanto > - European Spanish > - French > - Hebrew > - Hungarian > - Italian > - Dutch > - Brazilian Portuguese > - Russian > - Slovenian > - Ukrainian > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________ > darktable user mailing list to unsubscribe send a mail to > [email protected] > -- ____________________________________________________________________________ darktable user mailing list to unsubscribe send a mail to [email protected]
