You have to use a different configdir, i.e. darktable --configdir $HOME/.config/darktableother
On Thu, Jul 8, 2021 at 8:29 PM Niranjan Rao <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > > Is there any way to run two instances of darktable. I have two monitors > and its much easier for me to check the style in one instance as > reference and experiment with other. > > I can keep switching back and forth between images, but that's little > cumbersome especially since film rolls are different. I tried firing > another instance from terminal and specified different data directory, > but it kept complaining about locks or sometimes just hangs > > darktable --datadir /tmp/dt > > Regards, > > Niranjan > > On 7/8/21 1:29 PM, KOVÁCS István wrote: > > On Thu, 8 Jul 2021 at 20:52, Niranjan Rao <[email protected]> wrote: > >> darktable version 3.4.1 > > 3.6 is now out, give it a spin if you can! > > > >> I'm struggling with applying the sidecars - xmp files. > > Guillermo has already answered that, but there's a non-trivial feature > > (documented, but not realised by many): darktable, by default, saves > > the history stack into the exported JPG, and it can actually load the > > history stack from such a JPG. The procedure is the same as with the > > XMP, but you need to change the selector in the Open dialogue from > > *.xmp to 'All files', and select the JPG file. > > Also, if you're after a 'look', if perfectly fine to apply any history > > stack to any image, even if it's a different camera -- just reset the > > input colour profile to use the values for your camera. > > > > Kofa > > > ____________________________________________________________________________ > > darktable user mailing list > > to unsubscribe send a mail to > [email protected] > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________ > darktable user mailing list > to unsubscribe send a mail to > [email protected] > > ____________________________________________________________________________ darktable user mailing list to unsubscribe send a mail to [email protected]
