Magnificent work. Thanks to all of you. Regards and stay well Alex On Fri, 24 Dec 2021 at 8:08 pm, Pascal Obry <pas...@obry.net> wrote:
> > We're proud to announce the new feature release of darktable, 3.8.0! > > The github release is here: [ > https://github.com/darktable-org/darktable/releases/tag/release-3.8.0](https://github.com/darktable-org/darktable/releases/tag/release-3.8.0) > . > > As always, please don't use the autogenerated tarball provided by > github, but only our tar.xz file. the checksums are: > > ``` > $ sha256sum darktable-3.8.0.tar.xz > 2e65c7c78d074ad218e3ef7a8c3051a8ea78f4a0406386667859645e5e4bf705 > darktable-3.8.0.tar.xz > $ sha256sum darktable-3.8.0.dmg > fe1f1100bf3ca1acc11f69e2ffc6dbb58d11449ed85c086e0ecc52d5acb78e24 > darktable-3.8.0.dmg > $ sha256sum darktable-3.8.0-win64.exe > c74d76f9feefc5648c41938bf430b261d3a3308df0ef87085be590b5a5d1110d > darktable-3.8.0-win64.exe > ``` > > When updating from the currently stable 3.6.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 3.6.x anymore. > > 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 3915 commits to darktable+rawspeed since 3.6 > - 571 pull requests handled > - 265 issues closed > > ## The Big Ones > > - The keyboard shortcut system has been entirely reworked and extended to > allow you > to control darktable with other devices, for example, MIDI devices > and game controllers. Standard keyboard/mouse shortcuts can now make use > of mouse movements (horizontal, vertical, diagonal) as well as multiple > button/key presses and short or long presses/clicks. > > Please note that any shortcuts you have previously created are not > transferred > to the new functionality and will need to be redefined in darktable 3.8. > > - New diffuse or sharpen module, allowing you to simulate or to revert > diffusion processes to reconstruct images from lens blur, hazing, > sensor low-pass filter, or noise. It can also be used to simulate > watercolor smudges, increase local contrast, simulate blooming or > apply surface blur. Special rules can be defined to specifically > diffuse across or along edges, as well as to avoid sharpening or > blurring them. > > - New scene-referred blurs module, to synthesize motion and lens blurs in > a parametric > and physically-accurate way. This module allows you to define the motion > path or the lens > diaphragm and then generates the corresponding blur. > > - Perspective correction module has been renamed to rotate and perspective > and now allows you to manually define correction settings by drawing > lines > or rectangles on the image (replicating keystone correction functionality > from the deprecated crop and rotate module) > > - Added support for multiple images in the print view. The page can be > filled with multiple areas, each of which can be moved around and placed > on > the page with the ability to snap to a grid for precision. > > - A new LMMSE demosaic algorithm has been introduced. This algorithm is > particularly > suited to high ISO and/or noisy images. > > - The composition guides from the crop module are now available globally > and no > longer require the crop module to be activated. > > - The Canon raw CR3 format is now supported (see list of supported cameras > in the > section below). This support is provided by LibRaw and requires at least > exiv2 version > 0.27.4 with BMFF support activated. > > - The color checker profiling tool, introduced in darktable 3.4 as part of > the > color calibration module, is now normalized patch-wise in exposure to > discard the effect > of uneven lighting and fall-off when shooting color checkers hand-held > and on-location. > This robustly decreases the residual average dE after calibration and > noticeably > helps to recover natural dark blues while preventing yellow shifts in > highlights. > > ## Other New Features And Changes > > - The denoise (profiled) module now uses wavelets mode by default and its > default > settings in Y0U0V0 mode have been improved. > > - Flip buttons have been added to the orientation module (functionality > moved > from crop and rotate). > > - Background jobs handling has been removed from preferences. > > - Much of the SSE-specific code has been removed, since compiler-generated > code > is usually faster. > > - The darktable-generate-cache script now displays filenames and image IDs. > > - File name matches in the collections module are now faster. > > - Mask handling is faster. > > - Processing module order can now be automatically applied based on image > properties. > > - Folder status is properly refreshed when a mount is changed. > > - An area color picker is selectable by using a <kbd>Right-Click</kbd> in > addition to the existing <kbd>Ctrl+click</kbd> action. > > - Substitution variables have been added for image dimensions as follows: > $(SENSOR_HEIGHT) and $(SENSOR_WIDTH) for the absolute pixel > dimensions of the sensor; $(MAX_HEIGHT) and $(MAX_WIDTH) for the raw > image size; and $(EXPORT_HEIGHT) and $(EXPORT_WIDTH) for the > post-cropping final image size. > > - More work on code speed-up in many different routines ensuring > better vectorization and/or OpenMP definition. Notably, the > split-toning, haze removal and soften modules have been improved. > > - The "beginner" module group preset now takes the chosen workflow > (display or scene referred) into account. > > - The quick access panel now takes the chosen workflow > (display or scene referred) into account. > > - New sorting options based on capture, import, modification, > last export and last print times. > > - Tooltip for raster mask now includes source module information. > > - The following modules have been deprecated: > > - Crop and rotate - the features of this module are now shared between > the crop, > orientation, and rotate and perspective modules. > > Note that the new crop module is now placed after the retouch module > to ensure that the full image can be used as a source area. > > - A new option has been added to allow you to choose when to start writing > changes to the XMP sidecar files. Choose to: > (a) never write XMP; > (b) write XMP as soon as the image is imported; or > (c) write XMP only after the user has edited the image in the darkroom > view. > > - Timezone entry has been improved in the geotagging module. > > - A new preference has been added to choose the number of recent > collections to display. > > - Rating support has been added to the collections module making it > possible to create > presets, for example, to select the best images of 2021. > > - PNG files are now supported in the watermark module. > > - The values in the global color picker module are now selectable and can > be copied > to the clipboard. > > - HSV has been added as an option in the global color picker module. > > - The color scheme of the timeline is improved. > > - The scopes module (previously named histogram) can now be moved to the > left panel. > > - Improved color rendering for waveform and parade scopes. > > - A new vertical waveform scope option has been added. > > - Live samples can now be displayed in the vectorscope. > > - An RYB option has been added to the vectorscope. > > - The lut3d module has been moved after filmic in the pixelpipe. > > - Minor usability improvements have been made to the tone equalizer, > ensuring that the cursor is shown on focus and the module is activated > on scroll. > > - The automatic mask tuning has been improved in the tone equalizer module. > > - New "magic wand" icons are now used for the auto-tune actions in > the tone equalizer module. > > - Tiling has been enabled in the color balance rgb, diffuse and filmic rgb > modules > to allow very large images to be processed. > > - When scanning for updated XMP files, the synchronization window has been > improved > to offer more choices as to how the database/XMP files should be updated. > > - Added read support for HEIF/HEIC file format. > > - Added support for ARM64/Apple M1 as a build target. > > - Added a preference to invert the behavior of mouse scroll up/down on > drawn > mask attributes. At the same time, and for consistency, the scroll-up > action has been > set to increase all mask attributes by default. > > - Added timestamp in camera import dialog for consistency with the other > import dialog. > > - The current module order is now shown in the module order module header > to > save space in the GUI. > > - The "module order" entry is now moved to the end of the copy/paste dialog > for better usability, as this option is rarely used. > > - The split toning module now displays the hue in degrees for consistency > with other modules. > > - Rejected images in the lighttable view are now dimmed for clarity. > > - The last selected Piwigo album is now remembered in the export module. > > - For advanced users and developers, OpenCL build options are now exposed > in > darktablerc. > > - The collections module now offers some new presets based on image time to > complement the existing presets based on the import time. > > - Add a borderless requirement indicator in the print module when the > user's > selected margins are below the hardware margins. > > - Add an option to show all modules in the history within the active > module group regardeless of whether or not they are currently > enabled. > > - Add a search box in preset preferences and shortcuts. > > - Improved curve handling in filmic. Curve should be easier to control, as > some side-effects of some parameters on others have been eliminated. > > - Add thumbnail preview support for DNG files in import dialog. > > - The darktable 3.8.0 documentation now includes four (French, German, > Ukranian, Brazilian Portuguese) translated languages (the first time > complete, translated documentation has been made available on the > release date), fully integrated into darktable's help link > system. Translated versions of the epub and pdf manuals are also > available. > > ## Bug Fixes > > - Multiple memory leaks have been fixed. > > - Fixed green equilibration in RCD CPU code path. > > - Select the best illuminant for DNG images. > > - When trying to enter a view that cannot be used (like the tethering view > where no camera is attached), make sure to reset the combobox back to > the previous view. > > - Fix calibration optimizations for delta E in the color calibration > module. > > - Fix focus peaking, which was in some cases displaying some > random wrong pixels on the borders. > > - Fix refresh when pasting the whole or part of history. > > - Fix possible uninitialized-data access in RCD demosaic. > > - Update metadata fields when applying a preset. > > - Fix creation of liquify interpolated path to be closer to what the user > would expect. > > - Multiple Windows PATH-specific issues have been fixed. Also, UNC > path-names are now supported. > > - Make sure RAW+Jpeg files keep the same filename during copy & import. > > - Add some consistency to the drawn shape opacity increase/decrease, which > was > working in the opposite way to the other mask controls. > > - Invert liquify strength vector rotation for consistency. > > - Make metadata and tagging consistent regarding the current selection. > > - Fix some rounding errors in masks with sharp corners, which were creating > discontinuities in the mask area. > > - Fix the image loader flag, which was not properly set at import time. > > - Fix possible wrong setting in Color Calibration when switching from > Jpeg to RAW files. > > - Fix a rare but possible wrong White Balance just after importing a > picture or while resetting the development history. > > ## Lua > > - Moved from Lua 5.3 to Lua 5.4. > > - Lua API is now 8.0.0. > > - Added darktable.print_toast() and darktable.print_hinter() functions > to print toast and hinter messages respectively. > > - Added is_altered() field to dt_lua_image data type to determine if > an image has been altered since being imported. > > - Added generate_cache() function to the dt_lua_image data type so > that a mipmap cache image can be generated without having to run > darktable-generate-cache. > > - Added function darktable.gui.libs.snapshots.clear_snapshots() to delete > any snapshots. > > - Added event darkroom-image-loaded that is triggered when an image is > loaded into darkroom view. The image is returned. > > - Added event darkroom-image-history-changed that is triggered when an > image history is changed in darkroom view. The image is > returned. > > ## Notes > > - The 3.8.x series of darktable releases will be the last that > supports macOS 10.7 and building with Xcode 11. > > The next major release will require at least macOS 10.14 to run and > Xcode 12 to build. > > - The modules deprecated in 3.4 have now been removed from the > deprecated module group. The modules affected are: Zone System, Invert, > Channel Mixer, Global Tonemap, Relight, Tonemap, Vibrance and Basic > Adjustments. > > ## Changed Dependencies > > - Move from Lua 5.3 to 5.4. > > ## RawSpeed changes > > ## Camera support, compared to 3.6 > > ### Base Support > > - Canon EOS R > - Canon EOS RP > - Canon EOS R5 > - Canon EOS R6 > - Canon EOS 250D > - Canon EOS 850D > - Canon EOS 90D > - Canon EOS 1D X Mark III > - Canon EOS M6 Mark II > - Canon EOS M50 > - Canon EOS M50 Mark II > - Canon EOS M200 > - Canon PowerShot G5 X Mark II > - Canon PowerShot G7 X Mark III > - Fujifilm GFX50S II (compressed) > - Leica C (Typ 112) (3:2) > - Leica Digilux 3 (4:3) > - Leica M10 (dng) > - Ricoh GR II > - Sony DSC-HX95 > - Sony ILCE-7M4 > - Sony ZV-E10 > > ### White Balance Presets > > - Canon EOS R (with fine-tuning) > - Canon EOS RP (with fine-tuning) > - Canon EOS R5 (with fine-tuning) > - Canon EOS R6 > - Canon EOS M50 (with fine-tuning) > - Ricoh GR II > > ### Noise Profiles > > - Canon EOS R > - Canon EOS RP > - Canon EOS R5 > - Canon EOS R6 > - Fujifilm X100V > - Leica D-Lux 7 > - Leica M10 > - Leica SL (Typ 601) > - Panasonic DC-S5 > - Panasonic DC-FZ91 > - Panasonic DC-FZ92 > - Panasonic DC-FZ93 > - Panasonic DC-TZ90 > - Panasonic DC-TZ91 > - Panasonic DC-ZS70 > > ### Custom Color Matrices > > ### Suspended Support > > No samples on raw.pixls.us > > - Canon EOS M2 > - Creo/Leaf Aptus 22(LF3779)/Hasselblad H1 > - Fujifilm FinePix HS50EXR > - Fujifilm FinePix S6000fd > - Fujifilm FinePix S9600fd > - Fujifilm IS-1 > - GoPro FUSION > - Kodak EasyShare Z980 > - Leaf Aptus-II 5(LI300059)/Mamiya 645 AFD > - Leaf Credo 60 > - Leaf Credo 80 > - Leica D-LUX 6 > - Minolta DiMAGE 5 > - Nikon 1 J4 > - Nikon 1 S1 > - Nikon Coolpix P7700 > - Nikon D1H > - Nikon D2H > - Nikon D3S > - Olympus E-10 > - Olympus SP320 > - Olympus SP570UZ > - Panasonic DMC-FX150 > - Panasonic DMC-G2 > - Pentax K200D > - Pentax K2000 > - Pentax Q10 > - Phase One IQ250 > - Samsung GX10 > - Samsung GX20 > - Samsung NX5 > - Samsung NX10 > - Samsung NX11 > - Samsung NX20 > - Samsung NX2000 > - Samsung EK-GN120 > - Samsung SM-G920F > - Samsung SM-G935F > - Sinar Hy6/ Sinarback eXact > - Sony DSLR-A380 > - Sony DSLR-A560 > - ST Micro STV680 > > ## Translations > > - German > - Esperanto > - European Spanish > - Finnish > - French > - Hebrew > - Hungarian > - Italian > - Japanese > - Polish > - Brazilian Portuguese > - Slovenian > - Ukrainian > - Chinese - China > > > -- > Pascal Obry / Magny Les Hameaux (78) > > The best way to travel is by means of imagination > > http://www.obry.net > > gpg --keyserver keys.gnupg.net --recv-key F949BD3B > ___________________________________________________________________________ > darktable developer mailing list > to unsubscribe send a mail to > darktable-dev+unsubscr...@lists.darktable.org > > ____________________________________________________________________________ darktable user mailing list to unsubscribe send a mail to darktable-user+unsubscr...@lists.darktable.org
