On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 2:59 PM, Pascal Obry <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Hi Warren,
>
> > My workflow is relatively simple - I need tags/labels/folders, ratings,
> > adjustments, etc. It looks like Darktable provides most of what I need
> > --- although I see that it doesn't yet have a 'healing brush'
> > adjustment. I use that to fix minor issues, dust on the sensor, that
> > kind of thing occasionally --- although I can probably work around that.
>
> Darktable has this, it is called spots.
>
Ah - good to know. Thanks!
> > 2: Any thoughts on how to move my aperture 3 photo libraries to
> > Darktable? I'm guessing that the images themselves should translate
> > easily enough - but my big concern is the existing adjustments I have in
> > aperture. Assuming I can get the adjustment info out of Aperture (I
> > haven't confirmed that yet), is there anyway to build a similar
> > adjustment in Darktable via APIs?
>
> I've been working on a Lightroom to Darktable import module as I'm in
> the same situation as you. This can't be generic as most tools have
> different rendering so every change in a tool must be "calibrated" to
> map in the other tool. Currently I have most of the Lightroom
> development data moved to Darktable.
>
> Back to your request. I've done that by reading the Lr .xmp sidecar. Is
> Aperture producing such files? Is the data there easily readable?
>
I haven't played with it yet - but my understanding is that Aperture can
export xmp sidecars that can be read by lightroom and other Adobe tools ---
so possibly your module will work for me!
I'm still early on in the process, but I wil look at your import module and
see how it looks.
Thanks!!
--
Warren Baird - Photographer and Digital Artist
http://www.synergisticimages.ca
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