On 22 February 2015 at 20:14, Ulrich Pegelow <ulrich.pege...@tongareva.de> wrote:
> 1) RT controls all this from one single panel. So there are only few > clicks needed to get to the desired result. > > I think the first aspect is a question of UI philosophy. Highlight > reconstruction involves different steps (dealing with clipped channels > in pre-demosaic, negative exposure correction, color reconstruction) > which in the case of darktable involves different modules. I think there > are good arguments for our way of working. I think there are more aspects to it. On one side is user convenience: having all the controls in one place certainly helps ease of use, as long as what you want to do can be done using those controls. On the other hand, I like DT's module-based approach because of the flexibility it provides (multiple instances, especially when combined with masks). Also, I think it mandates a well-defined module API which should enhance code quality. As far as I know, RT is rather monolithic in nature (e.g. when they found out that multiple RGB curves, each applied with a different weighing mode help, they hard-coded another RGB curve instead of creating an RGB module - which would have needed a complete overhaul for a monolithic app). This is not to badmouth RT, I think they are also a brilliant bunch who have given us a great tool for no money. It's just a different approach, and no tool is perfect. Loading an image with one of the presets shipped with each app, I often find that RT does a better job 'out of the box' (the 'Skintones - Natural' and 'Skintones - Natural TM' (tonemapped) presets are my favourites); however, as soon as more than basic raw development (selective edits etc.) is concerned, Darktable is the better tool. Kofa ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download BIRT iHub F-Type - The Free Enterprise-Grade BIRT Server from Actuate! Instantly Supercharge Your Business Reports and Dashboards with Interactivity, Sharing, Native Excel Exports, App Integration & more Get technology previously reserved for billion-dollar corporations, FREE http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=190641631&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Darktable-users mailing list Darktable-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/darktable-users
