On Sat, Aug 15, 2015 at 9:40 PM, Bertwim <b...@xs4all.nl> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Darktable is giving me headaches with the following problem
>
> My camera produces an image in both raw and jpg format. Obviously, when
> I am satisfied with this camera jpg-image, there is no need to further
> edit it and I don't want Darktable to touch it. However, this is in
> practice almost impossible,
>
> The reason is that when one loads a set of (raw) images in Darktable
> (not loading the jpg), one invariably will also view the images in
> darkroom mode, also the ones that are already ok.

> But in darkroom mode
> the auto presets are applied, and on export unintended overwriting of
> the camera picture is luring around the corner.
On export, DT will *not* overwrite existing files unless you
*explicitly* ask DT for it.

> One can of course select the pristine images in lightroom mode and then
> discard the history stack, but this is cumbersome, error prone and very
> unpractical especially for larger sets of pictures.
> Would it be possible, e.g. to "lock" an image, (and emptying its history
> stack), thus preventing it to be processed by DT?

> Perhaps there are other solutions.
My personal solution is to only shoot RAW.

> Your views are much appreciated.
>
> Kind regards,
> Bertwim
Roman.

>
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