Dear Pedro:
Please, that a look at this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3sSyNTTLZE
At 30 seconds into the video I use the "auto" option that used to be
available in the *manual mode* of the exposure module. Notice that it
adjusts both blacks and exposure. You claim that one can achieve a similar
automatic adjustment by using the automatic mode: "The inputs are different
but to replicate the old auto do something like set 99% of the photo to 0EV
which means there will be 1% of the photo clipping." I believe it does not
automatically adjusts blacks (it only adjusts exposure). Am I correct? If
so, it is not similar to the old "auto" option in the manual mode.
I note that in RC1 we had both the manual mode auto option and the
automatic mode. Was there a good reason for removing the manual mode auto
option (exposure module)? Is that option gone for good?
Thank you. Regards,
Francisco
On Mon, Dec 7, 2015 at 4:45 PM, Pedro Côrte-Real <pe...@pedrocr.net> wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 7, 2015 at 11:46 AM, Francisco Cribari <crib...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > I am now running Darktable 2.0 RC3 (Fedora 23). I no longer see the
> "auto"
> > option in the exposure module (mode: manual). Is that option gone? The
> > "auto" option in the manual mode existed in RC1.
>
> The same exact option is still there. The GUI has just changed
> slightly and instead of the checkbox you have the small color picker
> icon on the right. That icon still does the same as the checkbox
> (toggle between auto and normal mode). You can figure out what more
> you are in by the image having a selection box or not.
>
> You can also try the new automatic mode (top right dropdown) that
> allows a similar kind of adjustment with a few differences:
>
> 1. Right now it always uses the whole image, instead of an image
> region like the old auto mode does
> 2. The inputs are different but to replicate the old auto do something
> like set 99% of the photo to 0EV which means there will be 1% of the
> photo clipping. You can fiddle with those values to get something you
> like more. The default values should be decent for most cameras.
> 3. If you copy the settings between photos what you will be copying
> isn't the exposure correction but the EV/Percentile settings. The
> exposure correction will then be recalculated for the new photo. This
> works great when you want a bunch of photos to have the same exposure
> (preparing a time lapse for example) but doesn't work well when what
> you want to do is "lower exposure by xEVs in all these photos".
>
> Cheers,
>
> Pedro
>
--
Francisco Cribari - http://www.cribari.com.br - "All theory, my friend, is
grey, but green is life's glad golden tree." --Goethe (Faust)
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