hi,

we should be able to convert such simple things as exposure from
lightroom-xmp (http://www.darktable.org/2013/02/importing-lightroom-development/
), but i know nothing about it and would rather do it the way roman
suggested.

-jo

On Mon, Feb 8, 2016 at 3:00 AM, Roman Lebedev <lebedev...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 7, 2016 at 4:52 PM, Denis Testemale <de...@testemale.name> wrote:
>> Hello!
> Hi.
>
>> I'm using a very useful timelapse controller (named Ramperpro from
>> ElysiaVisuals, based on a RaspberryPi if I'm correct). The general idea is
>> that it takes full control of the camera but above all it generates a
>> sidecar xmp file  with an exposure correction included for each picture
>> taken. That way, when all the pictures are exposure-corrected the transition
>> from one to the next is smooth, which suppresses any flickering in the
>> resulting timelapse.
> Actually, you can do that natively in darktable :)
> Using mode = automatic in exposure module.
>
> Please see:
> https://youtu.be/VJbJ0btlui0?t=8m10s  (from 8m10s to 11m17s)
> https://www.darktable.org/usermanual/ch03s04.html.php#exposure
>
>> Until now, I've been using AftershotPro to do this
>> because the developper of the Ramperpro was kind enough to include this
>> option in the firmware: with the option on, an xmp "Bibble Labs and
>> AftershotPro" -compatible sidecar file is created alongside the
>> Lightroom-compatible sidecar file (which I discarded). Good.
>> Now I want to use Darktable to do the job, and if I'm not mistaken, one of
>> the few image operations that Darktable can import from a sidecar file
>> generated by another program (such as Lightroom) is exposure. I take this
>> information from here:
>> http://www.darktable.org/usermanual/ch02s02s08.html.php
>> But I cannot make it work and I'm wondering if I'm doing something wrong and
>> if you could help me. With the links at the bottom of this message you can
>> download one NEF file and the sidecar Lightroom-compatible xmp file
>> generated by the Ramperpro. Would somebody be kind enough to try and tell me
>> if the exposure correction is active once in Darkroom mode? The correction
>> should be "0.08170" as indicated in the xmp file that I also copy paste
>> here:
>>
>> <x:xmpmeta xmlns:x="adobe:ns:meta/" x:xmptk="Adobe XMP Core 5.5-c002
>> 1.148022, 2012/07/15-18:06:45">
>>  <rdf:RDF xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#";>
>>   <rdf:Description rdf:about=""
>>     xmlns:crs="http://ns.adobe.com/camera-raw-settings/1.0/";
>>     crs:Exposure2012="0.08170">
>>   </rdf:Description>
>>   <rdf:Description rdf:about=""
>>     xmlns:lrt="http://lrtimelapse.com/";
>>     lrt:ExternalExposureDefault="0.08170">
>>   </rdf:Description>
>>  </rdf:RDF>
>> </x:xmpmeta>
>>
>> I'm wondering if there is a format problem in this file, or if I miss
>> something in the importing steps in DT, or if I'm stupid, or a bit of
>> everything...
>>
>> Thanks
>> denis
> Roman.
>
>>
>> The download links:
>> - the NEF image:
>> https://framadrop.org/r/MTjT3yiXFR#m26JtqUdih2lusXv1rU8N7Imuzc28ik965nuRS2qg4E=
>>
>> - the sidecar file:
>> https://framadrop.org/r/pPf3ZC7Qgg#T/yzb2BNX9hkpi9e6mo8OiNmHfSDnfQ63TlclcA0rLM=
>>
>>
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