+1 to what Michael said. I haven't used Darktable, but most graphics software has a concept of a device color profile. If your color profile is not calibrated for your device, you can get results that look different from what you expect.
This is a good explanation: http://www.brighthub.com/computing/linux/articles/75216.aspx And this takes you through the specifics for a common calibration device: http://www.tuqix.org/wordpress/?p=232 On Wednesday, May 18, 2016 14:31:54 Michael Torrie wrote: > On 05/17/2016 10:10 PM, Josh Mudge wrote: > > Has anyone had success editing Nikon .NEF RAW photos in Linux? I tried Gimp > > with ufraw but the colors are messed up and it looks darker than it should > > be. > > But "darker than it should be" depends entirely on the adjustments the > viewing program is making as it displays the image--the raw data is raw > data. Isn't the point of raw files to give you access to the raw sensor > values without any color adjustment or post processing, so you can make > the image look however you need it to look? In other words, if it's too > dark, lighten it? Sounds to me that the ufraw plugin is applying > different parameters than you are used to while rendering this raw data > to the screen. > > What about the colors isn't right? /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
