[darktable-user] Re: [darktable-dev] darktable 3.8.0 released
Magnificent work. Thanks to all of you. Regards and stay well Alex On Fri, 24 Dec 2021 at 8:08 pm, Pascal Obry wrote: > > We're proud to announce the new feature release of darktable, 3.8.0! > > The github release is here: [ > https://github.com/darktable-org/darktable/releases/tag/release-3.8.0](https://github.com/darktable-org/darktable/releases/tag/release-3.8.0) > . > > As always, please don't use the autogenerated tarball provided by > github, but only our tar.xz file. the checksums are: > > ``` > $ sha256sum darktable-3.8.0.tar.xz > 2e65c7c78d074ad218e3ef7a8c3051a8ea78f4a0406386667859645e5e4bf705 > darktable-3.8.0.tar.xz > $ sha256sum darktable-3.8.0.dmg > fe1f1100bf3ca1acc11f69e2ffc6dbb58d11449ed85c086e0ecc52d5acb78e24 > darktable-3.8.0.dmg > $ sha256sum darktable-3.8.0-win64.exe > c74d76f9feefc5648c41938bf430b261d3a3308df0ef87085be590b5a5d1110d > darktable-3.8.0-win64.exe > ``` > > When updating from the currently stable 3.6.x series, please bear in > mind that your edits will be preserved during this process, but the new > library and configuration will not be usable with 3.6.x anymore. > > You are strongly advised to take a backup first. > > Important note: to make sure that darktable can keep on supporting > the raw file format for your camera, *please* read [this post]( > https://discuss.pixls.us/t/raw-samples-wanted/5420?u=lebedevri) on > how/what raw samples you can contribute to ensure that we have the *full* > raw sample set for your camera under CC0 license! > > - Almost 3915 commits to darktable+rawspeed since 3.6 > - 571 pull requests handled > - 265 issues closed > > ## The Big Ones > > - The keyboard shortcut system has been entirely reworked and extended to > allow you > to control darktable with other devices, for example, MIDI devices > and game controllers. Standard keyboard/mouse shortcuts can now make use > of mouse movements (horizontal, vertical, diagonal) as well as multiple > button/key presses and short or long presses/clicks. > > Please note that any shortcuts you have previously created are not > transferred > to the new functionality and will need to be redefined in darktable 3.8. > > - New diffuse or sharpen module, allowing you to simulate or to revert > diffusion processes to reconstruct images from lens blur, hazing, > sensor low-pass filter, or noise. It can also be used to simulate > watercolor smudges, increase local contrast, simulate blooming or > apply surface blur. Special rules can be defined to specifically > diffuse across or along edges, as well as to avoid sharpening or > blurring them. > > - New scene-referred blurs module, to synthesize motion and lens blurs in > a parametric > and physically-accurate way. This module allows you to define the motion > path or the lens > diaphragm and then generates the corresponding blur. > > - Perspective correction module has been renamed to rotate and perspective > and now allows you to manually define correction settings by drawing > lines > or rectangles on the image (replicating keystone correction functionality > from the deprecated crop and rotate module) > > - Added support for multiple images in the print view. The page can be > filled with multiple areas, each of which can be moved around and placed > on > the page with the ability to snap to a grid for precision. > > - A new LMMSE demosaic algorithm has been introduced. This algorithm is > particularly > suited to high ISO and/or noisy images. > > - The composition guides from the crop module are now available globally > and no > longer require the crop module to be activated. > > - The Canon raw CR3 format is now supported (see list of supported cameras > in the > section below). This support is provided by LibRaw and requires at least > exiv2 version > 0.27.4 with BMFF support activated. > > - The color checker profiling tool, introduced in darktable 3.4 as part of > the > color calibration module, is now normalized patch-wise in exposure to > discard the effect > of uneven lighting and fall-off when shooting color checkers hand-held > and on-location. > This robustly decreases the residual average dE after calibration and > noticeably > helps to recover natural dark blues while preventing yellow shifts in > highlights. > > ## Other New Features And Changes > > - The denoise (profiled) module now uses wavelets mode by default and its > default > settings in Y0U0V0 mode have been improved. > > - Flip buttons have been added to the orientation module (functionality > moved > from crop and rotate). > > - Background jobs handling has been removed from preferences. > > - Much of the SSE-specific code has been removed, since compiler-generated > code > is usually faster. > > - The darktable-generate-cache script now displays filenames and image IDs. > > - File name matches in the collections module are now faster. > > - Mask handling is faster. > > - Processing module order can now be
[darktable-user] Re: [darktable-dev] darktable 3.8.0 released
Merry Christmas to you Pascal and all the developers that put their leisure time, blood, sweat, and tears into it. Thank you for all your hard work and the great outcome you all have contributed to! I wish you a merry Christmas and a happy new year. Cheers Dave Pascal Obry schrieb am Fr., 24. Dez. 2021, 11:09: > > We're proud to announce the new feature release of darktable, 3.8.0! > > The github release is here: [ > https://github.com/darktable-org/darktable/releases/tag/release-3.8.0](https://github.com/darktable-org/darktable/releases/tag/release-3.8.0) > . > > As always, please don't use the autogenerated tarball provided by > github, but only our tar.xz file. the checksums are: > > ``` > $ sha256sum darktable-3.8.0.tar.xz > 2e65c7c78d074ad218e3ef7a8c3051a8ea78f4a0406386667859645e5e4bf705 > darktable-3.8.0.tar.xz > $ sha256sum darktable-3.8.0.dmg > fe1f1100bf3ca1acc11f69e2ffc6dbb58d11449ed85c086e0ecc52d5acb78e24 > darktable-3.8.0.dmg > $ sha256sum darktable-3.8.0-win64.exe > c74d76f9feefc5648c41938bf430b261d3a3308df0ef87085be590b5a5d1110d > darktable-3.8.0-win64.exe > ``` > > When updating from the currently stable 3.6.x series, please bear in > mind that your edits will be preserved during this process, but the new > library and configuration will not be usable with 3.6.x anymore. > > You are strongly advised to take a backup first. > > Important note: to make sure that darktable can keep on supporting > the raw file format for your camera, *please* read [this post]( > https://discuss.pixls.us/t/raw-samples-wanted/5420?u=lebedevri) on > how/what raw samples you can contribute to ensure that we have the *full* > raw sample set for your camera under CC0 license! > > - Almost 3915 commits to darktable+rawspeed since 3.6 > - 571 pull requests handled > - 265 issues closed > > ## The Big Ones > > - The keyboard shortcut system has been entirely reworked and extended to > allow you > to control darktable with other devices, for example, MIDI devices > and game controllers. Standard keyboard/mouse shortcuts can now make use > of mouse movements (horizontal, vertical, diagonal) as well as multiple > button/key presses and short or long presses/clicks. > > Please note that any shortcuts you have previously created are not > transferred > to the new functionality and will need to be redefined in darktable 3.8. > > - New diffuse or sharpen module, allowing you to simulate or to revert > diffusion processes to reconstruct images from lens blur, hazing, > sensor low-pass filter, or noise. It can also be used to simulate > watercolor smudges, increase local contrast, simulate blooming or > apply surface blur. Special rules can be defined to specifically > diffuse across or along edges, as well as to avoid sharpening or > blurring them. > > - New scene-referred blurs module, to synthesize motion and lens blurs in > a parametric > and physically-accurate way. This module allows you to define the motion > path or the lens > diaphragm and then generates the corresponding blur. > > - Perspective correction module has been renamed to rotate and perspective > and now allows you to manually define correction settings by drawing > lines > or rectangles on the image (replicating keystone correction functionality > from the deprecated crop and rotate module) > > - Added support for multiple images in the print view. The page can be > filled with multiple areas, each of which can be moved around and placed > on > the page with the ability to snap to a grid for precision. > > - A new LMMSE demosaic algorithm has been introduced. This algorithm is > particularly > suited to high ISO and/or noisy images. > > - The composition guides from the crop module are now available globally > and no > longer require the crop module to be activated. > > - The Canon raw CR3 format is now supported (see list of supported cameras > in the > section below). This support is provided by LibRaw and requires at least > exiv2 version > 0.27.4 with BMFF support activated. > > - The color checker profiling tool, introduced in darktable 3.4 as part of > the > color calibration module, is now normalized patch-wise in exposure to > discard the effect > of uneven lighting and fall-off when shooting color checkers hand-held > and on-location. > This robustly decreases the residual average dE after calibration and > noticeably > helps to recover natural dark blues while preventing yellow shifts in > highlights. > > ## Other New Features And Changes > > - The denoise (profiled) module now uses wavelets mode by default and its > default > settings in Y0U0V0 mode have been improved. > > - Flip buttons have been added to the orientation module (functionality > moved > from crop and rotate). > > - Background jobs handling has been removed from preferences. > > - Much of the SSE-specific code has been removed, since compiler-generated > code > is usually faster. > > - The
