tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5720051712770628368.post7684761302438816969..comments2024-03-25T14:07:20.212-06:00Comments on Tutorial Geek: Lightroom vs Darktable - RAW photo editingMcKayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03548464291092295076noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5720051712770628368.post-55798464965488139092018-12-01T04:54:38.798-07:002018-12-01T04:54:38.798-07:00Yeah, Darktable has incredible masking capabilitie...Yeah, Darktable has incredible masking capabilities. Each and every effect module has a blending section at the bottom. Click the arrow next to the word "Blend" and you can choose uniform blending, parametric masking, or drawn masking or combined parametric and drawn masking. <br /><br />The parametric masking section gives the ability target your effect based on any combination of color channels. Depending on the effect, these channels may include Red/Green/Blue, Hue/Saturation/Lightness, or a(turquoise-magenta)/b(blue-yellow), chroma and grey. For each channel you can set a slope at the low and/or high end of the channel which basically feathers the edges of the effect area. You can adjust this slope for each channel's input and output and each can also be inverted or all polarities can be inverted at once. These controls can result in very finely tuned adjustments to selection areas that would nearly impossible to access by hand. For instance, you could target only areas of the image sloping off from max blue value but then falling in areas with over 50% red and only where saturation is between 25% and 75% and all those factors can be smoothly feathered and blended for the most subtle and natural effect. And, if it still has any harsh edges or high contrast dithering areas you can apply a global blurring effect to the whole mask.<br /><br />The drawn masking feature allows you to manually select areas of the image using brushes, gradient spreads, oval shapes, and polygonal areas. The polygon tool is really nice and intuitive creating smooth curvy shapes that avoid creating geometric artifacts. As far as I know, there is no analog to this tool in Lightroom. All the drawn masking tools have adjustable feathering and brush size using scroll wheel and shift modifier key.<br /><br />You can combine the parametric mask and the drawn mask with an inclusive or exclusive operation. And, the sum of this whole masking selection area can expose the processed output of the effect module as a composite image operation (like Photoshop layer blending). There are 25 composite blending options and an opacity slider. There is nothing like this in Lightroom.<br /><br />Most effects can have multiple instances and their order can be changed. <br /><br />BrownMillerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00679435878088050678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5720051712770628368.post-138862618275595792014-05-05T19:34:53.882-06:002014-05-05T19:34:53.882-06:00That indeed is true and a good suggestion. I will ...That indeed is true and a good suggestion. I will see what I can do (realistically, it may be a while before I find the time to do it).McKayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03548464291092295076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5720051712770628368.post-17182076165446546012014-05-01T06:29:14.995-06:002014-05-01T06:29:14.995-06:00As Perry stated: An update would be a good idea, a...As Perry stated: An update would be a good idea, as DT indeed got a lot of features.<br />Most of all it supports shapes now, which allows you to alter specific parts of the image, which the obvious drawback you mentioned :)<br />But after all a great postAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5720051712770628368.post-55442108581525849772014-03-09T12:28:40.881-06:002014-03-09T12:28:40.881-06:00Do you work for Adobe? I'm a photographer I...Do you work for Adobe? I'm a photographer I've used Lightroom and DxO trial version and Darktable is better photos with more real and more bright colors also reducing noise is much better!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5720051712770628368.post-22414013538189396952014-02-17T10:10:02.171-07:002014-02-17T10:10:02.171-07:00It looks like DT has had considerable updates sens...It looks like DT has had considerable updates sense this post. How about an update?Perryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08331736726646378186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5720051712770628368.post-34284482390267326852014-02-05T15:22:49.798-07:002014-02-05T15:22:49.798-07:00She is so beautiful !! :)She is so beautiful !! :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5720051712770628368.post-16606930623625300642013-12-06T10:32:59.197-07:002013-12-06T10:32:59.197-07:00wow..very gud article.
also visit my blog www.teck...wow..very gud article.<br />also visit my blog www.teckyz.comAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02065928074427370245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5720051712770628368.post-15338183196675307672013-02-03T10:21:00.623-07:002013-02-03T10:21:00.623-07:00I am still missing a simple Contrast slider in dar...I am still missing a simple Contrast slider in darktable... I am adding blacks and so but not sure if it is the same.<br />Marcelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07842661286647730880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5720051712770628368.post-88246968845824492572012-12-06T11:47:15.357-07:002012-12-06T11:47:15.357-07:00As far as I know we've never seen an overexpos...As far as I know we've never seen an overexposure issue with Nikon RAWs. If you still have this issue with the current version of Darktable (1.1) please do report an issue in our Redmine bug tracker:<br /><br />http://darktable.org/redmine/issues/Pascal de Bruijnhttp://blog.pcode.nl/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5720051712770628368.post-80621919309188308822012-12-01T06:48:32.852-07:002012-12-01T06:48:32.852-07:00I have recently began experimenting with Darktable...I have recently began experimenting with Darktable, yet, for some reason, all my .NEF raw files are overexposed by several stops. The JPEGs are fine, but the RAW's are totally unusable. Is there a specific plugin I need to use Nikon RAW files correctly? Any advice would be greatly appreciated.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5720051712770628368.post-36275754391583305932012-08-03T23:41:44.708-06:002012-08-03T23:41:44.708-06:00hi McKay Christensen,
i am impressed with this rev...hi McKay Christensen,<br />i am impressed with this review you had, though this is over a year ago.<br />i am not sure about the recent darktable version but i have never ever looked back into lightroom after using rawtherapee+gimp+picasa combination, picasa is good for photo organisation and importing and its built in effects are good too (hard to replicate in rawtherapee).Xycris Fuerzashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11153852364990185881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5720051712770628368.post-89248328445388904832012-08-03T03:30:29.184-06:002012-08-03T03:30:29.184-06:00In my opinion, the most important issue in a RAW p...In my opinion, the most important issue in a RAW processor is the level of detail achieved and the color and luminance noise reduction..! The quality of the image. Editing techniques are no that important in a raw processor.Hugo Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04251946415794730490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5720051712770628368.post-20817365048520010412012-07-21T19:42:47.799-06:002012-07-21T19:42:47.799-06:00do you know if you are able to use Lightroom actio...do you know if you are able to use Lightroom actions in Darktable?ccerskinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16850675792741309141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5720051712770628368.post-57489747549012799082012-04-23T05:39:11.092-06:002012-04-23T05:39:11.092-06:00Thanks for the review. I've installed darktabl...Thanks for the review. I've installed darktable but haven't had a chance to give it a real workout. I've been impressed with the feature set and possibilities to process photos. But I agree, I would require local editing - this is simply a must for me. I wonder if darktable will come up with masking tools? I use Capture NX2 a lot and the U-mark approach is very nice and fast. So I'll be watching the darktable development.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5720051712770628368.post-87425920052489009612012-04-12T16:12:50.970-06:002012-04-12T16:12:50.970-06:00I am quite hard user of Lightroom for a long time....I am quite hard user of Lightroom for a long time. I have equipped all computers in my studio with Lightroom and love it in all ways. <br />With Gimp, I have to say, for me there is no way to even think about it as Photoshop open source competitor. I know, too many Gimplovers will not agree..but I really hate the layout and all the ways of work.<br />BUT...I just have seen Darktable first time and get interest into it. Today I took closer view and I can say just it is really open source rockstar in way of workflow and raw processing. Ofcourse, there are too many features missing compare to LR. But I got familiar with the way of working in this interface very fast and I can say that guys did great job. Fingers crossed and eyes kept on future steps! ...and, thx for nice review man.Dusanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00111748460159664917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5720051712770628368.post-25042106488404163352012-02-04T13:59:45.946-07:002012-02-04T13:59:45.946-07:00It is my eye or Dartable overexposes all the image...It is my eye or Dartable overexposes all the images more than Lightroom?Ivanghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12423116083387959595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5720051712770628368.post-88804808323799626422011-10-04T05:05:10.699-06:002011-10-04T05:05:10.699-06:00Thanks Aaron for the comment. Glad you discovered ...Thanks Aaron for the comment. Glad you discovered Darktable. Hopefully it will work out well for you. I actually need to give it another run (I haven't done anything for a few months... China has been keeping me busy and sadly, not busy taking pictures).McKayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03548464291092295076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5720051712770628368.post-15048146624296293792011-10-03T17:49:09.243-06:002011-10-03T17:49:09.243-06:00Unknown? Hmmm. Should be Aaron. Oops.Unknown? Hmmm. Should be Aaron. Oops.Aaronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00484659583294122679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5720051712770628368.post-23704706687158122232011-10-03T17:48:07.716-06:002011-10-03T17:48:07.716-06:00Thank you so much for your post!
I recently have ...Thank you so much for your post!<br /><br />I recently have gotten back into photography and finally got a DSLR. I run purely linux and have been trying to find decent editing software. I was losting hope after trying RawTherapee and LightZone (which is out of business now I think). Darktable looks to be perfect!<br /><br />Now I just need to learn how to edit properly. This was perfect for being able to know that I can roughly follow a lightroom based tutorial and get a similar results.<br /><br />The only thing missing that LightZone had (other then $99 fee) is the local area editing that you mentioned. Hopefully that will be in future versions.<br /><br />Thanks again.Aaronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00484659583294122679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5720051712770628368.post-41456338413277540362011-08-03T13:01:18.307-06:002011-08-03T13:01:18.307-06:00Thanks for your comment Bruce. I have always been ...Thanks for your comment Bruce. I have always been impressed with the quality of open source software. When I was taking Photoshop and Illustrator classes in college I found that I preferred using the Gimp and Inkscape instead. I think I enjoyed those programs partially because I was more familiar with them, but mostly because they are great programs (and free to use on any computer). There are still features and layout changes I would prefer (Namely, creating scripts [macros] in Gimp is difficult at best and the layout is not my favorite [single window mode still seems problematic for me]).<br /><br />I think Darktable falls under the category of being fantastic software but like all software could use some improvements and new features. I have been impressed so far with the improvements I have since since I started using it.McKayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03548464291092295076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5720051712770628368.post-10764193915421517232011-08-02T19:36:54.228-06:002011-08-02T19:36:54.228-06:00The issue isn't whether Darktable blindly copi...The issue isn't whether Darktable blindly copies a particular feature implementation (I agree, it shouldn't), but whether it's feature comparable. In this case, local modification of an image sounds like a missing feature.Brucehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14395303309033247299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5720051712770628368.post-50235747999988177072011-07-31T17:52:08.614-06:002011-07-31T17:52:08.614-06:00Nevermind just found the "more plugins" ...Nevermind just found the "more plugins" tab! Stupid me!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5720051712770628368.post-55966396764077663962011-07-31T17:26:09.083-06:002011-07-31T17:26:09.083-06:00Nice article, as usual! You got me to install dark...Nice article, as usual! You got me to install darkroom from the ppa (ubuntu natty) unfortunately I get only a small subset of the controls you have I tried to install darktable-plugins-experimentalb ut nothing changed, I seem to have many .so in /usr/lib/darktable/plugins but they don't show up in darkroom... any suggestions?<br />Thanks!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5720051712770628368.post-26536644035585433672011-07-16T23:19:11.408-06:002011-07-16T23:19:11.408-06:00PolarFox; thanks for posting your image. I think y...PolarFox; thanks for posting your image. I think you did a great job! It is great to see what can be done in Darktable.McKayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03548464291092295076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5720051712770628368.post-22454689253787004912011-07-16T23:17:43.481-06:002011-07-16T23:17:43.481-06:00Prokoudine; thanks for your comment. I have checke...Prokoudine; thanks for your comment. I have checked out the velvia plugin and like it. My goal with the tutorial was not to see if everything would be the same in LR and Darktable. I realize they won't be. I just wanted to see what people were doing in Lightroom to see how Darktable would compare. I always prefer using open source software and think that Darktable is fantastic! I imagine it will only get better.McKayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03548464291092295076noreply@blogger.com