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A look at Darktable 2.0

64 points by liotier 11y ago

o_____________o 11y ago
> darktable is an open source photography workflow application and RAW developer. A virtual lighttable and darkroom for photographers.
StavrosK 11y ago
I really like Darktable as a project. It's a competent alternative to Lightroom for editing, but its library management features haven't impressed me (read: I couldn't really get it to work with more than a few dozen photos), not that Lightroom is great. I'd love to see Darktable improve even more into a great Lightroom alternative. Props to the team.
- tyfon 11y ago
  I have been using it exclusively for a year or so now after using Lightroom and it is great. The only thing missing was the printing, but that has been in the development branch for a few months and so far it seems solid. The library management is based on tags like gmail and for me it has been working with about 6000 photos. It takes some time getting used to though. Another great feature is that it stores the .xmp files in the same folder as the raws so I can edit photos and my wife will see the changes on her computer (the photos are stored on a nas).
sneak 11y ago
maybe it's time to revisit it; the last interaction I had with it ran into some significant usability issues (terrible contrast and tiny, tiny controls) which went casually dismissed when I brought it up with the devs. at the time I wrote it off as one more user-hostile OSS project.
- thawkins 11y ago
  I will have another look too, on fedora 22 and 23 the 1.6 version segfaults every time when opening files from a removable drive.
- audidude 11y ago
  now that they are on gtk3, it will get a lot easier to get the ui styling they want. in fact, based on irc conversations they seem to be moving forward with the css theming pretty quickly.
- tombrossman 11y ago
  I'm a regular user of Darktable for several years and I wouldn't call it a 'user-hostile' project, but the impossibly tiny controls for some functions is frustrating. Maybe they just need more UX experts to pitch in and help improve the product? This is certainly a common theme with FOSS. Overall I get excellent results with the software, I like it and I'm pretty quick in my workflow, but those little triangles you have to right-click on (e.g. to adjust the exposure or black point) take me multiple tries. Every. Single. Time! My fine motor skill is great. And I'm using a good quality wired mouse because I like the precision.
  - sneak 11y ago
    Software designed in such a shitty fashion as to require special hardware to use it in 2015. I tried to pitch in, and my input was summarily rejected.
NickHaflinger 11y ago
This web page is not available: ERR_CONNECTION_REFUSED http://www.darktable.org/ http://www.darktable.org/
- kevinbowman 11y ago
  Also, concerningly, you can request it on https but the cert's CN is "root.hackers.fi". Maybe I'll just use the older version in Ubuntu's repository instead, or clone it from Github or something like that.

64 points by liotier 11y ago

> darktable is an open source photography workflow application and RAW developer. A virtual lighttable and darkroom for photographers.

StavrosK 11y ago

I really like Darktable as a project. It's a competent alternative to Lightroom for editing, but its library management features haven't impressed me (read: I couldn't really get it to work with more than a few dozen photos), not that Lightroom is great. I'd love to see Darktable improve even more into a great Lightroom alternative. Props to the team.

tyfon 11y ago
I have been using it exclusively for a year or so now after using Lightroom and it is great. The only thing missing was the printing, but that has been in the development branch for a few months and so far it seems solid. The library management is based on tags like gmail and for me it has been working with about 6000 photos. It takes some time getting used to though. Another great feature is that it stores the .xmp files in the same folder as the raws so I can edit photos and my wife will see the changes on her computer (the photos are stored on a nas).

sneak 11y ago

maybe it's time to revisit it; the last interaction I had with it ran into some significant usability issues (terrible contrast and tiny, tiny controls) which went casually dismissed when I brought it up with the devs. at the time I wrote it off as one more user-hostile OSS project.

thawkins 11y ago
I will have another look too, on fedora 22 and 23 the 1.6 version segfaults every time when opening files from a removable drive.
audidude 11y ago
now that they are on gtk3, it will get a lot easier to get the ui styling they want. in fact, based on irc conversations they seem to be moving forward with the css theming pretty quickly.
tombrossman 11y ago
I'm a regular user of Darktable for several years and I wouldn't call it a 'user-hostile' project, but the impossibly tiny controls for some functions is frustrating. Maybe they just need more UX experts to pitch in and help improve the product? This is certainly a common theme with FOSS. Overall I get excellent results with the software, I like it and I'm pretty quick in my workflow, but those little triangles you have to right-click on (e.g. to adjust the exposure or black point) take me multiple tries. Every. Single. Time! My fine motor skill is great. And I'm using a good quality wired mouse because I like the precision.
- sneak 11y ago
  Software designed in such a shitty fashion as to require special hardware to use it in 2015. I tried to pitch in, and my input was summarily rejected.

NickHaflinger 11y ago

This web page is not available: ERR_CONNECTION_REFUSED http://www.darktable.org/ http://www.darktable.org/

kevinbowman 11y ago
Also, concerningly, you can request it on https but the cert's CN is "root.hackers.fi". Maybe I'll just use the older version in Ubuntu's repository instead, or clone it from Github or something like that.