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I wasn't sure what Darktable was, but they provide a good summary on their homepage, which it seems many projects fail to do nowadays, so kudos to them. > dark
by kingbirdy 7y ago
I wasn't sure what Darktable was, but they provide a good summary on their homepage, which it seems many projects fail to do nowadays, so kudos to them.
> darktable is an open source photography workflow application and raw developer. A virtual lighttable and darkroom for photographers. It manages your digital negatives in a database, lets you view them through a zoomable lighttable and enables you to develop raw images and enhance them.
- xwowsersx 7y agoAgreed, a welcome change indeed!
- m-p-3 7y agoAgreed, and so many apps lacks an easily accessible screenshots section, if they even have screenshots. I want to see what the apps looks like if I'm even going to download it, do at least a minimum of effort to entice potential users.
- tomcam 7y agoI was in the same position. So I looked for an about page, and found exactly the right level of detail there. I looked at the install page, and saw installers for everything (images without captions, which I did not like, but that’s the only flaw I found on the whole site). at that point I simply began spelunking around the site out of sheer amazement, just trying to see how they communicated things. To me, it’s maybe the best presentation of a product of any kind I have ever seen. It answered all of my questions directly, without any kind of trouble navigating.
- radiowave 7y agoI've been similarly impressed with their manual, which while not the most thorough, answers the all-import question: "What does this control do?"
- Ididntdothis 7y agoIt should also say that it fulfills the same purpose Adobe Lightroom does. I think this would help a lot of people. It’s not an alternative for photoshop for example.
- seanhunter 7y agoThey probably specifically don't say that to avoid potential copyright issues. Depending on jurisdiction (I'm thinking specifically UK and EU here) you can't actually say that about a competitive product without encountering problems.
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- niknetniko 7y agoI'm note sure about the EU part, because in Belgium you can mention competitors, e.g. "Darktable aims to fulfil the same need as Lightroom" is absolutely allowed, without problems. There aren't even rules specifically for mentioning competitors, it's about comparisons in general. For example, saying your product is "the best on the market" counts as a comparison, and you'll need proof to back up your statements.
- brudgers 7y agoEven a lawsuit without merit would require lawyering up and suck scarce time and energy. Adobe has deep pockets and lawyers on staff. Darktable has volunteers.
- pdabbadabba 7y agoBy this logic, they probably should have picked a different name.
- StavrosK 7y agoYou can file a lawsuit without merit about anything, you don't need merit.
- brudgers 7y agoI agree. I think never mentioning Lightroom is a way of steering clear of meritorious suits and reduces the likelihood of a frivolous one...since even a frivolous lawsuit could be fatal. Anyway, "here is our cool thing" is probably organizationally healthier than "us against evil corp."
- xwowsersx 7y agoI agree and it's funny that something so basic is refreshing to see. I had assumed it was an IDE (I guess because of Light Table), but they made it clear as soon as I hit the home page.
- Sharlin 7y agoIn a sense it is an integrated development environment, just in the sense of developing a photograph instead of software :) And their names both allude to the same analog photographer's or animator's tool, the light table[1]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light_table https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light_table
- xwowsersx 7y agoGood point!