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I was a Lightroom Classic user before fully moving to Darktable, and now I get better results with Darktable. Not because it is easier to work with, but because

I was a Lightroom Classic user before fully moving to Darktable, and now I get better results with Darktable. Not because it is easier to work with, but because the rendering engine for Fujifilm RAW files is miles ahead of whatever Adobe uses. Still miss my film simulations, though. They were great starting points when editing a big photo shoot. I should give RawTherapee a try. The UI with Darktable is definitely its biggest disadvantage.

spaetzleesser 6y ago
Lightroom is known for being terrible with Fuji X-Trans files. Capture One is much better.
- jamesponddotco 6y ago
  Still not enough to beat Darktable, though. Plus, it does not work on Linux, which is what I use. While I did keep a Windows VM for Lightroom for a while when I switch back to Linux from macOS (and could do the same for Capture One), it is just not worth the hassle, and loss of privacy with Darktable being so good.
  - spaetzleesser 6y ago
    How long did it take you to get used to it? I am now so in tune with Capture One that I am very reluctant to change. It takes a long time to get a feel for this kind of software.
    - jamesponddotco 6y ago
      A week or two, for about two hours a day. Making changes out of nowhere is something I am used to since I was a kid, so it might have been easier for me. But if you are happy with Capture One, and do not plan on switching your operating system anytime soon, I do not really see a reason. Darktable has a better rendering engine, but only pixel peepers will notice, and the fact it is open source only matters to a limited amount of people, myself included, but might not matter to you.
Derbasti 6y ago
There are great free LUTs out there that can emulate the Fuji film simulations quite well. That might be worth a try.
- jamesponddotco 6y ago
  Stuart Sowerby[1] released a few that I will try as soon as the pandemic is over, and I can go outside for photo shoots again. From the comparisons I saw, they look pretty damn close to the real thing. [1] https://blog.sowerby.me/fuji-film-simulation-profiles/ https://blog.sowerby.me/fuji-film-simulation-profiles/

spaetzleesser 6y ago

Lightroom is known for being terrible with Fuji X-Trans files. Capture One is much better.

jamesponddotco 6y ago
Still not enough to beat Darktable, though. Plus, it does not work on Linux, which is what I use. While I did keep a Windows VM for Lightroom for a while when I switch back to Linux from macOS (and could do the same for Capture One), it is just not worth the hassle, and loss of privacy with Darktable being so good.
- spaetzleesser 6y ago
  How long did it take you to get used to it? I am now so in tune with Capture One that I am very reluctant to change. It takes a long time to get a feel for this kind of software.
  - jamesponddotco 6y ago
    A week or two, for about two hours a day. Making changes out of nowhere is something I am used to since I was a kid, so it might have been easier for me. But if you are happy with Capture One, and do not plan on switching your operating system anytime soon, I do not really see a reason. Darktable has a better rendering engine, but only pixel peepers will notice, and the fact it is open source only matters to a limited amount of people, myself included, but might not matter to you.

Derbasti 6y ago

There are great free LUTs out there that can emulate the Fuji film simulations quite well. That might be worth a try.

jamesponddotco 6y ago
Stuart Sowerby[1] released a few that I will try as soon as the pandemic is over, and I can go outside for photo shoots again. From the comparisons I saw, they look pretty damn close to the real thing. [1] https://blog.sowerby.me/fuji-film-simulation-profiles/ https://blog.sowerby.me/fuji-film-simulation-profiles/