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For the benefit of myself and others checking this out the first time: How do open my DNG in Darktable? I've been fumbling around in the UI for 10 minutes. I'm

by fsloth 5y ago

For the benefit of myself and others checking this out the first time: How do open my DNG in Darktable? I've been fumbling around in the UI for 10 minutes. I'm definetly not a noob but the UI eludes me.

fsloth 5y ago
To answer myself - there is no "Open file" functionality. Images need to be "Imported to database".
- spaetzleesser 5y ago
  The UI takes a long time to get used to. The concept of film rolls is a little weird and knowing which functionality is available in what context is also often not very intuitive.
- morsch 5y ago
  You can actually sort of just open a file directly by running darktable <filename> which will open the file in the editor (the darkroom in darktable parlance; the file is automatically added to the database). I suppose if you don't care about the photo library management aspects of darktable, you could use it like this entirely, especially since apparently 3.6 adds an export button in the darkroom. https://www.darktable.org/usermanual/3.6/en/special-topics/program-invocation/darktable/ https://www.darktable.org/usermanual/3.6/en/special-topics/p...
vanderZwan 5y ago
I'd love to help but can you be more specific? Until then, taking a guess at what you mean exactly: - importing a DNG into the application: in the top-left there's an "import" button and a "folder" button to import files and/or folders. Navigate to the folder with your DNG. Select it, import it, like you'd expect opening files to work - after importing you're still in the "lightroom" section, which is the gallery of all imported photos. On the left you can filter by "film roll", representing photos you imported together. You can also rate selected photos zero to five stars, label them rejected or with a color (all on the bottom row), and then further filter out photos via controls at the top. - to edit a photo you need to go to the "darkroom" view. Either select a photo and click on darkroom, or just double-click. After that, well, there are a lot of options to explore, haha. There's quite a few YouTube tutorials that are a lot better at explaining the interface than a text description here would be. Good luck and have fun!
- fsloth 5y ago
  Thanks, this is precisely the feedback I was hoping to receive.

by fsloth 5y ago

fsloth 5y ago

To answer myself - there is no "Open file" functionality. Images need to be "Imported to database".

spaetzleesser 5y ago
The UI takes a long time to get used to. The concept of film rolls is a little weird and knowing which functionality is available in what context is also often not very intuitive.
morsch 5y ago
You can actually sort of just open a file directly by running darktable <filename> which will open the file in the editor (the darkroom in darktable parlance; the file is automatically added to the database). I suppose if you don't care about the photo library management aspects of darktable, you could use it like this entirely, especially since apparently 3.6 adds an export button in the darkroom. https://www.darktable.org/usermanual/3.6/en/special-topics/program-invocation/darktable/ https://www.darktable.org/usermanual/3.6/en/special-topics/p...

vanderZwan 5y ago

I'd love to help but can you be more specific? Until then, taking a guess at what you mean exactly: - importing a DNG into the application: in the top-left there's an "import" button and a "folder" button to import files and/or folders. Navigate to the folder with your DNG. Select it, import it, like you'd expect opening files to work - after importing you're still in the "lightroom" section, which is the gallery of all imported photos. On the left you can filter by "film roll", representing photos you imported together. You can also rate selected photos zero to five stars, label them rejected or with a color (all on the bottom row), and then further filter out photos via controls at the top. - to edit a photo you need to go to the "darkroom" view. Either select a photo and click on darkroom, or just double-click. After that, well, there are a lot of options to explore, haha. There's quite a few YouTube tutorials that are a lot better at explaining the interface than a text description here would be. Good luck and have fun!

fsloth 5y ago
Thanks, this is precisely the feedback I was hoping to receive.