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I shoot Sony and use Darktable exclusively. I think your problem might be the base curve module and its default "Sony" preset, which looks like garbage. Try se
by Youden 4y ago
I shoot Sony and use Darktable exclusively.
I think your problem might be the base curve module and its default "Sony" preset, which looks like garbage. Try setting it to "neutral", it should look a lot better (presets are under the little arrow next to the "base curve" header).
The base curve presets, if I understand correctly, aim to make the photo look similar to the out of camera JPEGs. In my opinion, they look like garbage.
But these days I use Filmic for everything. My process is basically switch off base curve, switch on Filmic, adjust exposure so that mid exposure looks reasonable, adjust white and black exposure in Filmic to taste and done.
The important thing to me is that this works for every photo, not just the easy ones. ETTR photos of high dynamic range scenes work just the same.
I'll occasionally run the photo through DXO and export a DNG with DXO's noise reduction for further work in Darktable too. Makes the shadows noise-free no matter how hard you push them.
- code_biologist 4y agoWhat do you mean by Filmic? Their website (filmicpro.com?) seems very focused on mobile phone cinematography stuff, not photos.
- pierrec 4y agoLikely the "filmic rgb" module in darktable. One of the most popular modules, it's pretty easy to get good results with the workflow they described. I also use it on most of my RAW pictures. https://docs.darktable.org/usermanual/4.0/en/module-reference/processing-modules/filmic-rgb/ https://docs.darktable.org/usermanual/4.0/en/module-referenc...
- bestham 4y agoI’m pretty sure that “filmic” refers to the filmic RGB module[1] that is a part of Darktable. [1]: https://docs.darktable.org/usermanual/4.0/en/module-reference/processing-modules/filmic-rgb/ https://docs.darktable.org/usermanual/4.0/en/module-referenc...
- Youden 4y agoWhat the other comments said: the "Filmic RGB" module in Darktable.
- kiririn 4y agoDxO is good shit, the only raw editor that ticked all the intuitive UI/UX boxes for me. Must have been through 10+ trials. The open source options in particular could do with some UI love Out of curiosity what stops you from using dxo for everything?
- jacooper 4y agoBut it doesn't support Linux, which is the main reason people use RT and DT