![]() There are also a few video tutorials that do exist. I very much appreciate the work that went into DT from the deep math and technologic knowledge behind it to the effort put into explaining things to users. It's immensely helpful and a lot of work went into that. There is a fat PDF out there that explains all the modules and what they do. I've never tried if commercially bought presets/plugins etc would be transferable to DT but I highly doubt it, since the logic that powers DT seems to have been developed completely independently and not modeled on LR.ĭT actually has very good and readable user documentation, especially for a FOSS program. You can also use them to batch edit many pictures at once. You can save your own presets in DT and apply them to other pictures. Still, I keep wondering how much better my photos could be if I knew better what I was doing and learn by precisely replicating tutorials instead of guesstimating what I do. I love the look and the workflow and that it works seamlessly with my equipment. I love DT, it's hugely powerful and has an enormous amount of modules. I got used to DT over RT initially because I preferred the interface and it was closer to LR so I could better profit from the wealth of information out there. Especially the famous clarity tool in LR doesn't exist in DT as such, and sliders will have different values and/or be called differently although they may do the same. If you try to achieve a certain effect and you follow the tutorials you find but the results aren't there, you never know if your picture isn't good enough, you're too dumb, the tutorial is dumb or if it's down to differences in the software. One thing that is almost worth paying for Lightroom is that every effing tutorial out there, be it YouTube, books or random websites, is based on Lightroom. Now, while Photoshop has the nicer interface and some tools are better integrated, GIMP's menus and workflow seem much more logical and natural to me and I prefer it now. I grew up on Photoshop and hated GIMP's interface, but eventually I became too lazy to reboot into Windows and got used to GIMP. Just as with Photoshop and GIMP, there is a huge habit aspect to it. The developer of ART is also particularly responsive and helpful.Personally I use Darktable on Linux and am quite happy with it. Watch YouTube videos, especially Bruce Williams for darktable, and ask for help on if you get stuck. In fact, your photography can actually start to suffer when you start to rely too much on the software doing all the hard work for you. This is fine, but I would argue you don't really learn much from them. Most commercial software is designed for those who just want quick and nice looking results. They don't really hold your hand, but in the end you benefit from that. But when you start to get under the hood and work out what they do and why they do it, your processing skills will improve measurably. It's a common complaint about all of them that they take too long to learn and are not always "intuitive". They reward patience and lots of research. They will all offer varying levels of frustration at first because they work differently from what you're used to. The key for all of these programs though is to give them time. I might go as far as saying it's the easiest to transition to for a Lightroom user. I would also recommend ART, which is a fork of RawTherapee and offers a more streamlined experience. My suggestion is to keep trying both darkroom and RT for a month or two each and decide for yourself which one you prefer after processing lots and lots of photos. I have tried almost all the major FOSS photography applications and they all have their strengths and weaknesses. But I cancelled my subscription for various reasons and will probably never resubscribe. I was a Lightroom user for many years and I still really like it for what it does. My comment isn't a comparison, since I don't use rawtherapee or lightroom, I am just an enthusiast darktable user. (See this one for an example of what darktable can do )Īpart from that, on r/darktable you find a post with collected resources. I suggest to look Bruce Williams series of video tutorials on youtube, imo is the quickest way to learn. One difficulty, especially at the beginning, is that it gives you the choice between A LOT of different modules and often you can obtain similar results using different ways. For example, you can enhance the exposure of a certain local zone, or tell it to apply the module only on the pixels with a value above a certain threshold. ![]() Every module can be applied using a mask. A thing very important in the darktable workflow is the possibility to use masks. It is a very powerful software for RAW developing, but it also gives you the possibility to just develop photos in a quick way. I like it very much, especially the new version 3.0.2. I will add my opinion as a darktable user. ![]()
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