We’re proud to announce the new feature release of darktable, 5.0.0! The github release is here: https://github.com/darktable-org/darktable/releases/tag/release-5.0.0. To build from source, do not use the autogenerated tarball provided by GitHub on the release page, download our tar.xz file instead. If you’re just building for yourself without creating a package for some distribution, then using source code cloning in git is an even more convenient way. The checksums are: $ sha256sum darktable-5.0.0.tar.xz eaa136e6e624bb53127282e26aafa0441abcc189b55371465e1f5a8a493fa3a1 darktable-5.0.0.tar.xz $ sha256sum darktable-5.0.0-x86_64.dmg 3f49cfb63958269b99065cf6b501678d4e63f2457ee1915bcd7ffa0dfef9dcfd darktable-5.0.0-x86_64.dmg $ sha256sum darktable-5.0.0-arm64.dmg 14feb35ef2b2e8e50cf1855826ad4913e905a5600a56a87dd98382e8d828e9db darktable-5.0.0-arm64.dmg $ sha256sum darktable-5.0.0-arm64-13.5.dmg b43011cae5ddc9f19a8f895ba389e9ddb79d01534e9ca0568b7125026ac72145 darktable-5.0.0-arm64-13.5.dmg $ sha256sum darktable-5.0.0-win64.exe 40444d5c7d310b1e1e859bd6b7c5d5e35d538a7bf9ad3e918b0e883c971451ea darktable-5.0.0-win64.exe $ sha256sum Darktable-5.0.0-x86_64.AppImage d0061ac5a345c473d98f04388197afaee48e61b638db576ae1c88700cb8855cd Darktable-5.0.0-x86_64.AppImage When updating from the stable 4.8 series, please bear in mind that your edits will be preserved during this process, but the new library and configuration will no longer be usable with 4.8.
  • ddh@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
    451·
    6 days ago

    “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.”

  • TheFonz@lemmy.world
    7·
    5 days ago

    I like Darktable but found RawTherapee to be more usable. For me Darktable 4 was way too many clicks for what should be a one click - everywhere. But it is very powerful. Just the ui gave me headache

    • afk_strats@lemmy.worldEnglish
      132·
      5 days ago

      I’ve tried to main it on a few occasions most recently on 4.1. It’s immensely powerful and I really think it surpasses Lightroom on ability to create pleasing tones. I have it installed on my home and laptop photo editing setup and I do use it on occasion.

      Uortunately, even as an Adobe hater, I still use Lightroom CC 99% of the time. Why? Because speed and cross-platform compatibility. CC is less powerful* but I can do all of my editing in 30 seconds per photo and I have roughly the same experience accross Mac, Linux, and Android.

      Darktable is slow to update, you have to be methodical, and there are so many ways to do the same thing. I know the devs are trying to make the best tool possible and I think they’ve built a gem. But I’m not invested enough to learn best practices for my photo editing software. I want a tool which gives me the happy path to the basics.

      *ai masking, ai noise reduction, and ai object deletion are insanely useful. I feel bad every time I use them… But I do. Darktable doesn’t have these

      • sparky@lemmy.federate.cc@lemmy.federate.cc
        3·
        5 days ago

        Thanks, that’s an interesting overview. I guess it might be worth checking it out, but like you say, I like the simplicity of Lightroom CC and 85% of the time you only want 5% of the tools, auto correct and basic histogram adjustments.

    • mondoman712@lemmy.ml
      1·
      4 days ago

      I use it over other tools, but I haven’t used the proprietary tools so I can’t provide a comparison.

  • waywardninja@sh.itjust.works
    81·
    5 days ago

    Personally, I’m grateful this tool exists. I have used Adobe Lightroom 5 the one you could get on a disc, like, when owning things was actually possible. Adobe has systematically pissed me off over the last decade. Lightroom was great, non-destructive edits, import into year with sub directory sorted by months. Quick copy and apply edits. Lr5 was great.
    I’m just a hobbyist photographer, I’m not doing pro level anything or charging anyone anything. I would love to use the student edition. I refuse to though, because it requires Adobe to upload them online, use them for ai training, it’s not private. I take photos on a camera to NOT have them on the Internet. To be honest I’d be upset if a photographer used any ai or cloud storage for my personal photos. Sadly, it’s so baked in a photographer might not even know. Not everyone cares or is tech savvy(which is totally fine) it’s not their fault the company is shady.

    That was a first issue, second they won’t support the version I have any longer, ok that’s how software/hardware works, but it’s a subscription model now and that sucks. I upload 6 months of photos at a clip, I didn’t need a monthly sub. Because of that I’m tied to an old laptop that’s on death’s door to edit my pics.

    Darktable provides everything I need that Lightroom did, sans a small bit of import magic to organize photos, and it’s a little tricky to use but after about an hour, I understand how to get things going. Anything has a learning curve. With darktable I know my pics are mine, they are on my laptop, I won’t be paying a subscription. That small amount of frustration is worth it to tell Adobe to piss off.

  • traches@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    4·
    6 days ago

    Oh nice! I’m stoked about the background sidecar operations, that will speed things up considerably

    • Darohan@lemmy.zip
      5·
      5 days ago

      Dang if only you could click the “about” link at the top of the page to find a comprehensive explaination of the software…

      • RunningInRVA@lemmy.world
        25·
        5 days ago

        Too much work. If somebody is that excited about posting a new version release they should consider tossing in a blurb about what it does so I can tell if I even want to click the link.