Amber McIntire Photography
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What is Darktable? A FREE Alternative to Lightroom for Photo Editing
Darktable is a free, open source photo editing program. Darktable allows you to edit raw or jpeg images for free, and is a free alternative to Lightroom. You can import and export images, sort and tag photos, and edit photos all in one program.
Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro
1:20 - Lighttable and Darkroom
1:45 - Lightroom Alternative?
3:00 - Darktable is updated every year!
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Darktable Keyboard Shortcuts - Where to find them and how to make your own!
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Looking to speed up your photo editing workflow in darktable? Use the keyboard! There are so many keyboard shortcut combinations in darktable that you can use to edit quickly, without having to go back and forth between the keyboard and the mouse. You aren't going to believe how easy it is to find the full list of keyboard shortcuts, and I'll even show you how to change it to use the keys you w...
NATURAL LIGHT PORTRAIT EDITING IN DARKTABLE | Beginner Photo Editing | FREE Lightroom Alternative
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Edit natural light photos with me in Darktable (a free Lightroom alternative). This workflow is easy for beginners to follow along with and shows how I edit several photos from a quick kids photo session outside. I switched to Darktable from Lightroom because it was free, but I stayed with Darktable because it's so much more powerful and I have even more control for my end photo results than I ...
How to Use Star Ratings and Organize Your Photos in Darktable ⭐
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If you're new to darktable and aren't sure how to organize your photos or give star ratings in darktable, keep watching! I'm jumping in to the lighttable module to show you how I use film rolls, folders, and give star ratings to photos to decide which ones to keep and which photos to get rid of. I also show you how to quickly mark as rejected or delete the photos that you don't want. If you mis...
How to Import and Export Photos in Darktable
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If you are just getting started with darktable, the first thing you are going to need to know is how to import and export your photos. This video will walk you through how to get raw images or jpeg files into darktable, and it will show you how to use the lighttable module to export photos back to jpeg or png files. I'm using version 3.2 but the principles are the same even if you are on an old...
How to make the module side panel scroll in darktable
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How to make the module side panel scroll in darktable
Get your darktable photo imports to look like Lightroom
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Get your darktable photo imports to look like Lightroom

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  • @Skoooom
    @Skoooom หลายเดือนก่อน

    THANK YOU !

  • @phenanrithe
    @phenanrithe หลายเดือนก่อน

    That's a life saver. Thanks a lot!

  • @nielsroetert
    @nielsroetert 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great video for me as a beginner to Darktable, thank you.

  • @Wistbacka
    @Wistbacka 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Lightroom has more natural transition from dark to light areas. That said, I also feel you went with more aggressive editing in Darktable than you did in Lightroom. From the brief testing U did with Darktable, I feel it's very easy to overdo everything in Darktable. So sensitive sliders. On the flip side, in Lightroom sliders often stop before I want; can't push to 11. And that is possible in Darktable

  • @kevinkildare3413
    @kevinkildare3413 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Skip to 1:45 for the info to start.

  • @JulesMoyaert_photo
    @JulesMoyaert_photo 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you, Amber!!!

  • @pongusikya
    @pongusikya ปีที่แล้ว

    Yes! Thank you.

  • @patricio.jovani
    @patricio.jovani ปีที่แล้ว

    Wait, how did you make the final comparison???

  • @nebula_M42
    @nebula_M42 ปีที่แล้ว

    thanks! and sorry to all the darktable developers mothers´ for all the cursing thus far

  • @testastestas1000
    @testastestas1000 ปีที่แล้ว

    How to import from SD card ?????

  • @ezra7891
    @ezra7891 ปีที่แล้ว

    You are amazing, thank you so much!!

  • @signedelacroix7213
    @signedelacroix7213 ปีที่แล้ว

    I am trying to set a short cut in crop to swap portrait to landscape, you can do it manually by clicking the circle next to the text Original image (or what ever name show up right to aspect.) But I can't find it into the short cut section. Can you help? WOw thanks for all those shortcut, it save me frustrations. Newer version are different to change shortcuts.

  • @skyline1795
    @skyline1795 ปีที่แล้ว

    On my trackpad that doesn`t work, sometimes I also can not close the menu windows for some reason. Do you know a Solution for that? and is there a shortcut for the Snapshot feature, to see the image changes before/after like in Lightroom?

  • @elyseelybeer4147
    @elyseelybeer4147 ปีที่แล้ว

    Dear Amber , I am trying to see your video multiple times on 2 different computers , and each time at 2 minutes/14 the sound is inaudible for the remaining video. I would love to share your explanations.

  • @thesolstephens
    @thesolstephens 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    sweet looking genius

  • @AlexandraTejero
    @AlexandraTejero 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hi! Is Darktable equivalent to Picasa? I loved Picasa and am looking for a program that substitute it. Thanks!

  • @PurpleWhirple
    @PurpleWhirple 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Darktable no longer seems to have the 'image' and 'folder' import options. I'm on v4 and have 'add to library' and 'copy and import'.

  • @gewawdypooh
    @gewawdypooh 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Im on the verge of crying tears of joy over this 2 year old video. If you see this, thank you so much. I’ve been working so hard on getting it to actually export correctly.

  • @professionalliability
    @professionalliability 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    mt p print shortcut does not work. I think , Whats is suppose to do. I also pressed ctr e for export. How do I change path

  • @requemao
    @requemao 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you!! I've been looking for that option for a while and I couldn't find it. Now that I see it, I understand why I couldn't before: the Spanish translation that I'm using is not particularly easy to understand on a first read.

  • @matiasmonteverdegiannini5369
    @matiasmonteverdegiannini5369 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hello, amber, great channel. I have a question: I need to be fast selecting and deleting, how can I do that with keyboard, I mean: in any way as other photography software like: toggle first image and a kind of combination like shift+arrow-right. Do you know if that is possible?. Thanks in advance.

  • @Pikmeir
    @Pikmeir 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    YES!

  • @AStudio57
    @AStudio57 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Q: is there a way to see/share images on different computers without having to import/export them, basically having a personal DR account where these images are saved in case your computer crashes or decide to change computers

  • @RKYT0
    @RKYT0 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    parts of the videos miss audio

  • @bernym4047
    @bernym4047 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    A very well made video. I run Linux on my computers and file handling is much easer than Windows file explorer but you explained it very well. On Linux systems, dt will find card readers, cameras etc that have been mounted in the file system (i.e. when you plug in the card reader and the system can 'see' it in the Files utility), so then dt will also be able to 'see' it when importing. Thank you, I will recommend your TH-cam channel for dt beginners.

  • @estherlang7519
    @estherlang7519 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you for posting this how to video. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to get too far. When I click on import I get the options Add to Library or Copy & Import instead of Image or Folder options. It looked like I had an older version of Darktable so I deleted it & thought I imported the latest version. However, while it now says I have version 3.8.0 the interface looks exactly the same & it even kept the few images I somehow stumbled upon importing. I've managed to import a photo that I selected from my iPhoto library but I can't proceed with selecting more. When I go to the folder I selected in iPhoto I only see a few images but not the rest. I tried creating a folder on my desktop but when I selected it I wasn't able to import the folder itself or any images ie nothing happened when I clicked add to library. Please let me know what I'm doing wrong. Thank you!

  • @matthewharrison3813
    @matthewharrison3813 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hi, I've just found your videos and love your presentation style. Have you thought about doing any videos for the latest release? Darktable has come up so much in the last year, I'd like to hear your thoughts on the latest version and perhaps see some new tutorials.

    • @ambermcintirephotography1494
      @ambermcintirephotography1494 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks Matthew! I actually am working to start some new tutorials. It's been a crazy year - we started foster parenting right around the time I slacked off - and things have started to calm down a little here, so YT is back on my list to tackle! :) Thanks for watching!!

  • @baslielalene4702
    @baslielalene4702 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you.

  • @samcraftyhands3305
    @samcraftyhands3305 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    i dont see the scan for device on that section of select help please

  • @BONLEV
    @BONLEV 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I don't have import image and folder. I have import add to library and copy & import. I have version 3.6.0 I can't figure it out

  • @wojciechjopek717
    @wojciechjopek717 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Dziękuje

  • @NSAwatchesME
    @NSAwatchesME 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    my photos different drive and import just doesnt work unless i put in 'pictures' folder so darktable is garbage

  • @dilinirajapaksha
    @dilinirajapaksha 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is gold! Thank you so much for this tutorial 🙏🏽

  • @raymondrobergephdalaretrai7667
    @raymondrobergephdalaretrai7667 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    The best tutorial I have seen today

  • @ArtDronHobby
    @ArtDronHobby 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great tutorial

  • @ЕвгенийЗахаров-э5и
    @ЕвгенийЗахаров-э5и 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you very very match

  • @ex-voto
    @ex-voto 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks! So next up - How do I have all my active modules EXPANDED & not have to click each one & have things jump around? Then I can start using this app. Its annoying because I can't see the positions of sliders without having to open & close all the time.

  • @TC-rv6sz
    @TC-rv6sz 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    The preset tip is amazing! Thank you so much for making this video.

  • @amrithalawrence2260
    @amrithalawrence2260 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    So I followed everything to a T but my pictures get exported as J2K files not JPEG so is there a solution to this?

    • @ambermcintirephotography1494
      @ambermcintirephotography1494 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      In the export module there's a spot that says file format, and then a drop down to select what type of file you want to save it as. Click that dropdown and change it back to jpeg and you should be ok. If you need to see it, go to 11:23 in to the video and look on the right hand side of the video in the middle of the black section. It's right above the slider that says quality. Hope that helps.

  • @alexl3707
    @alexl3707 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you for your advice ! I search so much time to export photos. Now i have photo with better quality ^^

  • @amitnair6455
    @amitnair6455 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hey Amber, great video! When I try to export, it doesn't apply any of the edits that I made. It just exports the original photo. That's wierd. The only option I see is to use a style. Which means every photo I edit, I have to create a style? Are you able to export photos with edits and without using any style?

  • @tozguitar
    @tozguitar 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great Vid ...Am i making a mistake taking pics in cine mode on my Canon M50?

  • @musasoyyo
    @musasoyyo 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I have always hated that LR makes adjustment on photo import, I prefer to control everything by myself. It's like when shooting video in s-log v-log or any other flat profile, the idea is to control coloring in post. Whenever I import photos into LR I flatten the look so I can process the images to my taste. I really don't think that this "feature" in LR (preprocess photos) is an advantage.

  • @jeremyroberts1050
    @jeremyroberts1050 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video! Would you know why whenever I export my photos they look nothing like what they do in darktable? In edit they will look great but after exporting the colors and exposure will be blown out.

    • @ambermcintirephotography1494
      @ambermcintirephotography1494 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Glad it was helpful :) I would go back into dt and check your history stack on the left hand side of the screen for those photos. This will show all edits made to a photo. Make sure the last thing you see there at the top isn’t something from the exposure module or something. If that all looks ok, check your export settings. Make sure darktable isn’t applying any extra actions to your photo when you export. If that doesn’t work, I would request to join the darktable fb group, because in there you can post your picture after export and post a screenshot of whAt it looked like before you exported it. People can see some more details and are usually quick to help.

  • @LaurelKoeniger
    @LaurelKoeniger 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks for this great video! As for the export folder- I just chose the same folder I imported from from the export menu and there was no problem exporting them in the same one back- even with the xmp files. They automatically get a "_01" attachment to their original file name. But maybe it works differently on Mac and Windows?

  • @southerncaliforniarealesta8206
    @southerncaliforniarealesta8206 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Is this a paid version of DT? I don’t have the preset tab and I cannot export my photo.

    • @ambermcintirephotography1494
      @ambermcintirephotography1494 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      There’s not a paid version of darktable but this is an older version, there’s been an update since this video was posted. Make sure you are in the light table module, that’s where you’ll be able to export.

    • @southerncaliforniarealesta8206
      @southerncaliforniarealesta8206 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ambermcintirephotography1494 thanks. I just downloaded to my computer (windows 7) and I am just trying to learn how to work it. I’ll keep trying.

  • @luismoran7176
    @luismoran7176 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Is darktable for Mac or pc ?

  • @interchanel1552
    @interchanel1552 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    you look like my sister

  • @slooob23
    @slooob23 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video, good production, deserves more views. Just subscribed.

  • @bennxtv6940
    @bennxtv6940 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    thanks for helping me out