Love the short and easy to follow tutorial. I really was overwhelmed by Darktable and all its modules. Now I know at least which ones are the most relevant and in which order I can apply them. Thanks!
This was fantastic. I have slowly been converting over to Linux and took my laptop and darktable with me on vacation and had no idea what I was doing, but i was able to fumble around. Your tips helped me to understand a lot better how each module is working. Well done!
Thank you Kevin! I appreciate your kind words and that you take the time to leave this feedback. I'm glad my tutorials help you use this magnificent program. If you have any questions about darktable, feel free to contact me!
Hey dude, thank you so much. You are waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay better than any DSLR youtuber doing fourteen minutes long videos and barely explaining anything and pimping out their 5000 USD cameras/lenses. Plus, it´s nice to see how much you can do with an open-code software like darktable. Subbed!
What an awesome compliment to get Sagrav. Thank you for this! Welcome to the channel and if you have questions about darktable and/or suggestions for tutorials, feel free to contact me!
Thank you so much Rico. I've started shooting in RAW but was not happy with my darktable edits. I mostly do landscapes and the modules you use are so helpful. Everything looks really nice without introducing unrealistic colours to the photo. Great pacing to the video too.
Fantastic Sam! Welcome to my channel, I'm happy to hear that this tutorial contributes to your edits! If you have any questions about darktable, please let me know!
This is quite excellent! I too was absolutely overwhelmed by all the different tools and settings available in Darktable. Since I'm not a professional photographer, watching you explain what the settings do and then getting to practice them myself is the perfect learning path for me. Now - as for a new tutorial: Could you produce a tutorial on how to stitch together photos to create a vertical panorama? I think that would be wildly popular! Thanks again!!
I know this is an older video but great work, I loved your style of teaching it was very clear and I feel a lot more comfortable in dark table. Thanks man.
Thanks for the work you've done! For your clarity and deep explanations i'm getting more confident with darktable. It really helps me a lot. Cheers from italy!
Great video - wanted to try out darktable without having to spend hours watching videos first, this is a great way to get the essentials so I can experiment and then learn more as I use it
Hello Rico, I thank you for helping me understand Darktable. I am new in the world of photo editing. I use Ubuntu so therefore I can not use Lightroom. But from what I have learned so far, I feel Darktable and Gimp 2.10 blows Lightroom and Adobe Photo editor out of the water. Thanks for your hard work.
Thank you for visiting my channel Jason. Thank you for taking the time to leave me a comment as well. If you ever run into issues and/or have questions regarding edits, feel free to let me know.
Hi I heard about you from another TH-camr Anthony Morganti. Excellent tutorial, I have never checked into Darktable. I’ll watch more of your videos to learn more. Thanks
Very good, clear explanation of everything. Easy to follow and understand. I thank you! Latest version for Linux now is 3.0.1. I see you were using 2.6, but very similar.
Thank you Yas Min! I appreciate the kind words! Feel free to give suggestions for a tutorial that you'd like to see in darktable. I'll see what I can do :)! Thank you for being here!
I watched your video again, this time writing down each module you used, and the basics of how you used it. I've only been using Darktable for two days. It is gradually starting to come together. (The single biggest thing I would like to find, is where to download the Darktable plugin that sends images off to Nik Collection, then retrieves them after I'm finished. The only way I could figure how to do so, was to export them (had to learn that too), then import them into Lightroom, then do some more editing in Lightroom because I understand it better, then go to "Photos" > Edit in Nik Collection. Nik edited a copy, then sent it back to Lightroom. I finally exported the images and sent them off by mail. As long as I'm asking, eventually I need to find out how to add a "watermark", but honestly, I mostly just need to get familiar with the tools you showed in this video, so I can use them comfortably.)
Great video! Now that we all have more free time, I am finally learning darktable and your videos are a big help. I would like to see a video on how to move/copy my darktable settings (preferences, presets, favorite modules, and collections) from one PC to another. I work mainly on my desktop, but would like to have the same settings on a laptop. I can't find anyone who made a video on this topic. I tried to copy my test folder (with my rw2 and xmp files) to my laptop and then import that folder as a new collection, but it didn't keep the edits I made. I recently inherited some camera equipment and I am learning how to use it properly. I have a GH4 and GH5 plus 6 lenses. Your videos are a big help. In dt 3.0.1 the GH5 is now supported and the lens correction module makes a huge difference with my 12-35mm lens images, thanks for the tips!
Great camera and lens choice! I have the GH5 and a Leica 12-60mm, Panasonic 35-100mm, the Panasonic 25mm, Panasonic 12-32mm and a 7Artisans 7,5mm! I also have a Panasonic G80. For a pocket camera, I have the Canon G7X Mark II. I'm glad my tutorials help. I could make a video on that, though it's pretty easy. You just need to copy and paste all the folders and files and then redirect to them in darktable settings. Let me know if that works!
@@RicoResolves When we inherited the knapsack with the cameras, I didn't really know how good the equipment was. I asked a friend to look at it and his jaw dropped. Along with GH4 and GH5 bodies, I got the 12-35 f2.8 (my favorite!), a 35-100m,m f2.8 (my next favorite) and haven't had time to try the others: 100-300m f4.0-5.6, a LEICA macro (I will test this out soon), a fisheye 7-14mm f2.8 and a prime 20mm f1.7. The store sold my late father-in-law everything. When I first took photos, I was disappointed at focus. I thought it was me, but I read the 400page PDF manual and it wasn't me. My wife's cheap cell phone took better pictures. I did some research and found Panasonic fixed the firmware in v2.1 and now in v2.2, it works better. I found a link and learned there was now a v2.4 firmware upgrade. He had version 1.3 (original). I got excited and updated my cameras. Then I went for another outing and while the images were better, they still weren't sharp. More research said to update the firmware in the lens. Who would have thought of that! Anyway, once I updated everything NOW the images are amazing! I'm surprised that the store would sell my father-in-law an amazing kit (around $8000 Cdn) but not offer to update things for him or at least TELL him that it must be done. Now there is a never version 2.6 (GH5, the GH4 is still at v2.7) av.jpn.support.panasonic.com/support/global/cs/dsc/download/index.html No one ever mentions this great tip to periodically check with the manufacturer's web site and look for firmware updates for BOTH your camera body and the lenses!
Sorry for your loss, but you did struck gold with that equipment man. Good to hear the focus issues are now resolved! Great tip on looking on manufacturers websites for updates!
Hey Elly! Wat leuk dat jij de tijd neemt om dit compliment met mij te delen! Fantastisch en hartelijk dank daarvoor! If there's anything I can help you with, feel free to contact me on IG or by mail!
@@RicoResolves Dankjewel Rico ! Goed om te weten dat ik met Darktable vragen bij jou terecht kan! Je legt alles heel helder uit en op een hele fijne manier. Keep on sharing !
Thank you Philip! I appreciate this! I'll check out your newest video tonight! This video is doing better than I anticipated (when it comes to views). I've been changing a couple of things on my channel and my Click Through Rate went from 3,5% to 5,5%!
If I can make a suggestion, many people, like me, are very new to this stuff. It would be nice if you put all the editing controls in the place they're at when I first install the program. Either that, or make a short video showing what you put where (and how) that I could watch first. I watched it first. Now I'm going to make a list of the tools you used. Then I need to find out where they are. I know about moving things into my "favorites", but I barely know what any of them are, let alone how to find them. It was great to watch you do what you did, and I will try to do the same on my own image, while following what you have done. (I wish there was a RESET button that puts everything back in it's place with a new installation.)
Hey Mike, thank you for your extensive feedback. I appreciate that. If I'm understanding you correctly, you're talking about shortcuts that I use correct? The easiest way to find all the modules that I've used is to open up the: "more modules" in the list below on the right side of the screen. Hope this helps!
Hallo Rico, na verscheidene pogingen om te starten met Darktable is het me door jou lessen te volgen dit keer echt gelukt. De dingen worden duidelijk uitgelegd, iets wat op andere kanalen weleens anders is. Ik heb je kanaal toegevoegd en blijf je volgen. Bedankt voor de tutorials en ga zo door ;-)
Goedemorgen Frank, wat een fantastisch compliment is dit! Dat vind ik zo ontzettend tof om te horen, hier doe ik het voor. Nogmaals dank! Mocht je een keer een idee of suggestie hebben voor een tutorial, dan verneem ik die graag! Groet, Rico
Great job...maybe if you can show the selected modules as text overlay onto your videos for easy recall..the vocal instructions go a bit faster for remebering and recalling module names.
3:55 Why do you use the tone curve to correct over exposure? The tone curve can't restore blown out areas as far as I know. The exposure tool can (to a certain degree of course).
It would be nice if you could do a back to the basics tutorial on this software, the mechanics of it, I know the concepts since I have dealt with Lightroom for years now, but Darktable has a totally different interface, it doesn't even have the menu bar at the top with the undo/redo buttons. A suggestion for a basic tutorial would be to edit an image from start to finish, this is how I fetch a file from a memory card and bring into darktable, this is here all the editing tools are located, this is the first step in the work flow, this is what this step does, this is where you can find the tool, and so on until the end where you show how to save the file, how to export it and all that. A complete run down of a basic image edit, just to show case the interface so people can get familiar and learn where everything is. The biggest frustration of Darktable is that nothing is displayed, everything is hidden, that makes it very difficult for someone trying to start and discover. There are no menus on display on the interface.
Hey Rico great video. Can elaborate more on Masking. Can we selectively edit the regions of any picture for eg. Contrast, exposure, saturation using selective edit!!!1
@@Ullimately No need to get hostile mate :). I was just giving you the runaround. I don't mean to suggest I do know anything about you. Doctors advice is to lay off the vinegar for a while and you should be all good.
Hi Rico, great video, you seem to know Darktable very well and your explanations are excellent with a great voice. The speed is right on. Only one thing you must correct - please lose the background music because it is very distracting from your explanation. Otherwise, great job.
@@RicoResolves I like the background music, but I agree the volume might be a bit much on this one. However, I haven't listened to your newer videos yet so maybe you already fix the issue
Really interesting and helpful esp as im trying to use Darktable more and more then adobe, nice final image although personally you lost the detail in the sky i thought, but a good example of the tools available in the programme :)
Amazing! You break it down so that it’s so simple. Can you make a tutorial on night photography? Perhaps night portraits.. for all the nightcrawlers with cameras 😎😎
Thx for the reply!! Well I feel that I have difficulties in night shooting and also with the edit...perhaps both? 😎 the rules seem to change at night..even in photography I guess 😎
@@RicoResolves Anytime!! Actually there is something you can help me with 🤗 I would like to make thumbnails with white backgrounds. Any help I'll greatly appreciate 😁
Have a look at this video, let me know if it helps you! It's a tutorial I made on how to create a thumbnail with GIMP! AN awesome open source photoshop program! th-cam.com/video/lRRLWYwndMo/w-d-xo.html
Hey man great video. I have an idea for a video that I know would help me out right now. Well two. First one would be resizing for instagram. Or how to get tall vertical photo to fit in the instagram 4:5 ratio I think it it is. The second is how to apply a certain base edit to similar photos in a series of photos. I went out with a friend and shot 300 photos and many are the same place/lighting. About to pull the trigger on darktable. I was between this and gimp. Might do both who knows.
Hello H berry! Thank you for your questions! Please check the following videos for an answer to your question :): th-cam.com/video/xi4x2qQkG8c/w-d-xo.html (applying presets and more) th-cam.com/video/1FCcYbMEV0k/w-d-xo.html (resizing and more) Let me know if that helped :)!
Great video and I like the "watch me work" vibe. Helps me learn better on something practical. Quick question - does darktable have an HDR solution? Your end result looked great but I noticed the sky was a bit blown out. What solution do you use for this? Do you leverage HDR or a different approach entirely? Trying to get away from intensive editing and layer cut / swapping. I find my time limited these days :(
Hello Russ, thank you for your compliment. Here's two videos I've made on creating HDR images in darktable: th-cam.com/video/jvS7hRZ7PHA/w-d-xo.html th-cam.com/video/aNbUyqAe4NA/w-d-xo.html Hope that helps 😁
Great question! The base curve comes with a mimic of manufacturers curves. The tone curve allows you to adjust the tonality of the pixels. The base curve is obsolete now. You can use different modules instead of the base curve. It still gets applied automatically when opening a RAW in darktable. Basically to show a preprocessed .jpg
@@RicoResolves thank you for your answer! To precise my question for better understanding: If you would drag the base curve the same way down as you did with the tone curve would it be the same result?
I gave up on Darktable. In win 10 I can't select stars, I've lost the scroll bar for the row pictures in the developer....it just disappeared and I can't find a way to get it back!, click on stars in the developer and the entire picture is deleted from the catalog. I just ended up putting Lightroom 4 back on my computer. And RawTherapee seems to have a lot of power but honestly, when I want to simply change the contrast of a picture, I can't figure out which one of the myriad of contrast settings I should use....same with highlights and a bunch of other settings. Wishing there was some button or setting for something like a "Simplified" mode or something. I have to say that lightroom 4 circa 2012 or so does everything I need to get a picture well developed. If I need to make more modifications, I will load that up into Affinity Photo or something. And I much prefer the simple slider feature for the HSL set of controls than what I can find in either DarkTable or RawTherapee. That said, standalone Lightroom on disc without subscription is no longer available and I gave up on renting software/subscription. And a lot of the "pay once" program replacements are stupendously expensive for what the average person....including many, many photographers actually need imo. I mean Lightroom was something like $100 before the subscription service began and now replacements are $200, $300 or more! That is just crazy for a moderate developer and digital manager IMO.
Hey man, thank you for replying! Sorry to hear that darktable doesn't suit your needs! Try reinstalling it, see if it works better. I'm using Windows 10 and the program works fine. I've never tried affinity photo or rawtherapee.
@@RicoResolves Affinity Photo is similar to photoshop. But as a Digital Manager....like photoshop it is not the best. Trying to develop one picture at a time with 25, 50 or 100 pictures is dismal :) But if you really need special enhancements, like photoshop, Affinity Photo is great.
Great video and tutorial. And darktable is very powerful. However, I’m wondering if there is a lazy person’s automatic color/sharpness/HDR correction method with darktable when you have many many photos to correct (100’s)? :-) Thanks
Hello, I need your help. If I have edited images (RAW) in Darktable and then export them as a JPEG file, the JPEG is much darker. I have already tried all icc profiles. My monitor is calibrated (Spyder3 express) and I have also embedded the ICC profile in Darktable .... Nothing works. Across the board, the image is shown darker as a JPEG. In GIMP too, the image is displayed darker with or without conversion to sRGB. Which setting do you use for the menu item input profile? Do you know the problem I am grateful for every tip!!!
Great question. Yesterday, I've exported an image that appeared darker on Facebook than it did on my monitor. Well need to go to the basis to figure out what's wrong. So you're using SRGB as an output profile and we're talking about RAW files? What camera do the RAW files come from?
@@RicoResolves Thanks for your quick reply. I have a Canon EOS 700D and am editing the photos as RAW. I use sRGB as output (but also tried all other settings) Not helping.
Can you explain a little bit what you mean? You can crop photos using the crop and rotate module. If you want to blend two photos together you'll need GIMP.
This video earned you a new subscriber! Some constructive feedback, that might have been addressed in newer videos, get a new microphone. The content is top! But the sound is just ok. Best regards
@@RicoResolves checked your most recent video, about darkroom which that helped me a lot in speeding up my workflow, and must say the sound is much improved! Keep up the good work!
why do I go to exposer and try to press on the manual to switch to auto like you did but it does not go at all???? it just stays on manual. rrrrr nice way to start. :( and how do I save the end pic to my computer?
@@RicoResolves never mind I found that windows live gallery does exactly what I needed and is so easy I am all done with my favorites vacation pics. all these softwear are full of problems lol
@@RicoResolves module, exposer. but never mind I found windows live photo gallery works perfect and did what I wanted. fast and easy. all these stupid programs like darktable have issues.I found that on the top left of a pic there is windows live photo gallery and would probably be all the people searching would need. lol
@@christineblack4654 have you tried watching some basic videos first to learn the basic principles of darktable? I'm glad you found a solution though :)
You can't in GIMP. You can open images in darktable first, use the light table menu there and then continu to work on the images (tweaks) in GIMP. My suggestion is photo edits in darktable, Photoshop edits in GIMP.
@@RicoResolves Just discovered you can access the save styles menu. I had a very helpful reply from Steve on the Darktable forum who said "On the left hand side is the history stack. At the foot of the stack is the option to "compress the history stack". On the same line but across to the right is an Icon looking like a raspberry. Click this Icon to create a style from your edits"
Timestamps/Modules used:
00:50 Start
01:46 Lens correction module
2:15 Exposure module
02:32 Dehaze module
02:52 Crop and Rotate module
03:38 Over/Underexposure indicator module
03:58 Tone Curve module
04:16 Shadows and Highlights module
04:46 Color lookup table module
06:24 Color zones module
07:28 Drawn mask and Parametric mask example
09:20 Local Contrast Module
You can now follow along with this tutorial:
drive.google.com/drive/folders/1DPlZFlc_2_syN5sNON4NENPUwOSIvUEK
There is now a NEW VERSION online:
th-cam.com/video/Nj8C5lmtYuM/w-d-xo.html
why does my exposure function grey out the "automatic" option? (can't use it)
@@dmarsub which version of DT are you using and did you activate the module?
My first ever video on Darktable and I'm freaking impressed by how much Darktable can do. Never gonna go back to Lightroom again hahah.
Awesome Ridz, welcome aboard!
Love the short and easy to follow tutorial. I really was overwhelmed by Darktable and all its modules. Now I know at least which ones are the most relevant and in which order I can apply them. Thanks!
This was fantastic. I have slowly been converting over to Linux and took my laptop and darktable with me on vacation and had no idea what I was doing, but i was able to fumble around. Your tips helped me to understand a lot better how each module is working. Well done!
Thank you Kevin! I appreciate your kind words and that you take the time to leave this feedback. I'm glad my tutorials help you use this magnificent program. If you have any questions about darktable, feel free to contact me!
Two thumbs up for you! It warms my heart to see Darktable get so much love. Liked and subbed and all that :)
Thank you, I appreciate that and welcome to my channel!
Great video, covers most topics of general interest to most photographers without wasting time. Thanks!
You're welcome Nicolai!
Hey dude, thank you so much. You are waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay better than any DSLR youtuber doing fourteen minutes long videos and barely explaining anything and pimping out their 5000 USD cameras/lenses. Plus, it´s nice to see how much you can do with an open-code software like darktable. Subbed!
What an awesome compliment to get Sagrav. Thank you for this! Welcome to the channel and if you have questions about darktable and/or suggestions for tutorials, feel free to contact me!
Yours is one of the few channels that I can understand on Darktable. You break it down and offer good basic instruction and tips. Thanks!!
Thank you PR Even! I appreciate the kind words
Of course I don't see this video until after almost a year of using darktable, bashing my head against the wall stressed out every day! Great work!
Thanks man, much appreciated!
Thank you so much Rico. I've started shooting in RAW but was not happy with my darktable edits.
I mostly do landscapes and the modules you use are so helpful. Everything looks really nice without introducing unrealistic colours to the photo. Great pacing to the video too.
Fantastic Sam! Welcome to my channel, I'm happy to hear that this tutorial contributes to your edits! If you have any questions about darktable, please let me know!
This is quite excellent! I too was absolutely overwhelmed by all the different tools and settings available in Darktable. Since I'm not a professional photographer, watching you explain what the settings do and then getting to practice them myself is the perfect learning path for me. Now - as for a new tutorial: Could you produce a tutorial on how to stitch together photos to create a vertical panorama? I think that would be wildly popular!
Thanks again!!
Hi! Thank you for your awesome comment. Please have a look at this video:
th-cam.com/video/Dl6lGYxzsNU/w-d-xo.html
I know this is an older video but great work, I loved your style of teaching it was very clear and I feel a lot more comfortable in dark table. Thanks man.
Lovely video pal really helpful for those of use who r starting off, thanks a lot
And thank you for your comment Guillermo!
Great workflow...looking forward to adapting this tutorial to my street photography.
Thanks for the work you've done! For your clarity and deep explanations i'm getting more confident with darktable. It really helps me a lot. Cheers from italy!
Thank you Lorenzo, welcome to the channel! Stay safe with all this Corona danger!
Great video - wanted to try out darktable without having to spend hours watching videos first, this is a great way to get the essentials so I can experiment and then learn more as I use it
Awesome to hear Kevin! Welcome to my channel!
My blueprint to edit my photos. Great info and workflow.
So awesome to hear!
Hello Rico,
I thank you for helping me understand Darktable. I am new in the world of photo editing. I use Ubuntu so therefore I can not use Lightroom. But from what I have learned so far, I feel Darktable and Gimp 2.10 blows Lightroom and Adobe Photo editor out of the water. Thanks for your hard work.
Thank you for visiting my channel Jason. Thank you for taking the time to leave me a comment as well. If you ever run into issues and/or have questions regarding edits, feel free to let me know.
Not only is it more powerful (once you know how to use it) but you also free yourself from Adobe's terrible fees
Hey Rico! Great Video...very easy to understand and follow...just the right pace. Keep up the good work
Thanks Amit! I appreciate that!
Very helpful. I'm lately wanting to leave the Adobe dependency, and darktable will probably play a big role in this transition.
Hi, thank you for your comment! Darktable, GIMP, Inkscape and Davinci Resolve is basically all you need!
Great tutorial. It really shows the possibilities of the software in expert hands.
I appreciate it Alexander!
Hi I heard about you from another TH-camr Anthony Morganti. Excellent tutorial, I have never checked into Darktable. I’ll watch more of your videos to learn more. Thanks
Hi Neil, great to hear that. Anthony is a very nice person! Welcome to the channel!
Best explanation of how to apply the masking in 3 minutes flat.
Thanks Carlos!
Very good, clear explanation of everything. Easy to follow and understand. I thank you!
Latest version for Linux now is 3.0.1. I see you were using 2.6, but very similar.
Thanks!
Rico - that was AWESOME - I'll need to play this VERY slowly to help me - but great work!
Thank you Paul and welcome to my channel! If there's anything I can help you with, just let me know!
Just starting to use Darktable and your intro will help me a lot....Thanks!
Hello Delmar, welcome to my channel! I'm happy to hear that you've just started darktable and that this video helps you start 👍!
One of the most useful videos on Darktable :) Thanks man.
Thank you! Spread the word please 😁🙏
You videos are ACE. Thank for uploading!
Your
Thank you Brian!
Thank you SO much for this tutorial! I always learn a lot from your videos :)
Thank you Yas Min! I appreciate the kind words! Feel free to give suggestions for a tutorial that you'd like to see in darktable. I'll see what I can do :)! Thank you for being here!
New to your channel. Great tutorial Rico! Subscribed! I look forward to watching all your dark table tutorials!
Welcome!!
This was super helpful. Thank you.
Great to read this man!
like the video !! It is great how you work on your own pics in real life situations I really learn a lot THAKKS!!
You're very welcome!
More darktable. Cool video. Thanks.
Tengo muchos vídeos de darktable Roberto!
@@RicoResolves I see. U got a new fan.
Muchísimas gracias 😁👍
Good tutorial! I use Lightroom already and I learned some new things!
Thanks man! I appreciate your comment!
Prima uitleg! Mooie video!! *Dank je,* en fijne zondag nog!👍
Dankjewel!
I could never understand those parametric masks. But I will persist and maybe one day I will understand them. Thanks for this tutorial.
You're very welcome Mr. Cooper
That was a very nice tutorial. I was just looking for an alternative for Adobe Lightroom. I think that this one will do perfectly! Thanks man...
Thank you! You're very welcome. If you ever run into issues or have questions about tutorials, I'd love to hear them!
Awesome work, thanks for this video!
Thank you man, you're welcome! If you have any requests for a tutorial, I'll be more than happy to hear them!
Very good and thorough tutorial!
Thank you Jesse! I'm glad you like it.
I watched your video again, this time writing down each module you used, and the basics of how you used it. I've only been using Darktable for two days. It is gradually starting to come together.
(The single biggest thing I would like to find, is where to download the Darktable plugin that sends images off to Nik Collection, then retrieves them after I'm finished. The only way I could figure how to do so, was to export them (had to learn that too), then import them into Lightroom, then do some more editing in Lightroom because I understand it better, then go to "Photos" > Edit in Nik Collection. Nik edited a copy, then sent it back to Lightroom. I finally exported the images and sent them off by mail.
As long as I'm asking, eventually I need to find out how to add a "watermark", but honestly, I mostly just need to get familiar with the tools you showed in this video, so I can use them comfortably.)
Wow amazing editing skills and great video :D
Thanks! Have you seen the newest version yet?
so beautiful video great vIdeo good luck for future I am big fan of you I am supporting you
Great tutorials really enjoying your work
Thank you Christopher, I appreciate it!
Great video! Now that we all have more free time, I am finally learning darktable and your videos are a big help. I would like to see a video on how to move/copy my darktable settings (preferences, presets, favorite modules, and collections) from one PC to another. I work mainly on my desktop, but would like to have the same settings on a laptop. I can't find anyone who made a video on this topic. I tried to copy my test folder (with my rw2 and xmp files) to my laptop and then import that folder as a new collection, but it didn't keep the edits I made.
I recently inherited some camera equipment and I am learning how to use it properly. I have a GH4 and GH5 plus 6 lenses. Your videos are a big help. In dt 3.0.1 the GH5 is now supported and the lens correction module makes a huge difference with my 12-35mm lens images, thanks for the tips!
Great camera and lens choice! I have the GH5 and a Leica 12-60mm, Panasonic 35-100mm, the Panasonic 25mm, Panasonic 12-32mm and a 7Artisans 7,5mm! I also have a Panasonic G80. For a pocket camera, I have the Canon G7X Mark II. I'm glad my tutorials help. I could make a video on that, though it's pretty easy. You just need to copy and paste all the folders and files and then redirect to them in darktable settings. Let me know if that works!
@@RicoResolves When we inherited the knapsack with the cameras, I didn't really know how good the equipment was. I asked a friend to look at it and his jaw dropped.
Along with GH4 and GH5 bodies, I got the 12-35 f2.8 (my favorite!), a 35-100m,m f2.8 (my next favorite) and haven't had time to try the others: 100-300m f4.0-5.6, a LEICA macro (I will test this out soon), a fisheye 7-14mm f2.8 and a prime 20mm f1.7. The store sold my late father-in-law everything.
When I first took photos, I was disappointed at focus. I thought it was me, but I read the 400page PDF manual and it wasn't me. My wife's cheap cell phone took better pictures. I did some research and found Panasonic fixed the firmware in v2.1 and now in v2.2, it works better. I found a link and learned there was now a v2.4 firmware upgrade. He had version 1.3 (original). I got excited and updated my cameras. Then I went for another outing and while the images were better, they still weren't sharp. More research said to update the firmware in the lens. Who would have thought of that! Anyway, once I updated everything NOW the images are amazing!
I'm surprised that the store would sell my father-in-law an amazing kit (around $8000 Cdn) but not offer to update things for him or at least TELL him that it must be done.
Now there is a never version 2.6 (GH5, the GH4 is still at v2.7)
av.jpn.support.panasonic.com/support/global/cs/dsc/download/index.html
No one ever mentions this great tip to periodically check with the manufacturer's web site and look for firmware updates for BOTH your camera body and the lenses!
Sorry for your loss, but you did struck gold with that equipment man. Good to hear the focus issues are now resolved! Great tip on looking on manufacturers websites for updates!
Thanks Playa amazing video!
You're welcome!
Thank you Rico !!!!!! I really love your awesome tutorials. Groetjes vamuit Belgie
Hey Elly! Wat leuk dat jij de tijd neemt om dit compliment met mij te delen! Fantastisch en hartelijk dank daarvoor! If there's anything I can help you with, feel free to contact me on IG or by mail!
@@RicoResolves Dankjewel Rico ! Goed om te weten dat ik met Darktable vragen bij jou terecht kan! Je legt alles heel helder uit en op een hele fijne manier. Keep on sharing !
Great tutorial & congratulations on the views! Many things to learn from the analytics🔥
Thank you Philip! I appreciate this! I'll check out your newest video tonight! This video is doing better than I anticipated (when it comes to views). I've been changing a couple of things on my channel and my Click Through Rate went from 3,5% to 5,5%!
If I can make a suggestion, many people, like me, are very new to this stuff. It would be nice if you put all the editing controls in the place they're at when I first install the program. Either that, or make a short video showing what you put where (and how) that I could watch first.
I watched it first. Now I'm going to make a list of the tools you used. Then I need to find out where they are. I know about moving things into my "favorites", but I barely know what any of them are, let alone how to find them.
It was great to watch you do what you did, and I will try to do the same on my own image, while following what you have done.
(I wish there was a RESET button that puts everything back in it's place with a new installation.)
Hey Mike, thank you for your extensive feedback. I appreciate that. If I'm understanding you correctly, you're talking about shortcuts that I use correct? The easiest way to find all the modules that I've used is to open up the: "more modules" in the list below on the right side of the screen. Hope this helps!
Great Edit! Starting to practice with Darktable...
How do you like the program?
Hallo Rico, na verscheidene pogingen om te starten met Darktable is het me door jou lessen te volgen dit keer echt gelukt. De dingen worden duidelijk uitgelegd, iets wat op andere kanalen weleens anders is. Ik heb je kanaal toegevoegd en blijf je volgen. Bedankt voor de tutorials en ga zo door ;-)
Goedemorgen Frank, wat een fantastisch compliment is dit! Dat vind ik zo ontzettend tof om te horen, hier doe ik het voor. Nogmaals dank! Mocht je een keer een idee of suggestie hebben voor een tutorial, dan verneem ik die graag! Groet, Rico
I like your video keep up the good work!
Thank you, I appreciate that!!
This was a GREAT tutorial! Thank you.
Thanks man!
Super informative! Thanks for sharing!
Hello my new friend! Thank you for offering your channel. I got the notification bell on! Thank you so much for your tutorials.
Glad I could help you with this tutorial! Thank you for subscribing! I appreciate that Yevgen!
Great video man!
Thank you Jakob!
Very nice tips. Thanks.
You're welcome!
Great job...maybe if you can show the selected modules as text overlay onto your videos for easy recall..the vocal instructions go a bit faster for remebering and recalling module names.
That's a great suggestion! Didn't think of that before. Thanks!
Awesome video ! Thank you so much !
You're welcome!
3:55 Why do you use the tone curve to correct over exposure? The tone curve can't restore blown out areas as far as I know. The exposure tool can (to a certain degree of course).
I can't remember!
It would be nice if you could do a back to the basics tutorial on this software, the mechanics of it, I know the concepts since I have dealt with Lightroom for years now, but Darktable has a totally different interface, it doesn't even have the menu bar at the top with the undo/redo buttons. A suggestion for a basic tutorial would be to edit an image from start to finish, this is how I fetch a file from a memory card and bring into darktable, this is here all the editing tools are located, this is the first step in the work flow, this is what this step does, this is where you can find the tool, and so on until the end where you show how to save the file, how to export it and all that. A complete run down of a basic image edit, just to show case the interface so people can get familiar and learn where everything is. The biggest frustration of Darktable is that nothing is displayed, everything is hidden, that makes it very difficult for someone trying to start and discover. There are no menus on display on the interface.
Hi! Thank you for your question! Please have a look here: th-cam.com/video/xi4x2qQkG8c/w-d-xo.html
Hey Rico great video. Can elaborate more on Masking. Can we selectively edit the regions of any picture for eg. Contrast, exposure, saturation using selective edit!!!1
Yes you can! Have a look at my advanced masking video!
@@RicoResolves Hey thank you so much. That was quick response. Keep us updated with new Darkroom tricks and tutorials..
@@nidhipjoshi I will! Welcome to the channel. Here's the video I mentioned:
th-cam.com/video/VhumXmkP9Gg/w-d-xo.html
so you guys are telling me 31k of you watched this video and didn't subscribe?
Of course not... why would I subscribe? Just wanted to know something about darktable and noticed: Its not for me. Darktable is weird.
@@Ullimately Please don't tell me you're the sort of person going around Facebook asking photographers which 'apps' they use!
@@wmrsp FOOL! You know NOTHING about me. I dont even use Facebook and I dont use Instagram and....
@@Ullimately No need to get hostile mate :). I was just giving you the runaround. I don't mean to suggest I do know anything about you. Doctors advice is to lay off the vinegar for a while and you should be all good.
@@wmrsp Ik drink geen azijn
Fine explained. Good tutorial!
Thank you! Appreciate the kind words!
Very nice work, man! Photo looks awesome. Still amazes me all that can be done in DarkTable!! And I appreciate the shout-out! 😀
Thanks brother! Glad you like the video! Agreed, darktable is amazing!! You're welcome man, my pleasure!
Sir please make a video on focus stacking
Come to think how long it took me to figure out most of these modules on my own. I would have saved a lot of time if I had found your video earlier :)
Thanks man, I'm glad you found my channel because maybe there are still some videos that will save you time on edits!
Thanks! I learned some useful things!
Thank you! That's so awesome to hear!
@Rico do owners of Fujifilm cameras with the unique Fuji sensor pixel layout need to do something special before using Darktable?
As far as I know you can just use it!
As far as I know you can just use it!
Awesome. Subscribed👍
Thank you, I appreciate you following along!
Hi Rico, great video, you seem to know Darktable very well and your explanations are excellent with a great voice. The speed is right on. Only one thing you must correct - please lose the background music because it is very distracting from your explanation. Otherwise, great job.
Thank you for your feedback GJ Bard and welcome to my channel!
@@RicoResolves I like the background music, but I agree the volume might be a bit much on this one. However, I haven't listened to your newer videos yet so maybe you already fix the issue
Really interesting and helpful esp as im trying to use Darktable more and more then adobe, nice final image although personally you lost the detail in the sky i thought, but a good example of the tools available in the programme :)
Thanks Chris, much appreciated!
Amazing! You break it down so that it’s so simple. Can you make a tutorial on night photography? Perhaps night portraits.. for all the nightcrawlers with cameras 😎😎
Thank you for your feedback! What an amazing idea! Do you mean an editing tutorial, or do you mean a tutorial on how to do a night shoot?
Thx for the reply!! Well I feel that I have difficulties in night shooting and also with the edit...perhaps both? 😎 the rules seem to change at night..even in photography I guess 😎
I'll see what I can do!
Hi Rico, do you have this image so we can download and follow your tutorial while we copy your steps please?
Thanks for asking! Here you go! drive.google.com/drive/folders/1DPlZFlc_2_syN5sNON4NENPUwOSIvUEK
@@RicoResolves great thank you!
Wat een werk Rico maar wat een gaaf programma is darktable.
De foto aan het eind is echt een stuk mooier! Echt heel goed gedaan
Dankjewel Kian! Het bewerken van foto's vind ik erg leuk om te doen! Darktable is daar een fantastisch programma voor!
Hey there! Love this! Your editing is really good! I'm going to hit the bell to learn more to get better! Thanks! 😄
Thank you so much for visiting my channel back And subscribing! I greatly appreciate that! Let me know if there is anything I can help you with
@@RicoResolves Anytime!! Actually there is something you can help me with 🤗 I would like to make thumbnails with white backgrounds. Any help I'll greatly appreciate 😁
Have a look at this video, let me know if it helps you! It's a tutorial I made on how to create a thumbnail with GIMP! AN awesome open source photoshop program! th-cam.com/video/lRRLWYwndMo/w-d-xo.html
Great tutorial.. thanks you very much
Thank you Kamarudin! Stay tuned for the newest episode tonight!
Thanks Rico.
You're welcome!
Hello I was wondering if Darktable had camera matching profiles for the canon R6? Thanks!!
That's cr3 right? Unfortunately it doesn't have the ability to read cr3 files. However, convert them to DNG and you're fine!
Hey man great video. I have an idea for a video that I know would help me out right now. Well two. First one would be resizing for instagram. Or how to get tall vertical photo to fit in the instagram 4:5 ratio I think it it is. The second is how to apply a certain base edit to similar photos in a series of photos. I went out with a friend and shot 300 photos and many are the same place/lighting.
About to pull the trigger on darktable. I was between this and gimp. Might do both who knows.
Hello H berry! Thank you for your questions! Please check the following videos for an answer to your question :):
th-cam.com/video/xi4x2qQkG8c/w-d-xo.html (applying presets and more)
th-cam.com/video/1FCcYbMEV0k/w-d-xo.html (resizing and more)
Let me know if that helped :)!
Super PRO, tu é o melhor dos melhores, obrigado por compartilhar!!!
Obrigado, de nada!!
Heel erg gaaf resultaat!
Thanks Bjorn, leuk dat je ff de tijd hebt genomen om te reageren!
Great video and I like the "watch me work" vibe. Helps me learn better on something practical. Quick question - does darktable have an HDR solution? Your end result looked great but I noticed the sky was a bit blown out. What solution do you use for this? Do you leverage HDR or a different approach entirely? Trying to get away from intensive editing and layer cut / swapping. I find my time limited these days :(
Hello Russ, thank you for your compliment. Here's two videos I've made on creating HDR images in darktable:
th-cam.com/video/jvS7hRZ7PHA/w-d-xo.html
th-cam.com/video/aNbUyqAe4NA/w-d-xo.html
Hope that helps 😁
love ya! thnx legend
You're welcome Jeremy!
What's the difference between base curve and tone curve in terms of functionality?
Great question! The base curve comes with a mimic of manufacturers curves. The tone curve allows you to adjust the tonality of the pixels. The base curve is obsolete now. You can use different modules instead of the base curve. It still gets applied automatically when opening a RAW in darktable. Basically to show a preprocessed .jpg
@@RicoResolves thank you for your answer! To precise my question for better understanding: If you would drag the base curve the same way down as you did with the tone curve would it be the same result?
Gotcha, please have a look here:
www.reddit.com/r/DarkTable/comments/bg2jpn/difference_base_and_tone_curve/?
@@RicoResolves thx now I understand! Keep it up!!
@@RicoResolves
Will you do a video about the filmic rgb module? Seems like a good alternative for the base curve module
nice tutorial bro
Thanks!!
I gave up on Darktable. In win 10 I can't select stars, I've lost the scroll bar for the row pictures in the developer....it just disappeared and I can't find a way to get it back!, click on stars in the developer and the entire picture is deleted from the catalog. I just ended up putting Lightroom 4 back on my computer.
And RawTherapee seems to have a lot of power but honestly, when I want to simply change the contrast of a picture, I can't figure out which one of the myriad of contrast settings I should use....same with highlights and a bunch of other settings. Wishing there was some button or setting for something like a "Simplified" mode or something.
I have to say that lightroom 4 circa 2012 or so does everything I need to get a picture well developed. If I need to make more modifications, I will load that up into Affinity Photo or something. And I much prefer the simple slider feature for the HSL set of controls than what I can find in either DarkTable or RawTherapee.
That said, standalone Lightroom on disc without subscription is no longer available and I gave up on renting software/subscription. And a lot of the "pay once" program replacements are stupendously expensive for what the average person....including many, many photographers actually need imo. I mean Lightroom was something like $100 before the subscription service began and now replacements are $200, $300 or more! That is just crazy for a moderate developer and digital manager IMO.
Hey man, thank you for replying! Sorry to hear that darktable doesn't suit your needs! Try reinstalling it, see if it works better. I'm using Windows 10 and the program works fine. I've never tried affinity photo or rawtherapee.
@@RicoResolves Affinity Photo is similar to photoshop. But as a Digital Manager....like photoshop it is not the best. Trying to develop one picture at a time with 25, 50 or 100 pictures is dismal :) But if you really need special enhancements, like photoshop, Affinity Photo is great.
For special enhancements I use GIMP 😁👍. Thanks for clarifying though. I appreciate that!
Great video and tutorial. And darktable is very powerful. However, I’m wondering if there is a lazy person’s automatic color/sharpness/HDR correction method with darktable when you have many many photos to correct (100’s)? :-) Thanks
There definitely is Steve, you can create styles/presets that you can apply all at once!
th-cam.com/video/LUo2A96iHt0/w-d-xo.html
Rico's Story Thanks! Will check this out. Cheers
Hello, I need your help. If I have edited images (RAW) in Darktable and then export them as a JPEG file, the JPEG is much darker. I have already tried all icc profiles. My monitor is calibrated (Spyder3 express) and I have also embedded the ICC profile in Darktable .... Nothing works. Across the board, the image is shown darker as a JPEG. In GIMP too, the image is displayed darker with or without conversion to sRGB. Which setting do you use for the menu item input profile? Do you know the problem I am grateful for every tip!!!
Great question. Yesterday, I've exported an image that appeared darker on Facebook than it did on my monitor. Well need to go to the basis to figure out what's wrong. So you're using SRGB as an output profile and we're talking about RAW files? What camera do the RAW files come from?
@@RicoResolves Thanks for your quick reply. I have a Canon EOS 700D and am editing the photos as RAW. I use sRGB as output (but also tried all other settings) Not helping.
@@cordaART which modules have you used in the edit?
@@RicoResolves Hey Rico.... because I want to present a dark mood, there were many :)
Thank you, now I think my pc is fast
Fantastic! I love the improvements as well!
damn dude great video
Thank you Owen, much appreciated
Is there a way to like...crop photo ya and add them to other ones?
Can you explain a little bit what you mean? You can crop photos using the crop and rotate module. If you want to blend two photos together you'll need GIMP.
Awesome!
Goed bezig love youre vids
Dankjewel Ramona!
This video earned you a new subscriber!
Some constructive feedback, that might have been addressed in newer videos, get a new microphone. The content is top! But the sound is just ok.
Best regards
Thank you Joachim and welcome to the channel. The microphone issue has already been resolved. Thank you for your feedback!
@@RicoResolves checked your most recent video, about darkroom which that helped me a lot in speeding up my workflow, and must say the sound is much improved! Keep up the good work!
Thanks man, appreciate it!
automatic exposure do not work in my darktable. it is because it's a smartphone pic? do I need a raw format to use automatic exposure?
Yes Dima, it needs to be a RAW file. If you have Android, please download OpenCamera. You can shoot RAW with that 😉👍
@@RicoResolves you helped me a lot! Thanks!! 👍🏻
You're welcome!
why do I go to exposer and try to press on the manual to switch to auto like you did but it does not go at all???? it just stays on manual. rrrrr nice way to start. :( and how do I save the end pic to my computer?
Which module are you talking about?
@@RicoResolves never mind I found that windows live gallery does exactly what I needed and is so easy I am all done with my favorites vacation pics. all these softwear are full of problems lol
@@RicoResolves module, exposer. but never mind I found windows live photo gallery works perfect and did what I wanted. fast and easy. all these stupid programs like darktable have issues.I found that on the top left of a pic there is windows live photo gallery and would probably be all the people searching would need. lol
@@christineblack4654 have you tried watching some basic videos first to learn the basic principles of darktable? I'm glad you found a solution though :)
Great intro. I'm using Darktable in Gimp. I'm trying to access the Lightable menu so I can save a style. Can you tell me how I access this?
You can't in GIMP. You can open images in darktable first, use the light table menu there and then continu to work on the images (tweaks) in GIMP. My suggestion is photo edits in darktable, Photoshop edits in GIMP.
@@RicoResolves Just discovered you can access the save styles menu. I had a very helpful reply from Steve on the Darktable forum who said "On the left hand side is the history stack. At the foot of the stack is the option to "compress the history stack". On the same line but across to the right is an Icon looking like a raspberry. Click this Icon to create a style from your edits"
@@muffstone very good Mike! Thanks for sharing! Have you seen my videos on styles and presets yet? I've made sure it's incorporated there :)!
Thanks a bunch.
You're welcome!
my darktable interface is light grey, how do i make it darker like yours?
Please go to the settings, you can change the darktable theme there
i have a zv-1 and just CANT get rid of the fisheye effect, no matter which camera and lens combinations I try and use.
Did you try them all?