darktable ep 061 - dt 3.0.2 released

[@musicapresski]

Another great video Bruce. Re your comments at the end, I'm sure most of us are just pleased you take the time to make these videos *at all*. I don't see that you should feel guilty or pressured just to churn one out if, as you say, your head isn't in the right place. These are unprecedented times and there's no 'right way' to feel.

[@audio2u]

Thanks! Much appreciated.

[@folmonty]

Best thing for dealing with the whole pandemic is to take your motorcycle out of a lap of your favorite roads. Tune everything out to enjoy some wind and fresh air. The 24/7 news cycle with melt away as you ride. Take care of #1 Bruce, and as always thank you!

[@audio2u]

Thanks Folmonty!

[@bereantrb]

You've covered so much of darktable now, there simply isn't much need to churn out a ton of content. The occasional video of something you haven't done before, or periodic version updates are really all that's necessary. I know that's all I look for at this point. Thank you for all the work you've done to date. This is the best darktable content I know of.

[@audio2u]

Thanks so much! 😃

[@grahamsopp]

Bruce, whilst photography and darktable may seem frivolous or even pointless while the world is in turmoil, the videos that you and others have created over the years are providing a huge resource to people who maybe have a lot more time on their hands , and you are helping them keep sane, so in your own way, you're helping some of us get through this.

[@audio2u]

Thank you Graham, that's very generous. 😃

[@grahamsopp]

​@@audio2u no worries mate. I've watched more of your videos on DT than anyone else on any topic. letting you know your efforts are appreciated is the least I could do :)

[@russarnold3764]

Hi from Perth WA Bruce. I get notifications on new videos from many of the channels that I am subscribed to, but yours is the only one where I watch the new video within 24hrs. I love your clear and detailed explanations to what can sometimes be very technical areas. When I started watching your videos I was a little scared of dt, but now feel quite at home with many areas of this amazing program, thanks to you. I can well relate to the burn out comments. I have taken an early retirement option in response to COVID-19 after 35yrs in the IT industry and it's taken me a couple of weeks to start to do even a few of the things I promised myself that I would do in retirement. Look after yourself and your family first, you have already more than fulfilled any self perceived obligations to your audience.

[@audio2u]

My home turf!! Well, kinda. Born in Merredin, but that's close enough to Perth.! :) Thanks for the kind words.

[@leona_devon]

Thank you Bruce for your videos, totally take care of yourself, I know I've been feeling the same, with burn out and not doing anything with photography, so you do what you need to do, take care.

[@paulplus3830]

Don't worry about a schedule. It should be fun for you too, as it is for me/us. :)

[@audio2u]

Thanks for your understanding, Paul!

[@franzperdido]

Don't worry mate, just take a break. Go out (if that's possible), take some pictures and spend time with nice people, online or offline... Thanks for the content! This channel has really been the single most important source for me to understanding the processing of raw images. Lot's of great content to watch and re-watch in the meantime!

[@audio2u]

Thanks a lot, Franz, much appreciated!

[@FrankWalsh]

This tool is getting very nicely refined. Great video Bruce!

[@audio2u]

Thanks! And yeah, it is a great piece of software.

[@charleshacker765]

Don't worry about pressure to produce. Actually that's what caused different distros of Linux. Some felt pressure to keep a schedule, some just wanted to be about the progress. The videos you produced already are such a great body of work. They are a gift that keeps giving!

[@audio2u]

Thank you again! As I'm writing this, it's been 5 weeks since I put out a video, because I've just lost my mojo. I'm hoping it returns soon, as I want to continue the series. I think a combination of dealing with the pandemic, a rough patch I went through at work (which lasted about 3 weeks!), trashing my computer and having to restore both windoze and Linux from backups (another 10 day distraction, while I was going through the aforementioned shit at work) all sucked me dry. 😩

[@charleshacker765]

@@audio2u Wow! Yeah, handle the fire in the fort before you go off on the attack! Hang in there!

[@audio2u]

Thanks Charles! I'm sure I'm not the only one struggling this year. :(

[@charleshacker765]

@@audio2u By no means! This thing really showed such a large thing as a global community can still be affected by a singular cause. Sign of the times!

[@nicolasmareau4008]

I like your videos, they are very clear and pragmatic. As many people we ask ourself many questions regarding the pandemic and all around on the consequences... Rest well and get your spirits back. Greetings from France

[@audio2u]

Thanks Nicolas!

[@riverman9813]

60+ videos is a remarkable contribution to the Darktable community. Take care of yourself first and the rest of us will survive Bruce Williams Darktable video withdrawal.

[@audio2u]

Haha! Don't suffer withdrawals...just watch 'em all again! 😃

[@GM-el2zb]

Hello Bruce Thank you very much for your great work.

[@audio2u]

No worries. Thanks!

[@getafix5917]

Great to have you back Bruce. Hope this finds you and your family well. Been binge watching all your tutorials from Episode 1. They've educated and entertained me through these tough times. Thanks m8. Much love and respect bud.

[@audio2u]

Awww, thanks! 😃

[@emrg777]

One small thing for those who use Spot WB...you could assign a keystroke to it in the past but you had to have the WB module active...now if you assign a key you can hit that at any time to run or rerun spot WB....Bruce your videos are fantastic resource and you should make them when you can ..they are a valued resource but your well being is the absolute paramount important thing...take care...take a break and you will come back all rev'd up....

[@audio2u]

Great tip re: white balance. Thanks Todd. And thanks also for the kind wishes. Much appreciated.

[@kirubhakaran1330]

Your efforts are very much appreciated and i think there's no point in creating a video when you dont feel like doing it. 💓💓

[@krankydai5292]

Hi Bruce, thanks for another very informative video as usual. Sorry to hear you’ve been struggling a bit with this Corona stuff. Hang in there matie, better times are heading our way I’m sure. Keep up the brilliant work, all the best to you and your family, stay safe. Best regards

[@audio2u]

Thanks Kranky! You too!

[@davidknowles5519]

Always good value Bruce really appreciate your efforts you’ve helped me enormously hope you are safe in Oz we are still locked up in Scotland

[@audio2u]

So far, so good, down here! 😃 stay safe!

[@TheKooksen]

Do not feel guilty about not doing a video. Take care of yourself first. If you don't then you cannot take care of us your viewers. This was another good information on darktable. Thanks.

[@audio2u]

Thanks! You too. :)

[@peterpiper0815]

Nice update. Havn't download 3.0.2 but will do tomorrow. Bruce, you already helped a lot of people wih your free videos. Your videos also help to make the open source world more known to the people. I wouldn't want to watch a video in which you forced yourself to do it. Take all the time you need to feel comfortable to produce videos. Thank you for your work.

[@audio2u]

Thanks for your understanding, Peter!

[@richardinmontreal396]

Thanks for another great video! Another feature of 3.0.1 and 3.0.2 is that they support more camera models. I recently inherited Lumix GH4 and GH5 bodies and lens. While dt supported the older GH4, there was nothing for the GH5. Starting in 3.0.1 the GH5 is now supported and I can use the lens correction module. Wow, that is a great module and it now supports all my equipment. Three ideas for future videos: - how and when to use the blend modes - how to backup and copy ALL the dt settings to a new computer, ie backup/restore the database, collections, favorite modules, tags, presets, etc. I tried copying the raw/xmp to another PC and then importing a new collection but the edits didn't migrate. - how to correct an area where all the data is blown (picker shows 255,255,255), I've seen videos on color reconstruction / highlight reconstruction, but they don't work for me. Thanks again and we all appreciate everything you do for the community. Keep up the great work!!

[@audio2u]

Thanks Richard! As for the blend modes, I'd love to do a video on that, and did actually plan to do it 12 months ago. But when I sat down to research it, I realised if need a PhD in advanced mathematics to bother understand it, and then to explain it to someone else! 😃 The "how to move to a new machine" is a good one though. I'll put that on the list.

[@richardinmontreal396]

@@audio2u I tried to copy a folder on my desktop (raw and xmp files) to my laptop and then import that new folder into a new collection on my laptop, but the edits didn't move over. It might be the SQL database but I will have to investigate more. It would be great to sync the other user settings (presets, favorite modules, tags, etc.) to multiple computers. Another idea for future videos might be the colour reconstruction and highlight reconstruction modules. I have a photos with a small area of the sky clipped (ie all that area shows colours 255,255,255) and I'd really like to copy adjacent sky to that area. I'd used the colorize module but the results are ok, I know it can be better. I can send you the image if you'd like to see what I mean.

[@richardinmontreal396]

Sorry about that Bruce, I was going over my note and found your Episode 22, I will have to rewatch it. Thanks for all your amazing videos. There are so many, I forgot about the older ones.

[@JohnCollins-iy1pw]

Well done Bruce,you closing comments are right on the shutter button.Have a good one.📸😀

[@audio2u]

Thanks John! You too!

[@VangelisKontogeorgakos]

Hello Bruce! I have just installed the new version of Darktable. I would like to thank you for your videos, they are helping me a lot to become a better photo editor!

[@audio2u]

Awesome! Glad I could help! 😃

[@GaryParris]

Feel invigorated to produce something, it's OK to recuperate from burnout, and keep doing what you love, you're doing a great job and stay safe 👍😎👍

[@audio2u]

Thanks Gary! You too!

[@bigb2602]

Thanks Bruce, that was another great video. You have helped me very often with your tutorials. I hope to see a lot more of you. Take care and stay healthy!

[@audio2u]

Thanks Bernd! You too! 😃

[@LinhNguyen-ev8wq]

Thank you for your wonderful videos. It helped me so much learning about darktable. If you don't feel like putting out a video then don't. You are doing a great service to the community for free. Take care of yourself.

[@audio2u]

Thanks Linh! You too!

[@photomoods-mariobolz8801]

hello bruce don't stress yourself! although my english is not good your videos have helped me a lot I expect nothing I am happy about every video that comes from you where I learn something therefore no stress take the time you need stay healthy Warm greetings from Germany Mariooooooooo

[@audio2u]

Hehe. Thanks Mario. You look after yourself also. Cheers.

[@bofrost11]

Welcome back! Keep the joy even when spreading the time betwenn your videos.

[@audio2u]

Thanks! 😃

[@grahamu7360]

Hey Bruce it's not a duty, have fun, enjoy life and do what you want to do and when you want to. Take care, stay safe mate

[@audio2u]

Thanks! You too! 😃

[@matsknutsson114]

DT blew Lighroom out of the.... could/would you do a tutorial on a workflow for the occasional raw shooter that just want to spend 30 mins on processing the 40 odd images from todays trip... collectiong the ncessities in the favourite folder maybe in a smart order...rotate, crop, exposure, whitepoint black point, clarity etc. I relaly appreciate your vids. Loads of effort and still very explanatory all the time coupled with a very tutorial friendly voice. Gr8 work!

[@audio2u]

Thanks Mats! Have you seen the previous workflow videos I did? But yeah, I could put something together like that.

[@matsknutsson114]

@@audio2u Yes most of them. I'm doing a lot of cad tutorials (internal stuff where I work) so I know the effort you're making.

[@raphaelkrupinski7572]

MacOS also uses ctrl key. Thanks a lot for the series :)

[@audio2u]

No worries!

[@mentosmint43]

Thank you for puting out this content. Stay strong and healthy :)

[@audio2u]

Thanks! You too! 😃

[@joaovtaveira]

I don't know you but I'm pretty sure you are a great guy. Hearing you talk about your job I had an idea. As you are a soud engineer, what about doing a series about Audacity, it's just an idea.

[@audio2u]

What? You don't think I'm doing enough content creation in my spare time? 😃

[@joaovtaveira]

@@audio2u yes I think. It was just something that crossed my mind, maybe an absurd one, sory by that.

[@JulesMoyaert_photo]

👍

[@siupilotmike]

I have been running an older version of Darktable on Ubuntu 19.04. When I 20.04 was released I updated my machine to this most recent version of Ubuntu, and thus the most recent version of Darktable. I am finding that since updating, sliders all tend to be very choppy which really makes 3.0.x a bit a frustrating to use. In previous versions the slider movement was very fluid, even though it may take a moment for the changes to be made on the photograph. Now it seems that the slider doesn’t move to where it I tell it to go until after the changes are made on the photograph which gives it a very choppy/laggy feel. Any suggestions? Perhaps it is just time for a new machine. Although I would hope for performance improvements with a new update.

[@audio2u]

Yep, I've noticed that behavior, but only on the dev versions, not on the official release.

[@siupilotmike]

@@audio2u Thanks for the input. And thanks for the well done videos. I have learned a tom from them and am continuing to make my way through them as I have time. Regards.

[@emrg777]

Bruce I noticed that the focus peaking indicators changed from Lightable to Darkroom view.....is it the edits that altered it?? Most notably for example her forehead...on in lightable and off that area in darkroom?? Just curious

[@audio2u]

Wow. I didn't notice that. Guess I'll have to go back and check. Not sure what the reason would be.

[@thingsiplay]

Didn't expect the talk at the end after the update news coverage. I have not really something to add, just want to say that I agree with everything you said. Great talk and I fully understand you, don't pressure yourself. You said yourself that you might burned out or are about to and I think nobody, including me, wants that. Or maybe I have something to add. About the Focus Peaking feature, the rectangles is an older version of the feature called focus detection rectangles. I think the new peaking feature is replacing it, but they keep the old version too, not sure why. I found this www.darktable.org/2013/11/determining-focus-in-lighttable/

[@audio2u]

Ahhh! Good to know. Thanks for that. So I guess the red rectangles will probably go in the next major release (at Christmas).

[@JM-sn5eb]

Great video like always. Maybye you could help me with something. In lightable view there are thumbnails. When I change darktable settings to show thumbnails from jpeg not from half raw the thumbnails are not updated. Is there any way to update all thumbnails in lightable view?

[@audio2u]

Hmm, that's a good question. I'm not sure of the answer. What you could do as a test though, is to remove some images from the library, then re-import them. That SHOULD have the desired effect.

[@MysteriousNightLife1]

Question: I have darktable 3.0.2 on the right between the histogram and modules, the module categories arent there ie Favourties, colour etc and If I click on more modules and try and select one nothing happens it just puts a star next to it. but I cant open anything. Any suggestion as to what is wrong or how I open them back up? I can only use Output colour profile, input colour profile, crop and rotate, orientation.

[@audio2u]

Try here... Preference > GUI > Darktable > Show search module text entry

[@MysteriousNightLife1]

@@audio2u Thank you. I worked out changing the GUI Theme is what caused it. After reinstalling it a whole bunch of times it finally worked. Assuming it was a faulty file that got cleaned on the last attempt.

[@alangaughran]

Sounds to me as though your head is very much in the right place. It's a messy time now.

[@audio2u]

Isn't it just! Thanks!

[@candidonthestreetanupamgos5283]

Is there any performance enhancement in the 3.0.2 version? Like the lag in denoise modules it really slows down. That's the only drawback comparing to lightroom. It's now my main raw developer but the lags still irritate me sometimes as with Photoshop and lightroom these lags are not there.

[@audio2u]

Good question. I haven't been doing much shooting lately. And so by extension, I haven't been doing much processing either. Hopefully someone else can share their thoughts on this question?

[@candidonthestreetanupamgos5283]

@@audio2u thanks for your thoughts. One more thing. Can I upgrade from 3.0 to 3.0.2 directly from an upgrade option in the software itself and retain all my previous edit data history???

[@audio2u]

Upgrading should happen automatically (depending on leading system), but regardless of HOW upgrading occurs, you will retain all of your settings.

[@candidonthestreetanupamgos5283]

@@audio2u thanks a lot.