Darktable 4.8 Workflow for Lightroom Users - Landscape Processing #16

[@martyjwalker]

I moved on from LR years ago and have tried almost every editor out there. DT looked almost too much for my needs but I've learnt so much more about DT in the 38mins than I thought possible. What an extraordinarily powerful editor. Thanks for taking the time to make these videos. They really are fantastic.

[@DarktableLandscapes]

Thanks, glad you enjoy them 😊

[@tonyb2760]

Brilliant demonstration. The biggest hurdle for me was to get a grasp on "local adjustments" from a Lightroom type work flow. Thanks for sharing

[@RafaLeyvaRuiz]

this channel is amazing, I refused to pay lightroom and I have been using DT for a while but he amount of information in this channel sure is helping me a lot to improve how I can edit my photos, I recently edited some photos from a trip and all came great, thank you so much

[@DarktableLandscapes]

Great to hear!

[@esb74]

darktable is a very powerful program. Thank you for your help in mastering it!

[@Eigil_Skovgaard]

Well put together. For common consumption: Behind your collapsed top panel is an button with a question mark. With that pressed a click on any of the tools will open the user manual with the description of that specific module (sometimes it can be troublesome to search for a module in the manual when it covers Darktable and you have forgotten the name ;O) A new click on the button will remove the sticky question mark from the cursor.

[@DarktableLandscapes]

Good tip! Though the documentation can often read like a signal processing thesis more than a manual 😄

[@DutVol]

As @shutterwaste pointed out, one can create your own darkroom interface. I used the standard scene-referred preset, added a "shortlist" module group and saved it as "my personal scene-referred" preset. In the "shortlist" module group I added all the options I most frequently use for editing, e.g. noise reduction, lens correction, exposure, color rgb, etc. Most of my editing is then done using the "shortlist" module group, working from the bottom of the modules to the top. Using a "shortlist" or "my favourites" module group in this way saves a lot of time by not having to type in module names or first clicking the relevant module group followed by clicking on the desired module.

[@roydyton1595]

Brilliant. One of the most helpful introductions to DT.

Very interesting tutorial, thanks for that.

[@DarktableLandscapes]

Glad it was helpful!

[@Mike-br4tw]

Excellent! Especially the section on masking. I learned a lot. Thanks, Mike

[@conloubser]

Great video, nice to see some more quality DT tutorials lately!

[@TernaryTrout]

Wonderful intro to DT for any new user.....

[@shutterwaste]

It's also worth noting that one can create a custom set of panels and modules, so one does not have to: 1. Jump left and right between tabs; 2. Look at an abundance of modules probably never touched. I have created something like that and we may say I just switched the workflow "from top to bottom" to "from bottom to top". 😊

[@DarktableLandscapes]

Absolutely, I plan on doing a separate video on that as this one was already pretty in-depth (and more video ideas are always good 😄)

[@rosacionin7628]

Thanks a lot. Extremelly clear to follow along

[@taylorr7010]

Great demonstration

[@bernym4047]

Yes, I did enjoy it. I rather idly clicked on it as LR does not interest me but so glad I did. Possibly your best so far and such a polished presentation. Maybe the best demonstration of parametric masking I have seen so far. My I suggest a more alliterative title? 'Darktable For The Adobe Addicted' 😂 Seriously, a superb demonstration for anyone considering a break with the Adobe colossus. I will share this on several FB pages.

[@DarktableLandscapes]

Thanks Berny, couple of quotes for my CV there 😄😉 Any video where I mention switching from Lightroom seems to do extra-well so there must be plenty of people who are looking to switch.

[@yapluka64]

Thanks. This is an outstanding tutorial

[@emmypuss4533]

Great description

[@victorleung7377]

Think you can create a kind of favourite modules list and in a way, the workflow to work on

[@daniellbrinneman]

Great idea.

[@SKTechnologySolution]

This is a really useful and clear video for someone coming from Lightroom. As you're on a PC that doesn't support printing from Darktable, what software do you use for your printing?

[@DarktableLandscapes]

Thanks! I outsource my printing to a good local print shop these days. I used to have a big 10 ink Epson but the cost of ink was ridiculous - about £1 a ml, with the cartridges holding less than a tablespoon of ink. Plus the cost of paper, mounting etc, and the time involved - not worth it in the end.

[@SKTechnologySolution]

I'm still using an Epson R3000 but you're absolutely right, it's very costly and a real hassle. I think outsourcing the printing is the better route so thanks for the reply. I hope you cover the exporting of images in a future video.

[@henryrichardson3508]

You did not mention the Highlights and Shadows control s in Lightroom. How do you do that in darktable?

[@DarktableLandscapes]

The way I show it here is around 9:30 - adjusting highlight and shadows brilliance with the Color Balance RGB module. You can also use the Tone Equalizer, or there is a Highlights and Shadows module 😊

[@henryrichardson3508]

@@DarktableLandscapes Can it do a good job with recovering blown highlights like the Lightroom Highlights control often does since Lightroom version 4? Thank you. Great video.

[@henryrichardson3508]

@@DarktableLandscapes So far with darktable 4.8.1 I have not been able to get highlight recovery working as well as in Lightroom, but I am a newbie with darktable so I am probably just doing things wrong.