Hi I would be happy to do this. However, processing an image comes down to personal taste and it may be more a comparison of what we like as individuals and the calibration of our monitors.
I must admit, RawTherapee is interesting because it tries to copy the embedded Jpeg file when processing the RAW file. It even applies the Nikon D lighting effect if that was used. Even LR doesn't do that. My problem with Rawtherapee is the lack of drawn and parametric masks for local control. As to your comments about time in DT versus LR I totally agree. That is why LR is the best choice for a studio or wedding photographer. Plus LR has the catalog system all sorted. However, if speed is not essential I love the options and control of DT. Of course DT can use styles to speed up the process. Dr Terry Pinfold Cytometry & Histology Lab Manager Lecturer in Flow Cytometry University of Tasmania 17 Liverpool St, Hobart, 7000 Ph 6226 4846 or 0408 699053 ________________________________ From: Kneops <kne...@gmail.com> Sent: Monday, 29 June 2020 5:01 AM To: Terry Pinfold <tpinf...@gmail.com> Cc: darktable forum <darktable-user@lists.darktable.org> Subject: Re: [darktable-user] Turning Darktable into a file manager Hi Terry, that is very interesting. Perhaps we could share an image to compare results? I have used DT for two years extensively and I really like it, it's just that I was seeing things I didn't like (the detail, sharpness and highlight recovery I mentioned) that I tried LR. I don't like LR as an overall program, but it gave me very good images in seconds, whereas I had to fiddle a very long time with many modules to achieve the same (but not) result in DT. Do you care for such a test? Not to judge either program, which is the best etc... Because I really want to see how other people are using DT so I can maybe switch back. I build a Windows machine just for LR :(. Op 28-06-2020 om 00:06 schreef Terry Pinfold: > Hi, > I actually prefer DT over LR for my edits. The ability to use an > unsharp mask or wavelets for sharpening gives me more control than LR. > The various noise reduction options tackle different noise issues I get > so well. It is hard to compare programs in a fair way. I feel one > mistake is to presume LR is perfect and everything else must match. What > I have noticed is LR throws out a punchier image, especially in terms of > saturation, straight away. This is possibly because the general public > like strong and saturated images. DT is a flatter looking image but we > have the option to raise the saturation in our workflow. The tone > equalizer module, the contrast equalizer module, filmic RGB are amazing > modules. For me DT is so much more fun than LR. But I can understand > that some people will have a specific program such as LR and expect all > other programs to produce identical pictures. > > On Sat, 27 Jun 2020 at 22:41, Kneops <kne...@gmail.com > <mailto:kne...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > I agree, except I would really urge the developers (from a humble > position and very grateful for what they have accomplished so far) to > not forget improvements on image quality! 'Priority on image > editing' is > good, but image quality is final. I don't really like LR, but I'm using > it anyway because it gives me better results (sharpness, detail, > highlight recovery). Really, I compared them over and over again ;). > > > > Op 27-06-2020 om 14:03 schreef Jean-Luc CECCOLI: > >> Message du 26/06/20 22:55 > >> De : "Willy Williams" > >> A : darktable-user@lists.darktable.org > <mailto:darktable-user@lists.darktable.org> > >> Copie à : > >> Objet : Re: [darktable-user] Turning Darktable into a file manager > >> > >> > >> If I were to prioritize darktable for either image editing or > digital asset management, I'd choose image editing and manually > place files in locations where they make sense to me to be. It the > developers could do both, great, but keep the priority on image > editing. One thing that really irritates me about Lightroom is that > Adobe pretty much dictates how one should manage their own files. > I'll choose my own structure and process for digital asset > management and to hell with Adobe. > >> > > > > +1. > > This is sensible. > > There are many tools that can deal with file management, let them > do their job and let dt do what it does the best. > > And bear in mind that if you force someone to do something he > does not believe in, it may not be what it ought have been. > > > > Rgrds, > > > > J.-Luc > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________ > > darktable user mailing list > > to unsubscribe send a mail to > darktable-user+unsubscr...@lists.darktable.org > <mailto:darktable-user%2bunsubscr...@lists.darktable.org> > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________ > darktable user mailing list > to unsubscribe send a mail to > darktable-user+unsubscr...@lists.darktable.org > <mailto:darktable-user%2bunsubscr...@lists.darktable.org> > > > > -- > Dr Terry Pinfold > Cytometry & Histology Lab Manager > Lecturer in Flow Cytometry > University of Tasmania > 17 Liverpool St, Hobart, 7000 > Ph 6226 4846 or 0408 699053 > ____________________________________________________________________________ darktable user mailing list to unsubscribe send a mail to darktable-user+unsubscr...@lists.darktable.org University of Tasmania Electronic Communications Policy (December, 2014). 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