Great list of resources. Aurelien Pierre has done an incredible effort developing some great tools in DT. Lets not discourage people asking questions and getting personalised feedback. I know some of the questions may seem like deja vu but it is not to the new users of this great and complex program. It is also good to see some lively debates about what DT is and should be. Ultimately, I am just grateful to the developers of DT and look forward to the new features and improvements in each release.
On Sun, 26 Jul 2020 at 21:01, KOVÁCS István <k...@kovacs-telekes.org> wrote: > Dear All, > > (I had sent this to the developers' list by accident, but as Bruce has > pointed out, it should be here, on the users' list. My apologies.) > > There have been a number of questions from newcomers, which is, on one > hand, great (means user base of darktable is growing), but it also > means that people on this list keep answering the same questions. > Therefore, I'd like to suggest a number of resources: > - the darktable manual: unfortunately, Google may still bring up links > from the old, outdated manual. The new one is linked from the > resources section of the darktable.org page, but here is the link > again: https://darktable.gitlab.io/doc/en/ (also available in other > languages) > - darktable blog and news: check out those sections on darktable.org, > as announcements and descriptions of new features often appear there > before the manual is fully updated: https://www.darktable.org/blog/ > and https://www.darktable.org/news/ > - Google (or your favourite search engine): please use it. Chances > are, you are not the first person to ask. This saves time for you, and > also effort on the other side (those answering). A neat trick for Google: > if you enter the following search expression: > site:darktable.io filmic > the search will be restricted to that site (obviously, works for other > sites > as well) > - Facebook: there's a group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/darktable/ > - pixls.us: this is a great site about open-source apps for > photography and graphics. There are articles > (https://pixls.us/articles/) and also a forum with a darktable > category (https://discuss.pixls.us/c/software/darktable/19) and posts > tagged with darktable (https://discuss.pixls.us/tag/darktable). Many > of the developers hang out there, so you can get great help (but > search first, please!), take a peek at coming features, learn about > the technical details. To ask how to process a picture, just post it > in the 'Play raw' category (don't forget to set a licence that > actually allows others to play with your image - you'll see a reminder > when you post!). > > Some highly recommended first reading: > https://discuss.pixls.us/t/darktable-3-0-for-dummies-in-3-modules/15849 > and (maybe later) > https://pixls.us/articles/darktable-3-rgb-or-lab-which-modules-help/ > > Videos: > - all the stuff by Aurélien Pierre (one of the core developers), e.g. > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vP5m1YmSRw8 (but check out his > theoretical/technical videos as well, you'll learn a lot!). Also, on > the (yet unreleased) version 3.2, especially for people coming from > other tools: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yod6iH4qJEw > - Bruce Williams has detailed tutorials: > https://www.youtube.com/user/audio2u > - Hands-on videos from Boris Hajdukovic: > https://www.youtube.com/user/s7habo > - rawfiner (another of the devs): great videos on noise reduction > https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEz-0EYZTx03UdQszbL8xDA > - Rico's videos are also popular: > https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC126kKAgMILMnVIi7HvQGlw > > Please respect others' time and do your homework before you ask. > > Happy learning, > Kofa > > ____________________________________________________________________________ > darktable user mailing list > to unsubscribe send a mail to > darktable-user+unsubscr...@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
