Re: [darktable-user] newbie help with old negatives

2020-08-14 Thread Terry Pinfold
I have on many occasions scanned film accidentally with the emulsion side incorrectly placed. Never had a problem that simply flipping the image in editing software could not fix. This issue seems like a storm in a teacup. On Fri, 14 Aug 2020 at 18:22, Miklós Müller wrote: > I don't quite get

Re: [darktable-user] Cannot upgrade database

2020-08-14 Thread Tony Arnold
Hi Patrick, Thanks for your help. On Fri, 2020-08-14 at 12:48 -0400, Patrick Shanahan wrote: > * Tony Arnold < > tony.arn...@manchester.ac.uk > > [08-14-20 11:46]: > > I've not used DT for while and now when I try to run it I get asked > > if > > I want to upgrade the database, but this fails. >

[darktable-user] Fwd: Cannot upgrade database

2020-08-14 Thread Tony Arnold
Odd. I sent the message below over three and a half hours ago but I've still not seen it back in my mailbox. Is this list moderated or does the send not see their own message? Trying again to see what happens. Regards, Tony. Forwarded Message > From: Tony Arnold > To:

Re: [darktable-user] newbie help with old negatives

2020-08-14 Thread jys
On Fri, Aug 14, 2020, at 09:53, Miklós Müller wrote: > 2. set white balance using a spot on the film base (unexposed stripe > between slides) In theory, at least, the white balance should be set for the actual light source alone, rather than the light source through the unexposed film, while

Re: [darktable-user] OpenCL on a MacBook Pro

2020-08-14 Thread Michael
My speed increase is substantial with opencl. My guess is that your gpu is on the slower side of the performance curve. On August 14, 2020 11:37:51 AM UTC, Giuseppe Pagnoni wrote: >Thank you very much Jim, your suggestion was very helpful. The >figures without and with opencl are 17.470 and

Re: [darktable-user] pixel workflow defaults missing in 3.2.1 dmg binary

2020-08-14 Thread Giuseppe Pagnoni
Exactly! Thanks for pointing it out. cheers giuseppe On Fri, Aug 14, 2020 at 4:48 PM parafin wrote: > > Most likely you've hit this bug: > https://github.com/darktable-org/darktable/issues/5903 > > Just open preferences when not in fullscreen mode. > > > On Fri, 14 Aug 2020 13:11:45 +0200 >

Re: [darktable-user] Cannot upgrade database

2020-08-14 Thread Patrick Shanahan
* Tony Arnold [08-14-20 14:39]: > Hi Patrick, [...] > This converted the database and ran successfully, however, 3.2.1 still > failed when converting the databases. > > I then downloaded and built 3.0.2 which also ran against the 3.0.1 > database, but I was not prompted for any database

Re: [darktable-user] base curve always applied even with an empty preference tick box

2020-08-14 Thread David Vincent-Jones
preferences > darkroom > auto apply pixel workflow defaults > NONE On 14.08.20 18:42, Jean-Luc CECCOLI wrote: Message du 14/08/20 12:45 De : marc.ca...@gmail.com A : "'Colin Adams'" , "'Darktable Mailing List'" Copie à : "'KOVÁCS István'" Objet : RE: [darktable-user] base curve always applied

Re: [darktable-user] newbie help with old negatives

2020-08-14 Thread Miklós Müller
Thanks for all of you for your invaluable contribution to the journey I started with film scanning. Using your input I now finally settled with a minimum number of steps that gives me an acceptable start for a complete film roll using the exact same steps for each slide. So here is my approach:

Re: [darktable-user] Cannot upgrade database

2020-08-14 Thread Patrick Shanahan
* Tony Arnold [08-14-20 11:46]: > I've not used DT for while and now when I try to run it I get asked if > I want to upgrade the database, but this fails. > > Running DT from a terminal, I get the following messages: > > $ darktable > [init] can't rename i to images > [init] error in view

RE: [darktable-user] base curve always applied even with an empty preference tick box

2020-08-14 Thread Jean-Luc CECCOLI
>> Message du 14/08/20 12:45 >> De : marc.ca...@gmail.com >> A : "'Colin Adams'" , "'Darktable Mailing List'" >> Copie à : "'KOVÁCS István'" >> Objet : RE: [darktable-user] base curve always applied even with an empty >> preference tick box >> >> >Colin, Istvan, > >../... > > (°) Colin’s

[darktable-user] Cannot upgrade database

2020-08-14 Thread Tony Arnold
I've not used DT for while and now when I try to run it I get asked if I want to upgrade the database, but this fails. Running DT from a terminal, I get the following messages: $ darktable [init] can't rename i to images [init] error in view empty_film_rolls: no such table: main.images [init]

Re: [darktable-user] pixel workflow defaults missing in 3.2.1 dmg binary

2020-08-14 Thread parafin
Most likely you've hit this bug: https://github.com/darktable-org/darktable/issues/5903 Just open preferences when not in fullscreen mode. On Fri, 14 Aug 2020 13:11:45 +0200 Giuseppe Pagnoni wrote: > Hi, > > in my Mac Os X binary installation of Darktable 3.2.1 via the dmg file > provided in

Re: [darktable-user] pixel workflow defaults missing in 3.2.1 dmg binary

2020-08-14 Thread Giuseppe Pagnoni
Thank you Patrick, I think now it is actually a bug in the interface. When I click the little downward arrow next to the option it does not do anything (it should open the dropdown selection of possible options). But I just found out that if I position the mouse pointer where it says

[darktable-user] Re: preferences after upgrading to 3.2.1 - need attention

2020-08-14 Thread Patrick Shanahan
* marc.ca...@gmail.com [08-14-20 08:47]: > Hello Istvan, Colin, Patrick, > > > > >From reading the user blog and a few tests I found that the preferences > >(except presets and shortcuts) are being stored in a file named > >‘darktablerc’. So right before after upgrading to 3.2.1 one needs

[darktable-user] preferences after upgrading to 3.2.1 - need attention

2020-08-14 Thread marc.cabuy
Hello Istvan, Colin, Patrick, >From reading the user blog and a few tests I found that the preferences >(except presets and shortcuts) are being stored in a file named ‘darktablerc’. > So right before after upgrading to 3.2.1 one needs to rename ‘darktablerc’. Under Windows this file

Re: [darktable-user] pixel workflow defaults missing in 3.2.1 dmg binary

2020-08-14 Thread Patrick Shanahan
* Giuseppe Pagnoni [08-14-20 07:17]: > Hi, > > in my Mac Os X binary installation of Darktable 3.2.1 via the dmg file > provided in GitHub, the only option available for "auto-apply pixel > workflow defaults" in the Preferences > Processing section is > "display-deferred". In the dropdown

Re: [darktable-user] newbie help with old negatives

2020-08-14 Thread horst
Ah, sorry, you thought bit deeper. The film will not act as a typical lens-mounted filter (like softeners) as it is too close to the object plane. But lets consider this: if your film layer would be opaque you'd see a difference between having it on the illumination side or on the lens

Re: [darktable-user] OpenCL on a MacBook Pro

2020-08-14 Thread Giuseppe Pagnoni
Thank you very much Jim, your suggestion was very helpful. The figures without and with opencl are 17.470 and 15.871 sec, respectively, corresponding to an opencl-related improvement in performance of around 9%. I have to say I am a bit underwhelmed by the benefits of opencl (or by the graphic

Re: [darktable-user] newbie help with old negatives

2020-08-14 Thread horst
Hi, the influence may be negligible. In an ideal world, the film between lens and layer would not alter the image. Our world is real. YMMV. Uwe Quoting Miklós Müller : I don't quite get this. We are taking a picture of a fully backlit transparent object. My understanding is that all the

[darktable-user] pixel workflow defaults missing in 3.2.1 dmg binary

2020-08-14 Thread Giuseppe Pagnoni
Hi, in my Mac Os X binary installation of Darktable 3.2.1 via the dmg file provided in GitHub, the only option available for "auto-apply pixel workflow defaults" in the Preferences > Processing section is "display-deferred". In the dropdown menu, there are no other options (crucially, no

RE: [darktable-user] base curve always applied even with an empty preference tick box

2020-08-14 Thread marc.cabuy
Colin, Istvan, Got it solved by implementing Istvan’s solution (*) by combining it with Colin’s solution (°). Without Colin’s solution the base curve continued to appear. I have now the filmic and exposure modules appearing as a result of the scene-referred setting (*). Thanks all,

Re: [darktable-user] OpenCL on a MacBook Pro

2020-08-14 Thread Remco Viëtor
On vendredi 14 août 2020 11:02:44 CEST Giuseppe Pagnoni wrote: > Hi, > > I have just installed the latest 3.2.1 version on a 13" MacBook Pro > (latest model) with an Intel Iris Plus Graphics 1536 GPU. I don't > really see much of an increase in speed when I activate the OpenCL > support. Is

Re: [darktable-user] OpenCL on a MacBook Pro

2020-08-14 Thread Jim Robinson
Giuseppe, You could try the benchmarks described here. https://math.dartmouth.edu/~sarunas/darktable_bench.html A bit old now, but should still work. On Fri, 14 Aug 2020 at 10:03, Giuseppe Pagnoni wrote: > Hi, > > I have just installed the latest 3.2.1 version on a 13" MacBook Pro > (latest

[darktable-user] OpenCL on a MacBook Pro

2020-08-14 Thread Giuseppe Pagnoni
Hi, I have just installed the latest 3.2.1 version on a 13" MacBook Pro (latest model) with an Intel Iris Plus Graphics 1536 GPU. I don't really see much of an increase in speed when I activate the OpenCL support. Is this the way it is supposed to be? Could you suggest a way to test it more

Re: [darktable-user] newbie help with old negatives

2020-08-14 Thread Miklós Müller
I don't quite get this. We are taking a picture of a fully backlit transparent object. My understanding is that all the film layers act as a filter for the light. So all layers will be equally involved regardless which one is in the front. Anyway I did some research:

[darktable-user] Tethering via Wlan

2020-08-14 Thread ternaryd
Hi, Now, that I found out, that the latest Nikon firmware update allows D850 and other models to use Wlan without Snapbridge, I was wondering if there is a way to have darktable use this directly. Thanks, -- Cris