[darktable-user] Upgrade to 4.8

2024-06-27 Thread Andrew Greig
f an image. I can't remember being this excited about anything, except, maybe my wedding, maybe. Truly grateful Andrew Greig darktable user mailing list to unsubscribe send a mail to darktable-user+unsubscr...@lists.darktable.org

[darktable-user] Tethering weirdness

2024-05-09 Thread Andrew Greig
6D for studio work and forget the 5D Mkiv.    Not ideal. Any help with this would be appreciated -- Kind regards Andrew Greig darktable user mailing list to unsubscribe send a mail to darktable-user+unsubscr

[darktable-user] Setting resolution for an on-line photography competition

2024-01-23 Thread Andrew Greig
Hi I have recently decided to jump into photographic competition, and one of the requirements for submission is to adjust my file to 72 PPI what would be the best settings for export please? Kind regards Andrew Greig

Re: [darktable-user] Installing darktable 4.6 in Ubuntu 22.04.3 why is it so hard?-- Not so hard after all - thanks

2023-12-27 Thread Andrew Greig
rktable&package=darktable> without any issues. On Wed, Dec 27, 2023 at 7:22 AM Andrew Greig wrote: I have backed up my ~config/darktable of 4.4.2 and I have issues with the installation, what is best? apt snap or flatpack? why do we have such a shit fight? In 20

[darktable-user] Installing darktable 4.6 in Ubuntu 22.04.3 why is it so hard?

2023-12-27 Thread Andrew Greig
. Kind regards Andrew -- darktable user mailing list to unsubscribe send a mail to darktable-user+unsubscr...@lists.darktable.org

Re: [darktable-user] Video on split toning

2023-12-19 Thread Andrew Greig
unsubscribe send a mail to darktable-user+unsubscr...@lists.darktable.org Hi Jason, I found your presentation coherent, and easily understood. Thanks for your work on this subject. Andrew Greig darktable user mailing list

Re: [darktable-user] darktable and tethering - fixed

2023-07-30 Thread Andrew Greig
On 30/7/23 19:46, Michael Rasmussen wrote: Hi Greig, On Sun, 30 Jul 2023 14:58:48 +1000 Andrew Greig wrote: Dear all, I have read the chapter in the Fine Manual on tethering, but I have an issue with the system capturing the camera before darktable can assert itself. If I am lucky the icon

Re: [darktable-user] darktable and tethering

2023-07-30 Thread Andrew Greig
On 31/7/23 00:20, Wayne Carl wrote: Andrew: I am using an Ubuntu system. I simply unmount the Camera using the File Manager, ant then all works well. Hope this helps. In His service, Wayne On 7/30/23 00:58, Andrew Greig wrote: Dear all, I have read the chapter in the Fine Manual on

[darktable-user] darktable and tethering

2023-07-29 Thread Andrew Greig
mount it. It appears  in lsusb  as Easy Camera. My best case scenario would be to make darktable the default, and the heck with anything else. But that is beyond my skill level. I am hoping to run a ZOOM meeting on Thursday night where a tethered camera is required. Gratefully Andrew Greig

Re: [darktable-user] workflow hints

2023-06-13 Thread Andrew Greig
ubscr...@lists.darktable.org Hi Germano, just upload your two file types to separate folders, and only import RAW files to darktable.  Later you can open the OOC jpg folder and discard whatever you choose. Andrew

[darktable-user] Disaster with history stack

2023-02-02 Thread Andrew Greig
Hi all, Another consideration is that I have a set of images at Full Size jpg in a separate folder, unaffected by my carelessness. Can they be any help? -- darktable user mailing list to unsubscribe send a mail to dar

[darktable-user] Disaster with history stack

2023-02-02 Thread Andrew Greig
Hi All, I found that the information I received from Patrick Shannahan really useful so I loaded a couple of processes in Darktable and acted as a taxi for my mother in law, did some shopping had coffee and the results were waiting for me when I arrived home. This will be useful for the times

[darktable-user] Stacking jobs in export

2023-02-02 Thread Andrew Greig
Model Society So when one process finishes the next starts without being messed with by the other tasks. Many thanks Andrew Greig -- darktable user mailing list to unsubscribe send a mail to darktable-user+unsubscr

Re: [darktable-user] Re: Time for a new system

2022-12-06 Thread Andrew Greig
Thanks for listing the components, that's really helpful for me. Andrew GreigALG Fine PhotographyAndrew GreigALG Fine PhotographyOn 6 Dec 2022 20:07, Ruud Baart wrote: I just ordered a new system. I have read some articles about it. Following system must be capable of doing the t

[darktable-user] Re: Time for a new system

2022-12-04 Thread Andrew Greig
ll be adding another SSD to make a RAID 1 pair as well. Many thanks Andrew Greig darktable user mailing list to unsubscribe send a mail to darktable-user+unsubscr...@lists.darktable.org

[darktable-user] Time for a new system

2022-12-04 Thread Andrew Greig
Hi All, I am hoping for a bit of advice to guide my choices for a new system. To this point I have never used OpenCL and reading some comments by others a LeadtekT600 graphics card is a good choice. do others agree? I am looking to increase the data transfer speed --

Re: [darktable-user] Pale blue in specular highlights how do I eleminate it?

2022-11-20 Thread Andrew Greig
On 21/11/22 11:21, Andrew Greig wrote: On 21/11/22 00:25, Andrew Greig wrote: On 20/11/22 18:26, Remco Viëtor wrote: On dimanche 20 novembre 2022 06:33:51 CET Andrew Greig wrote: Hi all, My first beach shoot on a sunny day, has left me with pale blue highlights. Previous beach shoots have

Re: [darktable-user] Pale blue in specular highlights how do I eleminate it?

2022-11-20 Thread Andrew Greig
On 21/11/22 00:25, Andrew Greig wrote: On 20/11/22 18:26, Remco Viëtor wrote: On dimanche 20 novembre 2022 06:33:51 CET Andrew Greig wrote: Hi all, My first beach shoot on a sunny day, has left me with pale blue highlights. Previous beach shoots have been overcast. I thought it may have

Re: [darktable-user] Pale blue in specular highlights how do I eleminate it?

2022-11-20 Thread Andrew Greig
On 20/11/22 18:26, Remco Viëtor wrote: On dimanche 20 novembre 2022 06:33:51 CET Andrew Greig wrote: Hi all, My first beach shoot on a sunny day, has left me with pale blue highlights. Previous beach shoots have been overcast. I thought it may have disappeared if I reduced the exposure, nope

[darktable-user] Pale blue in specular highlights how do I eleminate it?

2022-11-19 Thread Andrew Greig
-vcx-MF I would appreciate any guidance on this, I am a studio photographer who has strayed into the "blue room" (outdoors). Many thanks Andrew Greig -- darktable user mailing list to unsubscribe send

Re: [darktable-user] Recovering xmp data from Exported jpg files

2022-03-20 Thread Andrew Greig
f time and effort in case something goes wrong. Regards, Msrco Op 20/03/2022 om 00:20 schreef Andrew Greig: Hi All, I have read the manual on xmp files, and scrolled through the emails around my issues of over-written xmp files. But I have not found a clear process to follow. Last night after

Re: [darktable-user] Recovering xmp data from Exported jpg files

2022-03-20 Thread Andrew Greig
On 20/3/22 19:15, Bernhard wrote: Remco Viëtor schrieb am 20.03.22 um 08:34: On dimanche 20 mars 2022 08:28:07 CET Andrew Greig wrote: On 20/3/22 17:59, Remco Viëtor wrote: On dimanche 20 mars 2022 00:20:09 CET Andrew Greig wrote: I have been told that I can recover the xmp files from my

Re: [darktable-user] Recovering xmp data from Exported jpg files

2022-03-20 Thread Andrew Greig
On 20/3/22 17:59, Remco Viëtor wrote: On dimanche 20 mars 2022 00:20:09 CET Andrew Greig wrote: I have been told that I can recover the xmp files from my exported (and correct) jpgs. So I need to discover the process. I imagine that I would need to load my jpg files into Darktable instead of my

[darktable-user] Recovering xmp data from Exported jpg files

2022-03-19 Thread Andrew Greig
Hi All, I have read the manual on xmp files, and scrolled through the emails around my issues of over-written xmp files. But I have not found a clear process to follow. Last night after exporting a set of 259 images at full -size jpg I added a watermark using the selective copy and paste but

[darktable-user] Modules and History

2022-02-27 Thread Andrew Greig
Hi, I have been cruising the Fine Manual, looking for info on how to set a new default value in a module, so that one only needs to turn the module on. Alternatively, how do I define a preset to load on import, in other words to add one more module to the starting History stack? --

Re: [darktable-user] Fullsize jpg Export great, Proofs with watermark awful

2022-02-25 Thread Andrew Greig
On 26/2/22 01:05, Hervé Sainct wrote: What about re-opening one of the image in DT and looking at the 'history', unfolding the menue if need be? What's the last operation? What if you regress one stap back? H. Le 25/02/2022 à 14:09, Andrew Greig a écrit : Hi All, I fini

Re: [darktable-user] Fullsize jpg Export great, Proofs with watermark awful - fixed

2022-02-25 Thread Andrew Greig
On 26/2/22 02:02, Andrew Greig wrote: On 26/2/22 01:46, Guillermo Rozas wrote: I have more information. I have started reworking my images, so I decided to start small and I restored the first few images to their previous finished state, and then applied a watermark using the

Re: [darktable-user] Fullsize jpg Export great, Proofs with watermark awful

2022-02-25 Thread Andrew Greig
ive paste" before export, or using the same process to frame a set of images. Cheers Andrew darktable user mailing list to unsubscribe send a mail to darktable-user+unsubscr...@lists.darktable.org

[darktable-user] Fullsize jpg Export great, Proofs with watermark awful

2022-02-25 Thread Andrew Greig
I have more information. I have started reworking my images, so I decided to start small and I restored the first few images to their previous finished state, and then applied a watermark using the "selective copy" and "selective paste" on one of them, BAM on selective paste the image was retur

[darktable-user] Fullsize jpg Export great, Proofs with watermark awful

2022-02-25 Thread Andrew Greig
Hi All, I finished processing 358 images from yesterday's shoot, and Exported all of the images as Full size jpgs. They look great. Next I watermarked the full set for Export to Model Mayhem as 2000px x 2000px and less than 1Mb. I checked a couple of images, and they looked as if a neutral de

Re: [darktable-user] Strange behaviour on Import and Add to Library

2022-02-16 Thread Andrew Greig
On 17/2/22 13:16, Patrick Shanahan wrote: * Andrew Greig [02-16-22 20:21]: More information: If I select a Light-table view of less than 9 images to a row, I have no problems. But when I choose 10 or more to a row the "foreign" thumbnails appear at random throughout the view. sou

[darktable-user] Strange behaviour on Import and Add to Library

2022-02-16 Thread Andrew Greig
More information: If I select a Light-table view of less than 9 images to a row, I have no problems. But when I choose 10 or more to a row the "foreign" thumbnails appear at random throughout the view. -- darktable u

[darktable-user] Strange behaviour on Import and Add to Library

2022-02-16 Thread Andrew Greig
Hi all , To add to my previous post, I ran darktable-generate-cache again, since nothing has changed it was complete in less than a second. I started DT and the problem persisted in light-table view. So I selected an image and changed to Darkroom I scrolled through the Film roll - no intruders

[darktable-user] Strange behaviour on Import and Add to Library

2022-02-16 Thread Andrew Greig
Hi All, I got some great advice from Martin on this issue - run darktable-generate-cache it took a couple of hours but when finished I could open a folder without having contaminating thumbnails in my light-table view. I have been working on a few folders recently and the problem crept in a

[darktable-user] Adding a watermark or framing

2022-02-11 Thread Andrew Greig
esume that starting an export after the dialogue has disappeared would leave some without the changes. If the latter situation is true, then I can gain some time back. So which is it please? Andrew Greig darktable

[darktable-user] Strange behaviour on Import and Add to Library

2022-02-09 Thread Andrew Greig
skills to capture this unusual occurrence. Any ideas, please, oh and it is about fiteen minutes before I can get a coherent set of images (around 200 usually) Andrew Greig Melbourne Australia -- darktable user mailing

Re: [darktable-user] Replies not readable ? I don't think so.

2022-02-08 Thread Andrew Greig
, so some grace is needed. Heaven forbid that I should try to navigate an email list in my Schoolboy French, it would be very wierd, nest'ce pas? Andrew Greig Melbourne Australia On 9/2/22 08:23, Jean-Luc CECCOLI wrote: Le 08/02/2022 à 19:37, Hieke van Hoogdalem a écrit : What do you mean w

Re: [darktable-user] How to add more black

2022-01-25 Thread Andrew Greig
ure module. It worked well for me, but if it needed to correct too much it became more of a brown black. Now I use Filmic move the black slider in the scene tab to the right, it is more of a pure black, not a "war

Re: Fwd: Fwd: [darktable-user] Timestamp oddity

2022-01-20 Thread Andrew Greig
inate your City and timezone. I had my last BSOD in 2000. And after that some very happy years with Mandrake/Mandriva. Cheers Andrew Greig darktable user mailing list to unsubscribe send a mail to darktable-user+unsubscr...@lists.darktable.org

Re: [darktable-user] Export behaviour

2022-01-05 Thread Andrew Greig
On 6/1/22 10:48 am, Patrick Shanahan wrote: * Andrew Greig [01-05-22 18:37]: Hi all, I just came across interesting "Export" behaviour. I had selected 29 images to export but I wanted to check one in Darkroom, happy with it I hit the "Export" button on the LEFT side of my

[darktable-user] Export behaviour

2022-01-05 Thread Andrew Greig
ll of those images whether in Darkroom or Light-table. Is this the intended behaviour? Kind regards Andrew Greig Melbourne, Australia darktable user mailing list to unsubscribe send a mail to darktable-user+unsubscr...@lists.darktable.org

[darktable-user] Re: split of Crop and Rotate to "Crop", and, "Rotate and Perspective" in 3.8

2021-12-30 Thread Andrew Greig
I gave this a red hot go out of respect for the developers, but I miss having Crop and rotate in the one module because I have to perform those two operations in almost every shot. I need to make sure the ballerina is pirouetting vertically, and when shooting fast to keep up, things can get off

Re: Fwd: [darktable-user] New crop module

2021-12-28 Thread Andrew Greig
And the name of the mouse is Speedy Gonzales, underlay, underlay!! On 28/12/21 8:21 pm, Bruce Williams wrote: Thank you one and all! Seems like my speedy mouse moves might have been the issue! :) Cheers, Bruce Williams -- Shutters Inc podcast

Re: [darktable-user] Re: Bouncing messages from darktable-user@lists.darktable.org

2021-12-13 Thread Andrew Greig
ply to the list using an address that is not known to the mail-server. And it bounces with that message. When I change the address to the right one, the message gets through. I kick myself and remind myself of the old anagram GIGO - garbage in garbag

Re: [darktable-user] Retouch opacity

2021-12-07 Thread Andrew Greig
On 8/12/21 10:32 am, I. Ivanov wrote: On 12/7/21 13:44, Andrew Greig wrote: How do I set the retouch opacity to default to 100% please? Does it not remember what is last? If I am to change the opacity *before starting the retouching* - it keeps for me what I have selected

Re: [darktable-user] Retouch opacity -resolved

2021-12-07 Thread Andrew Greig
On 8/12/21 9:39 am, Patrick Shanahan wrote: * Andrew Greig [12-07-21 16:47]: Hi, I use the scroll wheel and CTRL key to adjust the opacity in a correction, and more often I use retouch to clean the studio floor in an image. When using Retouch for cleaning up the floor or the torn edge of a

[darktable-user] Retouch opacity

2021-12-07 Thread Andrew Greig
today with 100% but I must have done something because now the default opacity is around 32%. So in each frame I have to scroll back up to 100%, and I have more than 100 images yet to go. How do I set the retouch opacity to default to 100% please? Many thanks Andrew Greig

Re: [darktable-user] The new import process

2021-12-03 Thread Andrew Greig
Hi Terry, I am disposed to tagging as an idea. Bruce Williams has an excellent video on the subject, but I already had 55,000 images organised without tagging before I saw that video, and so I chickened out. Andrew On 4/12/21 2:07 pm, Terry Pinfold wrote: Hi Andrew,        I dislike

Re: [darktable-user] The new import process

2021-12-03 Thread Andrew Greig
around. Andrew On 4/12/21 1:34 pm, Terry Pinfold wrote: Hi Andrew,       I understand your concern. The way to delete these collections you no longer want is to go to the collection and select all the images which will possibly appear as a skull. Then use the option to remove all the photos

[darktable-user] The new import process

2021-12-03 Thread Andrew Greig
Hi all, I really preferred the import process in DT 3.4, maybe it is just my workflow that needs a change. After any use of my camera I upload the images to my computer as soon as possible, to my Working folder on a solid state drive for speed. After I have finished processing all of my imag

Re: [darktable-user] Kodak GC 400 film

2021-11-05 Thread Andrew Greig
Negadoctor in DT and then work as normal. Bruce Williams has a great video on NegaDoctor. Andrew Greig darktable user mailing list to unsubscribe send a mail to darktable-user+unsubscr...@lists.darktable.org

Re: [darktable-user] It gets worse - sorted out

2021-10-29 Thread Andrew Greig
On 30/10/21 7:11 am, Terry Pinfold wrote: Hi Andrew,      it looks like you have used the new copy and import feature. If that is the case then I would expect your original files and associated .xmp files with previous edits to be located in their original folders. The copy and import would

[darktable-user] It gets worse

2021-10-29 Thread Andrew Greig
am really distressed, this has been a bad day for me. Andrew Greig darktable user mailing list to unsubscribe send a mail to darktable-user+unsubscr...@lists.darktable.org

[darktable-user] Sidecar files

2021-10-29 Thread Andrew Greig
of labour is down the toilet. Fortunately I had delivered the project. Now I do not want to touch my previous RAW files. How do I resolve this issue please? Andrew Greig darktable user mailing list to unsubscribe send

[darktable-user] Spot removal gone in 3.6 - ouch!

2021-10-28 Thread Andrew Greig
countless hours of work. Andrew Greig Melbourne Australia darktable user mailing list to unsubscribe send a mail to darktable-user+unsubscr...@lists.darktable.org

Re: [darktable-user] problem installing darktable

2021-10-15 Thread Andrew Greig
On 16/10/21 4:41 pm, Remco Viëtor wrote: On samedi 16 octobre 2021 02:56:33 CEST Terry Pinfold wrote: Hi Andrew, for clarity I still need to know if this current post is top or bottom posting. Sorry for such a basic question, but I am unsure what I can do differently if you tell me this is

Re: [darktable-user] Top or bottom posting

2021-10-15 Thread Andrew Greig
On 16/10/21 3:43 pm, Archie Macintosh wrote: On 16/10/2021 02:20, Andrew Greig wrote: Michael Raider is correct, and for clarity this was on the thread Thunderbird does not have any way to set the default reply to the bottom of the thread, so there is some work involved to bottom post. I

[darktable-user] Top or bottom posting

2021-10-15 Thread Andrew Greig
Michael Raider is correct, and for clarity this was on the thread "problem installing darktable". Thunderbird does not have any way to set the default reply to the bottom of the thread, so there is some work involved to bottom post. I used to use Evolution as my mail client and I don't remembe

Re: [darktable-user] problem installing darktable

2021-10-15 Thread Andrew Greig
On 16/10/21 11:56 am, Terry Pinfold wrote: Hi Andrew, for clarity I still need to know if this current post is top or bottom posting. Sorry for such a basic question, but I am unsure what I can do differently if you tell me this is still a top post

Re: [darktable-user] problem installing darktable

2021-10-15 Thread Andrew Greig
. Strictly, I have been a bad boy here because I have "forked" the conversation as the original discussion is found in the subject line and has nothing to do with preferred posting practices. Andrew darktable us

Re: [darktable-user] problem installing darktable

2021-10-15 Thread Andrew Greig
On 16/10/21 11:24 am, Terry Pinfold wrote: So am I the one guilty of top posting and annoying everyone here? darktable user mailing list to unsubscribe send a mail to darktable-user+unsubscr...@lists.darktable.org

Re: [darktable-user] problem installing darktable

2021-10-15 Thread Andrew Greig
On 16/10/21 11:10 am, Andrew Greig wrote: On 16/10/21 1:12 am, Patrick Shanahan wrote:     do we really need to keep repeating the entire history/thread with every post? usually an artifact     of top posting and using windows. Hi All, It would be preferable to have a consistent approach

Re: [darktable-user] problem installing darktable

2021-10-15 Thread Andrew Greig
On 16/10/21 1:12 am, Patrick Shanahan wrote:     do we really need to keep repeating the entire history/thread with every post? usually an artifact of top posting and using windows. Hi All, It would be preferable to have a consistent approach to posting; those who have a Linux/Unix backgroun

Re: [darktable-user] How to validate ?

2021-10-11 Thread andrew
Normally, you need to select "Crop and rotate" and then just move the frame just a bit and when happy with the cropped image, just leave the module and your result will be committed.AndrewSent from my Galaxy Original message From: Pierre Couderc Date: 11/10/21 4:46 pm (GMT+10

[darktable-user] Vignette tool

2021-09-06 Thread Andrew Greig
Hi all, It seems that the vignette tool has the axes locked to either vertical or horizontal. Is there any way that the axes could be free to rotate? Something which I have found to be useful in some shots is to make the subject look like they are caught in a searchlight  using the Vignette

Re: [darktable-user] Edit to cover nipples

2021-09-05 Thread Andrew Greig
agram is happy with that. Andrew On 6/9/21 12:12 pm, 01myphotos01 wrote: Hi, I wanna edit covering the nipples with a black strip or flowers or butterfly  -  please guide me how to do this using DT. Thanks Neil Sent from my G

Re: [darktable-user] Question regarding v3.4 and v3.6 file importing

2021-07-16 Thread Andrew Greig
working directory and stored on a different USB 3TB drive. I don't have much to do, but much is done thanks to the scripts from my friend. I am very grateful. Andrew Greig Melbourne Australia On 17/7/21 12:27 pm, Terry Pinfold wrote: For me I feel it is just getting used to a new dialog o

Re: [darktable-user] Export malfunction - False alarm

2021-05-12 Thread Andrew Greig
Hi, False alarm, cpu heatsink was clogged with dust. Overheat shutdown was the problem(blessing) , I have had the box cleaned and a fresh load of cpupaste applied, and now I am back with a much quieter computer. Cheers Andrew On 13/5/21 10:16 am, Andrew Greig wrote: Hi All, I am running

[darktable-user] Export malfunction

2021-05-12 Thread Andrew Greig
, this recent flaw will see around 35 - 55 images exported and then crash. Thanks Andrew Greig darktable user mailing list to unsubscribe send a mail to darktable-user+unsubscr...@lists.darktable.org

Re: [darktable-user] Newbie

2021-04-08 Thread Andrew Greig
Hi Ka Tai, I use a Fuji X100F which generates .RAF raw files what is your file extension?  I have no issues with RAF files in Darktable. Andrew Greig On 8/4/21 8:22 pm, Monsieur N wrote: Hello, Welcome to you ! Do you use Windows or Linux ? N Le 08/04/2021 à 11:26, Leong KT a écrit

Re: [darktable-user] Wacom tablet and DT and GIMP

2021-04-07 Thread andrew
Thanks for that. I appreciate itAndrewSent from my Galaxy Original message From: Michael Rasmussen Date: 7/4/21 9:00 pm (GMT+10:00) To: darktable-user@lists.darktable.org Subject: Re: [darktable-user] Wacom tablet and DT and GIMP On Wed, 7 Apr 2021 12:36:02 +0200 (CEST)Jean-L

[darktable-user] Wacom tablet and DT and GIMP

2021-04-06 Thread Andrew Greig
Hi All, Are there any users of the Wacom Tablet under Linux who could recommend a model that works well, or maybe everything works well. Cheers Andrew darktable user mailing list to unsubscribe send a mail to

Re: [darktable-user] Still no GUI module order possible?

2021-02-17 Thread Andrew Greig
Hey Rahl, I have just received two messages in a row to the list from you, but no comment from you has been made. Did you have something to write or was it a "pocket dial"? Andrew On 17/2/21 10:51 pm, rahl wrote: On Wed, 2021-02-17 at 09:34 +0100, Kneops wrote: I started

Re: [darktable-user] Still no GUI module order possible?

2021-02-16 Thread Andrew Greig
I do learn incrementally, but just what I need. I encourage you to allow yourself to work with the order of Darktable so that your intuition may become informed and your intuition and workflow become one. Cheers Andrew Greig On 17/2/21 12:52 am, Ricardo Kozmate.Net wrote: Em 16/02/2021 0

[darktable-user] How to set opacity to 100% in retouch module

2021-02-09 Thread Andrew Greig
alter this default behaviour please? I have checked the settings but found no reference to default opacity settings. Thanks heaps, I am a big fan Andrew Greig Melbourne, Australia darktable user mailing list to

[darktable-user] Watermark and Framing removal

2021-02-01 Thread Andrew Greig
"CopyParts" section of the Lighttable, but I am concerned that although removing the Framing and watermark it may also add the rest of the modules in my history stack, and I would be keen to avoid that. Many thanks Andrew Greig Melbourne,

Re: [darktable-user] Strange import behaviour - resolved

2021-01-05 Thread andrew
Hi KofaWhat I do is export, and then close DT. Move my files as described. Next time I work on DT I select a new directory of RAW fils and get to work. I have been doing the same thing for four years, but this time I deleted the snap install of 3.2 and installed from a deb file instead, and it i

Re: [darktable-user] DT 3.4 no longer has zone system module (gone!)

2021-01-05 Thread Andrew Greig
Hi Terry, Check out Bruce Williams excellent four part video series on new stuff in 3.4, he discusses the change of one of those modules to "surface blur" Watch them all, time well spent. Andrew On 6/1/21 12:46 pm, Terry Pinfold wrote: Hi Martin,      I had read and have

Re: [darktable-user] Strange import behaviour - resolved

2021-01-05 Thread Andrew Greig
the data is removed from the  2Tb USB drive. Every Saturday morning (until I get busier) a snapshot is taken of my working directory and it is replaced on a rolling four weekly cycle. I am truly grateful for the work undertaken on my behalf by Ed Chan of the Linux Users of Victoria to protect

[darktable-user] Strange import behaviour

2021-01-05 Thread Andrew Greig
(stored in another folder) arein the lighttable view as well. If I select the thumbnail it disappears. The only images I can work on are the ones which I intended to edit, it is odd that I should have intruders from "left field". What should I do to fix this? Many thanks Andrew Greig

[darktable-user] Cant find my config files for Darktable

2020-12-26 Thread Andrew Greig
config files among the Hidden Files in my Home dir, nothing in /usr/local and the daktable.rc file makes no mention of the background color of the thumbnails. Where else could the config files be lurking, please? Andrew Greig Melbourne Australia

Re: [darktable-user] Scanning and EXIF information

2020-11-15 Thread Andrew Greig
? Gratefully Andrew Greig On 16/11/20 2:02 am, Stéphane Gourichon wrote: Hi Greig, You basically want to replace some EXIF information present in the raw file. A number of people (including me) would strongly avoid ever modifying a raw file. These are full of dragons. First I would make a

[darktable-user] Scanning and EXIF information

2020-11-14 Thread Andrew Greig
with the info from my notes? I am really looking forward to loading these into Darktable/Negadoctor. Thanks Andrew Greig darktable user mailing list to unsubscribe send a mail to darktable-user+unsubscr

Re: [darktable-user] masks

2020-10-12 Thread Andrew Greig
rather than scroll to an approximate size and then place the tool (circle, ellipse, path or brush), but I find the former function faster. Oh, the former function is faster at fixing faults, fabulous!! Andrew

Re: [darktable-user] Images disapear when switching from Darkroom to lightable view

2020-09-24 Thread Andrew Greig
image back Cheers Andrew Greig On 25/9/20 11:06 am, Terry Pinfold wrote: In lighttable if you left click and drag your mouse around the placement of the images is changed. While this can be helpful, sometimes I manage to completely lose the images and have to get out of that film roll and

Re: [darktable-user] How to zero star rate an image?

2020-08-19 Thread Andrew Greig
, using the keyboard/numberpad is less fiddly and more certain. Cheers Andrew Greig On 20/8/20 9:25 am, Patrick Shanahan wrote: * Mark Heieis [08-19-20 19:03]: Hi, I import images with zero rating and then apply ratings accordingly. Previous to 3.0.2, I could zero rate an image by toggling

Re: [darktable-user] DT & life on the road

2020-08-04 Thread Andrew Greig
I am late to this discussion, but I would like to recommend Bruce Williams "Understanding Darktable" series on YouTube Episode 008 "Working with local files" He describes the process for making and synching files, check it out. Regards Andrew Greig On 5/

Re: [darktable-user] Import: I'm failing at step 1; advice please

2020-06-23 Thread Andrew Greig
that process very nicely in his excellent series of videos on YouTube. Understanding Darktable Cheers Andrew Greig On 24/6/20 2:57 pm, Jason Polak wrote: I agree with the below. My system is pretty simple: one folder for each year, and then each folder named -mm-dd-description, one for each d

Re: [darktable-user] interesting results with between-image-matching (SIFT, SfM) and different raw developers.

2020-05-20 Thread Ritchie, Andrew C
20 8:41 AM To: User List Darktable Subject: [EXTERNAL] Aw: Re: [darktable-user] interesting results with between-image-matching (SIFT, SfM) and different raw developers. Hi Andrew, I'm not a dt dev and I'm not a pro user, just my thoughts: Is your workflow basically: RAW --> Conve

Re: [darktable-user] interesting results with between-image-matching (SIFT, SfM) and different raw developers.

2020-05-16 Thread Ritchie, Andrew C
> If you want useful comments from here, some detail on what you processed, how > you did it, and what the target was, would be very helpful. First, I'm a geologist, not a photographer, and while I may be close to expert at specialized aspects of photogrammetry, I am by no means expert at image

[darktable-user] interesting results with between-image-matching (SIFT, SfM) and different raw developers.

2020-05-15 Thread Ritchie, Andrew C
I've been comparing darktable with different raw developers for the last little bit, really hoping I could get it to give me the "best" results. I just posted a comparison of my preliminary results on a forum for SfM photogrammetry that I frequent. My main finding is that JPGs/TIFs generated wit

Re: [darktable-user] darktable-cli and auto-levels/auto-RGB-levels/auto-filmic

2020-05-13 Thread Ritchie, Andrew C
On Tue, May 12, 2020, at 14:11, jys wrote: > Unfortunately, most of the "auto" features don't work that way; Thanks for the quick reply! Sorry I had to manually recreate the quote I hope I don't scramble the email thread. Is there a list of features that *DO* work that way? Or is there some w

[darktable-user] darktable-cli and auto-levels/auto-RGB-levels/auto-filmic

2020-05-12 Thread Ritchie, Andrew C
I'm trying to use darktable-cli to postprocess hundreds of thousands of raw (DNG) images quickly into JPGs for structure-from-motion imagery. In short - optimizing levels makes our image-matching algorithms work better, so much so that a well-adjusted set of JPGs will work better than the raw or

RE: [darktable-user] Demosaicing

2020-04-24 Thread andrew
Hi Peter,I shoot Fuji RAW files (.raf) and Darktable works well. I have encountered no difficulty in processing these files, I have no pop-up tell me "you need to use Iridient XTransformer to make this file usable". Hopefully Iridient left your RAW files intact when it worked on them.Andrew Grei

Re: [darktable-user] Watermark file

2020-03-26 Thread andrew
Hi, Would your problem be solved by deleting the generic Darktable watermark?AndrewSent from my SAMSUNG Galaxy S7 on the Telstra Mobile Network Original message From: Jesus Arocho Date: 27/3/20 02:03 (GMT+10:00) To: ka...@toprockphotography.com, darktable-user@lists.darktable

Re: [darktable-user] In the middle of post-production retouch module fell over

2020-03-08 Thread Andrew Greig
Andrew On 2/3/20 9:13 pm, Andrew Greig wrote: Hi, I was about an hour into my work, retouch was quick and clean, and from one frame working to the next frame unresponsive. Nothing unusual in my work flow, it just stopped working, and so did spot removal module as well, clone stamp not working

[darktable-user] In the middle of post-production retouch module fell over

2020-03-02 Thread Andrew Greig
Hi, I was about an hour into my work, retouch was quick and clean, and from one frame working to the next frame unresponsive. Nothing unusual in my work flow, it just stopped working, and so did spot removal module as well, clone stamp not working. I closed Darktable and started it up again -

RE: [darktable-user] Imported jpg wrong colours

2020-02-22 Thread andrew
Hi,Maybe your screen needs to be recalibrated since the system upgrade. Particularly since the thumbnail looks different to the export.AndrewSent from Samsung tablet. Original message From: grumpy oldgit Date: 23/2/20 3:09 am (GMT+10:00) To: darktable-user@lists.darktable.org

Re: [darktable-user] Strange behaviour in Ratings

2020-02-10 Thread Andrew Greig
On 10/2/20 7:29 pm, Remco Viëtor wrote: On Monday, 10 February 2020 08:55:19 CET Andrew Greig wrote: Hi All, I have been working on a wedding set of images and I have been rating good as 4 stars and 2 stars as no good, 1 star images will not be seen by the couple. I have been working for

Re: [darktable-user] Strange behaviour in Ratings

2020-02-10 Thread Andrew Greig
On 10/2/20 7:29 pm, Remco Viëtor wrote: On Monday, 10 February 2020 08:55:19 CET Andrew Greig wrote: Hi All, I have been working on a wedding set of images and I have been rating good as 4 stars and 2 stars as no good, 1 star images will not be seen by the couple. I have been working for

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