Re: [Darktable-users] Fwd: Watermarks & Alpha

2013-03-10 Thread John P Santos
The build went without a hitch, it compiled well, and seems faster than the old ppa version I was using. That said, the patch works! Woot! Thank you so much for addressing this, it's made a huge difference for me! John P Santos Digital Media Consultant *Green Bee Media* greenbeemedia.com facebo

Re: [Darktable-users] Fwd: Watermarks & Alpha

2013-03-10 Thread John P Santos
Spoke to him on IRC about it, just making dinner before trying to build it for Oeneric. John P Santos Digital Media Consultant - Green Bee Media greenbeemedia.ca On 2013-03-10 7:15 PM, "Pascal de Bruijn" wrote: > On Sun, Mar 10, 2013 at 7:13 PM, John P Santos > wrote: > > My message below got h

Re: [Darktable-users] Fwd: Watermarks & Alpha

2013-03-10 Thread Pascal de Bruijn
On Sun, Mar 10, 2013 at 7:13 PM, John P Santos wrote: > My message below got held for moderation, so I've uploaded the files onto my > server, they can be found at http://greenbeemedia.com/darktable/ > > This is very frustrating could someone please address this issue I'm having? > > -- Fo

Re: [Darktable-users] Comments about lens correction and some questions.

2013-03-10 Thread Pascal de Bruijn
On Sun, Mar 10, 2013 at 10:50 PM, Leonard Evens wrote: > I previously posted something asserting that lens correction in > darktable worked well as long as the correction needed was not "too > large", and that I was able to do better using the Gimplens fun filter > in gimp. > > I've gone back and

[Darktable-users] Comments about lens correction and some questions.

2013-03-10 Thread Leonard Evens
I previously posted something asserting that lens correction in darktable worked well as long as the correction needed was not "too large", and that I was able to do better using the Gimplens fun filter in gimp. I've gone back and looked at an image that led me to this belief, and it turns out to

Re: [Darktable-users] Lens correction question

2013-03-10 Thread Pascal de Bruijn
On Sun, Mar 10, 2013 at 11:14 PM, Russell Edwards wrote: > On 2013-03-11 04:46, Ulrich Pegelow wrote: >> The key problem as of today is an automatic detection that is way off >> and which the user fails to observe. >> >> A few ideas: >> >> 1) we could go back to the strict search rules. A lens wou

Re: [Darktable-users] Lens correction question

2013-03-10 Thread Russell Edwards
On 2013-03-11 04:46, Ulrich Pegelow wrote: > The key problem as of today is an automatic detection that is way off > and which the user fails to observe. > > A few ideas: > > 1) we could go back to the strict search rules. A lens would only be > accepted from the database if there is an exact match

Re: [Darktable-users] Lens correction question

2013-03-10 Thread Ulrich Pegelow
Am 10.03.2013 19:37, schrieb Torsten Bronger: > Hallöchen! > > Ulrich Pegelow writes: > >> [...] >> >> The key problem as of today is an automatic detection that is way >> off and which the user fails to observe. > > So if the needed calibration data is in the DB, the user can > successfully use it

Re: [Darktable-users] Lens correction question

2013-03-10 Thread Torsten Bronger
Hallöchen! Ulrich Pegelow writes: > [...] > > The key problem as of today is an automatic detection that is way > off and which the user fails to observe. So if the needed calibration data is in the DB, the user can successfully use it? In other words: the current situation is annoying but not

[Darktable-users] Fwd: Watermarks & Alpha

2013-03-10 Thread John P Santos
My message below got held for moderation, so I've uploaded the files onto my server, they can be found at http://greenbeemedia.com/darktable/ This is very frustrating could someone please address this issue I'm having? Thanks, JP -- Forwarded message -- From: John P Santos Dat

Re: [Darktable-users] Lens correction question

2013-03-10 Thread Ulrich Pegelow
Am 10.03.2013 18:34, schrieb Pascal de Bruijn: > On Sun, Mar 10, 2013 at 6:28 PM, Pascal Obry wrote: >> Le 10/03/2013 15:46, Patrick Shanahan a écrit : >>> Perhaps a workable solution would be to present the automagick results and >>> allow to select or alter ...?? >> >> I've not followed the who

Re: [Darktable-users] Lens correction question

2013-03-10 Thread Pascal de Bruijn
On Sun, Mar 10, 2013 at 6:28 PM, Pascal Obry wrote: > Le 10/03/2013 15:46, Patrick Shanahan a écrit : >> Perhaps a workable solution would be to present the automagick results and >> allow to select or alter ...?? > > I've not followed the whole discussion, but it is already possible to > select

Re: [Darktable-users] Lens correction question

2013-03-10 Thread Pascal Obry
Le 10/03/2013 15:46, Patrick Shanahan a écrit : > Perhaps a workable solution would be to present the automagick results and > allow to select or alter ...?? I've not followed the whole discussion, but it is already possible to select manually the body and lens in the lens correction module. Righ

Re: [Darktable-users] Lens correction question

2013-03-10 Thread Marie-Noëlle Augendre
2013/3/10 Patrick Shanahan > > > Perhaps a workable solution would be to present the automagick results and > allow to select or alter ...?? > +1. The user should always have the last word/choice, I think. Marie-Noëlle -- Mes dernières photos

Re: [Darktable-users] Lens correction question

2013-03-10 Thread Patrick Shanahan
* Ulrich Pegelow [01-01-70 12:34]: > Am 10.03.2013 14:52, schrieb Marie-Noëlle Augendre: > > And why don't let the user select 'his' choice between what's available? > > > > I think there are two approaches here: > > a) let the user select everything manually, or > b) make everything automatical

Re: [Darktable-users] Lens correction question

2013-03-10 Thread Ulrich Pegelow
Am 10.03.2013 14:52, schrieb Marie-Noëlle Augendre: > And why don't let the user select 'his' choice between what's available? > I think there are two approaches here: a) let the user select everything manually, or b) make everything automatical. We try to use (b) as far as possible and switch t

Re: [Darktable-users] Lens correction question

2013-03-10 Thread Ulrich Pegelow
Am 10.03.2013 14:51, schrieb Pascal de Bruijn: >> >> The problem seems to be that we do a lensfun search with LF_SEARCH_LOOSE >> when we try to find a lens. I don't know what lensfun does exactly then, >> but I assume it will just try to find the closest match, whatever that >> is. In this case it

Re: [Darktable-users] Lens correction question

2013-03-10 Thread Marie-Noëlle Augendre
And why don't let the user select 'his' choice between what's available? Marie-Noëlle 2013/3/10 Ulrich Pegelow > > Not sure how we can overcome this situation. One solution could be a > blacklist of lens names which libexiv2 will typically report if the > photo was taken with a pure mechanical

Re: [Darktable-users] Lens correction question

2013-03-10 Thread Pascal de Bruijn
On Sun, Mar 10, 2013 at 2:37 PM, Ulrich Pegelow wrote: > Am 10.03.2013 13:29, schrieb Pascal de Bruijn: >>> >>> https://www.dropbox.com/sh/pq9vprixfvco6c5/WZnCjCSAlR >> >> The behavior of the lensfun module is a bit strange indeed, as I can't >> select another lens at all... >> > > The problem see

Re: [Darktable-users] Lens correction question

2013-03-10 Thread Ulrich Pegelow
Am 10.03.2013 13:29, schrieb Pascal de Bruijn: >> >> https://www.dropbox.com/sh/pq9vprixfvco6c5/WZnCjCSAlR > > The behavior of the lensfun module is a bit strange indeed, as I can't > select another lens at all... > The problem seems to be that we do a lensfun search with LF_SEARCH_LOOSE when we

Re: [Darktable-users] Lens correction question

2013-03-10 Thread Ulrich Pegelow
Am 10.03.2013 13:29, schrieb Pascal de Bruijn: > On Sun, Mar 10, 2013 at 9:52 AM, Russell Edwards wrote: > > The behavior of the lensfun module is a bit strange indeed, as I can't > select another lens at all... > > Ulrich, you've worked on the lensfun module before, would you mind > taking a look

Re: [Darktable-users] Lens correction question

2013-03-10 Thread Pascal de Bruijn
On Sun, Mar 10, 2013 at 9:52 AM, Russell Edwards wrote: > On 2013-03-09 22:49, Pascal de Bruijn wrote: >> On Sat, Mar 9, 2013 at 12:46 PM, Ulrich Pegelow >> wrote: >>> Am 09.03.2013 01:24, schrieb Russell Edwards: Let me know if there's a better way to do it. >>> >>> One of the preferred way

Re: [Darktable-users] Shadows and highlights module

2013-03-10 Thread Ulrich Pegelow
Am 10.03.2013 10:12, schrieb Eildert Groeneveld: > This thread has been quit for some time, but I think there are indeed > issues. > I am running git. > Generally speaking, after correcting exposure for clipping and setting > the black point, I want to do shadows recovery. The starting point is > t

Re: [Darktable-users] Lens correction question

2013-03-10 Thread Russell Edwards
On 2013-03-09 22:49, Pascal de Bruijn wrote: > On Sat, Mar 9, 2013 at 12:46 PM, Ulrich Pegelow > wrote: >> Am 09.03.2013 01:24, schrieb Russell Edwards: >>> Let me know if there's a better way to do it. >> >> One of the preferred ways is to upload the file(s) at dropbox.com >> and >> post a link.

Re: [Darktable-users] Shadows and highlights module

2013-03-10 Thread Eildert Groeneveld
This thread has been quit for some time, but I think there are indeed issues. I am running git. Generally speaking, after correcting exposure for clipping and setting the black point, I want to do shadows recovery. The starting point is the slides is 50 with highlights at -50 (radius 100, compress