Re: [Darktable-users] HDR querry

2013-05-20 Thread Henrik Andersson
Hi Lucas, Check out my HDR tutorial; http://www.darktable.org/2012/10/process-hdr-images-using-darktable/ /Henrik 2013/5/21 Lucas Krech > I just tried using the create HDR feature for the first time. It was, how > shall I put it, less than optimal to say the least. The initial image > appeare

[Darktable-users] HDR querry

2013-05-20 Thread Lucas Krech
I just tried using the create HDR feature for the first time. It was, how shall I put it, less than optimal to say the least. The initial image appeared to only take the dark portions of each picture. My options seem to be either severely distorted color or odd extended patches of gray in a colo

Re: [Darktable-users] Lightable performance tuning

2013-05-20 Thread Ulrich Pegelow
can't make any benchmarks right now (holiday time :) Anyhow, what is your setting on the number of background jobs in core options? Ulrich Am 20.05.2013 um 22:23 schrieb Emmanuel Lacour : > On 19/05/2013 22:21, Ulrich Pegelow wrote: >> Hi, >> >> as a highly performant OpenCL device consider

Re: [Darktable-users] Lightable performance tuning

2013-05-20 Thread Emmanuel Lacour
On 19/05/2013 22:21, Ulrich Pegelow wrote: > Hi, > > as a highly performant OpenCL device consider a Radeon HD7950 or better. > before I spent so much money in this, can someone share the average thumbnail generation time (from raw, not from embedded jpeg) difference with and without such card?

Re: [Darktable-users] Lightable performance tuning

2013-05-20 Thread Emmanuel Lacour
On 20/05/2013 22:02, johannes hanika wrote: > > > > undo that to make thumb creation faster (reset to default) > > > > yes, but in my case, it would have no effect as I'm working on tagging > pictures that were all already processed in darkroom. > > > yes it would. > I see no dif

Re: [Darktable-users] Lightable performance tuning

2013-05-20 Thread johannes hanika
On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 7:51 AM, Emmanuel Lacour wrote: > On 20/05/2013 12:34, johannes hanika wrote: > > > > - don't use embedded preview jpeg but half-size raw: checked > > > > > > undo that to make thumb creation faster (reset to default) > > > > yes, but in my case, it would have no effect

Re: [Darktable-users] Lightable performance tuning

2013-05-20 Thread Emmanuel Lacour
On 20/05/2013 12:34, johannes hanika wrote: > > - don't use embedded preview jpeg but half-size raw: checked > > > undo that to make thumb creation faster (reset to default) > yes, but in my case, it would have no effect as I'm working on tagging pictures that were all already processed in da

Re: [Darktable-users] Lightable performance tuning

2013-05-20 Thread Emmanuel Lacour
On 19/05/2013 22:35, Derek Kite wrote: > I found that increasing to 16 gb of memory made a difference. My works > flow is to edit the image, switch to light table to save. With 8 gb I > would have to wait till the thumbnail was rendered, which would be > seconds. With 16gb it its almost instantaneo

Re: [Darktable-users] Lightable performance tuning

2013-05-20 Thread Emmanuel Lacour
On 19/05/2013 22:21, Ulrich Pegelow wrote: > Hi, > > as a highly performant OpenCL device consider a Radeon HD7950 or better. > Thanks for the hint, I have to think on this ... it's not "cheap" :( -- AlienVault Unified S

Re: [Darktable-users] Zone System

2013-05-20 Thread Lucas Krech
My world just improved. Thanks! -L On May 20, 2013, at 10:48 AM, johannes hanika wrote: > hover over the zones with the mouse, use the wheel to adjust the number. > > j. > > > On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 4:29 AM, Lucas Krech wrote: > I love the Zone System tool and use it extensively. My only i

Re: [Darktable-users] Zone System

2013-05-20 Thread johannes hanika
hover over the zones with the mouse, use the wheel to adjust the number. j. On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 4:29 AM, Lucas Krech wrote: > I love the Zone System tool and use it extensively. My only issue with it > is the lack of fine tuned control. It would be great if there were 15-20 > divisions rat

[Darktable-users] Proposed enhancement: save "auto" behaviour

2013-05-20 Thread Jan Niklas Fingerle
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, I' d like to be able to save as a preset or part of a style "do whatever you do when I hit auto" in the levels and/or the exposure module. At the moment, the actual values of one image are saved - or is there something that has yet escaped my eye?

[Darktable-users] Zone System

2013-05-20 Thread Lucas Krech
I love the Zone System tool and use it extensively. My only issue with it is the lack of fine tuned control. It would be great if there were 15-20 divisions rather than 10 as I often find I have to switch to a different module for mid-tone correction when I could get nearly everything done with

Re: [Darktable-users] Fwd: Blending operators

2013-05-20 Thread bartokk
2013/5/20 Tobias Ellinghaus > Am Montag, 20. Mai 2013, 13:34:12 schrub bartokk: > > > When you don't have any specific reason to enable blending you should just > keep > it turned off. Just setting it to "normal" to have something there doesn't > make > sense. Otherwise (for example when using th

Re: [Darktable-users] Fwd: Blending operators

2013-05-20 Thread Tobias Ellinghaus
Am Montag, 20. Mai 2013, 13:34:12 schrub bartokk: > -- Forwarded message -- > From: bartokk > Date: 2013/5/20 > Subject: Re: [Darktable-users] Blending operators > To: Ulrich Pegelow > > > 2013/5/20 Ulrich Pegelow > > > Well, if you want to use masks you automatically have a b

Re: [Darktable-users] Latest stable loose jpg folder names as film rolls

2013-05-20 Thread Tobias Ellinghaus
Am Sonntag, 19. Mai 2013, 14:22:53 schrub Gert van der Plas - Schrama: > Hi All, Hi. > I had ubuntu configured to start darktable for images. I guess something > went wrong with that. I now have a lot of empty fimrolls with the name of a > jpeg referring to the /run/user/... file path. Normally

Re: [Darktable-users] non-english interface

2013-05-20 Thread Tobias Ellinghaus
Am Montag, 20. Mai 2013, 11:21:49 schrub Jose Carlos Garcia Sogo: > What is your system language, english? Anyway, try launching it from a > terminal and prepend LANG=C to it. The command should be something like > 'LANG=C darktable' > > On Sat, May 18, 2013 at 9:52 PM, alex is hurt ado wrote: >

[Darktable-users] Fwd: Blending operators

2013-05-20 Thread bartokk
-- Forwarded message -- From: bartokk Date: 2013/5/20 Subject: Re: [Darktable-users] Blending operators To: Ulrich Pegelow 2013/5/20 Ulrich Pegelow > Well, if you want to use masks you automatically have a blend mode > activated. In that case blend mode "normal" (the new one i

Re: [Darktable-users] Lightable performance tuning

2013-05-20 Thread johannes hanika
On Mon, May 20, 2013 at 7:38 AM, Emmanuel Lacour wrote: > Dear DT users, hackers, > > I start to be tired of the LT thumbnail generation time on my computer. > > Here is my HW setup: > > - images files on a standard SATA drive > - OS, .config, .cache on an SSD drive > - Memory: 8Go > - CPU: AMD Ph

Re: [Darktable-users] Blending operators

2013-05-20 Thread Ulrich Pegelow
Well, if you want to use masks you automatically have a blend mode activated. In that case blend mode "normal" (the new one in current git master) is the best choice. It proportionally mixes input and output of a module without the risk of artifacts. Ulrich Am 20.05.2013 um 01:34 schrieb Jiew

Re: [Darktable-users] non-english interface

2013-05-20 Thread Jose Carlos Garcia Sogo
What is your system language, english? Anyway, try launching it from a terminal and prepend LANG=C to it. The command should be something like 'LANG=C darktable' On Sat, May 18, 2013 at 9:52 PM, alex is hurt ado wrote: > hi there > i just installed DT on my mac (iMac) and the interface is mostl