Re: [Darktable-users] Import Question

2016-03-01 Thread David Vincent-Jones
OK .. OK .. I solved the problem. When importing from the camera the raw and jpg files are displayed independently When importing from disk then dt buries the jpg in a group with the raw. Something should probably be a little more consistent. David On 01/03/16 04:37 PM, David Vincent-Jones

[Darktable-users] Import Question

2016-03-01 Thread David Vincent-Jones
Earlier today I imported a number of files into a folder (March1) directly from the camera. They were Raw+Jpg (ie. 2 images per exposure). Everything correct as usual. Later this afternoon I moved other Raw+Jpg sets from the end of the same SD card directly iinto into March1 folder and then I re

Re: [Darktable-users] exposure - multiple entries in history

2016-02-28 Thread David Vincent-Jones
I had the problem earlier and there was some forum discussion but later dt versions appear to have the problem fixed. On 28/02/16 03:24 PM, hbloxx wrote: > I have the same issue! Reported it on IRC and someone wanted to take > care of it, but I nevered heard anything again. Maybe I should h

Re: [Darktable-users] Git update

2016-02-19 Thread David Vincent-Jones
Thanks ... will do David On 20/02/16 12:09 AM, Pedro Côrte-Real wrote: > On Fri, Feb 19, 2016 at 11:04 PM, David Vincent-Jones > wrote: >> I am running a fairly 'basic' Debian where the current dt version is prior >> to 2.0 >> I have some years back pulled f

Re: [Darktable-users] Git update

2016-02-19 Thread David Vincent-Jones
Côrte-Real wrote: > On Fri, Feb 19, 2016 at 10:52 PM, David Vincent-Jones > wrote: >> Pedro I do need some help here and would appreciate your assistance. > Sure, but please keep the emails on-list. > >> My initial install (taken from redmine posting) was as follows

Re: [Darktable-users] Git update

2016-02-19 Thread David Vincent-Jones
So I ran: -- cd /opt/darktable git pull cd build/ make -j install --- and I got the following error message -- Install the project... -- Install configuration: "Release" -- Up-to-date: /opt/darktable/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/darktable.mo CMake Error at po/cmake_install.cmake:44 (fi

[Darktable-users] Git update

2016-02-19 Thread David Vincent-Jones
I appear to continue having problems updating from the git. Would somebody please give me an appropriate script that I can use. Thanks; David -- Site24x7 APM Insight: Get Deep Visibility into Application Performance APM

Re: [Darktable-users] Shadows and Highlights

2016-02-15 Thread David Vincent-Jones
if i wasn't so lazy..) > > -jo > > On Mon, Feb 15, 2016 at 9:39 AM, Matthieu Moy > wrote: >> David Vincent-Jones writes: >> >>> Thanks for the ideas: yes ... I was aware of using a second instance >>> and I do use this approach with several modules. &

Re: [Darktable-users] Shadows and Highlights

2016-02-14 Thread David Vincent-Jones
Thanks for the ideas: yes ... I was aware of using a second instance and I do use this approach with several modules. The low pass filter looks interesting will also give that a try. David On 14/02/16 09:08 PM, Matthieu Moy wrote: > David Vincent-Jones writes: > >> I th

[Darktable-users] Shadows and Highlights

2016-02-14 Thread David Vincent-Jones
I use S&H extensively and in most cases I am able to readily mitigate the 'halo' effect where significantly different tones collide. There are however times where it is impossible to fully correct the problem. The best solution that I have found so far is to use a parametric mask to allow the h

[Darktable-users] git update

2016-02-04 Thread David Vincent-Jones
I have git 2.0 installed (in OPT) and am going to update it ... do any files need to be removed before the update? David -- Site24x7 APM Insight: Get Deep Visibility into Application Performance APM + Mobile APM + RUM: M

[Darktable-users] Parametric Masking

2016-02-02 Thread David Vincent-Jones
I find myself using parametric masking on a number of occasions .. and in particular to progressively apply a function to just the highlights or just the shadow areas ... it is a real winner for me. But I do have a small question. The lightness slider does not appear to be truly progressive. If

Re: [Darktable-users] OpenCL install

2016-01-28 Thread David Vincent-Jones
Kofa; thanks for that reference: from your material it looks like I am missing 'nvidia-331' and 'nvidia-331-uvm' but everything else on your list looks to be in place. Debian offers kernel 340.96 now can I assume that does not create problems? David On 28/01/16 07:57 PM, KOVÁCS Istvá

Re: [Darktable-users] OpenCL install

2016-01-28 Thread David Vincent-Jones
016 10:29:55 +0100 > David Vincent-Jones wrote: > >> I am trying to install OpenCL on Debian Jessie with a Nvidia chipset. >> >> I have installed: nvidia-libopencl1, nvidia-opencl-icd and >> opencl-headers based on a web instruction. >> >> When I run

[Darktable-users] OpenCL install

2016-01-28 Thread David Vincent-Jones
I am trying to install OpenCL on Debian Jessie with a Nvidia chipset. I have installed: nvidia-libopencl1, nvidia-opencl-icd and opencl-headers based on a web instruction. When I run dt it finds libOpenCL.so.1 but does NOT FIND libOpenCL nor libOpenCL.so I would appreciate if somebody with sim

Re: [Darktable-users] double-click gtk3

2016-01-25 Thread David Vincent-Jones
backspace for back in darktable mode. "l" to switch to Light Table, "d" to switch to darktable mode. Less mouse clicking is better, in my opinion. Regards Dave On Mon, 25 Jan 2016 13:56 David Vincent-Jones <mailto:david...@gmail.com>> wrote: I have had an ongo

[Darktable-users] double-click gtk3

2016-01-25 Thread David Vincent-Jones
I have had an ongoing problem with double-click-time settings with darktable. I did solve the problem while darktable was using gtk2 but the config files look different under 2.0. My mouse settings have been modified to provide a double click time=1000. Double-clicking in lightroom to go into

Re: [Darktable-users] DT not attaching image when exporting to email

2016-01-05 Thread David Vincent-Jones
This comment opens up an interesting possibility . for those who are having problems in the email export ... could the export image be directed to the desktop where it would be far easier to drag and drop to the message page? Or is there some sort of solution that lies within the dt developer's

[Darktable-users] Exporting to Email

2016-01-02 Thread David Vincent-Jones
I am running Debian Jessie with a KDE desktop. The default email client is Kmail but I am using Icedove. With default settings when I export an image from darktable the system correctly uses Kmail but when I use the system settings so that Icedove becomes the default client then darktable produc

[Darktable-users] 2.0 on Debian Jessie

2015-12-26 Thread David Vincent-Jones
Can somebody advise the status of dt 2.0 on Debian Jessie A big thank you to the developers for the Christmas gift. David -- ___ Darktable-users mailing list Darktable-users@l

Re: [Darktable-users] Flag images

2015-11-09 Thread David Vincent-Jones
On Monday, November 09, 2015 17:23 johannes hanika wrote: > similar to this? > > http://www.darktable.org/usermanual/ch02s02s04.html.php > http://www.darktable.org/usermanual/ch02s02s05.html.php Colors have a defined heretical value (magenta being higher than red for instance) however the value

Re: [Darktable-users] Monochrome, channel mixer and color correction

2015-11-02 Thread David Vincent-Jones
On Monday, November 02, 2015 16:47 Matthieu Moy wrote: > - Original Message - > > > when the conversion is carried out using > > the channel mixer module, one can only use the split toning module for > > adjustments. > > Indeed. A workaround for that is to use whitebalance+monochrome inst

Re: [Darktable-users] Suggestions for spot removal

2015-09-10 Thread David Vincent-Jones
On Thursday, September 10, 2015 09:51 Bruce Guenter wrote: > Hi. > > I took a HDR sequence of photos and later discovered I had a few specs > of dust on my lens. These caused white spots from the incoming light: > > http://untroubled.org/darktable/with-spots.jpg > > Does anybody have suggestions

Re: [Darktable-users] How can I export?

2015-08-27 Thread David Vincent-Jones
On Thursday, August 27, 2015 17:55 darkta...@911networks.com wrote: > Hi, > > With DT 1.68, is it possible to only export photos that belong to a > specific collection and that were changed in the last 3 days? > > Or do I need to export everything within that collection (a few > hundred photos).

[Darktable-users] Turboprint with darktable

2015-08-20 Thread David Vincent-Jones
A customized paper profile from Zed-o-net for use with the Turboprint software is not in a standard paper profile format. I would be interested to know what others doing to manage printing with this approach. David --

Re: [Darktable-users] Something wrong with denoise(profiled)?

2015-08-17 Thread David Vincent-Jones
On Monday, August 17, 2015 07:28 Derek Kite wrote: > This is what I use, and it works pretty well. Using one denoise profile > worked with some images, but with others I'd get the slate look to the > correction and a fine white sprinkling of spots. I have a Pentax K3. > > A three level denoise pro

Re: [Darktable-users] raw + jpg => headache?

2015-08-15 Thread David Vincent-Jones
An important point that you appear to miss: Whatever you do, or do not do, in darktable to either the RAW or the JPG images on your screen ... the original files are never touched. On Saturday, August 15, 2015 23:03 Jose Carlos Garcia Sogo wrote: > Your problem comes from a misunderstanding

Re: [Darktable-users] Recommendations for sharpening

2015-07-27 Thread David Vincent-Jones
On Monday, July 27, 2015 07:17 darkta...@911networks.com wrote: > Hi, > > Do you have suggestions for sharpening Fuji-X files as starting point? > > I've been messing around and the more I try the worst it gets with > halos and bad looks (ie: it's me and not DT) I am not seing problems of that so

Re: [Darktable-users] Write-protected XMP files

2015-07-26 Thread David Vincent-Jones
On Sunday, July 26, 2015 18:21 Chris Siebenmann wrote: > I don't have a useful answer in general[*], but there is a relatively > lesser known darktable feature that may be helpful to you. Darktable > normally saves a copy of the XMP in the generated JPG file and it also > supports reloading the XM

Re: [Darktable-users] Local contrast

2015-07-24 Thread David Vincent-Jones
On Friday, July 24, 2015 11:32 darkta...@911networks.com wrote: > Hi, > > DT 1.67 on xUbuntu. > > I'm trying to get equivalent of the Clarity in Lightroom, which > applies contrast to the medium and also does some sharpening. > > I tried the local contrast. > > 2 images: > > * First image. it

Re: [Darktable-users] Dehaze

2015-06-18 Thread David Vincent-Jones
On Thursday, June 18, 2015 16:53 André Felipe Carvalho wrote: > Hello Friends, > > I've been following this thread and would like to give it a try, too. > > Here's mine. > > If this can be transformed into a style usable in all situations, I really > dont know. > > Best regards, > André Felipe

Re: [Darktable-users] Dehaze

2015-06-18 Thread David Vincent-Jones
On Thursday, June 18, 2015 01:12 junkyardspar...@yepmail.net wrote: > Ok, I had to try it too... mine uses small amounts of many modules blended > with a gradient+parametric mask, to leave the foreground foliage mostly > undisturbed. Brighter than the previous versions, since that looks better > to

Re: [Darktable-users] Dehaze

2015-06-18 Thread David Vincent-Jones
On Thursday, June 18, 2015 01:12 junkyardspar...@yepmail.net wrote: > Ok, I had to try it too... mine uses small amounts of many modules blended > with a gradient+parametric mask, to leave the foreground foliage mostly > undisturbed. Brighter than the previous versions, since that looks better > to

Re: [Darktable-users] Sidecar file placement

2015-06-17 Thread David Vincent-Jones
On Wednesday, June 17, 2015 08:54 rogerb wrote: > I use Shotwell to store my photos and Darktable to edit them. > When I edit a photo darktable leaves the sidecar file > with the original this makes it difficult to find old edits. > Is there anyway to leave the file in the

Re: [Darktable-users] Dumb question: collections

2015-06-15 Thread David Vincent-Jones
On Monday, June 15, 2015 08:33 darkta...@911networks.com wrote: > I'm sure it's very simple but... > > I want to create collections. How to I enter a new collection? like > '@work' or 'streets' or 'cyclists'... > > I have tried and I have checked: > > https://www.darktable.org/usermanual/ch02s02

[Darktable-users] Starting a lua script

2015-05-24 Thread David Vincent-Jones
I wanted to try out the 'contact' lua script. I have put the script into the correct place (hopefully) and put 'luarc' into place but how do I start the script? David -- One dashboard for servers and applications a

Re: [Darktable-users] Moving tags around the tag hierarchy

2015-05-11 Thread David Vincent-Jones
On Monday, May 11, 2015 10:32 Tony Arnold wrote: > Is there any way to move a tag around the tags hierarchy? I've created > quite a number of tags but would like now to categorise them, but I > can't see a way to change a tag's parent tag. I'm using DT 1.6.6. > > Regards, > Tony. At one time we ha

Re: [Darktable-users] assigning specific pictures to a collection

2015-05-03 Thread David Vincent-Jones
On Sunday, May 03, 2015 13:46 Bernhard wrote: > Hi everyone, > > from what I found out til now collections can only be defined by using > properties of the images like tag, filename, Author, etc. > > Is there a simple way to collect images manually, that means to assign > images I want to use for

[Darktable-users] Extracting raw data range

2015-04-27 Thread David Vincent-Jones
I have been trying to use dcraw to find the data range for some of my images. When I use "dcraw -E -4 filename" I appear to be finding a greater range than is possible with the sensor can somebody with dcraw know-how suggest a correct set of options. Thanks; David ---

[Darktable-users] IR Simulation

2015-04-26 Thread David Vincent-Jones
I have been using Color Zones extensively with Monochrome processing to enhance various tonal differences in my images. This works well since CZ apparently precedes M in the pipe-line. I am finding that the attached very simple CZ setting provides a 'pseudo' IR effect when used with the basic M

Re: [Darktable-users] B&W conversion and the color correction module

2015-03-31 Thread David Vincent-Jones
On Tuesday, March 31, 2015 12:37 Francisco Cribari wrote: > I have question regarding black and white conversion in Darktable. When I > perform the B&W conversion using either the monochrome or the color zones > module (preset: black & white film) I can then make some split toning-like > fine tunin

Re: [Darktable-users] Style Print-out

2015-03-04 Thread David Vincent-Jones
On Wednesday, March 04, 2015 11:03 Tobias Ellinghaus wrote: > Am Dienstag, 3. März 2015, 15:30:16 schrieb David Vincent-Jones: > > Is there any way that 'styles' can be sent to the printer as a reference > > so > > that one could read the values attached to the modu

[Darktable-users] Style Print-out

2015-03-03 Thread David Vincent-Jones
Is there any way that 'styles' can be sent to the printer as a reference so that one could read the values attached to the modules. This could be a useful resource. Could Lua be used to accomplish this? David -- Dive in

Re: [Darktable-users] Channel Mixer Question

2015-03-02 Thread David Vincent-Jones
On Monday, March 02, 2015 12:01 Pascal Obry wrote: > 2015-03-02 11:47 GMT+01:00 Tobias Ellinghaus : > > What puzzles me about channel mixer (I have to admit that I never really > > used it myself so it's quite new to me) is that when all sliders are at 0 > > it seems to do nothing while the slighte

[Darktable-users] Channel Mixer Question

2015-03-01 Thread David Vincent-Jones
I am confused by the operation of the channel mixer. If I open the mixer and look at the Red channel the 'red' value is nominally set at 1 ... if I now move the red slider to a lower level I would expect that the red values are diminished over the entire range but what appears to occur is that r

Re: [Darktable-users] Collage

2015-02-27 Thread David Vincent-Jones
On Saturday, February 28, 2015 07:36 Hajo Schatz wrote: > > On 27 Feb, 2015, at 22:19, Christian Mandel wrote: > > > > Am 27.02.2015 13:43, schrieb Gonçalo Marrafa: > >> Do you guys think DT would benefit from a collage/triptych tool? I think > >> it > >> would be rather easy to implement, and ex

Re: [Darktable-users] Sharpening and snow flakes

2015-02-27 Thread David Vincent-Jones
On Saturday, February 28, 2015 00:16 Emmanuel Lacour wrote: > Dear DT users, > > I tried to exclude snowflakes from the sharpening module using a > parametric mask with L excluding high lights, but it's not perfect. Does > anyone have an idea on a better way? > if you wan't to play, here is a raw:

Re: [Darktable-users] Another clipping question

2015-02-16 Thread David Vincent-Jones
gram the area of overexposure increases over parts of the image. This is something that I have seen in several instances. David > > On 16/02/15 09:46, David Vincent-Jones wrote: > > This is a repeat question .. I suspect that my original did not transmit > > correctly. > >

Re: [Darktable-users] Determining dynamic range

2015-01-29 Thread David Vincent-Jones
On Thursday, January 29, 2015 09:31 Rob Z. Smith wrote: > Very easy - look at the histogram Does the histogram represent exactly a 16 bit range? David -- Dive into the World of Parallel Programming. The Go Parallel Websit

Re: [Darktable-users] Seeking advice to buy a new computer

2015-01-26 Thread David Vincent-Jones
On Monday, January 26, 2015 14:33 KOVÁCS István wrote: > Any recommendations on cloud backup (for off-site storage)? THAT person (who now resides in Russia) recommends SpiderOak for security reasons. I am currently trying it and am fully satisfied. David -

Re: [Darktable-users] blotchy sky with non-local means denoise

2015-01-24 Thread David Vincent-Jones
My first stop is to enable the profiled-denoise; I find this does quite a good job if I have not had to 'pull' the data heavily. As a second step, if needed, I then use a very small value of raw-denoise. I am finding that I only need to use the local-means and bilateral-filter if my initial exp

Re: [Darktable-users] RGB tone curve

2015-01-22 Thread David Vincent-Jones
On Thursday, January 22, 2015 23:19 Ariel Kanterewicz wrote: > Reading through the thread, it looks like the general idea is that RGB > curves are pointless or redundant... but if there isn't an equivalent way > of manipulating the image, it's just another (fairly standard) tool, a > different way

Re: [Darktable-users] RGB tone curve

2015-01-21 Thread David Vincent-Jones
On Thursday, January 22, 2015 00:29 Markus Jung wrote: > > Interesting ... yes the effect is seen very much in the reds but ... > > "scale chrome" appears to be always enabled, how do I change that? > > You have seen the small triangle at the right hand side? There is a menu > hidden behind ;) >

Re: [Darktable-users] RGB tone curve

2015-01-21 Thread David Vincent-Jones
On Wednesday, January 21, 2015 23:54 Markus Jung wrote: > > I am assuming that switching from 'automatic' to 'manual' on the tone > > curve is changing the process from RGB to Lab ... a significant diference > > can be seen when doing this. > > > > My normal expectation with tone-curve processing

Re: [Darktable-users] RGB tone curve

2015-01-21 Thread David Vincent-Jones
On Wednesday, January 21, 2015 23:15 Markus Jung wrote: > Am 21.01.2015 um 23:09 schrieb KOVÁCS István: > > You can read about the potential uses and flexibility here: > > http://rawpedia.rawtherapee.com > > What i read there is just a combination of things you can easily do with > darktable, and

[Darktable-users] Parametric Masks

2015-01-09 Thread David Vincent-Jones
The discussion regarding Luminosity Masks has certainly made me rethink the way that I process many images. One 'feature' of parametric masking that still eludes me however and that is the use of the upper (second) adjustment scale that appears, in the light of multiple module applications, to

Re: [Darktable-users] Update for git master based rpms

2015-01-08 Thread David Vincent-Jones
Hi Togan; Can I assume that openSUSE 13.2 will not be far away? David On Thursday, January 08, 2015 17:47 Togan Muftuoglu wrote: > Hi, > > This is an update for the git master based rpms. Currently the following > distributions have up to date rpms packages. > > Fedora 20 > Fedora 21 > openSUS

Re: [Darktable-users] Brightening Shadows

2015-01-06 Thread David Vincent-Jones
t; > shadows and higlights: shadow: 90 with bilateral filter: radius 175 > > chromatic aberrations > > white balance: 6500k > > graduated density: 2.50ev with blue hue and 0.09 saturation > > > > i also added > > velvia > > local contrast > > > >

Re: [Darktable-users] Brightening Shadows

2015-01-05 Thread David Vincent-Jones
An interesting take : Tone Mapping: cc=1.6, se=0 Shad/High: with shadow =66 White Bal: temp=7300 Looks quite different ! David On Tuesday, January 06, 2015 00:07 Markus Jung wrote: > I have attached a first try. > > Covering such a large dynamic range is not simple. One key ist to modify

Re: [Darktable-users] How do people process pictures with lots of snow?

2015-01-04 Thread David Vincent-Jones
Couple of my snow images. https://www.dropbox.com/sh/3udxigqiz16l8hw/AACPRfQ0x4F35e6Eh1e-1Rc9a?dl=0 Some tone-mapping to kill a very high contrast ratio. David On Sunday, January 04, 2015 17:56 Chris Siebenmann wrote: > What I've found over time is that pictures with significant amounts > of sno

Re: [Darktable-users] How do people process pictures with lots of snow?

2015-01-04 Thread David Vincent-Jones
I 'DO' a lot of snow texture stuff in the mountains. One of the most simple procedures for me is through the use of the 'levels' module and simply shifting the mid point. I have also made some rather drastic tone curves to tame the values. Snow detail can be exceptionally sensual ... maybe it is

Re: [Darktable-users] file name settings when importing

2015-01-04 Thread David Vincent-Jones
On Sunday, January 04, 2015 12:48 Tobias Ellinghaus wrote: > Please have a look at the "session" tab of the preferences. I don't know > why those settings were moved there, but that's how to change it now. IMO it was much more convenient (as well as being more obvious) in the original location.

Re: [Darktable-users] X-Trans sharpening

2015-01-03 Thread David Vincent-Jones
On Saturday, January 03, 2015 12:51 Francisco Cribari wrote: > The Lightroom sharpening module allows users to select: (i) Amount, (ii) > Radius, (iii) Detail, (iv) Masking. This article on X-Trans image > processing > > http://petebridgwood.com/wp/2014/10/x-trans-sharpening/ > > recommends incre

Re: [Darktable-users] Oversaturated colors opening Olympus E-PL3 raw

2015-01-01 Thread David Vincent-Jones
On Thursday, January 01, 2015 23:42 Michele B wrote: > Hi all. I'm writing here because I haven't found a solution to my > problem. Maybe someone will help me understand something more. > Importing a raw image shoot with my Olympus E-PL3 in Darktable, the > image shows oversaturated artifacts, espe

Re: [Darktable-users] Problem with X-Trans RAW files

2014-12-30 Thread David Vincent-Jones
Hi Francisco; I had a look at your image and note a couple of things that would not be "my way" of processing this piece. The 'base curve' that you are using is quite different from the X100S standard curve and that really changes the lighting dynamics of the scene. Secondly the 'tone curve' i

Re: [Darktable-users] Problem with .RAF X-Trans images

2014-12-22 Thread David Vincent-Jones
On Monday, December 22, 2014 15:06 Francisco Cribari wrote: > edit its RAW (.RAF) files in DT. I am, however, having a problem: some of > the RAW files from my Fuji X100S display moiré when opened in DT. Here is > an example (.RAF with moiré and SOOC JPG without moiré): There IS actual texture in t

[Darktable-users] Deletion Recovery

2014-12-15 Thread David Vincent-Jones
I have always been somewhat fearful of the image deletion process in dt, it that images were not recoverable from the trash. I now find that if I do accidentally 'fry' an image it can be easily recovered, prior to exiting from dt, by simply reimporting the folder in which the image sits. I learn

Re: [Darktable-users] Help Request: 1.6 on Mac 10.9.5

2014-12-14 Thread David Vincent-Jones
Is 'double-click' working while you are in dt? This sounds like an inability to 'select' and I did face the same problem some days ago prior to installing xsettings. David On Sunday, December 14, 2014 19:27 J Albrecht wrote: > Some progress: > > I found and was able to delete the old .config an

[Darktable-users] Graduated density .. sky darkening

2014-11-18 Thread David Vincent-Jones
Something new (to me): I find that using the graduated density module, with the control line set high on the image in conjunction with a parametric blend to exclude the light cloud values works well on color and particularly well on B/W. ---

Re: [Darktable-users] OpenSUSE install conflict

2014-11-17 Thread David Vincent-Jones
This occurred installing on OS-13.2. I did ignore the problem and darktable appears to have installed correctly .. at least it is running. David On Monday, November 17, 2014 14:47 Patrick Shanahan wrote: > * David Vincent-Jones [11-17-14 13:29]: > > Setting up the repository for the

[Darktable-users] OpenSUSE install conflict

2014-11-17 Thread David Vincent-Jones
Setting up the repository for the 'nightly builds' I am seeing a conflict regarding a missing "libGraphicsMagick-Q16.so.3()(64 bit)" and I am unable to find an equivalent file. I do however have "libGraphicsMagick" installed. Is anybody else seeing this problem? David -

[Darktable-users] Gnome color manager

2014-11-13 Thread David Vincent-Jones
I have switched over to using the gnome desktop and do have the gnome-color-manager installed but cannot find how to add the profiles for my monitors and printers. I do have the required profiles on my system. Strangely when I used KDE the setup was much easier! David -

Re: [Darktable-users] Question regarding handling of highlights.

2014-11-13 Thread David Vincent-Jones
On Thu, 2014-11-13 at 17:46 +0100, Matthias Bodenbinder wrote: > When I try this with default settings, reducing exposure by -2 EV and setting > highlight reconstruction to "restore color" I get a nice picture with good > highlights. > > Using darktable 1.5+2272~g575742b > > Matthias I agree .

Re: [Darktable-users] undo last operation

2014-11-08 Thread David vincent-Jones
On Saturday, November 08, 2014 10:43 Patrick Shanahan wrote: > enhancement possibility/request > > I really miss being able to "undo" the last operation I applied, > especially when trying to make color or lighting adjustments. Is there > any way presently or any future possibility of adding an "

Re: [Darktable-users] Darktable and Nvidia Optimus (again...)

2014-10-27 Thread David vincent-Jones
On Monday, October 27, 2014 09:05 Hans Petter Birkeland wrote: > Nobody else have anything to say about this matter? It would be nice if > somebody could confirm that the solution is to use the driver from > Nvidia'swebsite instead of the one from xorg-edgers ppa or if there is > something else I s

[Darktable-users] Mouse 'double-click' again....

2014-10-15 Thread David vincent-Jones
I am having an ongoing problem with the mouse selection 'double-click' and wonder whether this is mainly as a result of my using the KDE desktop. I have modified both the darktable.gtkrc as well as the ~/.gtkrc-2.0 with <> My mouse settings call for double-click also with an 800 ms interval. In

Re: [Darktable-users] Searching tags, interface

2014-09-22 Thread David Vincent-Jones
On Monday, September 22, 2014 18:09 Swee Oon wrote: > Second question. In the collect images section, the handle of the > scrollbar is invisible until I move my mouse cursor over it. This is > unnecessarily time-consuming as I sometimes have to "hunt" for the > handle. Is there anyway I can edit

Re: [Darktable-users] e-mail export - thunderbird

2014-09-20 Thread David Vincent-Jones
I had the same problem with Thunderbird but have now switched to Kontact and it works just fine. My conclusion was that T'bird is the problem not the O/S. David On Saturday, September 20, 2014 15:20 Mika Mantere wrote: > Same here with Gmail as default email client on 64bit Ubuntu 14.04. > > On

Re: [Darktable-users] Group head

2014-09-03 Thread David Vincent-Jones
On Wednesday, September 03, 2014 18:14 Emmanuel Lacour wrote: > On Wed, Sep 03, 2014 at 09:08:04AM -0700, David Vincent-Jones wrote: > > It is not very intuitive > > > > 1.) Select a several images > > 2.) Ctrl+G .. a yellow border appears and (if they a

Re: [Darktable-users] Group head

2014-09-03 Thread David Vincent-Jones
It is not very intuitive 1.) Select a several images 2.) Ctrl+G .. a yellow border appears and (if they are landscape mode) all carry a "G" in the top right corner. 3.) click on the dominant image's "G" 4.) Now use the menu G to hide the non-dominant items. Vertical images need not ap

Re: [Darktable-users] Importing from removable media

2014-08-27 Thread David Vincent-Jones
I am not really sure what others see as a problem. I am importing directly (USB) from the camera and simply specify in the Preferences/Session Options where I want the images to be placed on my hd and how they should be numbered. It simply works! It also works if I import from the SD card with a

Re: [Darktable-users] X-Trans not working

2014-08-06 Thread David Vincent-Jones
I am still working from Dan Torop's material and building away from the normal location: * git clone https://github.com/dtorop/darktable.git dt-xtrans cd dt-xtrans git checkout xtrans2-dev ./build.sh cd "./build"; sudo make install * This runs just fine David On Wedn

Re: [Darktable-users] Fuji X-trans Data

2014-07-16 Thread David Vincent-Jones
On Wednesday, July 16, 2014 11:28 Tobias Ellinghaus wrote: > Of course all of that only applies to the JPEGs (at least for camera > manufacturers with half a brain) so when you shoot raw it doesn't affect > you. Not totally correct Tobias Using Fuji's DR approach, while shooting raw, does al

[Darktable-users] Fuji X-trans Data

2014-07-15 Thread David Vincent-Jones
I have been using a Fuji X100S camera for a few months now and have found some confusion on forums as to how Fuji handles their Dynamic Range (DR%) adjustments, particularly with regard to raw output. I thought I would post a synopsis of my personal findings for those interested now that the Fuj

[Darktable-users] Mask Path question

2014-07-13 Thread David Vincent-Jones
Is there a way to add points into an existing path? David -- Want fast and easy access to all the code in your enterprise? Index and search up to 200,000 lines of code with a free copy of Black Duck® Code Sight™ - the sam

[Darktable-users] Avoiding the Skulls

2014-05-19 Thread David Vincent-Jones
In my travels I carry an older lightweight 32 bit laptop on which I can at least make a provisional assessment of my images. Until now I have never really come to terms with the 'skulls' or the error message that tells me to "buy more memory or lower the threads" . I do have the maximum memo

[Darktable-users] Fuji xtrans overexposure

2014-05-17 Thread David Vincent-Jones
As a part of some tests that I am running, I purposely overexposed an image (2 full stops) that already contained very light areas of sky, cloud and snow. Although the dt overexposure indicators showed the severe problem there was no hint of the expected 'magenta' tinting and the sky retained re

Re: [Darktable-users] Unable to launch DT

2014-04-25 Thread David Vincent-Jones
Next to your data-base file you may find a 'lock' file. Try to delete it David On 04/25/2014 08:06 AM, Francesco Scaglioni wrote: > Hi, > > This afternoon a DT update was available on a 64 bit ubuntu > 13.10 system. Now when I attempt to launch DT the launch > fails and I get the following error

Re: [Darktable-users] Raw file size Canon 5D Mark III

2014-04-22 Thread David Vincent-Jones
Canon does use (lossless) compression in their raw files and files can vary widely depending on the subject matter. Shoot an image with lots of blue sky and you will be amazed at just how small the raw data is. Looking at random in my files I see a 25% variation even in quite normal data sets.

Re: [Darktable-users] Poor performance of thumbnails in lighttable?

2014-03-28 Thread David Vincent-Jones
The way that one uses the system may play an important role in the performance question. I have a relatively small collection of around 16,000 images and my approach is to keep (in theory) all of my images selected on an inverse time basis (Folders>Pictures>%). Thus, as I add images my latest p

Re: [Darktable-users] Variables in import and export path

2014-03-27 Thread David Vincent-Jones
The "Session Options" already provides a date include option for the import folder [ie. 20140315_Garden] which had lots of flexibility. Export is normally done to that same dated folder. If I am sending a file to print or to the web I normally export to $(DESKTOP) and then delete the file when

Re: [Darktable-users] Export selected - send as email

2014-03-22 Thread David Vincent-Jones
"Unable to detect the URI-scheme of "mailto:"; is apparently a well documented problem From the web it appears that Arch have already patched to offending exo but the patch has not fully migrated yet. So for Arch users it works ... for the rest of us we need patience. David On 03/22/20

Re: [Darktable-users] Export selected - send as email

2014-03-22 Thread David Vincent-Jones
This is my error message: Unable to detect the URI-scheme of "mailto:?subject=images%20exported%20from%20darktable&body=DSCF0198.jpg%201/160%20f/11.0%2023mm%20iso%20400&attach=/home/david/.local/tmp/DSCF0198.jpg";. And I did this running dt from the terminal. Interesting that 'xdg-mail' is no

Re: [Darktable-users] Highlight recovery issues

2014-03-22 Thread David Vincent-Jones
I have much less of a problem in this regard than I had a year or so ago; the developers (I thought) had in the main fixed the main issues in this problem but it may also be that I am now more cautious in keeping highlights under control at the time of the exposure. While there are a number of

Re: [Darktable-users] Export selected - send as email

2014-03-22 Thread David Vincent-Jones
I think that this is dependent on the email program that one uses. Previously I used Evolution ... that worked; I have recently tried Claws ... that also works well. Currently (due to other functionality) I use Thunderbird ... that does not work but provides an error message. This has previou

Re: [Darktable-users] Need help darkening a section of sky

2014-03-18 Thread David Vincent-Jones
An alternative idea: Mask off the entire lower section of the image then us an inverted (180 degree) 'graduated density' filter. This should provide more color density on the horizon and less as it progresses upwards. The mask will protect everything below the horizon. David On 03/18/2014 04:0

Re: [Darktable-users] openSUSE build info

2014-03-15 Thread David Vincent-Jones
Great resource that I have now used for some weeks with ver:13.1 For dt users it is a good reason to move to openSUSE. David On 03/15/2014 05:17 AM, Patrick Shanahan wrote: > * Koen Werniers [03-15-14 03:03]: >> Anybody knows here why the official release rpm for openSUSE 13.1 >> still 1.2.3 is

Re: [Darktable-users] Turn the sky black ... how?

2014-03-04 Thread David Vincent-Jones
n drop the blue slider to the area of -1 ... then a reasonable red filter on pan film effect is obtained. David On 14-03-03 04:07 PM, David Vincent-Jones wrote: > Using the Monochrome module I note that there is only an very minimal > darkening of the sky using the 'red filter'

Re: [Darktable-users] Turn the sky black ... how?

2014-03-03 Thread David Vincent-Jones
Using the Monochrome module I note that there is only an very minimal darkening of the sky using the 'red filter' preset (certainly nothing like the expected effect that would be found with film). Even when the target circle is reduced to its smallest size and moved to the corner of the red qua

[Darktable-users] OpenSuse nightly build question

2014-02-10 Thread David Vincent-Jones
Could somebody please tell me the easiest way to utilize the OpenSuse nightly builds. Should I be sequentially installing the package list from a script or is there another approach? David -- Android apps run on BlackBe

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