Re: [Darktable-users] Benefit of more than 4 cores vs "speed"

2016-01-06 Thread Michael Below
> >Thanks for all the advice! > >On Wed, Jan 6, 2016 at 12:20 PM Roman Lebedev >wrote: > >> On Wed, Jan 6, 2016 at 3:08 PM, Michael Below wrote: >> > To calculate MPix from DPI use (length_in_inch*nr_dpi) * >(width_in_inch * >> > nr_dpi). >> > &

Re: [Darktable-users] Benefit of more than 4 cores vs "speed"

2016-01-06 Thread Michael Below
To calculate MPix from DPI use (length_in_inch*nr_dpi) * (width_in_inch * nr_dpi). So for 4” * 5” film at 3000 dpi you get (4 * 3000) * (5 * 3000) = 180 MPix According to Roman’s rule of thumb, one image will need > 8 GB RAM. IMHO you don’t need to worry about CPU parallelism in that case, yo

Re: [Darktable-users] Color consistency

2015-12-08 Thread Michael Below
Hi, try copying the white balance between images. If the light has not changed it's just a matter of different metering by the camera. Thanks to raw, that can be fixed Cheers Michael Am 8. Dezember 2015 16:57:08 MEZ, schrieb darkta...@911networks.com: >I use DT 1.6.9 > >Is there a way of setting

Re: [Darktable-users] Amd fx, Intel i3 or Intel i5?

2015-11-24 Thread Michael Below
Hi, this question comes up regularly, try looking into the list archive. IMHO the list consensus is in favour of separate graphics cards, fast processors are not that important. Make sure that the card and the system both have enough ram (2gb card, 8gb system as a start). Cheers Michael Am 24. N

Re: [Darktable-users] Write crop metadata instead of performing crop

2015-11-18 Thread Michael Below
Exactly. Also you may want to hide the duplicates. Am 18. November 2015 13:56:19 MEZ, schrieb Patrick Shanahan : >* Christian Mandel [11-18-15 03:58]: >> is it possible to write crop metadata (see >> >http://photo.stackexchange.com/questions/43893/how-to-store-tilt-rotation-and-crop-information

Re: [Darktable-users] advices for a new PC

2015-11-08 Thread Michael Below
Am So 08 Nov 2015 14:56:53 CET schrieb ary brami : > 3- graphic adaptor or the one that is built in the motherboard ? Darktable is usually a lot faster with a separate graphics adapter for OpenCL computing. You can compare OpenCL performance of cards/builtin chipsets at Compubench.com. As I unde

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

2015-08-15 Thread Michael Below
Am Sa 15 Aug 2015 20:40:36 CEST schrieb Bertwim : > My camera produces an image in both raw and jpg format. Obviously, > when I am satisfied with this camera jpg-image, there is no need to > further edit it and I don't want Darktable to touch it. However, this > is in practice almost impossible,

Re: [Darktable-users] Which hardware for a purely open-source workflow

2015-07-22 Thread Michael Below
Hi Stefan, Am Mi 22 Jul 2015 18:44:10 CEST schrieb Stefan Klinger : > * What monitor do you use? LG 27EA83, wide-gamut 27" WQHD IPS. The DisplayPort connection is somehow buggy: monitor wakeup from screensaver doesn't work that way. But I don't know if that's the monitor, card, or Linux. Other

Re: [Darktable-users] Renaming images

2015-06-27 Thread Michael Below
In my workflow, I am using the date/place info as name for the film roll/directory. Like "20150525_test". The exported images are named including the film roll, like " 20150526_test_DSC1234.jpg". Maybe that's a solution for the bigger issue, keeping your raw files in order. Cheers Michael Am 2

Re: [Darktable-users] Dehaze

2015-06-17 Thread Michael Below
Am Mi 17 Jun 2015 21:55:13 CEST schrieb Pascal Obry : > Here is a try at this. > > Thoughts? > Nice. Here's my try. I like the colors better in my version, but the haze ist still around (and the mask is very sloppy). Cheers Michael DSC_3445_01.NEF.xmp Description: Binary data

Re: [Darktable-users] Dehaze

2015-06-17 Thread Michael Below
Am Mi 17 Jun 2015 13:54:46 CEST schrieb Francisco Cribari : > The most recent version of Lightroom includes a dehaze tool. See > > http://petapixel.com/2015/06/17/an-impressive-test-of-adobes-new-dehaze-slider/ > > Which Darktable modules can be used to "dehaze" an image? I am using the equaliz

Re: [Darktable-users] Dumb question: collections

2015-06-15 Thread Michael Below
Try adding tags to the images, and create a collection using the tags. -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: darkta...@911networks.com [mailto:darkta...@911networks.com] Gesendet: Montag, 15. Juni 2015 17:34 An: darktable-users@lists.sourceforge.net Betreff: [Darktable-users] Dumb question: coll

Re: [Darktable-users] I'd like darktable to have better and/or easier highlight recovery

2015-06-06 Thread Michael Below
Am Samstag, den 06.06.2015, 00:01 -0400 schrieb Chris Siebenmann: > In theory I should be able to fiddle with the applied base curve to > tame the high end. In practice the interface of the base curve makes > it extremely difficult to do this, because all of the highlights are > crammed in at the

Re: [Darktable-users] How to donate

2015-05-11 Thread Michael Below
Hi, if you need help setting up a non profit organisation I am glad to help: I'm a lawyer, and a happy darktable user (and I've also asked how to donate to darktable some time ago)... I can offer help setting up a german e.V. (nonprofit association, like KDE e.V.). That looks like something I can

[Darktable-users] Flickr export login button hidden

2015-05-01 Thread Michael Below
Hi, another GUI layout issue: The Flickr login button in the export module is (nearly) hidden. I can use it by selecting the edge of the button that is still somehow visible, but finding that takes some guesswork. Cheers Michael -

Re: [Darktable-users] Reject images workflow in lighttable

2015-04-18 Thread Michael Below
Am Samstag, den 18.04.2015, 11:26 +0200 schrieb Sebastian: > Hi, > > On 04/18/2015 07:58 AM, Torsten Bronger wrote: > > Tobias Ellinghaus writes: > > > >> - rating/rejecting an image does the same to all images in the > >> group iff the group is collapsed. > >> > >> Would that be enough? I definit

Re: [Darktable-users] Reject images workflow in lighttable

2015-04-17 Thread Michael Below
Maybe you should import only the RAW into darktable? There is an option for that in the importer. As I understand it, RAW+jpg is meant so that you have a jpg right away (for quick social media sharing or something like that) and a RAW to edit later, right? Cheers Michael -Ursprüngliche Nach

Re: [Darktable-users] Using Radeon GPU

2015-04-13 Thread Michael Below
Hi, nvidia supports openCL also for gaming cards (if you mean the CAD/workstation cards by “commercial cards”). I am happily using darktable and openCL with a GTX750Ti. But you have to use the nvidia closed source drivers (“commercial”?), same situation as the Radeon drivers. AFAIK the Radeon c

Re: [Darktable-users] Is there a way to export using a specific DPI?

2015-04-12 Thread Michael Below
Hi, Am Sonntag, den 12.04.2015, 13:52 +0200 schrieb Tobias Ellinghaus: > Am Freitag, 3. April 2015, 00:25:59 schrieb Piter Dias: > When exporting the aspect ratio of the image will be the one defined in the > crop&rotate module. So if you set 3:2 there your exported image will be what > you wan

Re: [Darktable-users] Style Print-out

2015-03-04 Thread Michael Below
Am Mi 04 Mär 2015 20:28:36 CET schrieb Jose Carlos Garcia Sogo : > This would imply to have some kind of XML like description of the > modules parameters. Actually this is what Lightroom does and it is > how they include the development definition in their xml file. The .xmp files are XML, but i

Re: [Darktable-users] workflow using a wacom tablet?

2015-02-28 Thread Michael Below
Hi, Am Sa 28 Feb 2015 21:48:38 CET schrieb Michael Below : > - I can change the brush size while drawing using the mouse with the > mouse wheel. I tried to map the wheel up/down to the buttons on > the pen, but this seems buggy. Sometimes it works (if the pen is on > the tablet

[Darktable-users] workflow using a wacom tablet?

2015-02-28 Thread Michael Below
Hi, I would like to hear from people using (Wacom) graphics tablets with DT. I just got a tablet, and drawing masks works fine, as long as I don't want to change the brush. The drawing itself feels more controlled, but the workflow is a bit awkward. So tell me how you do it, please... Some issues

Re: [Darktable-users] Struggling with highlights + colour picker sampler bug?

2015-02-27 Thread Michael Below
Hi, just a quick remark: contrast in the dt image is a lot higher than in Rawtherapee and Photoninja. Keeping the contrast low helps with overexposure, so you may consider reducing the contrast in dt to have a better comparison. Best regards Michael -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: KOVÁC

Re: [Darktable-users] Help: Can't delete Darktable 1.6.0

2015-02-25 Thread Michael Below
Hi, Am Mi 25 Feb 2015 20:54:45 CET schrieb Garganta de los Infiernos Actividades en la Naturaleza : > I do not get completely remove the program . I installed it manually > when he left the version 1.6.0 . i type:"which darktable" in a > terminal > And the result is: /usr/local/bin/darktable >

Re: [Darktable-users] Problems with OpenCL and X-Trans sensor

2015-02-22 Thread Michael Below
Hi, Am So 22 Feb 2015 10:10:20 CET schrieb Fearsome : > Patrick, Michael -- Would it be possible for you to check with Nvidia > X Server Settings (nvidia-settings) how much of the GPU memory is used > without any applications launched? It believe the Nvidia Settings is > installed together with t

Re: [Darktable-users] Problems with OpenCL and X-Trans sensor

2015-02-21 Thread Michael Below
Not exactly, I am working on 24mp files from a D600 using opencl with a 750ti and 2gb. Am 21. Februar 2015 21:52:16 MEZ, schrieb Fearsome : >Running only DT makes no difference. Nvidia X Server Settings tells me >that >in this case I can get the memory usage down to ~270 MB, which agrees >nicely

Re: [Darktable-users] Request for edits

2015-01-25 Thread Michael Below
Hi, Am So 25 Jan 2015 22:24:08 CET schrieb KOVÁCS István : > I downloaded your XMPs properly today - thanks again! One thing that > was new to me was the use of profiled denoising, where you used HSV > colour blend mode with wavelet processing mode (I think previously the > manual only mentioned

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

2015-01-24 Thread Michael Below
Am Sa 24 Jan 2015 20:57:29 CET schrieb Markus Jung : > Am 24.01.2015 um 20:08 schrieb Michael Below: > > In evening shots, the sky sometimes gets uneven/blotchy when I use > > non-local means denoising. Increasing the level of non-local > > means denoising does not help. Swit

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

2015-01-24 Thread Michael Below
Hi, Am Sa 24 Jan 2015 11:39:19 CET schrieb 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

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

2015-01-24 Thread Michael Below
Hi, Am Sa 24 Jan 2015 14:21:37 CET schrieb Patrick Shanahan : > To my "non"-discerning and very untrained eye, I only notice a > slightly brighter (lighter) tone in the lightest portion of the sky. > The only way I see "blotchy" is if I expand the view too much??? And > you have masked the "nois

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

2015-01-24 Thread Michael Below
Hi, if I need to denoise my photos, I use wavelet denoise in HSV color blending mode for the color noise, and if also I want to get rid of luminance noise, I use the non-local means denoise in HSV luminance blending mode. Usually this works well. In evening shots, the sky sometimes gets uneven/bl

Re: [Darktable-users] Brownish tint in B&W images

2015-01-24 Thread Michael Below
Am Sa 24 Jan 2015 09:01:26 CET schrieb KOVÁCS István : > On my screen, the slight bluish tint is visible as reported by Pascal. Same here. It isn't always easy to decide which is the correct gray, without a known color as a reference. You might also use the pipette tool in geeqie instead of gim

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

2015-01-23 Thread Michael Below
Hi, I would go for a compromise: low end graphics card (I'm happy with a GTX750ti, seems to be the fastest card without additional power sockets), much RAM, quad core. The advantage of a dedicated graphics card is noticeable, but I guess you want a system that makes sense all around. Cheers Mich

Re: [Darktable-users] Request for edits

2015-01-20 Thread Michael Below
Hi, Am Di 20 Jan 2015 22:35:43 CET schrieb KOVÁCS István : > I can't load your XMP's into my Darktable 1.6.1: displayed 'Cannot > load sidecar' or something similar, and went black, had to kill it. As > for lighting, I do not own a flash - it's on my list (has been there > for years now). I just

Re: [Darktable-users] Request for edits

2015-01-20 Thread Michael Below
PS: Here I found a short intro for the handheld flash method: http://owencherry.com/2013/01/17/lighting-candid-photos-with-handheld-flash/ Von: Michael Below [mailto:be...@judiz.de] Gesendet: Dienstag, 20. Januar 2015 11:02 An: 'KOVÁCS István' Cc: 'darktable-users' Bet

Re: [Darktable-users] Request for edits

2015-01-20 Thread Michael Below
. Cheers Michael Von: kovacs...@gmail.com [mailto:kovacs...@gmail.com] Im Auftrag von KOVÁCS István Gesendet: Dienstag, 20. Januar 2015 10:47 An: Michael Below Cc: darktable-users Betreff: Re: [Darktable-users] Request for edits Thanks Michael, They look quite good on the phone. I&#x

Re: [Darktable-users] Request for edits

2015-01-19 Thread Michael Below
Hi Istvan, Am Montag, den 19.01.2015, 22:19 +0100 schrieb KOVÁCS István: > The photos (raw, xmp, resulting jpg) are here: > http://tech.kovacs-telekes.org/files/darktable-edit-request-2015-01-19/ > > Any specific advice, time spent on them is much appreciated. Here's my take: https://www.dropbo

Re: [Darktable-users] Export to dng like HDR generate?

2015-01-17 Thread Michael Below
Hi, Am Sa 17 Jan 2015 15:59:24 CET schrieb Andre Bischof : > I saw a youtube "Raw edit of the week" where the author J. Polin and > his co work on the same raw file and compare their results > afterwards. They use DNG for this, as the history stack gets saved > into it and the other one can easil

Re: [Darktable-users] RAW image white balance and color in DT vs other RAW image viewers

2015-01-13 Thread Michael Below
Am Di 13 Jan 2015 13:55:12 CET schrieb "Monroe, Will" : > > I am trying to find out more about why RAW images from my camera > > (Nikon D50) appear so different in several different RAW image > > viewers/editors. Specifically, I'm trying to find out why the > > images I open in DarkTable 1.6 la

Re: [Darktable-users] Darktable-cli on Windows

2015-01-11 Thread Michael Below
Hi, Am Sonntag, den 11.01.2015, 23:57 + schrieb Matt Kitcat: > Well thanks for the responses. I wish I was a proper programmer so I > couldhave a go myself. It’s a pity. i just want to crunch some raw > files with a specific xmp file on a few Windows workstations. Ah well. You might run Linux

Re: [Darktable-users] Luminosity Masks in Darktable?

2015-01-09 Thread Michael Below
… Cheers Michael Von: Rob Z. Smith [mailto:rzsm...@nhbc.co.uk] Gesendet: Freitag, 9. Januar 2015 16:33 An: Michael Below; 'alic VB'; 'Robert William Hutton' Cc: darktable-users@lists.sourceforge.net Betreff: RE: [Darktable-users] Luminosity Masks in Darktable? I’m

Re: [Darktable-users] Luminosity Masks in Darktable?

2015-01-09 Thread Michael Below
Hi, I had a look at the XMP specs – e.g. JPEG thumbnails are stored as a base64 text string inside the XMP. darktable could do the same for a grayscale mask PNG or something like that. You might define a “darktable” namespace and e.g. an array to hold masks and their locations. I don’t

Re: [Darktable-users] Luminosity Masks in Darktable?

2015-01-08 Thread Michael Below
That sounds like a great idea. -- Urspr. Mitt. -- Betreff: Re: [Darktable-users] Luminosity Masks in Darktable? Von: "Rob Z. Smith" Datum: 08.01.2015 10:19 I guess what we would need would be some sort of 'create drawn mask from parametric' button to allow a static and reusable mask? -Orig

Re: [Darktable-users] Luminosity Masks in Darktable?

2015-01-06 Thread Michael Below
Am Di 06 Jan 2015 00:11:10 CET schrieb Jack Bowling : > I believe that once gimp 2.10 is released and the dt graphics engine > becomes gegl-enabled, we can pass images back and forth between the > two programs as we see fit. We should guard against loading too much > into dt when what we need is

[Darktable-users] Using system-supplied icc profiles

2015-01-05 Thread Michael Below
Hi, I have noticed that my system has a number of ICC profiles installed in /usr/share/color/icc (it's Debian). I think darktable should offer to use these profiles. There are different RGB profiles that can be useful, e.g. eciRGB_v2 or PhotoGamutRGB. For example, I know an inkjet print shop tha

Re: [Darktable-users] White balance with mixed light - how do you do it? part 2

2014-12-29 Thread Michael Below
Hi, Am Mo 29 Dez 2014 00:45:05 CET schrieb Michael Born : > Thank you for your response. > Unfortunately, I don't understand it :-( > I played around with the "color correction" module and read the blog > post http://www.darktable.org/2012/03/color-correction/ > but, I only manage to give the blu

Re: [Darktable-users] White balance with mixed light - how do you do it? part 2

2014-12-28 Thread Michael Below
Hi, just a quick reply on the go: you shouldn't remove saturation IMHO, you should use the same module to add a tint of the opposite color to the area tinted by window light. Try a soft edge around the effect to blend in where the light sources overlap. It's hard to get this exactly right, a low

Re: [Darktable-users] Problem with openCL

2014-12-15 Thread Michael Below
Hi, I had similar problems with Debian, first it worked, then I changed something in the OpenCL setup and it stopped working. I have reported my solution on this list some time ago, basically I purged all the NVidia packages, rebooted, and installed them again. Try searching the list archive

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

2014-12-14 Thread Michael Below
Am So 14 Dez 2014 19:10:00 CET schrieb J Albrecht : > First thing that I should clarify is that I’m running dt on Mac > 10.9.5 and, I had no similar issues when running 1.4.2 a few days > ago. dk runs full screen. There is more than enough real estate > available for the display not to appear “ove

Re: [Darktable-users] looking for DT tutorials

2014-12-14 Thread Michael Below
Hi, Am Sonntag, den 14.12.2014, 10:48 +0100 schrieb GianLuca Sarto: > Is there any "for dummies" tutorial online, or printed? There are a number of video tutorials, many are linked on the darktable website at http://www.darktable.org/resources/ Cheers Michael -

Re: [Darktable-users] Recommendation: Open-CL graphic card

2014-12-12 Thread Michael Below
Am Fr 12 Dez 2014 20:08:49 CET schrieb Andre Bischof : > seems like I would end with the AMD R9 270, which has display port as > well, and should be the fastest regarding OpenCL with fanless cooling. Looks fine. Maybe a small issue: As far as I can see current AMD drivers have no 30bit color s

Re: [Darktable-users] Recommendation: Open-CL graphic card

2014-12-12 Thread Michael Below
MD - but could be hard to get a fanless version. Am 12.12.2014 um 18:18 schrieb Michael Below: I guess you are right: when I bought my new graphics card a few months ago, AMD was generally ahead in benchmark results. But the Nvidia 750/750 Ti seemed to be more power efficient than any comparab

Re: [Darktable-users] Recommendation: Open-CL graphic card

2014-12-12 Thread Michael Below
I don't know about the OpenCL version, that should not change between models with the same GTX 750Ti chipset??? In your shoes, I would look for the speed and amount of card RAM, that seems important for performance (GDDR5 seemed to be fastest, or maybe they introduced something faster?). Also Dis

Re: [Darktable-users] Recommendation: Open-CL graphic card

2014-12-12 Thread Michael Below
I guess you are right: when I bought my new graphics card a few months ago, AMD was generally ahead in benchmark results. But the Nvidia 750/750 Ti seemed to be more power efficient than any comparable card by AMD. If you are looking for a card that doesn't need an additional power plug, Nvidia GTX

Re: [Darktable-users] Darktable + Dell U2713H + NVIDIA Quadro K620. What do you think?

2014-12-10 Thread Michael Below
Hi, Am Mi 10 Dez 2014 20:03:36 CET schrieb Jordi Besora : > current monitor, and I'll be getting a Dell U2713H. In order to drive > it and take full advantage of it I'll need a newer, more powerful > graphics card, with 30 bpp and a DisplayPort connection. > > Having read about the monitor and p

Re: [Darktable-users] Adding enhanced color matrix: Color chart for Nikon D600

2014-12-08 Thread Michael Below
Hi, Am Sa 06 Dez 2014 16:57:56 CET schrieb Michael Below : > I would like to see an enhanced color matrix for the D600 in > darktable. I have taken an image of the Faust IT 8.7 target Just installed the 1.6 version from Debian experimental and the enhanced color matrix is there -- great!

[Darktable-users] Adding enhanced color matrix: Color chart for Nikon D600

2014-12-06 Thread Michael Below
Hi, I would like to see an enhanced color matrix for the D600 in darktable. I have taken an image of the Faust IT 8.7 target according to the Howto on pcode.nl and put it here: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/96ixiyyb7qcw10j/AADLmqsxP7BABU2_v65HA_1pa?dl=0 The image has been taken today, at 1 pm -- fo

[Darktable-users] Building a scene color profile more quickly

2014-11-26 Thread Michael Below
Hi, I have experimented with an IT8.7 calibration target for building scene-specific color profiles. The results are good, but the workflow could be quicker. My workflow so far: I am using an IT8.7 target from targets.coloraid.de, model C1. - Take a picture of the scene with the calibration tar

Re: [Darktable-users] art reproduction, right colors?

2014-11-22 Thread Michael Below
Am Sa 22 Nov 2014 16:36:00 CET schrieb Marcial Gomez Martin : > I have my monitor > calibrated and my gnome desktop is using the profile I created. I use > DT and assume it works with the same profile. I thought that the gray > card would be enough to neutralise the colour casts. I have looked i

Re: [Darktable-users] Wanted: Scaling up in darktable

2014-11-16 Thread Michael Below
Hi, Am Sa 15 Nov 2014 21:56:59 CET schrieb Michael Below : > when I want to print bigger prints at a print shop like > www.theprintspace.co.uk, I have to increase the pixel count, to fill > e.g. 40*60cm at 300ppi from a 12 MPix image. This is already in the bug tracker, Feature # 9408.

[Darktable-users] Wanted: Scaling up in darktable

2014-11-15 Thread Michael Below
Hi, when I want to print bigger prints at a print shop like www.theprintspace.co.uk, I have to increase the pixel count, to fill e.g. 40*60cm at 300ppi from a 12 MPix image. (Yes, this makes sense, since large images are viewed from a greater distance, and its better that I decide exactly how I w

Re: [Darktable-users] Color management, LUT and swapped matrix

2014-11-11 Thread Michael Below
Betreff: Re: [Darktable-users] Color management, LUT and swapped matrix On Tue, 11 Nov 2014 09:13:10 +0100 Michael Below wrote: Thanks for your reply. > There is an option to use the color management library, it seems to be > off by default. I'm not at my PC right now, look into the

Re: [Darktable-users] Color management, LUT and swapped matrix

2014-11-11 Thread Michael Below
There is an option to use the color management library, it seems to be off by default. I'm not at my PC right now, look into the second tab of the settings menu for an option like "use libsomething". Cheers Michael Am 11. November 2014 08:10:29 MEZ, schrieb ternaryd : >Hi, > >Recently I've been

Re: [Darktable-users] 30bit display support?

2014-11-03 Thread Michael Below
Hi, the graphics card is a NVidia GTX 750ti card, precisely this one: http://www.evga.com/Products/Product.aspx?pn=02G-P4-3751-KR Cheers Michael -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: Milan Knížek [mailto:knizek.co...@gmail.com] Gesendet: Montag, 3. November 2014 16:25 An: Michael Below Cc

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

2014-10-30 Thread Michael Below
IMO it's important to keep with one driver, and install that correctly. Try either the nvidia packages or bumblebee. Cheers Michael Am 30. Oktober 2014 08:41:15 MEZ, schrieb Hans Petter Birkeland : >I tried the Bumblebee way again, this time in a more controlled way >than >last time, but I didn'

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

2014-10-27 Thread Michael Below
I can confirm that the driver from NVidia works for me, as explained in my mails on this list some weeks ago (different chipset and distribution though, GTX 750Ti on Debian, using the download script provided by Debian). For me it was important to remove the previous driver cleanly (“purge” in A

Re: [Darktable-users] darktable crashes when exporting to tif file.

2014-10-26 Thread Michael Below
Am So 26 Okt 2014 14:03:51 CET schrieb Leonard Evens : > I am running darktable 1.4.2 under Fedora 20. > > Typically, after I finish processing an image in darkroom, I switch to > lightable and try to export it as a 16 bit tiff image. This has > worked in the past, but recently it started crash

[Darktable-users] 30bit display support?

2014-10-26 Thread Michael Below
that. Cheers Michael > On Sun, Oct 26, 2014 at 7:28 AM, Michael Below wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > Am Sa 11 Okt 2014 17:47:08 CEST > > schrieb Tobias Ellinghaus : > > > > > Am Samstag, 11. Oktober 2014, 16:26:15 schrieb Ulrich Pegelow: > > > > Hi M

Re: [Darktable-users] 30bit display support?

2014-10-25 Thread Michael Below
Hi, Am Sa 11 Okt 2014 17:47:08 CEST schrieb Tobias Ellinghaus : > Am Samstag, 11. Oktober 2014, 16:26:15 schrieb Ulrich Pegelow: > > Hi Michael, > > > > you may try if the dithering module is able to reduce the banding > > artifacts. > > Those are artifacts of the display and not in the image,

Re: [Darktable-users] DE's that play nice with darktable

2014-10-20 Thread Michael Below
Hi, KDE works nice with DT and is a bit lighter than Gnome. Cheers Michael Am 21. Oktober 2014 00:40:58 MESZ, schrieb Mike Spadazzi : >I'm a very happy user of dt (thanks for all your hard work btw). I'm >going >to rebuild my desktop soon and would like to make sure that my choice >of DE >plays n

Re: [Darktable-users] Problem with exported JPEG's

2014-10-15 Thread Michael Below
Hi, Tobias wrote in reply to me: >> I just had a look at the images shared by Meike Künkler: The darktable >> image has a resolution of 1 dpi, the PS image has a resolution of 800 >> dpi. I guess the resolution confuses the Telekom Mediencenter. They >> are probably not used to images that are

Re: [Darktable-users] Problem with exported JPEG's

2014-10-15 Thread Michael Below
Hi, I just had a look at the images shared by Meike Künkler: The darktable image has a resolution of 1 dpi, the PS image has a resolution of 800 dpi. I guess the resolution confuses the Telekom Mediencenter. They are probably not used to images that are meant to be printed to a format of 125 * 83

Re: [Darktable-users] Automatic exposure correction

2014-10-13 Thread Michael Below
Just a quick thought: IMHO Lightroom does the right thing with different process versions. So e.g. images up to darktable 1.6 could use the old exposure automatic, images from 2.0 on could use the new one, unless the user decides to use the 1.6 process because he likes those results better. This

Re: [Darktable-users] 30bit display support?

2014-10-11 Thread Michael Below
Hi, Am Sa 11 Okt 2014 14:14:02 CEST schrieb Michael Below : > Is anybody on this list using darktable in a 30bit setup? It seems > like GNOME doesn't support 30bit, but KDE does, right? Are the > darktable menus usable in 30bit, even if they are using GTK? Just tried it. KDE seem

[Darktable-users] 30bit display support?

2014-10-11 Thread Michael Below
Hi, I have noticed that my display shows some color banding in certain situations. Especially images with soft color patterns and a light source in frame, like evening skies with a low-hanging sun, may show this, for example in the area around the sun. The exported images look fine on other displa

Re: [Darktable-users] OpenCL detected by clinfo, not detected by dt, ideas?

2014-10-07 Thread Michael Below
Hi Federico, Am Mo 06 Okt 2014 13:49:59 CEST schrieb Federico Bruni : > Thanks Micheal, I never came so close to get OpenCL working, after > months (I didn't put much effort though). Purging and reinstalling ... > Now I get this: ... > [opencl_init] compiling program `demosaic_ppg.cl' .. > [ope

Re: [Darktable-users] WG: OpenCL detected by clinfo, not detected by dt, ideas?

2014-10-06 Thread Michael Below
and makes much sense, but my question was where can we find what exactly SOVERSION=1 means for libOpenCL? Is it guarantied that every vendor uses this version (and not 0 or 2)? I wasn't asking to make an exception for darktable, I was asking to make an exception for OpenCL. On Mon, 6 Oct

Re: [Darktable-users] WG: OpenCL detected by clinfo, not detected by dt, ideas?

2014-10-06 Thread Michael Below
" libOpenCL.so.1" soname. Of course, a libOpenCL.so symlink must still be provided in order to allow linkage." -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: Michael Below [mailto:be...@judiz.de] Gesendet: Montag, 6. Oktober 2014 14:20 An: 'parafin' Betreff: AW: [Darktable-us

[Darktable-users] WG: OpenCL detected by clinfo, not detected by dt, ideas?

2014-10-06 Thread Michael Below
-Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: Michael Below [mailto:be...@judiz.de] Gesendet: Montag, 6. Oktober 2014 14:20 An: 'parafin' Betreff: AW: [Darktable-users] OpenCL detected by clinfo, not detected by dt, ideas? Hi parafin, I think referencing a shared library without an ABI

Re: [Darktable-users] OpenCL detected by clinfo, not detected by dt, ideas?

2014-10-06 Thread Michael Below
...@seznam.cz] Gesendet: Montag, 6. Oktober 2014 10:54 An: Michael Below Cc: darktable-users Betreff: Re: [Darktable-users] OpenCL detected by clinfo, not detected by dt, ideas? Hi, >From what I've read so far this may be slightly different situation. However I >thought sharing it

Re: [Darktable-users] OpenCL detected by clinfo, not detected by dt, ideas?

2014-10-05 Thread Michael Below
Mo 06 Okt 2014 00:52:32 CEST schrieb Roman Lebedev : > See the threads "Ubuntu Gnome 14.04 - NVidia 331 - OpenCL broken > (using Darktable)", "Can't get OpenCL working" in this list. > > It works fine in AMD case, so i do not think so. > > On Mon, Oct

Re: [Darktable-users] OpenCL detected by clinfo, not detected by dt, ideas?

2014-10-05 Thread Michael Below
Am So 05 Okt 2014 21:27:49 CEST schrieb Michael Below : > Update: Thanks to > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/1311362/comments/7 > I installed nvidia-cuda-toolkit, now it works... Second update: I filed this as Debian bug #764146. Now Debian developer Andreas Beckma

Re: [Darktable-users] OpenCL detected by clinfo, not detected by dt, ideas?

2014-10-05 Thread Michael Below
Update: Thanks to https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/1311362/comments/7 I installed nvidia-cuda-toolkit, now it works... Thanks Michael Am So 05 Okt 2014 20:39:12 CEST schrieb Michael Below : > Hi, > > I am trying to use darktable with OpenCL with my NVidia GTX7

[Darktable-users] OpenCL detected by clinfo, not detected by dt, ideas?

2014-10-05 Thread Michael Below
Hi, I am trying to use darktable with OpenCL with my NVidia GTX750, using Debian testing, kernel 3.16 and the NVidia driver 340.32. According to clinfo, two OpenCL platforms are there. According to darktable, libOpenCL is not found. In fact, libOpenCL.so.1 is there, as well as the necessary nvi

Re: [Darktable-users] Color punch trick

2014-09-28 Thread Michael Below
Hi, Am So 28 Sep 2014 14:36:25 CEST schrieb Gonçalo Marrafa : > Yes i tried using the color zones tool but can't get the same effect. > Only a blue tinted image... :( For me it works -- I open color zones, choose the saturation tab, increase saturation for the blues by about 2 units, and move th

Re: [Darktable-users] Support for Spyder Color Patches?

2014-08-06 Thread Michael Below
e.nl/blog/2010/06/28/darktable-camera-color-prof > iling/ tl;dr The tool you have been searching for is argyll. Use argyll to create the color profile, use it with darktable and be happy. Regards, Markus Am 06.08.2014 um 12:33 schrieb Michael Below: > Hi, > > I've seen there is a r

Re: [Darktable-users] Support for Spyder Color Patches?

2014-08-06 Thread Michael Below
mmend the ColourHug (www.hughski.com). All works on Linux too, so no windows dependencies. Regards, Tony. On 06/08/14 11:33, Michael Below wrote: > Hi, > > I've seen there is a relatively low-cost version of the datacolor > Spyder Color Checkr patches (24 patches, 50 €). Here'

[Darktable-users] Support for Spyder Color Patches?

2014-08-06 Thread Michael Below
Hi, I've seen there is a relatively low-cost version of the datacolor Spyder Color Checkr patches (24 patches, 50 €). Here's a documentation for the LAB and RGB values displayed: http://spyder.datacolor.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/SpyderCheckr-Color-Data.pdf I guess with these values, it wo

Re: [Darktable-users] Extreme pink cast on G1X Mark II raw images

2014-05-01 Thread Michael Below
Am Donnerstag, den 01.05.2014, 21:19 +1000 schrieb Nick Payne: > have an extreme pink cast. See > https://www.dropbox.com/s/fs1szxbuscrknlh/g1xcr2.png, which is a ... > Is there anything I can do at my end to fix this problem with the raw > images in DT? Looks like darktable has a wrong idea ab

[Darktable-users] Darktable user meeting in Berlin May 6th

2014-04-29 Thread Michael Below
Hello everyone, a few Darktable users in Berlin, Germany decided that Darktable needs a local user meeting: We want to talk about our workflow, about the use of equalizers etc., in a way that is open for beginners and advanced users. Darktable is powerful and complex, so there are different ways

Re: [Darktable-users] Not export to jpg (darktable 1.4.1 + ubuntu 12.04 64b)

2014-04-02 Thread Michael Below
Hi, Am Mittwoch, den 02.04.2014, 17:47 -0300 schrieb DAngel: > I use linux (ubuntu 12.04 64b). > Apostolic: white balance, exposure, contrast brighness, equalizer. > When attempting to export (jpg 8b quality 100, sRGB), stops after a > few seconds, without saving the file jpg. (Not shown error m

Re: [Darktable-users] Toggle images in lighttable mode

2014-03-29 Thread Michael Below
Am Samstag, den 29.03.2014, 13:10 +0100 schrieb Bernhard: > >>> BTW: Coming to keyboard/mouse actions, I think dt is too much in love > >>> with the mouse wheel. Surely, I'm the only one who hates touch pads, > >>> disables those beasts first time seen in BIOS, and only use the > >> Same here. >

Re: [Darktable-users] Highlight recovery issues

2014-03-23 Thread Michael Below
Hi, Am Sonntag, den 23.03.2014, 15:27 +0100 schrieb Hans Petter Birkeland: > @Michael: Your version is very nice, but the whole idea was to demonstrate > the difference in highlight handling between LR and DT, not to get a nice > image overall. I think my other versions, before the nice one, sho

Re: [Darktable-users] Highlight recovery issues

2014-03-22 Thread Michael Below
Am Samstag, den 22.03.2014, 19:55 +0100 schrieb Pascal Obry: > Le samedi 22 mars 2014 à 19:47 +0100, Michael Below a écrit : > > PS: Here's a variation that matches the look of the LR image more > > closely, without the shadows & highlights module, but adding the clarity

Re: [Darktable-users] Highlight recovery issues

2014-03-22 Thread Michael Below
PS: Here's a variation that matches the look of the LR image more closely, without the shadows & highlights module, but adding the clarity EQ preset: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/40088813/18032014_Oslo_0030_07.jpg Am Samstag, den 22.03.2014, 18:29 +0100 schrieb Michael Be

Re: [Darktable-users] Highlight recovery issues

2014-03-22 Thread Michael Below
Hi, Am Samstag, den 22.03.2014, 16:17 +0100 schrieb Hans Petter Birkeland: > Now is there something I have completely missed? If not, do others have the > same problems? And is there a way to solve this? Maybe one needs Adobe's > vast resources in order to get it working. You might consider usin

Re: [Darktable-users] Export to standard sRGB?

2014-03-03 Thread Michael Below
Hi, I have noticed that gimp has a different concept of sRGB, upon import it asks me if I want to convert to its version of sRGB, and that conversion causes changes especially in lightness. I understand the licencing issue, but it would be great if the oss tools would agree on one version of sR

[Darktable-users] should check for disk full on import, edit

2014-02-25 Thread Michael Below
Dear all, today I managed to fill my /home partition completely using darktable. I noticed that darktable behaved strangely when new imported images were displayed without basecurve and basic sharpening, some thumbnails were missing, and darktable wouldn't remember my editing actions after that.

Re: [Darktable-users] Workflow: eye retouching for portrait

2014-02-11 Thread Michael Below
still hoping that somebody knows a quicker way...) Cheers Michael Am Sonntag, den 09.02.2014, 14:10 +0100 schrieb Michael Below: > Hi, > > recently I had to edit some portraits for business use. With masks > darktable seems to work very good for most of it. But I would like to >

[Darktable-users] Workflow: eye retouching for portrait

2014-02-09 Thread Michael Below
Hi, recently I had to edit some portraits for business use. With masks darktable seems to work very good for most of it. But I would like to know if there is a better workflow for eye retouching, as I keep repeating a lengthy pattern: 1. First, using the contrast/brightness/saturation module, I s

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