My name is Gus and I make videos about Open Source stuff, mostly. Darktable, Blender, FreeCAD, etc.
Photography and Digital Imagery is my main focus.
I'm a lapsed Product Designer, who was pretty into rendering and 3D Visualisations, mainly using Blender (and modelling, mainly using FreeCAD)
Hope you enjoy my trip through the jungle of Digital Colour, where I try to find the tools that help me push my pixels to the next level!
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And how does it compare with C1? I found C1 be vastly superior over Lightroom. In C1 most of the time even the default automatic processing is often sufficient and the colors are always correct, whereas in Lightroom I had to use dedicated self made color profiles for some of my lenses, there were just no way to get the colors right... It is the last piece of software keeping me from completely switching to Linux...
Darktable should be superior to C1. Last time I tried C1 the results were barely better than Lightroom. Darktable just have tools that almost no other photography software does. It's completely up-to-date with the latest goodies, while industry dinosaurs like C1 or LR are scared to move forward because changes upset the user bases.
Great video and I love that you went straight to the point. Q: So what would be a good alternative to Lightroom, if darktable ain't it? What's a comparable minivan? 🙃
I've heard good things about Capture One. But I think it uses a similar colour process to Lightroom. Filmulator ir another Open Source project that seems to take care of colours and has a simpler interface than Darktable, but I'm not sure if it's still maintained. I'd strongly recommend getting familiar with Darktable. It's worth it!
@@StudioPetrikas oh don't get me wrong! I am much more in the camp of darktable, if only because... Linux. But I kind of overlooked their own description and since you highlighted it, I'm curious what would also be "easier" and "straight to the point" as Lightroom is. I've used Capture One a fair bit since switching to Fuji, but they've moved away from Express being free, sooo... Back to Darktable I've been. Ive never heard of Fimulator. I'll have a look! Thanks.
Hi Gus. Thank you for the great tutorials! I have some questions if you can help: 1) On Resolve, using the DCTL workflow, what would you say is the best option for the Timeline Color Space in Project Settings? I noticed that you have it set to Rec 709, but wouldn't make sense to use ARRI LogC3 or even Davinci WG/Intermediate? 2) To make sure: Pre-Formation happens after the first CST (Linear to ARRI LogC3) and Post-Formation after the 2nd CST (ARRI LogC3 to Agx), right? 2.1) Which grading processes do you tend to do more in Pre-Formation vs Post-Formation? 3) To add Dehancer to the mix (using the DCTL workflow) I just need to add the Dehancer node after Agx, set it's source mode to Rec 709, and that's it? Or should I change anything on the Agx workflow considering Dehancer will be added in the end?
Hello! Not sure if youtube comments is the best place for such in-depth discussions, but I can try to summarise as best as I can: 1. Timeline colour space, to my understanding, is a convenience option. It can be set to anything as long as you do colour transforms correctly. Most of my footage is rec709, that's what I set the timeline to. But I think it works like a 'working space'? So DaVinci Intermediate might be best. Not sure here. 2. It's easier to think about 'the point of formation', where your linear/log/whatever footage becomes a picture (that you can show to others). With your given examples, pre-formation would be linear and log, intermediate would be log and then formation happens at AgX. Post-formation - everything post AgX. 2.1 you will find that you will need to use both. Some processes *must* happen pre-formation, some post. 3. Uff, I would personally go the way you said, but I think it's 'better' to make AgX output log CST to change that to whatever log Dehancer takes as input, and do the dehancing on that.
@@StudioPetrikas Yeah 😅 sorry. I've been trying to get my head around all this stuff for a while and I really liked your videos. Thanks for the feedback!
a better comparison would be Darktable vs Photoshop
No it wouldn't, because they are different types of software. Darktable is a photo developing software, Photoshop is a digital image editor.
Thank you for showing the process. I guess the grossly overexposed sun is on purpose, but there's no wow effect to the picture here. Perhaps show salvaging / enhancing details from clouds, getting from a blah grey sky to approaching dramatic effect, or getting details out of the darks, without noise.
Thanks for commenting on my creative choices and sorry for offending your superior taste in photography.
@@StudioPetrikas No thank you for your passive aggressive and for ignoring the important part of my comment.
No such part was found, sorry.
If you’re free to dive deep into image processing with Darktable, it’s probably fair to say that you’re free to be as shallow as you want as well. This is in stark contrast to the “we do the work for you” approaches implemented by companies like Adobe and Apple. Once you hit the limit of their UI, that’s as far as you can go. I can’t count how many times I’ve had to “Open in Photoshop” from Lightroom because of this limitation. Being a proponent of organization, especially when talking about hundreds of thousands of image files, the mess that can produce over time is a huge OCD trigger.
Actually, Darktable as of 4.6 is very fast on my M1 max 32gb MacBook Pro. Previous versions were slow and that's why a kept my lr subscription. I cancelled last week and now I use DT and Affinity 2.
I really don't understand why there has to be always super annoying background music with these kind of tutorials!? It;s distracting and make it harder to follow! Please ditch the background music!
It's because I like it. Ask KZread to give us the tools to upload two audio tracks, one for voice, one for background audio.
It's really annoying when you don't edit any settings or hotkeys and both my UI and hotkeys are completely different. Makes following this guide, or pretty much any of the guides, really difficult.
I think if your UI is completely different, you've got the wrong software open. This is default Darktable with darker colours. If you have a custom UI setup, it's on you to know where you've put your stuff.
@@StudioPetrikas I have Darktable 4.8.0 open. I have not customed the UI. I have not altered the hotkeys from default. So yeah... I appreciate the prompt response but it's not really that helpful.
Teaching beginners use hotkeys is just bad practice. You have to understand what you're doing before optimising your workflow. What are you missing? Can you give me an example? Have you set auto-apply pixel workflow defaults to filmic? (in the settings, beginning of the video)
@@StudioPetrikas Thank you but I don't think we are on the same page here. I will get help from Reddit.
Darktable has a serious flaw in the D&S sharpening module. In LrC you only need one slider and the effects are much better than two instances of the D&S module in DT Besides, we have perhaps 13 sliders there and it's worth graduating to understand how they work 😂
I have been following Darktable since it began and i like the underky8ng tech but for gods sake they should work on their UI/UX. Typical open source mentality of not caring about appearance and easy workflow. Few UI/UX guys can be onboarded to the team to make it better.
Agreed. It's very powerful but in many cases too many options are presented. It presents as a technical signal processing tool more than an artistic one. Just some simple collapsing of more advanced and rarely used options would help reduce the visual cluttering.
@@bn5055 what happens when geeks develop software for fun. Brilliant tech and zero aesthetics. 🤣🤷🏽♂️
amazing tutorial! I think its worth mentioning that if you dont see the AgX DCTL in the dropdown menu at 6:35, restarting resolve should make it appear.
update video tut for new modules on 4.6.1 please. thanks! you have great videos! i'm newbie trying to learn.
Thanks. One suggestion, please please use the snapshot tool to show the difference between significant tuning, to show us what effect the tool has on the picture, I thought that would help more
Thanks for this. My other half uses Capture One but I have been persisting with DarkTable as I prefer the end result. I find some of my clumsy mis-clicks can create frustrating results with the interface, lol, I seem to need an even more basic tutorial than this, but this is a fantastic clip to get one started.
Well, technically, the Sigmoid workflow is supposed to be even easier and more intuitive. I've recently released a video with the full workflow: kzread.info/dash/bejne/gXahr9GNiq3baLA.html Hopefully that helps!
My interface looks different than yours. How do I get all the options in one place?
As the previous commentators have written, a very good and clear video on Darktable and the use of the Sigmoid module. Maybe you could make a few videos showing some development of different pictures.
Thanks again for another great tutorial!
One of the best, clearest and easiest to follow entry level darktable tutorials out there. I've been using the software for years and believe I've got a pretty good handle on it, but this tutorial taught me several new things. Thanks heaps!
Glad to hear! Thanks for the kind words!
Great video, nice and simple! Love this complete example workflow, so helpful!
Basics. -- at least show us what is happening --- where one is clicking --- it is NOT zoomed in , we canniot see. and it is too fast.
There's a pause button, and there's speed adjustment menu.
Would've loved you to go a bit more into detail on the sigmoid module, instead of only adjusting the contrast slider, but other than that, great video!
I think that's too much for a person who opened Darktable for the first time. I touched on the RGB Primaries module, which is very similar to Sigmoid primaries. 99% of people will leave target luminance & target black as-is.
@@StudioPetrikas Fair enough, maybe something for another video then?
Maybe! If I notice enough people struggling on the forums, it might be a good topic to drill deeper on. What would you like to know about it? (minus what's written in the documentation)
Can Sigmoid do highlight reconstruction like Filmic RGB, or should we stick to Filmic for that?
Sigmoid itself cannot. You either have to pair it with the "Highlight Reconstruction" module, or use "filmic rgb" instead.
This is very helpful. Thank you!
Thanks for video.
Thank you so much! This video was incredibly informative and inspiring for a new photographer like me!!! It only took me a few hours of adjusting my google search terms to find it lol
Very well-done video. Thanks.
Yes it is as stable as LR
Thank you, your videos are very helpful; excellent explanations.
Some years ago (+10) I was doing sports photography. I had two regular clients and one occasionally. I did use Lightroom, it was the best I could find at the time. I will say I have not tried Darktable, I only know what I have heard here. I am just an old amateur photographer now. For me, speed was number one. I was always at the event with a writing journalist. We both went home to finish our respective work. The articles were for online use. I had approx. an hour to get my pics ready. Usually 20-30 pictures. So it is around 2 min per picture. Selections out of about 200 pics, and touching up, and in the end export and upload. I would not have been satisfied with a slower program. Looking back, I wish I could have had the newest LR. Don't get me wrong, I am not an Adobe fan, but the speed LR works with now, was an unimaginable dream at the time. My point: Speed is also a quality. That's why I think that programs, like LR, still have a big future. News are faster and faster, and it is all a battle getting the news online as fast as possible.
Seems like a great app to quickly do some edits, but would love to see this app on F-droid!
What ui is thattttt please link
Thank u so much. I got a new camera (lumix gx80) yesterday and i was so hyped to shoot with it and than this... i was shocked and not sure if the camera is broken. thanks for the good explanation !!
Where can I get the Sweep Linear Test Pattern File?
That was darn helpful! Just dove into darktable for the first time and it's pretty easy going. (coming from silkypix & GIMP)
Ha ha ha! I guess I just decided to go for the minivan... I've used Darktable for a few months now and I do find it very powerful. However, it crashes on me from time to time and the user interface is a bit of a moving target from one version to the next. Also, some concepts like the Scene-referred and Display-referred workflows are a bit awkward and muddy the water; for portability reasons, the Scene-referred workflow seems to be the best one of the two (according tp Aurélien Pierre also), but then all of the Display-referred workflow modules are still around and polluting the interface. somewhat. I am sure I will still want to use DT from time to time, especially its parametric mask which is incredible. Lightroom is expensive, but being almost retired, I will soon have enough free time to justify the cost of the Photography plan at 9.99/month, which gives access to Lightroom, Lightroom Classic and Photoshop. Anyway, I do like this car analogy. It is spot on!
Bro update for android 11 please... This app not working in my Device...
"No time to chat" 3 seconds later " Firstly, let's chat" That got me
boy I was looking for this video for ages!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks for this series! I learned a lot and it was fun!
Hi, the ui zip link is no longer available, do you have any other way to download it. Thanks in advanced.
Olive? What is Olive?
An open source video editor
can anyone get this to work for the latest version of FreeCAD Link?
I will test and get back to you. Tested not that long ago and still worked OK.
Just tested, works with FreeCAD Link 20240322. The only thing that didn't work automatically, was tabs at the top. You can right-click the Workbench dropdown, and click "Expand". Then right-click again and "Show Text". Probably something new was introduced at some point that broke automatic loading.
Why the "in 2024" this video was uploaded in Nov 2022....
Because nothing about the software packages changed drastically enough in a year, to warrant me remaking the exactly the same video with a different title.
I will cancel my LR subscription. So easy to get better results with Darktable. Only the masks are a bit painful to use but you don't need to use them so often with Tone Egalizer.
Another awesome video. Thanks so much.
Hi, I have spent so much time trying to figure this out on a couple of occasions over the past few years and failed. There are loads of threads on the internet where people are having issues with blender and its display of colour not being what you see in other software. None of those threads actually gave the solution, and none explained the issue so clearly. I now have control of how my renders are looking. Thankyou so much.
Long time ago also used LR but moved to Capture One which is far better than LR and now Darktable - for me, as you mentioned for LR, samesame - much much faster with Capture One than Darktable but Darktable is really much much better and much much slower. THX, …
Thank you, this was of great help.
I found your channel no so long ago, your videos are very very good! your approach is technical but very practical at the same time (hard to find). Your videos about Filmic RGB are amaizing. Regarding this comparison you nailed!! completely agree with every word. Only one thing you forgot to mention, Darktable is multiplatform, there is not lightroom version for Linux. That could be the only feature that make some people the decision. Keep doing more videos!
Thanks! That's such a good point, I actually forgot about the "cross-platformness" of Darktable. It's a big "selling point" for sure.