IMAGE EDITOR
Darktable
Version: 4.6.1 Web: www.darktable.org
If you’re a shutterbug, chances are you’ve got a camera that can save RAW images. I And with Darktable, you can create a professional digital darkroom to convert and process your digital negatives.
The app is available as a Flatpak, so you can install it with flatpak install flathub org.darktable.
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Darktable loads straight into the interface, asking you to use the Import module to point it to some images. As with everything in Darktable, you get lots of options in the Import dialog as well.
First up, you need a mechanism to sort your images. You can do so by either rating the images, or colour coding them. You can then use the Sort By menu to sort images by rating or colour, which are just two of the 15 sorting options.
To run through the process a little faster, you can use keyboard shortcuts. Hold down the h key to view the shortcuts for popular actions.
To edit a photo, double-click it, which switches you to the darkroom view. This interface has the image in the centre and menus on either side, which contain everything you need to work on the image. These will make sense to someone used to the digital imageediting workflow. For everyone else, the app has an extensive multilingual user manual.
The good thing about Darktable is that it does nondestructive image editing. This means that instead of modifying the actual image while you edit it, the app records the changes in an XMP file, which are then applied to the image when you export it.
Once you’ve prepared the image, you can head back to the lighttable view and use the Export module. By default, files are saved on disk and as JPEGs. But you can choose to send the exported images to your Piwigo gallery, or as email attachments and more. Similarly, you can export them in any of the dozen image formats.
LET’S EXPLORE DARKTABLE
You can use the modules in this area to find information about the image, take snapshots, export the image,
