Darktable is an image editing software that specializes in processing "raw" photos.i.e. raw data from the camera sensor.
It has the distinction of being non-destructiveIn other words, it never modifies the files in which it works since it manages a set of transformations to apply to the raw file and Darktable allows the result to be exported, in conventional image formats.
Darktable supports working with RAW images and provides a large selection of modules to perform various operations in photo processing.
In addition, the application allows visual browsing through existing images and, if necessary, carry out distortion correction and quality improvement operations, while maintaining the original image and the entire history of operations. with her.
The project code is distributed under the GPLv3 license.
New version of Darktable 2.6.0
After a year of development, the launch of the Darktable 2.6 photo editing program has been prepared, which serves as a free alternative to products like Adobe Lightroom and Apple Aperture.
As tradition dictates, a new version of Darktable 2.6.0 was released for Christmas 2018 It was a year of renewal for the application which comes in this new release with many important features created by recent contributors.
Main news in Darktable 2.6.0
In this new release of the application we can find a new editing module, similar to the spot correction module, with smart copy (correction tool) and the ability to act on each level of detail individually.
As well a film module was added, capable of handling most of the tonality aspects of an image in a single module, while preserving color.
With this release the developers made a complete overhaul of the color balance module, which can be seen as a more color-oriented variant than the levels module.
Bringing the new color selection options, this module allows you to make most of the adjustments automatically.
The ability to guide the blur of a blend mask, to precisely select an object with minimal effort.
As always, the database format is changed with this major release, you will not be able to reboot previous versions of your photos after starting Darktable 2.6. Remember to make a backup of your database (~ / .config / darktable / directory) before upgrade.
Key features
Although Darktable mainly focuses on RAW development, recent releases have introduced features generally reserved for pixel-oriented editorss, like GIMP, like the liquefaction module.
Another important step in this direction is made with this new retouch module, which essentially replaces the dot correction module, with frequency separation for fine retouching.
How to install the new version of Darktable?
Most distributions have the application in their repositories so in a matter of days this updated package will be arriving to them.
In some of them you already have this new update so to install it they must run one of the following commands.
Users of Debian, Ubuntu, Linux Mint or any derivativeor of these they must type:
sudo apt-get install darktable
For those who are using Fedora or a distribution derived from it, the command they should use is:
sudo dnf instalar darktable
If they are users of any version of openSUSE You can update the application with the help of YaST or from the terminal, just type:
sudo zypper install darktable
Users of Arch Linux, Manjaro, Antergos, Arch Labs and other derivatives of Arch Linux install the application with:
sudo pacman -S darktable
For those who are using Gentoo or Funtoo, install the application with:
emerge darktable
Finally, para RHEL, Scientific Linux, CentOS or derivative users they must type the following:
sudo yum install epel-release
sudo yum install darktable
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