We’re proud to announce the new feature release of darktable, 5.0.0! The github release is here: https://github.com/darktable-org/darktable/releases/tag/release-5.0.0. To build from source, do not use the autogenerated tarball provided by GitHub on the release page, download our tar.xz file instead. If you’re just building for yourself without creating a package for some distribution, then using source code cloning in git is an even more convenient way. The checksums are: $ sha256sum darktable-5.0.0.tar.xz eaa136e6e624bb53127282e26aafa0441abcc189b55371465e1f5a8a493fa3a1 darktable-5.0.0.tar.xz $ sha256sum darktable-5.0.0-x86_64.dmg 3f49cfb63958269b99065cf6b501678d4e63f2457ee1915bcd7ffa0dfef9dcfd darktable-5.0.0-x86_64.dmg $ sha256sum darktable-5.0.0-arm64.dmg 14feb35ef2b2e8e50cf1855826ad4913e905a5600a56a87dd98382e8d828e9db darktable-5.0.0-arm64.dmg $ sha256sum darktable-5.0.0-arm64-13.5.dmg b43011cae5ddc9f19a8f895ba389e9ddb79d01534e9ca0568b7125026ac72145 darktable-5.0.0-arm64-13.5.dmg $ sha256sum darktable-5.0.0-win64.exe 40444d5c7d310b1e1e859bd6b7c5d5e35d538a7bf9ad3e918b0e883c971451ea darktable-5.0.0-win64.exe $ sha256sum Darktable-5.0.0-x86_64.AppImage d0061ac5a345c473d98f04388197afaee48e61b638db576ae1c88700cb8855cd Darktable-5.0.0-x86_64.AppImage When updating from the stable 4.8 series, please bear in mind that your edits will be preserved during this process, but the new library and configuration will no longer be usable with 4.8.
  • [email protected]
    8•17 hours ago

    Anyone using this as their main program over Lightroom or Luminar? Would be interested to hear a pros and cons take

    • @afk_stratsEnglish
      7•15 hours ago

      I’ve tried to main it on a few occasions most recently on 4.1. It’s immensely powerful and I really think it surpasses Lightroom on ability to create pleasing tones. I have it installed on my home and laptop photo editing setup and I do use it on occasion.

      Uortunately, even as an Adobe hater, I still use Lightroom CC 99% of the time. Why? Because speed and cross-platform compatibility. CC is less powerful* but I can do all of my editing in 30 seconds per photo and I have roughly the same experience accross Mac, Linux, and Android.

      Darktable is slow to update, you have to be methodical, and there are so many ways to do the same thing. I know the devs are trying to make the best tool possible and I think they’ve built a gem. But I’m not invested enough to learn best practices for my photo editing software. I want a tool which gives me the happy path to the basics.

      *ai masking, ai noise reduction, and ai object deletion are insanely useful. I feel bad every time I use them… But I do. Darktable doesn’t have these

      • [email protected]
        2•6 hours ago

        Thanks, that’s an interesting overview. I guess it might be worth checking it out, but like you say, I like the simplicity of Lightroom CC and 85% of the time you only want 5% of the tools, auto correct and basic histogram adjustments.

    • fmstratEnglish
      2•16 hours ago

      If anyone replies to this, please ping me so I see it, too. Thanks!