As somebody who has been trying to decided which of the RAW photo editors to use, I can tell you that Darktable has a steep learning curve over Lightroom. The UI is incredibly dense and the names of sliders don’t make sense unless you’re an image science expert.
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anamethatisnt@sopuli.xyz 3 weeks agoWith GIMP 3.0 it’s a bit better at least, they’ve finally added non-destructive editing:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfaq-Cm1ZkA
Full changelog here:
www.gimp.org/release-notes/gimp-3.0.html
I’d dare say that unless you’ve already learnt Photoshop (and have to unlearn it) then Darktable+GIMP works fine for home photo editing.
If you’re used to Photoshop and your skills with it is what puts bread on the table… then I completely understand not switching tools.
doxxx@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
anamethatisnt@sopuli.xyz 3 weeks ago
I’ll take yournword for it, I’ve never used Lightroom.
Whenever I played around with Darktable it seems finding a tutorial to get the effect I wanted was just a minute of searching away, and there’s a ton of beginner tutorials available too.
www.darktable.org/2024/12/howto-in-5.0/But then I was the kid that rtfm the game manual on my way home from the store and love dense UIs as an adult. :)
jwiggler@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Darktable is a godsend to me for converting film negatives.But I pretty much only use image conversion, RGB curve, then fidget with the exposure and RGB sliders in negadoctor a little more then I’m done. No idea how to do anything else.
TheFonz@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Been usin DT for close to a year now. I agree the learning curve is a little steeper than light room but once you get it, everything clicks into place. I can’t believe how powerful this program is and it’s free. It’s unbelievable
LandedGentry@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
anamethatisnt@sopuli.xyz 3 weeks ago
My understanding is that a lot of tech debt has been removed with the release of 3.0 and I’m hopeful it will make future updates simpler and faster. :)
LandedGentry@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
Cenzorrll@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Does never removing it count?
trunklz29@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I want to make GIMP work for me but it’s the small things like trying to select a layer and move it with the arrow keys but the arrow keys switching between layers and the fussiness of layer selection among other stacked layers in your canvas which makes it frustrating to use.
I wish there was a plugin that made everything work exactly like Photoshop, made all keyboard shortcuts Photoshop user friendly, added content aware fill, etc…if these issues would be fixed then I’d use it more often. (I found and tried to install PhotoGimp for my Gimp install on my Mac but alas it didn’t work…recommendations? I want to make it work lol)
anamethatisnt@sopuli.xyz 2 weeks ago
“It didn’t work” gives very little to work with, all I can recommend is to follow the instructions:
github.com/Diolinux/PhotoGIMP?tab=readme-ov-file#…
Not a mac user myself.
umbraroze@slrpnk.net 2 weeks ago
GIMP didn’t “just figure out non-destructive editing by 2025”. You’re talking as if it was something that the GIMP development team just decided to randomly add recently, ignoring user demands.
The foundation for that functionality (GEGL) has been in development for ages and was also used for some functionality in 2.6 for a long time. The reason why it took this long is that it’s a pretty fundamental change to how the app works. Also, that meshed with other upcoming changes at the time. Also, small development team.