darktable 1.0.4 released

posted on Mon 4 June 2012

by smn

Pascal was so kind to tend to a stable branch, the next incarnation of which we have the good fortune to announce.

The changes over darktable 1.0.3 are:

More robust OpenMP compiler detection code
New warming/cooling filter presets for color correction plugin
Lighttable thumbnails should be slightly faster and sharper
Correctly restore panels when using Tab.
Checking if an export target directly is read-only
Writing of hierarchical tags in our .xmp has been improved
Don’t list system display profile for anything but the display profile selection
We disabled scrollwheel scrolling in darkroom mode as it sometimes
conflicts with widget behavior
Lighttable thumbnails are now color managed with some caveats (1)
Improved color rendition:
- Nikon D800
- Canon EOS 5D Mark III
White balance presets:
- Canon EOS 5D Mark III
- Canon EOS 7D (updated)
- Olympus E-M5
- Samsung NX100 (updated)
- Olympus E-PL1 (updated)
- Olympus E-PL2 (updated)
- Olympus E-PL3 (updated)

(1) Lighttable color management caveats:

Our previous releases didn’t have any color management in lighttable mode (and the filmstrip), in this release we have a quick-fix implementation of color management for lighttable mode. For 1.0.4, newly imported files use the Preview JPEG by default for the thumbnail, in that case it’s still not color managed. After entering darkroom mode (after which the thumbnail is regenerated in case you changed the history stack) it will be color managed. Without changed history stack the thumbnail will always be the embedded JPEG. If you need lighttable mode to be color managed all the time you can disable reading of the Preview JPEGs in our Preferences dialog “don’t use embedded preview jpeg but half-size raw”, do note that this will significantly slow down thumbnail generation and consequently will slow down new imports. To have darktable regenerate all old previews (in a color managed fashion) you can delete the ~/.cache/darktable/mipmaps* files.

And the log tells we have to thank the following people for making this release possible:

Pascal de Bruijn, johannes hanika, Tobias Ellinghaus, Raphael Manfredi, Ulrich Pegelow, James C. McPherson, parafin, Olivier Tribout, Moritz Lipp, Joao Trindade, Christian Tellefsen

You can grab the new source package from here:

https://sourceforge.net/projects/darktable/files/darktable/1.0/darktable-1.0.4.tar.gz/download

PPA updates are available already.

The Solaris 11 package is available from

http://www.jmcp.homeunix.com/Packages/Darktable.1.0.4.p5p.gz

Enjoy the new release.

These are comments from the old website, archived as static HTML

łukasz on Tue Jun 05 17:43:02 2012:

super
Wangtim on Wed Jun 06 01:22:29 2012:

I still have this nasty memory bug with jpg (I reported it in the comments of the 1.0 version and the 1.03 version). I have 4 Go of RAM and 4 Go of Swap.

I made a few more tests : when I export jpg to the disk, the memory raises until it uses about 90% of the 4 Go, then uses the Swap until it reaches around 1.7 Go. DT, and the computer in general, are painfully slow when the Swap is used.
A screenshot of the Ubuntu Monitor : http://my.opera.com/Wangtim/albums/showpic.dml?album=9739912&picture=155824102#bigimg

If I export RAW to the disk, the memory raises until it uses 90% of the 4 Go, but then don't uses the Swap. The computer works fine when exporting the pictures...
Here's the screenshot : http://my.opera.com/Wangtim/albums/showpic.dml?album=9739912&picture=155824112#bigimg

Is there something to do to solve this bug ? It could be a problem with my configuration, but the fact that it's working nicely with RAW makes me think that it's related to DT...

Thank you for your help and for your nice software !
Miltos on Wed Jun 06 17:26:02 2012:

Is there a Fuji X-PRO 1 support?
Kai-Uwe Behrmann on Sat Jun 09 08:13:57 2012:

No colour management means, no source colour space to monitor profile conversion at all?

I wonder, because typical the device colour compensation is done on the fly. But it can as well mean the source profile is not properly selected in the embedded Jpeg case, because the sRGB/AdobeRGB Exif tag is not understood.
smn on Sun Jun 10 22:41:43 2012:

No since it has does not have a standard Bayer pattern. We only support standard Bayer demosaic for now.
smn on Sun Jun 10 22:44:03 2012:

Hi Wangtim,

since we moved to a new bug tracker lately I'd like you to create an issue there so we can collect all information necessary to track down your problem and solve it:
http://darktable.org/redmine/projects/darktable/issues/new

Thanks!
Simon
Wangtim on Mon Jun 11 01:36:15 2012:

Ok, I created a bug report. The number is 8767.
Thank you for helping me !
Pascal de Bruijn on Mon Jun 11 07:31:52 2012:

For JPGs and TIFFs we statically assume sRGB for the time being (with AdobeRGB being available for selection in the input color profile plugin, or you can provide your own ICC).

This isn't ideal, and we should interpret the EXIF tag at some point.
obk-captain on Fri Jun 15 08:25:32 2012:

Does anyboy help me?. I've tryed to install DARKTABLE into a Mac OS LIon. Clicking it, it jumps 3 or 4 fimes and then disappear...
UM_berto on Wed Jun 27 03:53:13 2012:

also unable to open it on this lion-running-mac; well, the install instructions DO call it an "experimental release for mac osx" :(
JR on Sun Jul 08 19:34:59 2012:

I tried this soft, and I think it's a very nice project. But why not for Windows's users? I must use Windows for professional reasons, so I would like to install Dartable with Seven too...
smn on Sun Jul 08 21:49:13 2012:

Hi JR, see here:
http://www.darktable.org/2011/07/that-other-os/

regards,
Simon
RM on Mon Jul 09 20:25:58 2012:

I got pink Highlights with my D7000 at standard settings!
smn on Mon Jul 09 23:02:23 2012:

You might want to read this:
http://www.darktable.org/2012/07/magenta-highlights/
CD on Wed Jul 11 11:13:40 2012:

Any chance that support for medium format backs will be added. I currently use Capture One in OS X to process my Nikon and Leaf Aptus files. Curious if DarkTable will convert Leaf Aptus, (.MOS), Hasselblad (.fff) or Phase One (.tif) files. I'd love to be able to use Ubuntu to process raw medium format files. Thank you. (I can send you RAW files if you want them for testing.)
smn on Wed Jul 11 12:30:14 2012:

Hi CD,

darktable uses Klaus Post's Rawspeed as backend for RAW format reading, Libraw as a fallback. You if you want to check for supported formats (or add one) you should check there.
http://rawstudio.org/blog/?p=800
http://www.libraw.org/

regards,
Simon