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About RAWīefore we go deeper into darktable itself, it is good to first understand what the RAW file format means and what the advantages are compared to shooting in JPEG format. I don’t know yet how many articles I will be devoting to this series, but I expect that I will focus on many editing modules, and in addition, new functionalities will be added regularly by the developers, so this will hopefully be a continuously growing series. Hence the start of this new tutorial series. More and more I get questions or comments from readers about darktable for Linux and that is why I believe that many users who want to use their Linux system productively, would like to read about the possibilities of darktable on this website. It offers a great photo platform for both serious enthusiasts and professionals.

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For me personally, darktable surpasses the other software solutions because of the flexibility, adjustability, customizability, the enormous amount of selectable but also concealable high-quality editing modules and the many precision options for editing locally. I have tried all these applications to determine which software best fits my way of working and my specific requirements. A surprisingly large number of high-quality RAW editors are available for Linux, such as RawTherapee, GTKRawgallery, Lightzone and of course also darktable. However, when my interest in Linux was sparked, I started to look for usable open source alternatives to process my RAW photo files.

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My plan for this website is to get more and more focussed on timeless, in-depth Linux related articles and series of articles that can help people to use their Linux system more productively.īefore I made a full switch to Linux a few years ago, I used Adobe Lightroom on the macOS operating system to process my RAW files for both my personal photography and my professional photo work. My goal is to regularly come up with new in depth darktable tutorials on specific concepts and functionalities and slowly work towards an accessible, but quality reference on darktable. This article is the start of my new tutorial series on darktable. Why this new tutorial series on darktable Why this new tutorial series on darktable.In this first article in hopefully an extensive series, I will give a first introduction into darktable, as a general background and guidance for all upcoming more in-depth articles about specific darktable functionalities. And in my opinion the fulfillment of those needs is offered to us in the form of the powerful open source solution darktable. But we do have similar needs when it comes to serious editing of RAW photo files and associated workflow support. But as lovers of Linux and open source software, we do not have Lightroom.

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And I still think that Lightroom is a great and robust software solution to organize and edit RAW photo files on your macOS or Windows system, next to products like Capture One Pro or ON1 Photo RAW.

Adobe’s Lightroom has been the de facto standard for professional and serious RAW processing for Windows and macOS for years. Before I came into contact with Linux, as a lifelong passionate landscape, and later portrait and wedding photographer, I had been using Adobe Lightroom on an Apple based system already for a long time.

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