Download Darktable 2.6.0

Darktable has released version 2.6.0 of the open source raw photo editing program of the same name. Darktable is a virtual light box and darkroom for photo editing. It manages digital negatives through a database. The raw photo files are developed by means of so-called sidecar files, where the photos are processed in a non-destructive manner. The following changes and improvements have been made in this release:

The Big Ones

• new module retouch allowing changes based on image frequency layers
• new module cinematic which can replace the base curve and shadows and highlights
• new module to handle duplicates in the darkroom with possibility to add a title, create standard or virgin duplicate, delete duplicate and quickly compare with a duplicate
• new logarithm controls for the tone curve
• new mode for the unbreak profile module
• add mask preview to adjust size, hardness before placing them
• make it possible to change the cropped area in the perspective correction module
• the mask blur has been complemented with a guided-filter to fine tune it (this works on RGB and Lab color space).
• color balance module has two new modes based on ProPhotoRGB and HSL
• Experimental support for PPC64le architecture (OpenCL support needs to be disabled, -DUSE_OPENCL=OFF)

New Features And Changes

• search from the map view is now fixed
• visual rework of the lighttable (color label, image kind, local copy)
• an option make it possible to display some image information directly on the thumb
• add optional scrollbars on lighttable, or lighttable and darkroom
• allow each masks of the clone module to have the opacity adjusted
• lightroom import module supports the creator, rights, title, description and publisher information.
• enhance TurboPrint support by displaying the dialogue with all possible options (print cancellation will be fixed in TurboPrint 2.47)
• new sort filter based on the image’s aspect
• new sort filter based on the image’s shutter speed
• new sort filter based on the image’s group
• new sort filter based on a personalized sorting order (drag&drop on the lighttable view)
• collection based on the local copy status
• group image number displayed on the collection module
• new zoom level at 50%; 400%, 800% and 1600%
• better support for monochrome RAW
• add contextual help pointing to the darktable’s manual
• better copy/paste support for multiple instances
• add support for renaming the module instances
• add frequency based adjustment for the RAW denoise module
• add frequency based adjustment for the denoise profile module
• all widgets should be themable via CSS now
• add support for configuring the modules layout
• different way to select hierarchical tags in the collection module (only the actual parent tag, all children or the parent and children)
• better handling of grouped images by allowing setting stars, color label for the whole group.
• make it possible to apply a preset to a new module instance using the middle click
• new script to migrate collection from Capture One Pro

Bug fixes

• Fix the color pickers behavior in all modules
• Fix liquid tools switching
• Many more bugs got fixed

Changed Dependencies

• CMake 3.4 is now required
• In order to compile darktable you now need at least gcc-5.0+/clang-3.9+
• Minimal clang version was bumped from 3.4+ to 3.9+
• Packagers are advised to pass -DRAWSPEED_ENABLE_LTO=ON to CMake to enable partial LTO.

RawSpeed ​​changes

• GoPro ‘.GPR’ raws are now supported via new, fast ‘VC-5’ parallel decompressor
• Panasonic’s new raw compression (‘.RW2’, GH5s, G9 cameras) is now supported via new fast, parallel ‘Panasonic V5’ decompressor
• Panasonic’s old (also ‘.RW2’) raw decompressor got rewritten, re-parallelized
• Phase One (‘.IIQ’) decompressor got parallelized
• Nikon NEF ‘lossy after split’ raw support was recovered
• Phase One (‘.IIQ’) Quadrant Correction is now supported
• Olympus High-Res (uncompressed) raw support
• Lot’s and lot’s and lot’s of maintenance, sanitization, cleanups, small rewrites/refactoring.
• NOTE: Canon ‘.CR3’ raws are NOT supported as of yet.

Camera support, compared to 2.4.0

• Base Support
  • Canon EOS 1500D
  • Canon EOS 2000D
  • Canon EOS Rebel T7
  • Canon EOS 3000D
  • Canon EOS 4000D
  • Canon EOS Rebel T100
  • Canon EOS 5D Mark IV (sRaw1, sRaw2)
  • Canon EOS 5DS (sRaw1, sRaw2)
  • Canon EOS 5DS R (sRaw1, sRaw2)
  • Canon PowerShot G1 X Mark III
  • Fujifilm X-A5
  • Fujifilm X-H1 (compressed)
  • Fujifilm X-T100
  • Fujifilm X-T3 (compressed)
  • GoPro FUSION (dng)
  • GoPro HERO5 Black (dng)
  • GoPro HERO6 Black (dng)
  • GoPro HERO7 Black (dng)
  • Hasselblad CFV-50
  • Hasselblad H5D-40
  • Hasselblad H5D-50c
  • Kodak DCS Pro 14nx
  • Kodak DCS520C
  • Kodak DCS760C
  • Kodak EOS DCS 3
  • Nikon COOLPIX P1000 (12bit uncompressed)
  • Nikon D2Xs (12bit compressed, 12bit uncompressed)
  • Nikon D3500 (12bit compressed)
  • Nikon Z 6 (except uncompressed raws)
  • Nikon Z 7 (except 14-bit uncompressed raw)
  • Olympus E-PL8
  • Olympus E-PL9
  • Olympus SH-2
  • Panasonic DC-FZ80 (4:3)
  • Panasonic DC-G9 (4:3)
  • Panasonic DC-GF9 (4:3)
  • Panasonic DC-GX800 (4:3)
  • Panasonic DC-GX850 (4:3)
  • Panasonic DC-GH5S (4:3, 3:2, 16:9, 1:1)
  • Panasonic DC-GX9 (4:3)
  • Panasonic DC-LX100M2 (4:3, 1:1, 16:9, 3:2)
  • Panasonic DC-TZ200 (3:2)
  • Panasonic DC-TZ202 (3:2)
  • Panasonic DMC-FZ2000 (3:2)
  • Panasonic DMC-FZ2500 (3:2)
  • Panasonic DMC-FZ35 (3:2, 16:9)
  • Panasonic DMC-FZ38 (3:2, 16:9)
  • Panasonic DMC-GX7MK2 (4:3)
  • Panasonic DMC-ZS100 (3:2)
  • Paralenz Dive Camera (chdk)
  • Pentax 645Z
  • Pentax K-1 Mark II
  • Pentax KP
  • Phase One P65+
  • Sjcam SJ6 LEGEND (chdk-b, chdk-c)
  • Sony DSC-HX99
  • Sony DSC-RX0
  • Sony DSC-RX100M5A
  • Sony DSC-RX10M4
  • Sony DSC-RX1RM2
  • Sony ILCE-7M3
• White Balance Presets
  • Canon EOS M100
  • Fujifilm X-T3
  • Leaf Creed 40
  • Nikon D3400
  • Nikon D5600
  • Nikon D7500
  • Nikon D850
  • Nikon Z 6
  • Olympus E-M10 Mark III
  • Olympus E-M1MarkII
  • Panasonic DC-G9
  • Panasonic DC-GX9
  • Panasonic DMC-FZ300
  • Sony DSC-RX0
  • Sony DSC-RX100M5
  • Sony DSC-RX100M5A
  • Sony DSC-RX10M3
  • Sony DSC-RX10M4
  • Sony DSC-RX1RM2
  • Sony ILCE-6500
  • Sony ILCE-7M3
  • Sony ILCE-7RM3
• Noise Profiles
  • Canon EOS 200D
  • Canon EOS Kiss X9
  • Canon EOS Rebel SL2
  • Canon EOS 750D
  • Canon EOS Kiss X8i
  • Canon EOS Rebel T6i
  • Canon EOS 760D
  • Canon EOS 8000D
  • Canon EOS Rebel T6s
  • Canon EOS 77D
  • Canon EOS 9000D
  • Canon EOS 800D
  • Canon EOS Kiss X9i
  • Canon EOS Rebel T7i
  • Canon EOS M100
  • Canon EOS M6
  • Canon PowerShot G1 X Mark II
  • Canon PowerShot G1 X Mark III
  • Canon PowerShot G9 X
  • Fujifilm X-A5
  • Fujifilm X-E3
  • Fujifilm X-T3
  • Fujifilm X100F
  • Nikon 1 AW1
  • Nikon 1 J3
  • Nikon COOLPIX B700
  • Nikon D5600
  • Nikon D7500
  • Nikon D850
  • Olympus E-M10 Mark III
  • Olympus TG-5
  • Panasonic DC-G9
  • Panasonic DC-GX9
  • Panasonic DMC-FZ35
  • Panasonic DMC-FZ38
  • Panasonic DMC-GF6
  • Panasonic DMC-LX10
  • Panasonic DMC-LX15
  • Panasonic DMC-LX9
  • Panasonic DMC-TZ70
  • Panasonic DMC-TZ71
  • Panasonic DMC-ZS50
  • Pentax K-01
  • Pentax KP
  • Samsung NX1
  • Sony DSC-RX100M4
  • Sony DSC-RX10M3
  • Sony ILCE-7M3

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