posted on Thu 30 July 2015

We are happy to announce that darktable 1.6.8 has been released.

The release notes and relevant downloads can be found attached to this git tag: https://github.com/darktable-org/darktable/releases/tag/release-1.6.8 Please only use our provided packages (“darktable-1.6.8.*” tar.xz and dmg) not the auto-created tarballs from github (“Source code”, zip and tar.gz). The latter are just git snapshots and will not work! Here are the direct links to tar.xz and dmg: https://github.com/darktable-org/darktable/releases/download/release-1.6.8/darktable-1.6.8.tar.xz https://github.com/darktable-org/darktable/releases/download/release-1.6.8/darktable-1.6.8.dmg

this is a point release in the stable series. the sha256sum is

sha256sum darktable-1.6.8.tar.xz b676f81bd8cc661a8f76e03ad449da4444f770b6bec3e9accf013c636f690905 sha256sum darktable-1.6.8.dmg ec4b1ad797ea7a483d7fc94724de99a1d18da7d7f75071220e1d313e0a4d8a53

and as always, please don’t use the tarballs provided by github (marked as “Source code”).

changes

clipping, santiy check for custom aspect ratios

read lensmodel from xmp

handle canon lens recognition special case

general cleanups

rawspeed

Canon EOS M3

M3 Canon EOS 5Ds (R)

5Ds (R) Nikon 1 J5

Panasonic DMC -G7 (4:3 aspect ratio only)

-G7 (4:3 aspect ratio only) Fujifilm X-T10

Pentax K-S2

Panasonic TZ71

Olympus TG -4

-4 Leica VLUX1 4:3 aspect ratio mode

standard color matrices

Canon EOS M3

M3 Canon EOS 5Ds (R)

5Ds (R) Nikon 1 J5

Panasonic DMC -G7

-G7 Fujifilm X-T10

Pentax K-S2

Olympus TG -4

white balance presets

Samsung NX500

Panasonic TZ71

noise profiles

Sony ILCE -5100

-5100 Fujifilm HS50EXR

Canon EOS 5Ds R

So now go out, enjoy the summer and take a lot of photos!