posted on Thu 26 December 2013

merry christmas!

we’ve got a new release for you:

https://sourceforge.net/projects/darktable/files/darktable/1.4/darktable-1.4.tar.xz/download

since we have quite a lot of new features (masks etc, see below), there is an updated usermanual:

https://sourceforge.net/projects/darktable/files/darktable/1.4/darktable-usermanual.pdf/download

ubuntu packages are already available in the usual place, and there is a new macintosh disk image:

https://sourceforge.net/projects/darktable/files/darktable/1.4/darktable-1.4.dmg/download

more detailed release notes:

darktable now integrates a lua engine that allows writing scripts to make it easier to use with other image processing software. These scripts can be run when a particular event takes place (for example when a new image is imported) or when a particular keyboard shortcut is used. There are very few scripts available at this point but we expect the community to provide some more during the next release cycle.

darktable now includes several kinds of drawn masks: brush, circle, ellipse, path and gradients

exporting in WebP format

serious speed enhancements of lighttable when using large colections

focus detection on lighttable

local cached copies of images for offline files

a few new blend mode like “ HSV lightness”, “ HSV color”, “Lab lightness” and “Lab color”

lightness”, “ color”, “Lab lightness” and “Lab color” new modules “contrast brightness saturation”, “color balance” and “color mapping” which replaces the now deprecated “color transfer” module

new histogram mode “waveform”

added a setting to automatically collapse modules to only have a single one expanded

better user experience for bauhaus sliders: the popup now has a blinking cursor to make possible text entry more discoverable

the text entry for bauhaus sliders and vimkeys’ :set command can now evaluate mathematical expressions

command can now evaluate mathematical expressions additional logarithmic mode for editing the basecurve

many bug fixes and small improvements

a tool for measuring basecurves from a sample image

a tool to check the system’s color management setup. call cmake with -DBUILD_CMSTEST=On to build and install it. packagers probably want that.

updated usermanual

darktable now requires Gtk+ in version >= 2.24, Glib in version >= 2.30

known bugs

Ricoh Pentax K-3 PEFs aren’t supported yet (DNGs work fine)

Nikon D5300 isn’t supported yet

hope you have a couple of days off to enjoy the release!