Advice for 1 or 2 tutorial videos on darktable

[InAnYan (Ruslan)]

Hi!

I’ve already played a lot on my own with darktable, but I want to understand how to edit photos in darktable better.

I saw a set of Youtube playlists on darktable’s official website, but, I think it’s too much for me and I don’t have that much time (but I really appretiate all the effort!).

Can you give some Youtube links to good tutorials on darktable? That would describe the most necessary settings in one video…

The thing is, I started to watch some tutorial on darktable, I don’t remember which one, and there was a comment saying that the video was bad because the author didn’t read darktable manual, and he did everything wrong. So I decided to step down a bit, and ask there)

[priort (Todd Prior)]

Might be a bit unrealistic…DT takes time and effort to master… If I had only one vote I would watch selected videos from @s7habo . The channel is Editing moments with Darktable and there is an ongoing thread here in the forum for discussion around these videos…Work from the newer ones as the initial videos are from a much older version

[Tim (Tim Cuthbertson)]

For a beginner with darktable, I strongly recommend Bruce Williams’s series.

https://www.youtube.com/@audio2u

[kofa (István Kovács)]

If you have the patience to read:

The Darktable Scene-Referred Workflow - Avid Andrew

In the setup step, he tells you to choose between filmic and sigmoid. If you are just starting out, you’ll probably have no idea, so here’s a hint: the tutorial uses filmic, so maybe stick with that for now.

And the other posts, see this topic:

Darktable Fundamentals and Creative Effects

I’m starting a new series of darktable tutorial posts divided into two categories: Fundamentals: instructions about fundamental parts of the scene-referred workflow, from how to capture an optimal exposure to developing the RAW file to a finished state Creative Effects: instructions for how to apply a variety of artistic effects to your photo once you have developed it While my depth of knowledge is more limited, I hope this can be a complement to the excellent video tutorials by @s7habo, @Br…

[Tim (Tim Cuthbertson)]

Uh, oh. He said, “intuitive”.

[TonyBarrett]

And Bruce had a couple of videos for noobs recently. His word!

[fred_roller]

This is where I got my start in understanding workflow. Definately worth the time. I will also add, go to Play Raw and participate. The hands on experience and seeing other’s take on processing really helps understand the workflow.

[Donatzsky (Nis Donatzsky)]

It’s a little outdated, so some details are no longer the same, but this is still the best for understanding the core editing workflow:

[EN] basic photo processing for beginners in darktable 3.6

[mikae1]

These could be what you’re looking for:

[Darktable] Basics: Developing a photo from start to finish with Sigmoid

Darktable Processing Tutorial - Easy Workflow for Stunning Photos

Would not resort to Aurélien if you want a no frills introduction.

[Donatzsky (Nis Donatzsky)]

@mikae1

Would not resort to Aurélien if you want a no frills introduction.

His beginner tutorial is fairly no frills and to the point, actually (unlike most of his other videos).