After I had some problems with the one-click nind-denoise lua plugin by @rengo (LINK) I decided to work on it a bit myself.
The main idea remains the same: Integrate the process presented by @sillyxone in this thread into a darktable plugin. The main change lies in the way the different stages are handled. I introduced a new option called “Only denoise + import & stack image”, which (as the name suggests) doesn’t process the second stage immediately, but instead imports the denoised image with the history of all operations of the second stage back into darktable.
This allows for the following workflow:
- Edit the original image in darktable
- Export the image through the nind denoise plugin
- The denoised image is now imported into darktable and grouped with the original image
- Continue working on the denoised image with all operations from the previous edit copied over
- When finished, export the image just like one would a regular one
Do note that this workflow does not include the RL algorithm.
However, if the previous process is desired, it is still supported by not selecting the mentioned option. Additionally, some more work is required to get the plugin to work, as the venv has to be setup manually (in comparison to the plugin by rengo).