- You can edit images in Darktable bloody fast, if you use shortcuts, autoapplied presets and custom styles. I can edit up to 360 images per hour, if I don’t have to do any local edits (retouching etc). I have written about it here
- In the bad old days when we only had the display referred workflow (basecurve + shadows & highlights module), the auto-applied preset for the basecurve got me pretty close to the in-camera jpeg of my Nikon D750. But if I wanted to do something more than just crop the image and adjust the exposure, I had to really fight with the program. But if that is OK with you, you can set up the latest Darktable to work like before the scene-referred workflow was introduced in version 2.7. But I strongly recommend learning to use Darktable the modern way.
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