darktable 4.8.0 released

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We’re proud to announce the new feature release of darktable, 4.8.0!

The github release is here: https://github.com/darktable-org/darktable/releases/tag/release-4.8.0.

As always, please don’t use the autogenerated tarball provided by github, but only our tar.xz file. The checksums are:

$ sha256sum darktable-4.8.0.tar.xz
419849e9015270e4075f2341c6b5532d3d1cccccfa8f19592cb2ea3ad17f9255  darktable-4.8.0.tar.xz
$ sha256sum darktable-4.8.0-x86_64.dmg (macOS 13.5)
bded6986f72af8901f0fa28686d6d06e6b766d831c29abe8a0163b5a503a50e6  darktable-4.8.0-x86_64.dmg
$ sha256sum darktable-4.8.0-arm64.dmg (macOS 14.0)
628442bf336e4f51fdf39f8b144372cbd855fe7b17812e359b5f8f3e6b6d99fb  darktable-4.8.0-arm64.dmg
$ sha256sum darktable-4.8.0-win64.exe
a1396ca8640df4b25ae41ef0dec1649e2c9f33018e955090e770737abf9d2160  darktable-4.8.0-win64.exe

When updating from the stable 4.6 series, please bear in mind that your edits will be preserved during this process, but the new library and configuration will no longer be usable with 4.6.

This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://www.darktable.org/2024/06/darktable-4.8.0-released/
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Many thanks for the work to the devs - nice new features.
Even though I’d like to see how that new modules (esp. Color Equalizer) work I’m still not quite sure about upgrading (for the first time since V1.4 when I started to use darktable) because of the removal of those AI options in Color Calibration - I could not find a workaround for this that works equally fast for me.

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Thanks for the great work done.

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Moltes gracies per la feina feta, Darktable per a mi és un mot bona eina.

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Thank you for your work.

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Excellent. I’ll look forward to the 4.8 packages hitting the OBS system soon :slight_smile:

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Big shout out to all devs for this powerful next release. Thanks. So. Much. :muscle::sunglasses::+1:

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Looking forward to trying all the new features. Thanks to everyone who contributed!

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Yeeeeha! As always, thank you! :heart_on_fire:

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Fantastic. Thanks to the developers

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Thanks for 4.8 and the Appimage added in the last hour or so.
I see the As Shot To Reference change has been implemented, changing the Camera Reference default when you open a new raw. This is quite a significant change and yet I can’t see it mentioned in the release details. Curious.

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As always, a big thank you to all the developers and everybody that puts in hours of their spare time to bring this out.

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Please note : darktable 4.8 is meant from macOS 12.5 and up (Monterey).

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I do have 12.7.5 (lastest version for Monterey), Darktable has a forbidden sign and refuses to start.

darktable 4.8

This version is not made for Monterey anymore despite the documentation.

Edit: Use version for 10.14 & 11.0 compiled by @MStraeten

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Wonderful summer gift :slight_smile:

I have updated my scripts to build darktable 4.8 on ubuntu 24.04.
For those interested - I have made tarball here.

I am looking forward to tinker with DT 4.8.

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Thanks to all involved; loving the Color Equalizer, especially when color-shaping with the vectorscope. Brilliant work!!

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I love this update. The color control is the best I have used in any commercial software. Well done and thank you darktable devs!

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yes, it is but in the old lab clut module which can sample colors from image

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Just switched on Archlinux from AUR darktable 4.7-git back to stable 4.8.

Thanks to the darktable development community for the excellent work! darktable is a nice example that a FOSS program can outclass its proprietary alternatives.

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For those on macOS 14 (14.5) Sonoma, the security seems to have changed again.

Congratulations and thanks to everyone contributing. I’m excited to get back to photography and darktable.

The macOS install xattr terminal commands both produced error codes.

% xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine /Applications/darktable.app

  • xattr: [Errno 1] Operation not permitted: ‘/Applications/darktable.app/Contents/_CodeSignature/CodeResources’

  • xattr: [Errno 1] Operation not permitted: ‘/Applications/darktable.app/Contents/_CodeSignature’

*…

I did successfully enable darktable after installing it to the Applications folder via the Systems Settings app as shown.

Hope this helps.

macOS14-darktable
macOS14-darktable1654×1164 208 KB

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You can still sample the color in the new module… then slide the nodes to line up and adjust but its not the same UI for selecting as the CLUT but it might be better behaved when applying the adjustment …time will tell. I do like the CLUT module and use it from time to time but you have to be careful not to push or artifacts arise…

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