Here’s a short tutorial on custom sorting in lighttable, which is something I didn’t even know darktable had until today!
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Here’s quick video on how to display how each parametric parameter ranges over the image:
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Here’s a video detailing 9 of my favourite features in Darktable 5.2. Under two and a half minutes so you don’t waste time:
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A quick tutorial on how I often use the contrast equalizer to soften backgrounds in bird photography. Probably nothing groundbreaking, but an example nonetheless:
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I was just thinking of something along these lines last night, so I look forward to watching to see if you have any tips for things I wasn’t thinking about.
Added a quick video about renaming masks. Probably most people here know about this but it might be useful for beginning users:
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A very helpful reminder video (well made too), especially for using the new AI masking feature in darktable 5.6.
Had a look at a few of these well-made and to-the-point videos. Thanks!
I really enjoyed the laconic end-comments in the style of “I hope this helped - if not, try capturing perfect pictures …” 
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I’ll have to try this soon! A couple times I’ve recently used blur+mask to accentuate the background separation, but that technique is problematic due to the foreground blurring into the background (creating ghost images), even with a perfect mask. I wonder if contrast equalizer can create a more subtle deemphasis that doesn’t contain ghosts.
Reference: [RFC] Mask aware processing in modules - #2 by kofa
Really, the key to more background separation that looks natural is not blurirng the entire background at all. It’s so much better to do a subtle de-emphasis of certain elements that attract attention, masking only the most distracting elements. If that still doesn’t help, then I don’t think editing, more masking, or more tools is the answer. Another photograph is.
The problem with having so many advanced tools sometimes is that we tend to think that there even is a technical problem to be solved, and I’ve certainly be guilty of that myself.
But my honest opinion is that if you’re resorting to an entire background mask with such an intensity of blur that it starts to look unnatural, then the problem is not even technical. It’s either that you need to be happy with the exisitng photo or if not, then search for a new one rather than trying to fix the old one.
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There is always painting with oil when the digital is too much.
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I wonder if you’re picture isn’t a nice play_raw candidate…
Present your ‘problem’ / wish…
And see what we may do…
And how to use oil digitally 
Just a quick video on LUTs:
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Funny ending 
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