I take rough notes while watching the vids on any new combinations of modules or sliders (I’ll pause and rewind), then consolidate those notes into individual effects like “soft contrast” and try them out on my own pics to reinforce (as well as reading the manual on each module). Otherwise when I sit in front of my display, I’m like, what the heck am I supposed to do again?
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Thanks, Tony - Taking notes, me too, putting things on paper has always reinforced what I’ve seen.
Have also downloaded a few videos so as to be able to revisit them.
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You can also save the transcript for review in case its of any use… eg of the last video…
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hello everyone and welcome to the new episode of the dark table
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for this episode i don’t have any specific topic
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but i would like to edit a few photos and address some issues
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which are quite common especially for the new users and first issue issue is the question
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is there any particular order by using the modules which should be considered
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by editing of photos and i will say no
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the dark table you can imagine dark table as some kind of work bench
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with a lot of different tools for different purposes and
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ETC
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Pastebin.com might be a better approach for this post.
I got less lazy and made a txt file…
I still think pastebin is a better option. No need to download a file, open the file, delete the file.
Long awaited. Love your videos. Added to my to do list this weekend.
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New episode: editing and addressing some questions part 2: 
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Your last 2 videos: Nice master class in editing in general and usage of the tone equalizer specifically.
I agree with your comments about the amount of info shown with the improved brush functionality, it gets in the way. It is a really nice enhancement, though, isn’t it. Nice job @Pascal_Obry!
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Thank you @s7habo - phenomenal work!
I’ve struggled for years with mask moving and it is only today that I learned I can control click on the arrow and prevent the complete mask from moving… ah how much I have been missing…
Question 1- when I am in tone equalizer - the mouse wheel is used to increase / decrease the exposure. More often than not I find I have to zoom in / out the picture. My cumbersome solution is to close tone equalizer then zoom in / out then open tone equalizer again or use alt+1,2,3 and the navigation window.
Is there a shortcut that I can use to switch between mouse wheel being used for exposure adjustment in tone equalizer and zoom in / out for the complete image?
Question 2 - In the previous video - you are using defuse or sharpening module with bloom and multiply to improve sub contrast. I tried to emulate… Are you targeting specifically the darker areas that need improvement? Or maybe I am misunderstanding a bit when to use the approach or simply I am not grasping the ideal quite well.
Question 3 - I was watching Joanna Kustra’s video Secrets of color-grading in photography - YouTube on color grading and she points to https://paletton.com/ for finding pleasing color combinations. And you have touched a few times on color grading in your videos. I am also trying to use the vectorscope for understanding the colro more.
What I am struggling with is identifying more precisely the underlying hues. One option that I am using is to apply lowpas - radius 10, contrast 0, brightness 0, saturation 1. Can you please advise if you know a better option how can I approach this?
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Do you have a mouse with a clickable scroll wheel?? Press once for 100 and press again 200% and again back to fit to screen…or you can program some key combination
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Thank you - this helps to zoom in particular area.
Add a parametric mask, go to the hue channel, hover your mouse over the mask’s slider (the hue one), and press c.
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Thank you @vbs . I am glad that you find my videos useful.
I have the same problem and don’t know a solution for it.
Maybe GUI developers can help here @elstoc? , @Nilvus?
The idea is to increase soft contrast while making the texture smoother, similar to the Orton effect but with more control:
Original:
First, contrast with exposure module and multiply blend mode for comparison:
You see how the contrast is very nice but harsh.
And now diffusion and sharpen module with “bloom” preset and multiply blend mode. First higher radius span…
…and lower radius span:
I don’t know what you want to do with this, but for that you have a view at the parametric mask for hue. if you go over the hue slider with the mouse and press “c” key:
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Sorry, I saw too late that you have already answered his third question. 
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No worries! In Joanna Kustra’s video, she shows how she uses this technique to aid her when color grading.
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Great! Thank you @anon16817310 and @s7habo - this is exactly what I was looking for.
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Thank you for the details @s7habo - I appreciate the help!
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Ah… Bingo! That is wonderful! Thank you @elstoc !
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