dt is just so good, and gets better every release. It’s very flexible - once you get your head around all the different process modules and how they interact and settle on the ones that suit you - and the masking functionality is awesome.
Here’s my dev and xmp (dt 4.2). First-off I used Tone Equalizer to lighten the shadows and midtones in a straight line (so darkest shads get max than lightest mid get hardly any). Then another instance of TE to darken the bright band of sky behind tree. Then Exposure module with mask to lighten the field/fg. Color Balance RGB to add saturation and lighten mids. Two instances of Diffuse or Sharpen; one to sharpen, the second to add local contrast. Sigmoid to tone map (find it better than Filmic when image contains extreme light source). Local Contrast to give final boost favouring mt/hl.
I don’t think you are stupid but if you are using defaultish DT settings…I know excuse the term but if so DT will fight giving you that yellow which you will see often called rat piss yellow… so don’t be surprised in many cases if you get what looks like more vivid colors from LR… As DT by default puts in place a lot of checks and balances for gamut and hue shift issues…
can’t answer that… i’m using it for all my processing for quite some time now, but will not tell others what to do
the feature set is different to darktable (which for instance doesn’t have animation/timelapse support) and the ui is different enough to cost you some time coming from dt.
Not to have it like in Lightroom version, but to get a pleasant illumination especially in highlights. In a scene like this, one tends to use very strong local contrasts and over-emphasize the texture and saturation.
If the aim here was to mimic Adobe Lightroom, I think @Dusenberg wins big time. With this in mind, the mist-halo is a super-plus, no discussion about that. His version is what lightroomers dream of in their wet dreams and will always dream of, and this is why I gave him a heart. I’m not joking.
Thank you! Yeah, I also loved that scene. And because I love darktable as well I want to get the best out of it. I bought a Lightroom subscription to learn what the software does and how to apply parts of it in darktable. Won’t prolong it for another year I think. I know my version is somewhat over the top with the colors. Thanks for your attempt to mimic it, it’s great!
