1. Place themes and icons folders into ~/.config/darktable directory. 2. Open Terminal and run these commands to create a link to main themes directory of Darktable.
cd ~/.config/darktable/themes ln -s /usr/share/darktable/themes/
3. (Optional) Place fonts in in poppins-font folder into ~/.fonts directory.
Just a small note.
The files need to be placed in in program folder to work. If you them in the user config folder in a “themes” subfolder, they are visible from the gui, but do not work.
I guess it’s because the “import” statament requires the included files to be place in the same folder.
I guess the user shoud normally not touch the program folder, or ?
@MarcoNex That should be the right way. I solved import issues by creating a symlink of program’s theme folder in user config folder and modified the imports.
Nice, but if you use a blue theme for photo editing. It is likely that all your photos you process will have a color cast as you will try to compensate the blue!
I agree – there’s a reason most raw converters and photo editors keep the UI colour scheme mostly monochromatic. Personally I like the default “darktable” theme, and I set a larger border size for the 50% grey margins around the image preview. The all 50% grey is too light for me because I mostly edit in a dark room, so it’s too intense for me.
If you only output to white border prints or white online gallieries (e.g. Instagram), changing the borders to white (in General Preferences) might be a good idea as well.