Would someone teach me how to use the masking feature in darktable?
I’ve been using darktable about 5 years and masking is something that eludes me (both in darktable and in gimp).
In the file i’ve provided I would like ti lighten the subject and darken the background.
One of the most up to date module by module series is made by Hal…
Darktable A-Z…sounds like you might benefit…5 years without masking is too long…if you have a specific question we might also be able to help …its pretty easy really for basic masking…combining elements is a bit trickier but I really have not needed to do it often…also you can upload your raw direct…no need for a Google link
Same here…just used default settings, went to tone eq instead of exposure…auto mask on hue using the picker with a range on the flowers…couple of quick tweaks to the parametric mask and a quick draw around the flower cluster…how light you want it could be further adjusted easily or same mask to tweak hue/sat/vibrancy etc…
I like his videos very much, too. He’s explaining the theoretical background but is giving practical hints, too. Very, very helpful but unfortunately not much known yet.