I am pretty new to darktable on Mac while trying to switch away from Capture One.
One thing I am struggling with a lot are highlights. I have tried the tone equalizer and filmic but Capture One still gives me better results when the sky is overexposed. I am attaching the RAW file and JPEGs I have processed with Capture One and darktable. As you can see the branches at the top of the image have much more detail than what I have been able to achieve with darktable. The sky also looks better in Capture One.
@pdvpjepj: In case youâre not aware, you can load development settings not only from XMPs, but also JPG output (so you can download @s7haboâs last image, and in darktable use the load sidecar file button:
Then switch the file selector to show all files and pick the downloaded JPG:
You can only do this if the JPG was exported using darktable, AND darktable embedded the processing settings. WIth 3.4, there is a âcogwheelâ icon next to âexportâ button:
See âExport selectedâ in the darktable usermanual under the âmetadataâ heading.
On the master branch, you have a preferences item in the âhamburger menuâ of the module.
It looks like the last image was a screen dump not an uploaded jpg so not sure this would still work I havenât had a chance to tryâŚif so @s7habo what tweak did you add to the updated imageâŚ
ThanksâŚso likely just a parametric mask and then a color tweak??.I sometimes use the autodesaturate picker in CZ module and select on something like that then bump the mixer around if neededâŚthat can work pretty well too I have found
Would you care to explain the thought process behind the steps? E.g. how did it occur to you to use two filmic instances; and how did you figure out what highlight restoration settings to use with filmic?
Looks really good. Much better than c1. Looking at the C1 and some DT examples I thought just crop that top part. But your image really makes the sky look like not being heavily blown.
