I did check out the contrast equaliser. Definitely worth the effort, even thought it takes a few more clicks. Very refined control of contrast, rather than the broad strokes of the highpass.
Like a Rolls Royce, all bells and whistles of contrast management.
I am reminded of the different levels of photographs and their purpose, in the good old days when people like me did not own a camera, and most people I knew did not (was born and lived in West Africa where only the really well heeled had these things), you either got a photographer to take a Polaroid pic, instant, or went to a proper studio paid some more money and had to wait at least a week for the results. Typically you went in a group of friends, actually got dressed up and posed and took individual snaps as well as group photos - it was an event in those days.
Darktable modules remind me of the effort required for different photo targets, some are really quick broad strokes, and others are quite involved for very fine control.
Nice to have options. Thanks for introducing me to the contrast EQ. Appreciated.
If there was one wish, I wish that the more complex controls in darktable had a way to turn off each section, cos toggling off/on an entire module does not give you an easy way to evaluate the contribution of each section within the module.
Even simple controls with only three sliders like Contrast, Brightness and Saturation, makes me wish I could turn off and on each of these individually, while keeping whatever values I had set unchanged in each slider. The current work around is to set up three instances, and in each of these I tweak only Contrast, only Brightness, and only Saturation.
But seriously - as darktable is open source, maybe one day, I’ll dive in and create a version with such enhancements, for personal use, who knows maybe… That would be such a cool thing to achieve…