Hi. I think I set it from right click image in file browser - drop down menu offers Dark Frame with 3 options
Select Dark Frame
Auto Dark Frame
Move to Dark Frames directory
Believe I clicked on Select Dark Frame. Then RT prompts for directory with directory window - if you cancel out of that window nothing happens but if you try to open Edit window from File Browser it opens Edit window and both Edit Window and File Browser image darken to colorless grey image.
Before going further and after reading other responses, maybe the easiest solution is for me to uninstall this RT version and down load newer version??
Hello - I’m a Newbie to Linux and RT.
I did like the ease of using the synaptic package manager but on reviewing downloads at RT site suggested by
it would appear that RT 4.2.0 was last stable package released if I’m reading that right?
The Linux RT site offers DIY compiled packages- it talks of dependent packages and GTK2 & GTK3 versions of RT.
I don’t need to be on the leading edge of RT just with a package that works.
Is self compiling straight forward or are there “voodoo” principles involved?
OK - going to need a little help here.
In SYn Manager 5 RT packages come up. 2 are marked unstable - RT & RT i386.
Do I just use the ones marked 5.3-1dhor~xenial ?
Dark Frame issue continues (from ver 4.2 to ver 5.3) with images i opened previously. thankfully not too many.
Surprisingly I was able to edit one not opened previously.
Options that are available from right clicking on file image include clearing cache (partial or full) and under Processing Profile Operations clearing process which returns File image back to original.
Opening in Edit mode image falls back to Dark Frame mode (dull grey image).
Have tried deleting pp3 file if existing but there must be a Dark Frame ‘trigger’ elsewhere that ‘remembers’ the Dark Frame.
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Thanks
Hi - Sorry for the confusion.
Briefly have used Lightroom4(LR4) & Elements6 for years. New camera RAW format was not supported by LR4 and updating would have meant updating OS so made the leap to Linux Mint.
Have been using Rawtherapee 4.2 (RT4-2) for 9 months or so and am comfortable with it in conjunction with Rawpedia (RP). Have now upgraded to RT5-3.
One day in passing curiosity got the better of me and I clicked the Dark Frame option from right clicking on a File Browser image. Should have read RP first then wouldn’t have selected it as I don’t have those (Dark Frame dead pixel) problems. I was thinking it would be a simple click for on click for off type feature. Some how RT has locked on to those few images that I selected when in the Dark Frame Mode and won’t let go of them despite my efforts.
It may be just as simple to delete those images (as I still have them in camera) and re-import them under a different name to break whatever link RT has on them.
In passing where do I go to learn the proper procedures for using pisls.us ?
Thanks for the help offer - I’ll try delete, rename, import first as that would probably be easiest solution before delving into
the “Voodoo” (as one Linux Mint moderator called it) of deeper programming software digging …
There is no so called “Dark frame mode” or darkframe trigger. Dark frame is selected in the “transform” pane of editor. So to be sure not to use dark frame, in" tansform/darkframe " deselect “auto-selection” and suppress file if any.
Dull grey image is sureley due to absence of pp3 profile adapted to your photo.
You surely are using the neutral profile (all adjustments to zero).
If you want some specific help, the best is to upload to filebin a raw file and corresponding pp3 file.
No no no Morgan, didn’t ignore your links.
Have previously read them extensively (rawpedia).
As far as download - paperdigits PPA solution seemed easiest rather than self compiling a download especially as I was after a Linux Mint download.
Thanks gaaned92 - was searching for switch to turn off ‘Dark Frame’ effect. It was only a last attempt that I deleted pp3 file figuring it established a link.
Rawpedia doesn’t give too much depth as to how the switch ‘turns off/on’.
Your comment ‘suppress file if any’ would suggest that there is a link to some file.
I have yet to try just deleting the few images affected and reloading under different name.
@steve51 noone here really knows what the problem is because the description is lacking and you haven’t shown any screenshots, and what you’re doing sounds very wrong.
Set the processing profile fill mode to “filled”, then apply the Neutral profile.
Show screenshots of the problem. Show what the image currently looks like, and what you expect it to look like. Share the image + PP3 + options file, upload using https://filebin.net/
