The Portra NC/UC/VC styles in the previous version had a lot of issues, so all five were redone almost from scratch for this version. Also new: a new uninstaller for Windows. For more details (and some samples) you can check my blog post.
First of all: thanks for your work. I love using the film simulations you made.
One thing I was always wondering about:
Are the presets intended to use with the basecurve enabled (related to the camera-model) or does the color curve replace the base curve entirely?
(Sorry if this has been discussed before, I am still finding my way through the endless possibilities in darktable…)
@darix honestly never thought about it, it’s an interesting idea. @mjut the building and testing of the base curves doesn’t take in consideration the basecurve, so the simple answer is no. That said, the goal of the presets is to provide a baseline to work, so the idea is to have a more “subtle” output, which means that if you have a smoother basecurve and/or like more punchy effect you can easily get away with having the basecurve enabled.
Thank you! Makes totally sense. I was using it the same way you suggested. And by (careful/subtle) changes in the base curve it is easy to tweak each image. Big ups!