I just downloaded the latest weekly build for windows of DT4.9. One of the big changes is the addition of default camera styles for many camera models. I just tested it out on some images from my Canon R7 and was very impressed with the starting point it gave me for the images. I feel this will make DT more attractive for users who want to ‘replicate a camera style’. Well done to the developer/s who must have worked hard on this new feature.
Of course I then used this style as a starting point and added some modifications for denoising and basic sharpening and created my own style to suit my needs.
Its very easy to run parallel versions to check out anything new and if they include fixes they can perhaps in some cases be a better version that what the “stable” version time point captured as a halt to the code…
Indeed, I try to avoid the term “stable” as it implies something that’s not guaranteed (stability). I prefer to call them “releases” or “release versions”. Releases are just a point in time, though they are usually preceded by a few weeks without new features, so are slightly (marginally) less buggy (especially the subsequent “.1” releases) than master.
There is a companion script to accompany the styles, apply_camera_style, that is waiting to be merged (the API needs bumped to 9.4.0). It will automatically apply the styles on import for those desiring a starting point closer to the camera jpeg.