Step by step “manual” and slow workflow
Open the raw file
It’s dull and there are highlights above 1.0 clipping point
Enable the filmic tonemapping module( in this case the old filmic in the tonemapping old module)
use the basic adjustment module(only exposure, gamma and saturation) for color correction
better but we have again pushed the white point above the 1.0
turn back again on the tonemapping module and recover the “clipped” highlights (the only slider that needs to be adjusted is the linear white point)
Without modifying the color correction is possible to use other tonemapping operators
the new tonemapping module with base contrast (the only slider that needs to be adjusted is the white level)
the filmic ocio module with the base contrast preset
In the end there’s only one parameter that needs to adjusted by the user in tone mapping module (it could be called highlights)
For a newbie this isn’t really user-friendly, so what about a single module that would be CDL + tonemapping? Where all the tonemapping parameters are hided excepts the one for highlights recovery
I imagine this module with all the classic sliders:
exposure: slope (multiplication before tonemapping)
contrast with pivot: like in darktable(before tonemapping)
highlights: like “linear white point” in the filmic module (during tonemapping)
shadows=gamma(power before tone mapping)
black:offset(addition or subtraction before tonemapping)
saturation/vibrance: (before tonemapping)
maybe an ending option for disable the tonemapping
Side note:
I’ve used Photoflow for this example but this discussion is more generic, not only about photoflow.
