The worst part is trying to learn what they now refer to as the main 2 options for image processing, display referred or scene referred. darktable has a very steep learning curve, but it isn't as bad as it sounds. I generally haven't done much with 1 star images.Īs far as the workflow itself. 3 stars were next and I would just go and process a bunch every so often over a months. I have very few 5 and 4 star images, so those went quick and spent more time on them.
My plan of action was to start from newest to oldest, highest rated to lowest and go quickly look at any files that needed more attention after the default import. The develop settings were basic, but better than nothing. My keyword tagging, star ratings and gps coordinates all synced over wonderfully, and that includes hierarchical keywords as well. I imported a little over 30,000 images into darktable over a few days. It also handles the metadata (tags, etc) import as well, assuming you had Lightroom write out the. One thing that many people don't know is that darktable can take some of the basic adjustments from Lightroom and convert them to darktable on import. A few years ago, I moved from a full Lightroom catalog on OS X to a linux setup and did the full conversion from Lightroom to darktable. I just came across this thread and figured I'd give my 2 cents worth on the subject. So after two months I am really happy with the transition and I don't I will go back.
They are not as polished on the surface but the developers are putting way more powerful tools into them. Seems open source imaging software compares to commercial offerings the same way Linux compares to Windows or Mac. So after two months I am really happy with the transition and I don't think I will go back. Tagging is great, it's fast, it has geotagging and search is excellent. It's really nice once you understand the UI. Darktable requires a totally different way of thinking compared to C1 but once you adapt there is an enormous amount of interesting features to do things you couldn't imagine doing in C1.
But after a few weeks I am starting to get the hang of it. The learning curve is really steep and the UI of both is not as polished as Capture One or other commercial apps. So I decided to try Darktable for editing and Digikam for DAM. I always wanted to switch to Linux but Capture One kept me on the Mac. When Capture 21 came out I got a little bit frustrated with the lack of new features and the steady price increases so I decided to look around for alternatives.
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