darktable 2.0

we're proud to finally announce the new feature release of darktable, 2.0!

as always, please don't use the autogenerated tarball provided by github, but only our tar.xz. the checksum is:

$ sha256sum darktable-2.0.0.tar.xz
d4f2f525bbbb1355bc3470e74cc158d79d7e236f3925928f67a88461f1df7cb1 darktable-2.0.0.tar.xz
$ sha256sum darktable-2.0.0.dmg
1019646522c3fde81ce0de905220a88b506c7cec37afe010af7d458980dd08bd darktable-2.0.0.dmg

and the changelog as compared to the 1.6.x series can be found below.

when updating from the currently stable 1.6.x series, please bear in mind that your edits will be preserved during this process, but it will not be possible to downgrade from 2.0 to 1.6.x any more.

happy 2.0 everyone :)

Robert Hutton has done a video covering the new features and other changes between darktable 1.6 and 2.0: https://youtu.be/VJbJ0btlui0
Gource visualization of git log from 1.6.0 to right before 2.0: https://youtu.be/CUiSSfbMwb8

gui:

• darktable has been ported to gtk-3.0
• the viewport in darkroom mode is now dynamically sized, you specify the border width
• side panels now default to a width of 350px in dt 2.0 instead of 300px in dt 1.6
• further hidpi enhancements
• navigating lighttable with arrow keys and space/enter
• brush size/hardness/opacity have key accels
• allow adding tone- and basecurve nodes with ctrl-click
• the facebook login procedure is a little different now
• image information now supports gps altitude

features:

• new print mode
• reworked screen color management (softproof, gamut check etc.)
• delete/trash feature
• pdf export
• export can upscale
• new "mode" parameter in the export panel to fine tune application of styles upon export

core improvements:

• new thumbnail cache replaces mipmap cache (much improved speed, stability and seamless support for even up to 4K/5K screens)
• all thumbnails are now properly fully color-managed
• it is now possible to generate thumbnails for all images in the library using new darktable-generate-cache tool
• we no longer drop history entries above the selected one when leaving darkroom mode or switching images
• high quality export now downsamples before watermark and framing to guarantee consistent results
• optimizations to loading jpeg's when using libjpeg-turbo with its custom features
• asynchronous camera and printer detection, prevents deadlocks in some cases
• noiseprofiles are in external JSON file now
• aspect ratios for crop&rotate can be added to config file

image operations:

• color reconstruction module
• magic lantern-style deflicker was added to the exposure module (extremely useful for timelapses)
• text watermarks
• shadows&highlights: add option for white point adjustment
• more proper Kelvin temperature, fine-tuning preset interpolation in white balance iop
• monochrome raw demosaicing (for cameras with color filter array physically removed)
• raw black/white point module

packaging:

• removed dependency on libraw
• removed dependency on libsquish (solves patent issues as a side effect)
• unbundled pugixml, osm-gps-map and colord-gtk

generic:

• 32-bit support is soft-deprecated due to limited virtual address space
• support for building with gcc earlier than 4.8 is soft-deprecated
• numerous memory leaks were exterminated
• overall stability enhancements

scripting:

• lua scripts can now add UI elements to the lighttable view (buttons, sliders etc...)
• a new repository for external lua scripts was started: https://github.com/darktable-org/lua-scripts
• it is now possible to edit the collection filters via lua
• it is now possible to add new cropping guides via lua
• it is now possible to run background tasks in lua
• a lua event is generated when the mouse under the cursor changes

Usermanual has been updated, and will be released shortly after.

New camera support, compared to 1.6.9:
Base Support

• Canon PowerShot G5 X
• Olympus SP320
• Panasonic DMC-FZ150 (3:2)
• Panasonic DMC-FZ70 (1:1, 3:2, 16:9)
• Panasonic DMC-FZ72 (1:1, 3:2, 16:9)
• Panasonic DMC-GF7 (1:1, 3:2, 16:9)
• Panasonic DMC-GX8 (4:3)
• Panasonic DMC-LF1 (3:2, 16:9, 1:1)
• Sony DSC-RX10M2

White Balance Presets

• Canon EOS M3
• Canon EOS-1D Mark III
• Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III
• Canon PowerShot G1 X
• Canon PowerShot G1 X Mark II
• Canon PowerShot G15
• Canon PowerShot G16
• Canon PowerShot G3 X
• Canon PowerShot G5 X
• Canon PowerShot S110
• Panasonic DMC-GX8
• Panasonic DMC-LF1
• Pentax *ist DL2
• Sony DSC-RX1
• Sony DSC-RX10M2
• Sony DSC-RX1R
• Sony DSLR-A500
• Sony DSLR-A580
• Sony ILCE-3000
• Sony ILCE-5000
• Sony ILCE-5100
• Sony ILCE-6000
• Sony ILCE-7S
• Sony ILCE-7SM2
• Sony NEX-3N
• Sony NEX-5T
• Sony NEX-F3
• Sony SLT-A33
• Sony SLT-A35

Noise Profiles

• Canon EOS M3
• Fujifilm X-E1
• Fujifilm X30
• Nikon Coolpix P7700
• Olympus E-M10 Mark II
• Olympus E-M5 Mark II
• Olympus E-PL3
• Panasonic DMC-GX8
• Panasonic DMC-LF1
• Pentax K-50
• Sony DSC-RX1
• Sony DSC-RX10M2
• Sony ILCA-77M2
• Sony ILCE-7M2
• Sony ILCE-7RM2
• Sony SLT-A58

If you are a journalist writing about darktable you are welcome to ask if anything isn't clear. we can also proofread articles in some languages like English and German.

release-2.0~rc4

we're proud to announce the fourth release candidate in the new feature release of darktable, 2.0~rc4.

as always, please don't use the autogenerated tarball provided by github, but only our tar.xz. the checksum is:

$ sha256sum darktable-2.0rc4.tar.xz
79446397a837bc9c262706d91b99ee0cb3339e93e36ebcbc3a23a0af80d77509 darktable-2.0rc4.tar.xz
$ sha256sum darktable-2.0rc4.dmg
14422e1569f94deb093e198895636b6e63982b9e9812c57e262fc42281d90bf5 darktable-2.0rc4.dmg

the changes from rc3 include minor bugfixes, such as:

• translation updates
• an OpenCL bug fixed
• fixed a rare crash when leaving darkroom
• fixed a bug in gamut checking
• fixed a possible crash in lua garbage collection
• fixed a bug in rawspeed's sraw handling
• fixed a bug in circle masks
• allow toggling tethering zoom with 'z'
• don't make some modules too wide in some languages
• fixed high CPU load when hovering filmstrip
• fixed lighttable prefetching
• fixed thumbnail color management
• make tethered focusing for Canon cameras more robust wrt. libgphoto2 version
• some styling fixes
• fixed filmstrip width when duplicating images in darkroom
• scroll sidepanels when mouse is next to the window border
• speed up thumbnail color management using OpenMP
• fixed a few small memleaks
• fixed PDF exporter when compiled without Lua
• camera support improvements:
  • noiseprofiles:
    • add Olympus E-M5 Mark II
    • add Canon M3
    • add Fuji X30
    • add Sony RX10M2
    • add Panasonic GX8
    • add Sony A7RII
  • whitebalance:
    • Canon S110
    • Canon S100
    • Canon G1 X Mark II
    • Canon PowerShot G3 X
    • Canon PowerShot G16
    • Canon PowerShot G15
    • Canon PowerShot G1 X
    • Canon 1D Mark III
    • Canon 1Ds Mark III
    • Canon EOS M3
    • Panasonic GX8
    • Pentax *ist DL2
    • Sony NEX-F3
    • Sony SLT-A33
    • Sony NEX-5T
    • Sony NEX-3N
    • Sony A3000
    • Sony A5000
    • Sony A5100
    • Sony A500
    • Sony RX1R
    • Sony RX1
    • Sony DSLR-A580
    • Sony ILCE-6000
    • Sony ILCE-7S
    • Sony ILCE-7SM2
    • Sony SLT-A35
  • rawspeed fixes:
    • support all Panasonic GF7 crops
    • support all Panasonic FZ70/FZ72 crops
    • support FZ150 3:2 and fix 4:3 blackpoint
    • fixed whitebalance for Canon G3 X
    • whitebalance support for the Leaf Credo line
    • fixed Nikon D1 whitebalance
    • whitebalance support for Canon Pro1/G6/S60/S70
    • add another whitebalance mode for Canon D30
    • fixed whitebalance for Canon G3/G5/S45/S50
    • fixed whitebalance for Canon S90
    • support another Canon 350D alias

darktable-2.0~rc3

we're proud to announce the third release candidate in the new feature release of darktable, 2.0~rc3.

as always, please don't use the autogenerated tarball provided by github, but only our tar.xz. the checksum is:

sha256sum darktable-2.0rc3.tar.xz
4d81527350e6f722da484bdcd3f620918321b0e15b1fdad219821abbf23c2c89 darktable-2.0rc3.tar.xz
sha256sum darktable-2.0rc3.dmg
109d5f14cd71fcee29b6646698028fde1f864c6cd51c5c25086b1a1d9f9578b2 darktable-2.0rc3.dmg

packages for individual platforms and distros will follow shortly.

as we're closing in to the final version, we are also officially in string freeze as of now. this affects darktable, not the user manual.

the changes from rc2 include minor bugfixes, such as:

• camera support improvements:
  • add support for the Canon PowerShot G5 X
  • basic support for Olympus SP320
  • Panasonic LF1 noise profile and white balance presets
  • noiseprofiles: add Sony A77mk2
• high-dpi fixes
• fixed a few memleaks
• 3:1 aspect ratio as preset in crop&rotate
• magic lantern-style deflicker has been activated in the exposure module
• updated translations

and the preliminary changelog as compared to the 1.6.x series can be found below.

when updating from the currently stable 1.6.x series, please bear in mind that your edits will be preserved during this process, but it will not be possible to downgrade from 2.0 to 1.6.x any more. be careful if you need darktable for production work!

happy 2.0~rc3 everyone :)

• darktable has been ported to gtk-3.0
• new thumbnail cache replaces mipmap cache (much improved speed, less crashiness)
• added print mode
• reworked screen color management (softproof, gamut check etc.)
• removed dependency on libraw
• removed dependency on libsquish (solves patent issues as a side effect)
• unbundled pugixml, osm-gps-map and colord-gtk
• text watermarks
• color reconstruction module
• raw black/white point module
• delete/trash feature
• addition to shadows&highlights
• more proper Kelvin temperature, fine-tuning preset interpolation in WB iop
• noiseprofiles are in external JSON file now
• monochrome raw demosaicing (not sure whether it will stay for release, like Deflicker, but
  hopefully it will stay)
• aspect ratios for crop&rotate can be added to conf (ae36f03)
• navigating lighttable with arrow keys and space/enter
• pdf export -- some changes might happen there still
• brush size/hardness/opacity have key accels
• the facebook login procedure is a little different now
• export can upscale
• we no longer drop history entries above the selected one when leaving dr or switching images
• text/font/color in watermarks
• image information now supports gps altitude
• allow adding tone- and basecurve nodes with ctrl-click
• new "mode" parameter in the export panel
• high quality export now downsamples before watermark and frame to guarantee consistent results
• lua scripts can now add UI elements to the lighttable view (buttons, sliders etc...)
• a new repository for external lua scripts was started.

darktable-2.0~rc2

we're proud to announce the second release candidate in the new feature release of darktable, 2.0~rc2.

as always, please don't use the autogenerated tarball provided by github, but only our tar.xz. the checksum is:

sha256sum darktable-2.0rc2.tar.xz
9349eaf45f6aa4682a7c7d3bb8721b55ad9d643cc9bd6036cb82c7654ad7d1b1 darktable-2.0rc2.tar.xz
sha256sum darktable-2.0rc2.dmg
f343a3291642be1688b60e6dc98930bdb559fc5022e32544dcbe35a38aed6c6d darktable-2.0rc2.dmg

packages for individual platforms and distros will follow shortly.

the changes from rc1 include many minor bugfixes, such as:

• high iso fix for exif data of some cameras
• various macintosh fixes (fullscreen)
• fixed a deadlock
• updated translations

and the preliminary changelog as compared to the 1.6.x series can be found below.

when updating from the currently stable 1.6.x series, please bear in mind that your edits will be preserved during this process, but it will not be possible to downgrade from 2.0 to 1.6.x any more. be careful if you need darktable for production work!

happy 2.0~rc2 everyone :)

• darktable has been ported to gtk-3.0
• new thumbnail cache replaces mipmap cache (much improved speed, less crashiness)
• added print mode
• reworked screen color management (softproof, gamut check etc.)
• removed dependency on libraw
• removed dependency on libsquish (solves patent issues as a side effect)
• unbundled pugixml, osm-gps-map and colord-gtk
• text watermarks
• color reconstruction module
• raw black/white point module
• delete/trash feature
• addition to shadows&highlights
• more proper Kelvin temperature, fine-tuning preset interpolation in WB iop
• noiseprofiles are in external JSON file now
• monochrome raw demosaicing (not sure whether it will stay for release, like Deflicker, but
  hopefully it will stay)
• aspect ratios for crop&rotate can be added to conf (ae36f03)
• navigating lighttable with arrow keys and space/enter
• pdf export -- some changes might happen there still
• brush size/hardness/opacity have key accels
• the facebook login procedure is a little different now
• export can upscale
• we no longer drop history entries above the selected one when leaving dr or switching images
• text/font/color in watermarks
• image information now supports gps altitude
• allow adding tone- and basecurve nodes with ctrl-click
• new "mode" parameter in the export panel
• high quality export now downsamples before watermark and frame to guarantee consistent results
• lua scripts can now add UI elements to the lighttable view (buttons, sliders etc...)
• a new repository for external lua scripts was started.

darktable-2.0~rc1

we're proud to announce the first release candidate in the new feature release of darktable, 2.0~rc1.

as always, please don't use the autogenerated tarball provided by github, but only our tar.xz. the checksum is:

sha256sum darktable-2.0rc1.tar.xz
412f17131c8674e266c91c933de1aa2b04c2ab7efdc04a60b00faf3abffc0446 darktable-2.0rc1.tar.xz
sha256sum darktable-2.0rc1.dmg
080b846e677e0e2471389375a103c1714eefd0f9e7c64658758f2a7bf56f69c8 darktable-2.0rc1.dmg

packages for individual platforms and distros will follow shortly.

and the preliminary changelog can be found below.

when updating from the currently stable 1.6.x series, please bear in mind that your edits will be preserved during this process, but it will not be possible to downgrade from 2.0 to 1.6.x any more. be careful if you need darktable for production work!

happy 2.0~rc1 everyone :)

• darktable has been ported to gtk-3.0
• new thumbnail cache replaces mipmap cache (much improved speed, less crashiness)
• added print mode
• reworked screen color management (softproof, gamut check etc.)
• text watermarks
• color reconstruction module
• raw black/white point module
• delete/trash feature
• addition to shadows&highlights
• more proper Kelvin temperature, fine-tuning preset interpolation in WB iop
• noiseprofiles are in external JSON file now
• monochrome raw demosaicing (not sure whether it will stay for release, like Deflicker, but
  hopefully it will stay)
• aspect ratios for crop&rotate can be added to conf (ae36f03)
• navigating lighttable with arrow keys and space/enter
• pdf export -- some changes might happen there still
• brush size/hardness/opacity have key accels
• the facebook login procedure is a little different now
• export can upscale
• we no longer drop history entries above the selected one when leaving dr or switching images
• text/font/color in watermarks
• image information now supports gps altitude
• allow adding tone- and basecurve nodes with ctrl-click
• we renamed mipmaps to thumbnails in the preferences
• new "mode" parameter in the export panel
• high quality export now downsamples before watermark and frame to guarantee consistent results
• lua scripts can now add UI elements to the lighttable view (buttons, sliders etc...)
• a new repository for external lua scripts was started.

release-1.6.9

this will likely be the last maintenance release in our 1.6 major release series

$ sha256sum darktable-1.6.9.tar.xz
0f721e9d298a9407f6c0325d9c95b9dc37fa60f3b6a2f2e3b5675ff97c423173 darktable-1.6.9.tar.xz
$ sha256sum darktable-1.6.9.dmg
f79b0c4f317f87aab353c25216f2a3628efa2a072b1ce64c21d075a3dda54e9e darktable-1.6.9.dmg

general:

• don't build with external lua 5.3 or higher (darktable MUST be built with lua 5.2)
• format datetime locale dependant (and try to handle timezones better)
• fix various minor memory leaks
• use sRGB as display profile on all versions of OS X, fixes monitor profile being applied twice

rawspeed (newly added camera support should be considered experimental for the time being):

• olympus e-m10 mk2
• canon g3 x
• canon powershot sx60hs
• sony a7r ii
• fuji x-a2
• panasonic fz1000 bad pixel detection
• alias panasonic tz70/zs50 to the tz71
• improve samsung nx1/nx500 support (handle 12bit modes)
• don't load broken kodak kdc files

wb_presets:

• olympus e-m10 mk2
• canon powershot sx60hs
• canon powershot g7 x
• sony a7r ii
• sony a7 ii
• sony rx100m4
• sony rx10
• nikon 1 j5

noiseprofiles:

• nikon d3300
• canon powershot s120

translations:

• swedish (small updates)

release-1.6.8

this is a point release in the stable series. the sha256sum is

b676f81bd8cc661a8f76e03ad449da4444f770b6bec3e9accf013c636f690905 darktable-1.6.8.tar.xz
ec4b1ad797ea7a483d7fc94724de99a1d18da7d7f75071220e1d313e0a4d8a53 darktable-1.6.8.dmg

and as always, please don't use the tarballs provided by github (marked as "Source code").

changes:
clipping, santiy check for custom aspect ratios
read lensmodel from xmp
handle canon lens recognition special case
general cleanups

rawspeed:
Canon EOS M3
Canon EOS 5Ds (R)
Nikon 1 J5
Panasonic DMC-G7 (4:3 aspect ratio only)
Fujifilm X-T10
Pentax K-S2
Panasonic TZ71
Olympus TG-4
Leica VLUX1 4:3 aspect ratio mode

adobe_coeff:
Canon EOS M3
Canon EOS 5Ds (R)
Nikon 1 J5
Panasonic DMC-G7
Fujifilm X-T10
Pentax K-S2
Olympus TG-4

wb_presets:
Samsung NX500
Panasonic TZ71

noise profiles:
Sony ILCE-5100
Fujifilm HS50EXR
Canon EOS 5Ds R

darktable 1.6.7

this is a point release in the stable series. the sha256sum is

a75073b49df0a30cd2686624feeb6210bc083bc37112ae6e045f8523db4c4c98 darktable-1.6.7.tar.xz
6630230049e6d2c4cdfd39585f95fbd1ee439a8dad107f7332aefeb1dd75b831  darktable-1.6.7.dmg

and as always, please don't use the tarballs provided by github (marked as "Source code").

security
libraw CVE-2015-3885: fix integer overflow in ljpeg_start()

miscellaneous
improvements to facebook export
interpolation fixups
demosaic code cleanups
slideshow should handle very small images better
improve olympus lens detection
various minor memory leak fixes
various other fixes
pentax (k-x) dng old embedded preview left over is now removed
modern osx display profile handling

camera support
nikon d7200 (both 12bit and 14bit compressed NEFs)
nikon coolpix p340
canon eos 750d
canon eos 760d
canon eos m2
panasonic dmc-cm1
panasonic dmc-gf7 (4:3 only)
olympus xz-10
olympus sp570uz
samsung nx500
fuji f600exr

aspect ratios
pansonic dmc-g5
panasonic dmc-gm5
panasonic fz200

wb_presets
nikon d7200
nikon coolpix p340
panasonic dmc-gm1
panasonic dmc-gm5
olympus e-m10 (updated)
olympus e-pl7
olympus xz-10

noise profiles
panon powershot G9
sony a350

basecurves
nikon d7200
nikon d7000
nikon d750
nikon d90

translations
catalan
german
spanish
swedish

darktable 1.6.6

this is a point release in the stable series. the sha256sum is

f85e4b8219677eba34f5a41e1a0784cc6ec06576326a99f04e460a4f41fd21a5 darktable-1.6.6.tar.xz
bce9a792ee362c47769839ec3e49973c07663dbdf6533ef5a987c93301358607 darktable-1.6.6.dmg

and as always, please don't use the tarballs provided by github (marked as "Source code").

improvements:
fix the Olympus E330 support (which was accidentally broken in 1.6.4)
fix white balance reading for the Canon Powershot SX50 HS
white balance presets for RICOH GR
minor assorted bug fixes (masks, lens correction, profiled denoise, etc)

darktable 1.6.5

this release had an error in it, please upgrade to 1.6.6