Darktable is a free and open-source photography workflow application and RAW developer.
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Questions tagged [darktable]
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How to reset darktable
I need a way of reseting darktable to its factory settings.
With shotwell it is simply a case of deleting the home directory for shotwell, but there doesn't appear to be one for DT under the Darktable name.
James
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Darktable is not opening: "Error locking database"
After I installed the Inkscape (I believe that it was just after the installation of this software), my Darktable application is not working.
The software just does not start and sometimes it shows the error:
darktable error locking database…
Francisco Tiago Melo
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How do I enable automatically nvidia-uvm?
in order to use darktable with OpenCL everytime before starting darktable I have to issue
sudo modprobe nvidia-uvm
sudo mknod -m 666 /dev/nvidia-uvm c 250 0
What is the right way to enable nvidia-uvm by default?
Regards,
Oliver
Oliver Bedford
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Enable OpenCL on Ubuntu 20.04 for Darktable on Thinkpad T495(AMD iGPU)
I have a Thinkpad T495 with AMD 3500 PRO:
$ lspci | grep VGA
06:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Picasso (rev d2)
Using clinfo command I can see that the platform has an OpenCL profile:
$ clinfo
Number of…
Shadi
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GIMP installed via FlatPak asks me to install DarkTable, but I've already installed it. (not via Flatpak). How can I get GIMP to find it?
I'm running Ubuntu 18.04 MATE and recently downloaded GIMP 2.10 as a Flatpak. I also have Darktable loaded (not a Flatpak) as I work with RAW format photos. I want to be able to post process RAW images using GIMP as well as Darktable, but when I try…
hal_v
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Export an image with darktable
I'm very new to darktable. I can't export (or save) my new modified image. It's version is 1.2.3 (is it outdated?)
Searched for a while; they said here that there should be an "export selected" button to the right but I can't find it…
842Mono
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Is there an image viewer for ubuntu that will read/apply xmp sidecars?
I tweaked a bunch of Jpeg images in Darktable, which offers non-destructive photo editing. I would like to view my images in a simpler program, like gthumb, but although gthumb says it can read xmp sidecar files, I don't see my changes applied.
Is…
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Darktable startup problem: symbol not found
Darktable 2.0.3-1 on Ubuntu 16.04.1 fails to start with this error:
darktable: symbol lookup error: /usr/bin/../lib/darktable /libdarktable.so: undefined symbol:…
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Processing Nikon D5300 Raw images in Ubuntu
I am using Ubuntu 14.04 and I have installed both UFRaw and DarkTable.
but I have problems processing Nikon D5300 raw files (.nef).
Every raw image I open in either application has a purple tint. I think
the problem is with the decoder. I searched…
VafaK
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2 versions on the same software with different features
I installed Darktable in the past through Ubuntu Software Center and it worked perfectly. However, in the Darktable preferences tab, OpenCL was not enabled.
I really want to have OpenCl enabled as it boosts Darktable's performance.
Thus I made sure…
Maxence
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Darktable shows RAW (.NEF) in pink in darkroom
I just installed Darktable, in lighttable mode my raw files are shown proper but in darkroom it shows pinkish.
P.S. Pink overlay on all RAW files did not solved my problem.
Mukesh Yadav
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Flatpak interoperability problem
How do I configure Flatpak applications to interact with each other?
Here is a specific example.
The .deb version of Darktable is able to interact with the .deb versions of GIMP and Hugin Panorama Stitcher. However, the Flatpak version of Darktable…
hatterman
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How to remove a broken snap package
I have a problem with my Darktable snap package which started when I moved to using the .deb package of Darktable. I don't remember what I did at the time but now I have snapd which tells me that darktable is installed, but any attempts to remove…
raph
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How to enable HEIC file support in darktable in Jammy 22.04.4?
I'm trying to open a HEIC file to convert to jpg or png using darktable. I'm using Kubuntu: Ubuntu 22.04.4 LTS.
I have the latest version of darktable installable using apt from ubuntu packages, 4.6.1. The version info for darktable is here:
$…
kristianp
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How to get OpenCL working on new Pheonix APU?
I recently call an HP ZBook Firefly 14 G10 A my own. It's the successor of an older Thinkpad with Intel UHD GPU that has become a bit slow for my usecase. But it runs OpenCL in darktable smoothly. Both run Kubuntu 23.10 on Wayland.
My System has…
