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Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2025 4:26 am
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martinsmith99 wrote:
A bit of an old thread, but as it keeps waking up, I'm wondering what the current thoughts are of Darktable and if it is still a viable alternative to LightRoom (I'm still on V4).


Also RawTherapee, on Linux.


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Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2025 11:48 am
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I've never used LR, I prefer free software.
Between the Pentax DCU, DarkTable and RawTherapee I'm more than covered for raw management.
The results of either are further processed in GIMP

Darktable has the "negadoctor" module which is incredibly useful for digitizing negatives, and while the learning curve might be steep it becomes easy and natural after a few tries.

martinsmith99 wrote:
A bit of an old thread, but as it keeps waking up, I'm wondering what the current thoughts are of Darktable and if it is still a viable alternative to LightRoom (I'm still on V4).


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Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2025 2:17 pm
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Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2025 2:17 pm
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visualopsins wrote:
martinsmith99 wrote:
A bit of an old thread, but as it keeps waking up, I'm wondering what the current thoughts are of Darktable and if it is still a viable alternative to LightRoom (I'm still on V4).


Also RawTherapee, on Linux.

Linux is completely alien to me.


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Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2025 2:24 pm
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Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2025 2:24 pm
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If I put it another way...

What does Lightroom do that Darktable cannot?


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Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2025 6:49 pm
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martinsmith99 wrote:
visualopsins wrote:
martinsmith99 wrote:
A bit of an old thread, but as it keeps waking up, I'm wondering what the current thoughts are of Darktable and if it is still a viable alternative to LightRoom (I'm still on V4).


Also RawTherapee, on Linux.

Linux is completely alien to me.


Available for Win & Mac. (I meant I use it on Linux)

GIMP can use Darktable and/or RawTherapee for developing raw; on closing, GIMP opens developed raw.


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Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2025 7:06 pm
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Never used LR, but darktable is free, give it a try and see if you like it


martinsmith99 wrote:
If I put it another way...

What does Lightroom do that Darktable cannot?
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