Darktable feels more modern, fun and faster. The modules are a lot slower and more annoying to use than Darktable. I can't seem to get the same results with darktable's sharpening or defringing tools.īut then.RawTherapee is honestly a pain to use.

Darktable's looks too muddy in comparison when looking at details. It tends to be way way overdone out of the box compared to darktable, very crunchy and oversharpened, but by dialing it back I can easily work with a much sharper and cleaner picture. AND I can actually adjust the levels of it too, it's not just 'automatic.' Another thing that impressed me was how rawtherapee implements its automatic base curves and sharpening. Not only does eliminate almost all of it, it doesn't suck the color out of the rest of the image. Darktable's defringing didn't really do much of a job in correcting the problem- either I got rid of the chromatic aberrations and LOTS of color in the picture, or just nothing.įrustrated, I downloaded RawTherapee and was blown away by how much better it was for fixing chromatic aberration. I'm using budget Canon lenses so of course I get lots of ugly fringing in situations like this.

Then I started editing some landscape shots with lots of detail in faraway trees. I didn't really have a problem grasping how to use them quickly and was fairly happy with the pictures I was getting, so I didn't bother with anything else. I started with Darktable since it was the first name that jumped out, and most of the modules are clean and straightforward. Hey guys, I've just started getting into editing raw recently.

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