darktable is an open source photography workflow application and raw developer. A virtual lighttable and darkroom for photographers. It manages your digital negatives in a database, lets you view them through a zoomable lighttable and enables you to develop raw images and enhance them.
https://www.darktable.org/
Darktable is a powerful program with a wealth of features. Rather than re-inventing the wheel with a detailed analysis, I’ll give a quick overview of some of the main features and leave you to check out the reviews and comments section below.
Darktable has powerful features for image organisation and digital asset management. You can star-rate images, add keyword tags, edit metadata and so on. It is a powerful RAW image processor with a non-destructive workflow. Edits are saved and you can save the edit lists as xmp files with the original image if you wish. It supports a powerful array of processing filters, and can apply effects locally with a variety of mask creation tools. It has a mapping module that allows you to make use of the geolocation data in files. You can even control your tethered camera using Darktable. The couple of screenshots below give you a feel for the workspace. To my mind it looks quite similar to Lightroom’s.
Reviews and comments
- https://fstoppers.com/originals/freeware-versus-subscription-part-1-can-darktables-lighttable-beat-lightrooms-537068
- https://fstoppers.com/originals/free-and-open-versus-subscription-part-2-can-darktable-create-better-edits-538495
- https://fstoppers.com/originals/free-and-open-versus-subscription-part-3-should-you-dare-switching-over-540035