Darktable 2.0 rc3 released with improved camera support

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Darktable 2.0 rc3 recently released, is the third release candidate in the new feature release of darktable 2.0. Darktable is an open source photography workflow application and RAW developer. A virtual lighttable and darkroom for photographers.

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Darktable 2.0 rc3 changelog:

  • 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
  • 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 darkroom 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

Install Darktable 2.0 rc3 on Ubuntu OS 

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:pmjdebruijn/darktable-unstable

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install darktable
 
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