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darktable 2.2.0rc2 released
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darktable 2.2.0rc2 released

we’re proud to announce the third release candidate of darktable 2.2.0, with some fixes over the previous release candidate.

the github release is here: https://github.com/darktable-org/darktable/releases/tag/release-2.2.0rc2.

as always, please don’t use the tarball autogenerated by github, but only our .tar.xz with the following sha256sum:

f3ed739f79858a1ce2b3746bbab11994f5fb38db6e96941d84ba475beab890a6  darktable-2.2.0.rc2.tar.xz
5d91cfd1622fb82e8f59db912e8b784a36b83f4a06d179e906f437104edc96f1  darktable-2.2.0.rc2.39.g684e8af41.dmg

the changelog vs. the stable 2.0.x series is below:

  • Well over 2k commits since 2.0.0

The Big Ones:

Quite Interesting Changes:

  • Split the database into a library containing images and a general one with styles, presets and tags. That allows having access to those when for example running with a :memory: library
  • Support running on platforms other than x86 (64bit little-endian, currently ARM64 only) (" Running on non-x86 platforms ")
  • darktable is now happy to use smaller stack sizes (no less than 256Kb). That should allow using musl libc
  • Allow darktable-cli to work on directories
  • Allow to import/export tags from Lightroom keyword files
  • Allow using modifier keys to modify the step for sliders and curves. Defaults: Ctrl – x0.1; Shift – x10
  • Allow using the [keyboard] cursor keys to interact with sliders, comboboxes and curves; modifiers apply too
  • Support presets in “more modules” so you can quickly switch between your favorite sets of modules shown in the GUI
  • Add range operator and date compare to the collection module
  • Add basic undo/redo support for the darkroom (masks are not accounted !)
  • Support the Exif date and time when importing photos from camera
  • Input color profile module, when profile is just matrix (and linear curve), is 1/3 faster now.
  • Rudimentary CYGM and RGBE color filter array support
  • Nicer web gallery exporter – now touch friendly!
  • OpenCL implementation of VNG/VNG4 demosaicing methods
  • OpenCL implementation of Markesteijn demosaicing method for X-Trans sensors
  • Filter-out some useless EXIF tags when exporting, helps keep EXIF size under ~64Kb
  • OpenCL: properly discard CPU-based OpenCL devices. Fixes crashes on startup with some partially-working OpenCL implementations like pocl.
  • darktable-cli: do not even try to open display, we don’t need it.
  • Hotpixels module: make it actually work for X-Trans
  • Cmstest tool should now produce correct output in more cases, especially in multi-monitor setups.
  • Darkroom histogram now uses more bins: use all 8-bit of the output, not just 6.

Some More Changes, Probably Not Complete:

  • Drop darktable-viewer tool in favor of slideshow view
  • Remove gnome keyring password backend, use libsecret instead
  • When using libsecret to store passwords then put them into the correct collection
  • Hint via window manager when import/export is done
  • Quick tagging searches anywhere, not just at the start of tags
  • The sidecar XMP schema for history entries is now more consistent and less error prone
  • Rawspeed: fixes for building with libjpeg (as opposed to libjpeg-turbo)
  • Give the choice of equidistant and proportional feathering when using elliptical masks (shift+click)
  • Add geolocation to watermark variables
  • Fix some crashes with missing configured ICC profiles
  • Support greyscale color profiles
  • Make sure that proper signal handlers are still set after GM initialization…
  • OSX: add trash support (thanks to Michael Kefeder for initial patch)
  • Attach Xmp data to EXR files
  • Several fixes for HighDPI displays
  • Use Pango for text layout, thus supporting RTL languages
  • Feathering size in some mask shapes can be set with shift+scroll
  • Many bugs got fixed and some memory leaks plugged
  • The usermanual was updated to reflect the changes in the 2.2 series
  • Tone curve: mode “automatic in XYZ” mode for “scale chroma”
  • Some compilation fixes

Lua specific changes:

  • All asynchronous calls have been rewritten
  • The darktable-specific implementation of yield was removed
  • darktable.control.execute allows to execute some shell commands without blocking Lua
  • darktable.control.read allows to wait for a file to be readable without blocking Lua
  • darktable.control.sleep allows to pause the Lua execution without blocking other Lua threads
  • darktable.gui.libs.metadata_view.register_info allows to add new field to the metadata widget in the darkroom view
  • The TextView widget can now be created in Lua, allowing input of large chunks of text
  • It is now possible to use a custom widget in the Lua preference window to configure a preference
  • It is now possible to set the precision and step on slider widgets

Changed Dependencies:

  • CMake 3.0 is now required.
  • In order to compile darktable you now need at least gcc-4.7+/clang-3.3+, but better use gcc-5.0+
  • Drop support for OS X 10.6
  • Bump required libexiv2 version up to 0.24
  • Bump GTK+ requirement to gtk-3.14. (because even Debian stable has it)
  • Bump GLib requirement to glib-2.40.
  • Port to OpenJPEG2
  • SDL is no longer needed.

Base Support

  • Canon EOS-1D X Mark II
  • Canon EOS 5D Mark IV
  • Canon EOS 80D
  • Canon EOS 1300D
  • Canon EOS Kiss X80
  • Canon EOS Rebel T6
  • Canon EOS M10
  • Canon PowerShot A720 IS (dng)
  • Canon PowerShot G7 X Mark II
  • Canon PowerShot G9 X
  • Canon PowerShot SD450 (dng)
  • Canon PowerShot SX130 IS (dng)
  • Canon PowerShot SX260 HS (dng)
  • Canon PowerShot SX510 HS (dng)
  • Fujifilm FinePix S100FS
  • Fujifilm X-Pro2
  • Fujifilm X-T2
  • Fujifilm X70
  • Fujifilm XQ2
  • GITUP GIT2 (chdk-a, chdk-b)
  • (most nikon cameras here are just fixes, and they were supported before already)
  • Nikon 1 AW1 (12bit-compressed)
  • Nikon 1 J1 (12bit-compressed)
  • Nikon 1 J2 (12bit-compressed)
  • Nikon 1 J3 (12bit-compressed)
  • Nikon 1 J4 (12bit-compressed)
  • Nikon 1 J5 (12bit-compressed, 12bit-uncompressed)
  • Nikon 1 S1 (12bit-compressed)
  • Nikon 1 S2 (12bit-compressed)
  • Nikon 1 V1 (12bit-compressed)
  • Nikon 1 V2 (12bit-compressed)
  • Nikon 1 V3 (12bit-compressed, 12bit-uncompressed)
  • Nikon Coolpix A (14bit-compressed)
  • Nikon Coolpix P330 (12bit-compressed)
  • Nikon Coolpix P340 (12bit-compressed, 12bit-uncompressed)
  • Nikon Coolpix P6000 (12bit-uncompressed)
  • Nikon Coolpix P7000 (12bit-uncompressed)
  • Nikon Coolpix P7100 (12bit-uncompressed)
  • Nikon Coolpix P7700 (12bit-compressed)
  • Nikon Coolpix P7800 (12bit-compressed)
  • Nikon D1 (12bit-uncompressed)
  • Nikon D100 (12bit-compressed, 12bit-uncompressed)
  • Nikon D1H (12bit-compressed, 12bit-uncompressed)
  • Nikon D1X (12bit-compressed, 12bit-uncompressed)
  • Nikon D200 (12bit-compressed, 12bit-uncompressed)
  • Nikon D2H (12bit-compressed, 12bit-uncompressed)
  • Nikon D2Hs (12bit-compressed, 12bit-uncompressed)
  • Nikon D2X (12bit-compressed, 12bit-uncompressed)
  • Nikon D3 (14bit-compressed, 14bit-uncompressed, 12bit-compressed, 12bit-uncompressed)
  • Nikon D300 (14bit-compressed, 14bit-uncompressed, 12bit-compressed, 12bit-uncompressed)
  • Nikon D3000 (12bit-compressed)
  • Nikon D300S (14bit-compressed, 14bit-uncompressed, 12bit-compressed, 12bit-uncompressed)
  • Nikon D3100 (12bit-compressed)
  • Nikon D3200 (12bit-compressed)
  • Nikon D3300 (12bit-compressed, 12bit-uncompressed)
  • Nikon D3400 (12bit-compressed)
  • Nikon D3S (14bit-compressed, 14bit-uncompressed, 12bit-compressed, 12bit-uncompressed)
  • Nikon D3X (14bit-compressed, 14bit-uncompressed, 12bit-compressed, 12bit-uncompressed)
  • Nikon D4 (14bit-compressed, 14bit-uncompressed, 12bit-compressed, 12bit-uncompressed)
  • Nikon D40 (12bit-compressed, 12bit-uncompressed)
  • Nikon D40X (12bit-compressed, 12bit-uncompressed)
  • Nikon D4S (14bit-compressed)
  • Nikon D5 (14bit-compressed, 14bit-uncompressed, 12bit-compressed, 12bit-uncompressed)
  • Nikon D50 (12bit-compressed)
  • Nikon D500 (14bit-compressed, 12bit-compressed)
  • Nikon D5000 (12bit-compressed, 12bit-uncompressed)
  • Nikon D5100 (14bit-compressed, 14bit-uncompressed)
  • Nikon D5200 (14bit-compressed)
  • Nikon D5300 (12bit-uncompressed, 14bit-compressed, 14bit-uncompressed)
  • Nikon D5500 (12bit-uncompressed, 14bit-compressed, 14bit-uncompressed)
  • Nikon D60 (12bit-compressed, 12bit-uncompressed)
  • Nikon D600 (14bit-compressed, 12bit-compressed)
  • Nikon D610 (14bit-compressed, 12bit-compressed)
  • Nikon D70 (12bit-compressed)
  • Nikon D700 (12bit-compressed, 12bit-uncompressed, 14bit-compressed)
  • Nikon D7000 (14bit-compressed, 12bit-compressed)
  • Nikon D70s (12bit-compressed)
  • Nikon D7100 (14bit-compressed, 12bit-compressed)
  • Nikon D80 (12bit-compressed, 12bit-uncompressed)
  • Nikon D800 (14bit-compressed, 12bit-compressed, 12bit-uncompressed)
  • Nikon D800E (14bit-compressed, 12bit-compressed, 12bit-uncompressed)
  • Nikon D90 (12bit-compressed, 12bit-uncompressed)
  • Nikon Df (14bit-compressed, 14bit-uncompressed, 12bit-compressed, 12bit-uncompressed)
  • Nikon E5400 (12bit-uncompressed)
  • Nikon E5700 (12bit-uncompressed)
  • Olympus PEN-F
  • OnePlus One (dng)
  • Panasonic DMC-FZ150 (1:1, 16:9)
  • Panasonic DMC-FZ18 (16:9, 3:2)
  • Panasonic DMC-FZ300 (4:3)
  • Panasonic DMC-FZ50 (16:9, 3:2)
  • Panasonic DMC-G8 (4:3)
  • Panasonic DMC-G80 (4:3)
  • Panasonic DMC-GX80 (4:3)
  • Panasonic DMC-GX85 (4:3)
  • Panasonic DMC-LX3 (1:1)
  • Panasonic DMC-LX10 (3:2)
  • Panasonic DMC-LX15 (3:2)
  • Panasonic DMC-LX9 (3:2)
  • Pentax K-1
  • Pentax K-70
  • Samsung GX20 (dng)
  • Sony DSC-F828
  • Sony DSC-RX10M3
  • Sony DSLR-A380
  • Sony ILCA-68
  • Sony ILCE-6300

We were unable to bring back these 3 cameras, because we have no samples.

If anyone reading this owns such a camera, please do consider providing samples.

  • Nikon E8400
  • Nikon E8800

White Balance Presets:

  • Canon EOS 1200D
  • Canon EOS Kiss X70
  • Canon EOS Rebel T5
  • Canon EOS 1300D
  • Canon EOS Kiss X80
  • Canon EOS Rebel T6
  • Canon EOS 5D Mark IV
  • Canon EOS 5DS
  • Canon EOS 5DS R
  • Canon EOS 750D
  • Canon EOS Kiss X8i
  • Canon EOS Rebel T6i
  • Canon EOS 760D
  • Canon EOS 8000D
  • Canon EOS Rebel T6s
  • Canon EOS 80D
  • Canon EOS M10
  • Canon EOS-1D X Mark II
  • Canon PowerShot G7 X Mark II
  • Fujifilm X-Pro2
  • Fujifilm X-T2
  • Fujifilm X-T10
  • Fujifilm X100T
  • Fujifilm X20
  • Fujifilm X70
  • Nikon 1 V3
  • Nikon D5500
  • Olympus PEN-F
  • Pentax K-1
  • Pentax K-70
  • Pentax K-S1
  • Pentax K-S2
  • Sony ILCA-68
  • Sony ILCE-6300

Noise Profiles:

  • Canon EOS 5DS R
  • Canon EOS 80D
  • Canon PowerShot G15
  • Canon PowerShot S100
  • Canon PowerShot SX100 IS
  • Canon PowerShot SX50 HS
  • Fujifilm X-T10
  • Fujifilm X-T2
  • Fujifilm X100T
  • Fujifilm X20
  • Fujifilm X70
  • Nikon 1 V3
  • Nikon D5
  • Nikon D5500
  • Olympus E-PL6
  • Olympus E-PM2
  • Olympus PEN-F
  • Panasonic DMC-FZ1000
  • Panasonic DMC-GF7
  • Pentax K-1
  • Pentax K-S2
  • Ricoh GR
  • Sony DSLR-A900
  • Sony DSC-RX10
  • Sony ILCE-6300
  • Sony NEX-5
  • Sony SLT-A37

New Translations:

  • Hebrew
  • Slovenian

Updated Translations:

  • Catalan
  • Czech
  • Danish
  • Dutch
  • French
  • German
  • Hungarian
  • Polish
  • Russian
  • Slovak
  • Spanish
  • Swedish
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  1. alex hurt on Sun Dec 04 22:27:39 2016:
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    .dmg
  3. For releases, we *should* be able to get darktable packaged in Homebrew.
    As for rc's, parafin is the only hope here it seems.
  4. Hello

    Why not include the patch already released for Nikon D810 support ?
    This dSLR is on the market since mid 2014 .

    Please, add it support as it is not always easy to get patch working properly (elementaryOS here)

    Nevertheless, great jobs. Keep ip up !
    Thanks
  5. DMG of RC build has been uploaded.
  6. What patch?
    Nikon D810 is supported for some time already, see https://www.darktable.org/resources/camera-support/