darktable 5.4.1 released

We’re proud to announce the bug-fix release of darktable, 5.4.1!

The github release is here: https://github.com/darktable-org/darktable/releases/tag/release-5.4.1.

To build from source, do not use the autogenerated tarball provided by GitHub on the release page, download our tar.xz file instead. If you’re just building for yourself without creating a package for some distribution, then using source code cloning in git is an even more convenient way.

The checksums are:

$ sha256sum darktable-5.4.1.tar.xz
afdc7c88a338a8cd2fac31c8450d076edbf73e956e4307260c83ebc195f845e4  darktable-5.4.1.tar.xz

$ sha256sum darktable-5.4.1-arm64.dmg
23ce74a4d7cbab30dc5e55043f97480b2a4eb1d96d602d529c9f9a428b99d041  darktable-5.4.1-arm64.dmg

$ sha256sum darktable-5.4.1-x86_64.dmg
d615f7e78af9fb23d7c8017a5d35be50ea13f1ccf89491ef4b927e23eff0f43a  darktable-5.4.1-x86_64.dmg

$ sha256sum darktable-5.4.1-win64.exe
df3b9f2f9f1375b9166c2fb2f1503455c3ceaa44c702b8a9144419e65e0cfdf9  darktable-5.4.1-win64.exe

$ sha256sum Darktable-5.4.1-x86_64.AppImage
42afd454904c2012b911beaa678f5c8f2e1613435c942e2001c90ac6460fc4a1  Darktable-5.4.1-x86_64.AppImage

When updating from the stable 5.2 series, please bear in mind that your edits will be preserved during this process, but the new library and configuration will no longer be usable with 5.2.

You are strongly advised to take a backup first.

Important note: to make sure that darktable can keep on supporting the raw file format for your camera, please read this post on how/what raw samples you can contribute to ensure that we have the full raw sample set for your camera under CC0 license!

Since darktable 5.4.0:

124 commits to darktable+rawspeed
74 pull requests handled
25 issues closed

Please note that the darktable documentation is not currently complete for release 5.4 and contributions are greatly appreciated. Please see the project documentation for more information on how to contribute.

The Big Ones

The following is a summary of the main features added to darktable 5.4. Please see the user manual for more details of the individual changes (where available).

UI/UX Improvements

Performance Improvements

Other Changes

Bug Fixes

Fixed wrong handling of scaling factor during multi-preset export.
Fixed missing help URL, pointing to the online documentation, for the new AgX module.
Fixed wrong handling of overwrite if changed in export.
Fixed images exported with wrong settings when using multi-preset export.
Fixed wrong RAW specific auto-applied preset being applied to non RAW images.
Fixed subtle color casts in bayer dual demosaicers.
RustiCL gets the default optimizing compiler flags as other platforms.
Fixed loading some Olympus ORF files (e.g. E-410 and E-510) due to a possible crash or memory corruption when parsing highlight-preservation Exif tag.
Fixed the mask support in scale pixels module.
Fixed a possible crash when using workspace due to the non deterministic ordering of the list of workspace read on disk.
The list of the allowed tags in the metadata editor preferences has been restricted to tags which are supposed to be user-editable.
Fixed the thumbnail information update in the overlay or the tooltip when some metadata variable are used. That is, when changing the metadata we need to recompute the thumbnail information.
Fixed a possibly standstill while discarding history on fast systems.
Fixed a possible crash in the way the Color Equalizer module GUI is initialized.
Fixed an issue in culling layout where switching to the darkroom sometimes failed with an error message.
Fixed an inconsistency in the styles module UI when shown in the darkroom view. It is not possible to create a duplicate to which the style is applied, and the setting of the corresponding checkbox has just been ignored. To avoid confusion, the checkbox is now hidden in the darkroom view.
Fixes resets to default OpenCL per device setting.
Fixed possibly outdated metadata when returning from darkroom. For example if the image is cropped in darkroom, the metadata $(WIDTH.x) and $(HEIGHT.x) where not correct on lighttable.
Fixed a missing thumbnail overlays with $(CATEGORY[n,m]) variables update when a tag is assigned.
Fixed jumping of curvature slider when used on the mask manager.
Fixed a crash when mounting a camera from Darktable due to the current locale. Mounting is now done using the C locale.

Lua

API Version

API version is now 9.6.0

New Features

Bug Fixes

Add action support for Lua

Other Lua changes

Notes

When exporting to AVIF, EXR, JPEG XL, or XCF, selecting specific metadata (e.g. geo-tag or creator) is not currently possible. For AVIF, EXR, JPEG XL, and XCF formats, darktable will not include any metadata fields unless the user selects all of the checkboxes in the export module’s preference options.
Starting with release 5.4, macOS versions older than 14.0 are no longer supported on Apple Silicon Macs, nor older than macOS 15 on Intel Macs.

Changed Dependencies

Mandatory

Optional

RawSpeed changes

Camera support, compared to 5.4.0

Base Support

White Balance Presets

Noise Profiles

Canon EOS 10D
Sony ILCE-7CR

Missing Compression Mode Support

Apple ProRAW DNGs
CinemaDNG lossless (Blackmagic, some DJI, etc.) and lossy (Blackmagic)
DNG 1.7 using JPEG XL (Adobe enhanced, Samsung Expert RAW)
Fujifilm lossy RAFs
Nikon high efficiency NEFs
Phase One other than IIQ L
Sony ARW 4.0/5.0 downsized lossless (“M” for full-frame, “S” for full-frame & APS-C) and ARW 6.0 lossy

Suspended Support

Support for the following cameras is suspended because no samples are available on https://raw.pixls.us:

Creo/Leaf Aptus 22(LF3779)/Hasselblad H1
Fujifilm IS-1
Kodak EasyShare Z980
Leaf Aptus-II 5(LI300059)/Mamiya 645 AFD
Leaf Credo 60
Leaf Credo 80
Olympus SP320
Phase One IQ250
ST Micro STV680

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