Evening, I submit to you some considerations: DarkTable originated along the lines of Lightroom but with the purpose of remaining open source and making improvements over the same software from Adobe. Today the 2 softwares are almost alternative to each other. Using DT, I realize (and I'm always amazed) of some functions that other softwares dream of, I speak for example of the perspective correction module or of the color search table module that offers the possibility of selection in absolute values.
However, this function is missing in DT as well as in Lightroom and for both of them, in my opinion, it is a reason to slow down the adoption of this software solution. I'm obviously talking about the lack of a browser integrated to the software that allows you to simply browse the folders of the HDD and open the images you want to edit. In this way you are bound to the import that if it must be done on many files at a time, slows down the whole process and discourages. I suggest adding a browser that allows you to browse the folders of the whole archive without having to import them. Once you have started to edit the file, obviously the development queue could be saved on sidecar files, if the modified images have not been imported. What do you think. For me it would be a double option that would facilitate the adoption of this great software by those who do not want to be forced to work with databases and forced imports. Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version) Lorenzo Fontanella ___________________________________________________________________________ darktable developer mailing list to unsubscribe send a mail to darktable-dev+unsubscr...@lists.darktable.org
