[LAU] [OT] photo processing (was Distro upgrade vs: new install)

[david]

On 05/31/2013 11:30 PM, Federico Bruni wrote:
> 2013/5/31 Jouni Rinne <l33tmmx at gmail.com <mailto:l33tmmx at gmail.com>>
>
>     31.05.2013 22:04, david kirjoitti:
>      > On 05/31/2013 02:15 AM, Ivan Tarozzi wrote:
>      >> Il 31/05/2013 14:12, Jörn Nettingsmeier ha scritto:
>      >>> On 05/31/2013 12:16 PM, david wrote:
>      >>>
>      >>> check out darktable.org <http://darktable.org> and never look
>     back :-D
>      >>
>      >> +1 ;)
>      >
>      > I tried out Darktable. I couldn't make heads or tails of it. For
>     instance, never
>      > figured out how to get it to actually output a processed image.
>      >
>      > So I dropped it and went with RawTherapee instead. :-)
>      >
>      > But neither of them have the speed of the proprietary program,
>     neither support
>      > using multiple cores, neither have the photo management chops.
>     (Well, near as I
>      > can tell about Darktable.)
>      >
>     Unfortunately, I have to agree. Darktable has the most un-intuitive and
>     confusing interface I've seen in any program. A shame.
>
> I remember I was confused at first, but I learned quickly by watching
> some screencasts:
> http://www.darktable.org/resources/#screencasts
>
> I think that the UI of Darktable is great, especially the last version
> (view of modules is improved, for example)

Thanks, but I think that if *someone must show you how to use a program* 
when you're already familiar with the knowledge domain (photo 
processing), it's not an intuitive UI.

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