General features
- Non-destructive in the entire workflowEditing is done, your original images are never changed.
- Take advantage of the real power of raw data: All DarkTable Core Functions4x32 bit floating point in pixel bumpersIt works and enables SSE instructions for acceleration.
- GPU-accelerated image processing : OpenCLThanks to its support (runtime detection and activation), many image processes occur at lightning speed.
- Professional color management: Darktable is full color management and supports automatic display profile detection on most systems, including sRGB, Adobe RGB, XYZ, and built-in ICC profile support for linear RGB color spaces.
- Multi-platform: Darktable runs on Linux, Mac OS X/Macports, BSD, Windows, and Solaris 11/Gnome.
- Filtering and sorting: Search your image collections by labels, image ratings (stars), color tags and more, use flexible database queries on all metadata of your images.
- Image Formats: Darktable can import various standard, raw and high dynamic range image formats (e.g. JPEG, CR2, NEF, HDR, PFM, RAF…).
- Zero delay, zoomable user interface: Darktable offers a fluent experience thanks to its multi-level software caches.
- linked shooting: Support your camera's instrumentation with live view for some camera brands.
- Speaks your language: Darktable has also been translated into more than a dozen different languages. For more details, as the list of supported translations changes in each versionnews pageIt is recommended to check.
- Powerful export systemIt supports Piwigo web albums, disk storage, 1:1 copying, email attachments, and can create a simple HTML-based web gallery. Darktable allows you to export to low dynamic range (JPEG, PNG, TIFF), 16-bit (PPM, TIFF) or linear high dynamic range (PFM, EXR) images.
- Never lose your image enhancement settingsDarktable both to save metadata and handle settings.XMP Sidecarfiles as well asQuick databaseuses . All exif data is read and written using libexiv2.
- Automate repetitive tasks: Many aspects of Darktable can be written in Lua.
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