![]() Just keep in mind some are no longer recommended in the new 3.0 workflow. Watch key develop modules: Again, I turn to Bruce Williams’ videos. Once I had seen the videos above, the sections of the manual on the same topics made much more sense to me. ![]() Many might suggest reading the manual as a first step, but I tried that, and it wasn’t entirely clear. Read the corresponding sections of the manual. I know most now prefer using Filmic RGB, so you might think to skip it, but I think it helps later to understand why Filmic RGB is a better approach. The early versions use 2.4, then 2.6 and we now have 3.0 but these fundamentals generally stay the same. I found these videos extremely valuable to visually understand how the program basically works. This first set of videos demonstrates the basics of the user interface, importing, managing collections, and getting ready to edit. In Youtube, search for “ Bruce Williams Photography” and watch episodes 1-16. darktable 3.0 was a major overhaul but many of the basic steps have stayed the same so some of the earlier resources are still valuable. Keep in mind some steps reference resources using darktable 2.4/2.6 while others are for darktable 3.0. Its based on the references I’ve used from a variety of sources. ![]() Here is my 10-step process, in order, that I would recommend to a brand new user. That’s not a bad thing, and people here are very generous with their time to answer, but I do think there is a fair bit of foundational learning that a new user should work through that will help them get a good start. It seems more and more new users are trying out darktable and I’ve noticed many more novice questions appearing in these forums. But getting there was a challenge given how powerful and complex the program feels at first (yet how straight-forward and efficient it becomes as you learn how to use it). Since then I’ve become more and more comfortable and efficient using darktable. I started looking for a Lightroom alternative in mid 2019, and darktable looked like an excellent choice. There were a couple of threads related to this earlier, but they quickly focused on the more advanced advice of watching deeply technical videos or (what initially appear to be) complex new modules. I thought I’d start a thread oriented to new users of darktable and people’s ideas for a learning path.
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