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DARKTABLE(1) darktable DARKTABLE(1)
NAME
darktable - a digital photography workflow application
SYNOPSIS
darktable [options] [IMG_1234.{RAW,...}|image_folder/]
Options:
-d {all,cache,camctl,control,dev,fswatch,
input,lighttable,masks,memory,nan,opencl,
perf,pwstorage,sql}
--disable-opencl
--library <library file>
--datadir <data directory>
--moduledir <module directory>
--tmpdir <tmp directory>
--configdir <user config directory>
--cachedir <user cache directory>
--localedir <locale directory>
--luacmd <lua command>
--conf <key>=<value>
--help
--version
DESCRIPTION
darktable is a digital photography workflow application for Linux and
Mac OS X in the lines of Adobe Lightroom and Apple Aperture.
The application is designed to ease editing and consistent processing
of large photo sessions and provides a easy to use digital light-table
and a set of sophisticated post-processing tools.
Most processing is done in 32-bit floating point per channel mode in
device independent CIE L*a*b* color space. darktable is also fully
color managed, which gives you full control over the look of the
photos.
The application relies on a modern plug-in architecture thus making it
easy for 3rd party developers to extend the existing capabilities of
the application. All light-table and darkroom features are implemented
as plug-ins, so you can create your plug-ins reusing existing code.
COMMAND LINE ARGUMENTS
IMG_1234.RAW or image_folder/
You may optionally supply the filename of an image or the name of a
folder containing image files. If a filename is given darktable
starts in darkroom view with that file opened. If a folder is given
darktable starts in lighttable view with the content of that folder
as the current collection.
-d <debugoption>
This option enables debug output to the terminal. There are several
subsystems of darktable and debugging of each of them can be
activated separately. You can use this option multiple times if you
want debugging output of more than one subsystem.
A few of those debugoptions are:
control
Enable job queue debugging. If you redirect darktable's output
to control.log and call ./tools/create_control_svg.sh
control.log, you will get a nice control.svg with a
visualization of the threads' work.
cache
This will give you a lot of debugging info about the mipmap
cache for light table mode. If compiled in debug mode, this
will also tell you where in the code a certain buffer has last
been locked.
perf
Use this for performance tweaking your darkroom modules. It
will rdtsc-measure the runtimes of all plugins and print them
to stdout.
all Enable all debugging output.
--disable-opencl
Prevent darktable from initializing the OpenCL subsystem. Use this
option in case darktable crashes at startup due to a defective
OpenCL implementation.
--library <library file>
darktable keeps image information in an sqlite database for fast
access. The default location of that database file is
"$HOME/.config/darktable/library.db". You may give an alternative
location, e.g. if you want to do some experiments without
compromising your original library.db. If the database file does
not exist, darktable creates it for you. You may also give
":memory:" as a library file in which case the database is kept in
system memory - all changes are discarded when darktable
terminates.
--datadir <data directory>
This option defines the directory where darktable finds its runtime
data. The default place depends on your installation. Typical
places are "/opt/darktable/share/darktable/" and
"/usr/share/darktable/".
--moduledir <module directory>
darktable has a modular structure and organizes its modules as
shared libraries for loading at runtime. With this option you tell
darktable where to look for its shared libraries. The default place
depends on your installation; typical places are
"/opt/darktable/lib64/darktable/" and "/usr/lib64/darktable/".
--tmpdir <tmp directory>
The place where darktable stores its temporary files. If this
option is not supplied darktable uses the system default.
--configdir <config directory>
This option defines the directory where darktable stores the user
specific configuration. The default place is
"$HOME/.config/darktable/".
--cachedir <cache directory>
darktable keeps a cache of image thumbnails for fast image preview
and of precompiled OpenCL binaries for fast startup. By default the
cache is located in "$HOME/.cache/darktable/". There may exist
multiple thumbnail caches in parallel - one for each library file.
--localedir <locale directory>
The place where darktable finds its language specific text strings.
The default place depends on your installation. Typical places are
"/opt/darktable/share/locale/" and "/usr/share/locale/".
--luacmd <lua command>
A string containing lua commands to execute after lua
initialization. These commands will be run after your "luarc" file.
If lua is not compiled in, this option will be accepted but won't
do anything
--conf <key>=<value>
darktable supports a rich set of configuration parameters which the
user defines in "darktablerc" - darktable's configuration file in
the user config directory. You may temporarily overwrite individual
settings on the command line with this option - however, these
settings will not be stored in "darktablerc".
DEFAULT KEYBINDINGS
All modes
l Switch to lightroom view
d Switch to darkroom view
t Switch to tethered capture view
m Switch to map view
F7 Decrease contrast
F8 Increase contrast
F9 Decrease brightness
F10 Increase brightness
Esc Leave fullscreen mode
<Primary>q
Quit
period
Switch between lighttable and darkroom views
F11 Switch between fullscreen and normal modes of the application's
window
<Primary>h
Show/hide header
Tab Show/hide sidebars
Lighttable mode
g, <shift>g
Navigate to top, bottom row
PageUp, PageDown
Navigate one page up, down
' Scroll center
Down, Left, Right, Up
Scroll down, left, right, up
z Preview image
F1, F2, F3, F4, F5
Color labels: toggle red, yellow, green, blue and purple
1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Star rating
0 Strip all stars
r Mark as rejected
l Realign images to the grid
alt-1
Zoom in on first visible image
alt-2, 3
Adjust zoom
alt-4
Zoom out completely
<Primary>a
Select all images
<Primary><Shift>a
Select no images
<Primary>i
Invert selection
<Primary>g, <Primary><Shift>g
Group/ungroup selected images
Delete
Remove image from collection
<Primary>c, <Primary><Shift>c
Copy all, selected history
<Primary>v, <Primary><Shift>v
Paste all, selected history
Darkroom mode
alt-1, 2, 3
Zoom to 1:1, fill, and fit, respectively
ctrl-f
show/hide film strip
Space, Backspace
Step to next, previous image
<Primary>e
Export current image
o Toggle show of over- and under-exposure
<Primary>c, <Primary><Shift>c
Copy all, selected history
<Primary>v, <Primary><Shift>v
Paste all, selected history
g Toggle gamut check
s Toggle softproofing
Enter
In Crop & Rotate module, commit the crop
[, ]
In Flip module, rotate 90 degrees ccw, cw
Tethered mode
<Primary>f
Show/hide film strip
v Toggle live view
Map mode
<Primary>f
Show/hide film strip
<Primary>z
Undo
<Primary>r
Redo
Film strip (when the cursor is on top of the film strip)
F1, F2, F3, F4, F5
Color labels: toggle red, yellow, green, blue and purple
1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Star rating
0 Strip all stars
r Mark as rejected
<Primary>d
Duplicate image
<Primary>c, <Primary><Shift>c
Copy all, selected history
<Primary>v, <Primary><Shift>v
Paste all, selected history
SEE ALSO
darktable-cli(1)
OTHER INFO
Please visit darktable's website for news, bug tracker and forum:
<http://www.darktable.org/>
RELATED
darktable-viewer screensaver version of darktable. Shows the last
active collection in full screen as a slideshow.
REPORTING BUGS
Please use the bug tracker on
<http://www.darktable.org/redmine/projects/darktable/issues/> to report
bugs, feature requests and so on.
AUTHORS
The principal developer of darktable is Johannes Hanika. The
(hopefully) complete list of contributors to the project is:
* developers: Henrik Andersson, Johannes Hanika, Tobias Ellinghaus,
Ulrich Pegelow.
* ubuntu packaging, color management, video tutorials: Pascal de
Bruijn.
* opencl pipeline, usermanual: Ulrich Pegelow.
* networking, battle testing, translation expert: Alexandre Prokoudine.
* translation: a3novy, Alexandre Prokoudine, Anocha Yimsiriwattana,
Artur de Sousa Rocha, Daniele Giorgis, Dimitrios Psychogios, Ger
Siemerink, Guilherme Brondani Torri, Henrik Andersson, Jose Carlos
Casimiro, Josep Puigdemont, Maria Leandro, Mauro Bartoccelli, Michal
Predotka, Mikko Ruohola, Milan Knizek, Olivier Tribout, Pascal Obry,
Richard Levitte, Roberto Quintero, Sebastien Delcoigne, Thomas Costis,
Thomas Pryds, Tobias Ellinghaus, Victor Lamoine.
* contributors: Aldric Renaudin, Alexandre Prokoudine, Alexey
Dokuchaev, Ammon Riley, Anton Keks, Antony Dovgal, Ari Makela, Benjamin
Cahill, Brian Teague, Bruce Guenter, Cherrot Luo, Chris Mason,
Christian Tellefsen, David Morel, Denis Cheremisov, Dennis Gnad, Diego
Segura, Dimitrios Psychogios, Eckhart Pedersen, Edouard Gomez, Edward
Herr, Frantisek Sidak, Gaspard Jankowiak, Ger Siemerink, Gianluigi
Calcaterra, Guilherme Brondani Torri, Ivan Tarozzi, James C. McPherson,
Jan Kundrat, Jean-Sebastien Pedron, Jeremy Rosen, Jesper Pedersen, Joao
Trindade, Jon Leighton, Jose Carlos Garcia Sogo, Josef Wells, Julian J.
M, Mattias Eriksson, Michal Babej, Michal Predotka, Moritz Lipp,
Olivier Tribout, Pascal de Bruijn, Pascal Obry, parafin, Petr Styblo,
Pierre Le Magourou, Richard Levitte, Richard Tollerton, Robert Bieber,
Roland Riegel, Roman Lebedev, Rostyslav Pidgornyi, Sergey Pavlov, Simon
Harhues, Simon Spannagel, Stuart Henderson, Terry Jeffress, Tim Harder,
Togan Muftuoglu, Tom Vanderpoel, Ulrich Pegelow, Wolfgang Goetz,
Wolfgang Kuehnel, Yari Adan, hal, jan, maigl, tuxuser. And all those
of you that made previous releases possible.
This man page was written by Alexandre Prokoudine
<alexandre.prokoudine@gmail.com> and Richard Levitte
<richard@levittr.org>.
HISTORY
The project was started by Johannes Hanika in early 2009 to fill the
gap (or, rather, a black hole) of a digital photography workflow tool
on Linux.
COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
Copyright (C) 2009-2013 by Authors.
darktable is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
under the terms of the GPL v3 or (at your option) any later version.
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