Install Darktable 2.0.4 on Ubuntu 16.04 'Xenial Xerus' and Linux Mint 18 'Sarah'
Darktable is an open source application that provides both amateur and enthusiasts photographers with a virtual lighttable and darkroom that allows them to manage their digital negatives in a single and handy database. It has been designed from the ground up to be used for developing RAW images from digital cameras.
Features at a glance
Key features include an astonishing graphical user interface designed for the modern computer user, support for importing single image files, folders, and scan for devices, ability to categorize images by numerous filters, such as ISO, color label, rights, creator, publisher, camera, date, time, title, lens, aperture, etc., as well as to access recently used collections.
In addition, the application lets users to view detailed information about an image, if available, such as lens, exposure, aperture, focal length, focus distance, ISO, model, maker, filmroll, image id, filename, version, full path, width, height, copyright, local copy, date, time, title, creator, latitude, and longitude.
It also features fully non-destructive editing, 4x32-bit floating point pixel buffers, GPU acceleration via OpenCL, built-in ICC profiles (sRGB, XYZ, linear RGB and Adobe RGB), zero-latency fullscreen mode, tethered shooting, flexible search functionality, powerful export system, and many translations.
The program is capable of importing a wide range of standard, RAW and HRD image formats, among which we can mention JPG, CR2, HDR, and PFM, and can export images to Picasa and Flickr, as well as to export to low dynamic range (JPEG, PNG, TIFF), linear high dynamic range (PFM, EXR) and 16-bit (PPM, TIFF) images
What News on Darktable 2.0.4 :
- New Features
- Support grayscale input profiles
- Add a BRG profile for testing purposes
- Bugfixes
- Fix the GUI with GTK 3.20
- Fix the color profiles we ship
- Fix two deflicker (exposure iop, mode = automatic) issues
- Fix trashing of files on OSX
- Fix Rights field in Lua
- Base Support
- Nikon D5
- Sony ILCA-68
- White Balance Presets
- Pentax K-S1
- Sony ILCA-68
- Noise Profiles
- Canon PowerShot G15
- Fujifilm X70
- Olympus PEN-F
- Panasonic DMC-GF7
- Translation Added
- Slovenian
- Translations Updates
- Catalan
- Dutch
- German
- Hebrew
- Slovak
- Spanish
Install Darktable 2.0.4 on Ubuntu and Linux Mint Derivative System
Because it is available via PPA, installing Darktable 2.0.4 on Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial Xerus, Ubuntu 15.10 Wily Werewolf, Ubuntu 15.04, Ubuntu 14.10 and derivative systems is easy. All you have to do is add the ppa to your system, update the local repository index and install the darktable package. Like this:
$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:pmjdebruijn/darktable-release
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install darktable
to remove, do :
$ sudo apt-get remove darktable
For other linux distribution you can follow this page
The source is available now. Binary packages are in the process of being built, and will appear soon at their respective download locations.
