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We're proud to announce the new feature release of darktable, 4.4.0!

The github release is here: https://github.com/darktable-org/darktable/releases/tag/release-4.4.0.

As always, please don't use the autogenerated tarball provided by
github, but only our tar.xz file. The checksums are:

$ sha256sum darktable-4.4.0.tar.xz
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$ sha256sum darktable-4.4.0-x86_64.dmg
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$ sha256sum darktable-4.4.0-arm64.dmg 
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$ sha256sum darktable-4.4.0-win64.exe
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When updating from the stable 4.2.x series, please bear in
mind that your edits will be preserved during this process, but the new
library and configuration will no longer be usable with 4.2.x.

You are strongly advised to take a backup first.

Important note: to make sure that darktable can keep on supporting the raw file format for your camera, please read this post on how/what raw samples you can contribute to ensure that we have the full raw sample set for your camera under CC0 license!

Since darktable 4.2:

  • 2700 commits to darktable+rawspeed
  • 813 pull requests handled
  • 97 issues closed

Please note that the darktable documentation is not currently complete for release 4.4
and contributions are greatly appreciated. Please see the
project documentation
for more information on how to contribute.

The Big Ones

The following is a summary of the main features added to darktable
4.4. Please see the user manual for more details of the individual
changes (where available).

  • It is now possible to define multiple automatically-applied presets
    against a single processing module. Each preset after the first will
    be added to a new module instance immediately after the first
    instance in the pipeline.

    To better visualise which module instance corresponds to which
    preset, the module label will be automatically set to the name of
    any preset that matches the current module's parameters. If you
    subsequently alter those parameters, the label will be cleared,
    unless its parameters match to another preset, in which case it will
    be changed to the name of the matched preset. If the module label
    has been hand edited it will never be updated automatically.

    A new option (preferences > darkroom > automatically update module
    name) has been introduced to allow this functionality to be
    disabled.

  • The default parameters of some processing modules have been reworked
    to allow them to be more easily used in copy/paste, presets and
    styles.

  • Many modules have default parameters based on image metadata or
    current workflow, for example:

    • exposure: in a scene-referred workflow, the exposure is adjusted
      using the Exif exposure compensation value,
    • denoise (profiled): set based on camera and ISO,
    • lens correction: set based on camera, lens, focal length, focus distance,
    • base curve: set based on the camera maker,
    • white balance: set based on Exif metadata,
    • orientation: set based on Exif metadata,
    • color calibration: set based on Exif metadata

    For all of these modules it is now possible to paste settings while
    ensuring that the proper image metadata is used to set the module
    parameters. This is achieved by selecting the "Reset" column in the
    preset and style dialogs, which makes the module behave as if its
    reset button has been clicked.

    When creating or editing presets, a new option, "reset all module
    parameters to their default values", has been added. Choose this
    option to auto-add modules to matching images while retaining their
    default parameters (including any set based on image metadata).

    This functionality has allowed us to clean up a number of
    module-specific hacks that previously achieved similar functionality
    (albeit in a more limited way).

  • The default workflow configuration option (preferences > processing >
    auto-apply pixel workflow defaults) has now been adjusted to
    incorporate the previous chromatic adaptation workflow setting and to
    include the new sigmoid module. Options are now as follows:

    • scene-referred (filmic) -- default
    • scene-referred (sigmoid)
    • display-referred (legacy)
    • None

    With these new options, the color calibration module and
    scene-referred module order will be automatically applied for all
    workflows except "display-referred (legacy)", which will continue to
    use only the white balance module for chromatic adaptation. The
    value in brackets represents the default module used for tone
    mapping (filmic/sigmoid). In the legacy mode, base curve will be
    used for tone mapping and in "none" mode, no tone mapping module
    will be applied.

  • The scopes module now has a new color harmony overlay option in RYB
    vectorscope mode. You can choose from 9 different color harmonies:

    • Monochromatic
    • Analogous
    • Analogous complementary
    • Complementary
    • Split complementary
    • Dyad
    • Triad
    • Tetrad
    • Square

    These will show as overlays on top of the vectorscope to tell you
    where the "harmonic" colors are. You can rotate the overlays by
    scrolling with your mouse.

    Color harmony guides can be used along with the global color picker
    module to guide you in shifting your image's colors to fit a given
    color harmony -- think of them like crop composition guides, but for
    colors.

  • A global right-click-and-drag operation has been added to
    allow image rotation to be corrected without first opening the
    rotate and perspective module. This operation can be used as long as
    the currently-focused module does not already use that shortcut for
    another purpose.

  • Drawn mask functionality has been completely overhauled with a large
    number of changes and fixes:

    • The "brush smoothing" and "pen pressure" options have been moved
      from the global preferences dialog to a new collapsible
      "properties" section in the mask manager, so that they can be
      changed while drawing and can be assigned shortcuts.

    • The drawn mask shape size/feather/hardness sliders in the mask
      manager now use a logarithmic scale and scrolling over them makes
      relative adjustments, just like Shift+scroll over the
      shape itself. As with other sliders, Ctrl or
      Shift can be used to make fine or coarse adjustments
      (similarly with shortcut fallbacks enabled). Shortcuts assigned to
      the sliders can be used to adjust brush size/hardness while
      drawing.

    • A fifth set operator has been added to the mask manager to allow
      drawn shapes to be combined in "sum" mode. This allows repeated
      brush strokes with low opacity to be layered on top of each other
      to increase the strength of the mask. This mode is now the default
      for brush shapes.

    • It is now possible to change the set operator (mode) for all
      shapes in a group from the right-click menu in the mask manager.

    • Some actions in the mask manager menu previously could be
      activated even though they would have no impact on the image in
      some contexts. The move up/down actions are therefore now disabled
      for the first and last element in a group respectively, and it is
      no longer possible to choose a set operator (mode) for the first
      element in a group.

    • The sort order of the shapes in mask manager groups has been
      reversed so that the lowest ranking shape is at the bottom of the
      group. The sort order of shapes outside of a group has also been
      changed for consistency.

    • It is now possible for all mask types to be added continuously in
      the mask manager.

    • Fixed an issue where the brush was not properly displayed after
      being created from the mask manager, and a crash when creating
      gradients from the mask manager has also been fixed.

    • For all shapes the editable state is now properly set after
      creation making it possible to move and resize the different parts
      of the shapes.

    • Fixed a display issue when editing a shape name in the mask manager.

    • Fixed the state of the set operators in the mask manager -- when
      moving a mask up/down we now ensure that the first mask has no
      operator and that the second one always has an operator assigned.
      If no operator has been set yet the default (union) operator is
      used.

    • When using a shortcut to add shapes to a drawn (blending) mask the
      blending mode will automatically switch to "drawn mask" or "drawn &
      parametric mask", depending on what it was before, so that any newly
      created shape will actually affect the image.

    • In the drawn mask blending mode there used to be an "invert mask"
      option that had the same functionality as the "toggle polarity" option.
      Since both were doing the same thing, "invert mask" is now removed.

    • The drawing of masks has been reworked to ensure that all types of
      masks are drawn in the same way -- the central area, border, and
      highlighted segments are now displayed consistently. The highlighted
      segment is now more visible, especially for the brush mask, where
      the highlighted segment was barely distinguishable due to a bug.

    • In the style and copy/paste dialogs a new column has been added to
      show whether a module uses a mask (drawn/parametric/raster) using
      the standard mask icon.

    • Editing of drawn masks has been improved -- it is now easier to
      select masks' control points and path segments (in some cases it was
      easy to accidentally select the whole path mask rather than a single
      segment). On-canvas mask rendering has also been improved for better
      consistency between shape types.

    • The brush path is now slightly more transparent in order to better
      see the underlying image.

Performance Improvements

One of the major highlights of this release is the number of performance
improvements and enhancements:

  • The following processing modules have had code cleanup and performance
    improvements. All SSE2 code paths have been removed (the optimized
    parallel code generated by the compiler is faster) or code optimized,
    leading to speed gains of 5-40%:

    • dithering (now called dither or posterize -- see below)
    • graduated density
    • input color profile
    • color look up table
    • framing
    • surface blur
    • vignetting
    • retouch
    • denoise (profiled)
    • invert (deprecated)
    • local contrast (local Laplacian mode)
    • lowpass
    • rgb levels
    • input color profile
    • lowlight vision
    • velvia
    • split-toning
    • negadoctor
    • color calibration (CIECAM16, XYZ, and linear/nonlinear Bradford).
    • filmic (legacy -- deprecated)
    • filmic rgb (including highlight reconstruction)
    • color balance (legacy)
    • color balance rgb
    • levels (legacy -- deprecated)
    • fill light (deprecated)
    • liquify
    • color mapping
    • highpass filter
    • shadows and highlights
    • lens correction
    • grain
    • monochrome
    • highlight reconstruction (inpaint opposed mode)

  • Improvements to a number of core routines have also led to further
    speed improvements:

    • The interpolation algorithms (Bicubic, Bilinear, Lanczos2,
      Lanczos3) -- used by "rotate and perspective", "crop and rotate
      (deprecated)" and for resizing the output.

    • The gaussian generator -- used by censorize, denoise (profiled),
      lowpass, diffuse or sharpen, defringe, RAW chromatic
      aberrations, base curve, perspective correction, filmic RGB,
      retouch, tone equalizer and zone System (deprecated)

    • The box blur filter -- used by focus peaking, the guided filter
      for blending, the new highlight recovery algorithms, and the
      bloom, highpass, haze removal, and soften modules.

    • The Edge-Avoiding a-trous Wavelet -- used by contrast
      equalizer and denoise (profiled).

    • Some parts of the bilateral filter -- used in monochrome,
      lowpass Filter, shadows and highlights, censorize, retouch, color
      mapping, rotate and perspective, and local contrast.

    • All the blending modes in Lab & RGB for the display-referred and
      scene-referred workflows.

    • The luminance mask calculation for the tone equalizer.

    • The loader for the JPEG2000 file format.

    • The color adaptation matrices have been transposed to allow for
      vectorization.

    • The "acquire clusters" operation in the color mapping module has
      been sped up by a factor of 30 to 200, making the results
      perceptually instantaneous on clicking the button.

  • Pixelpipe code and caching strategies have been rewritten with
    significant performance gains when developing in the darkroom.

  • OpenCL support has been added to the sigmoid module.

  • OpenMP support has been added to the XCF export and RGBE loader.

  • The performance of the highlight reconstruction inpaint opposed
    algorithm has been improved by providing an OpenCL implementation
    and using internal caching in the darkroom.

  • The guided Laplacian highlight reconstruction mode is now less
    memory hungry (with a saving of around 40%) and its performance is
    significantly improved, allowing for more iterations of recovery to
    be applied by default.

  • Successive changes to sliders and other widgets (for example by
    dragging, scrolling or using shortcuts) have been made more
    responsive by creating fewer undo records. This also makes using
    undo/redo more effective because you are no longer forced to step
    through every micro-change.

Other Changes

  • The filter section of the preset dialog has been reworked to better
    show the relationship between raw/non-raw and HDR/monochrome/color.
    This should avoid the accidental creation of presets that can never
    apply to any image.

  • ISO range selection has now been improved within the auto-apply
    presets dialog.

  • Shortcuts assigned to presets or styles will now be shown when
    hovering over them in the relevant menu.

  • Long-left-clicking a preset will now keep the preset menu open so
    you can quickly switch between several presets to visualise the
    effect. You can also scroll over the preset button to switch to
    previous/next presets (like you already could using shortcuts).

  • Two new sharpness presets have been added to the diffuse or sharpen
    module -- standard sharpness and one with a stronger effect.

  • The color picker code has been completely overhauled resulting in
    speed improvements due to code paths not being run unnecessarily.
    Code is now tuned for contemporary processors, using OpenMP features
    for more succinct code. A time-consuming denoise pass is now only
    executed when used from the filmic module (in which case removing
    noise makes the automatic tuning more robust). A monochrome image
    warning has been removed, along with additional code cleanup,
    de-duplication and optimization.

  • All remaining color-picker buttons are now accessible via shortcuts
    and Lua scripts.

  • Histogram calculation code has been modernized, removing SSE code
    paths. While this doesn't itself provide any speed improvements, it
    is used as a model for optimized code using recent OpenMP features.
    Various pieces of unused code have been removed to provide a
    consistent internal API. In certain cases this code will produce
    marginally more accurate results, and in some cases will use
    substantially less memory.

  • The histogram gui has been reworked. Control buttons have been split
    into two groups: On the left side, a series of buttons to switch
    between histogram modes (histogram, waveform, rbg parade,
    vectorscope); On the right side, the buttons that control the
    parameters of each mode (RGB Channels, orientation,
    vectorscope). For the RYB vectorscope, a series of buttons have also
    been added to visualize guide lines for the most common color
    harmonies.

  • The zoom widget in the navigation window has been converted to
    a standard drop-down, better fitting the darktable style.

  • The scroll zoom logic in the darkroom has been reworked in order
    to make the zoom steps more perceptually-uniform for all image sizes.

  • A new option (preferences > darkroom > middle mouse button zooms to
    200%) has been added to control how the middle-mouse-click zoom
    toggle behaves in the darkroom. Select this option to toggle between
    fit, 100%, and 200%; disable the option to only toggle between fit
    and 100%. In the latter case, you can access 200% zoom with
    Ctrl+middle-click.

  • Snapshots are no longer invalidated when the history is compressed
    or reset. All snapshot are now stored with their full history and
    can always be correctly reconstructed.

  • The snapshot list view been redesigned, bringing its display in line
    with that of the history module. At the same time the module's label
    is now shown in the list and is editable with Ctrl+click.

  • The following modules have been deprecated and will be removed for
    selection in a future version (though they will continue to be
    available for old edits):

    • levels (use rgb levels instead)
    • contrast brightness saturation (use color balance RGB instead)

  • The ISO 12646 border size was too small in the previous version and
    this has been fixed.

  • The "default" module group has now been removed and you are now
    advised to use one of the scene-referred module groups instead.

  • Support has been added for loading QOI and FITS images, and for
    writing metadata to XCF format (see notes below).

  • The ability to read Exif metadata from AVIF, HEIC and JPEG XL images
    using native libraries (if not supported by Exiv2) has been added.

  • Exif data is now written to the Exif PNG chunk when using an Exiv2
    version 0.28.0 and newer -- this is the new standard way to store
    Exif data in PNG files.

  • Masks are now exported as extra channels in EXR files.

  • Loading of BigTIFF images is now re-enabled, and attempts to use
    the native LibTIFF-based reader first.

  • Export and thumbnail generation has been redesigned to remove some
    hacks that had accumulated and should result in a better export size.

  • Various improvements have been made to the debug interface when
    running darktable from the command-line:

    • -d common outputs most valuable information and should now be
      used for bug reports instead of -d all.

    • --bench-module <modulea,moduleb> performs runtime benchmarking
      of the specified modules.

    • --dump-pipe <modulea,moduleb> writes input and output data of
      the specified modules as pfm files for inspection.

  • Support for lens correction using embedded metadata has been improved:

    • Support for dng files has been added,
    • Scale and chromatic aberration correction can now be fine-tuned,
    • An auto-scale button has been added,
    • Overall module performance has been improved by approximately 8%.
    • An improved algorithm for embedded metadata lens correction has
      been added, providing better distortion and vignetting
      corrections for supported FujiFilm and Sony images.
    • Added support for Fujifilm X-Trans I/II/III raw files.

  • Section headers have been added to the "sort by" drop-down in the
    top panel (files, times, etc).

  • When the crop module receives focus and switches to an uncropped
    view of the image, the crop handles around the edges of the image
    now briefly light up to indicate that they can be
    clicked-and-dragged.

    As long as the crop covers the full image (and moving it by dragging
    is therefore impossible) the sensitive zone for dragging corners and
    edges is enlarged.

  • While the crop module shows the whole image to facilitate making
    adjustments, it will no longer trigger a pipe recalculation until the
    module loses focus (for example by switching to another module or by
    collapsing the crop module) at which point the new crop will be used
    to resize the image. If shortcuts are used to make changes to the
    crop without focusing the module, these will still be implemented
    immediately.

  • Removed the commit button from the crop module as it was no longer
    used.

  • The height of resizeable module areas can now be changed by clicking
    and dragging the bottom of the resizeable area. The previous method
    to achieve this, by scrolling while holding the control key, has
    been changed to Shift+Alt+scroll (and a note added to all
    tooltips). This frees up Ctrl+scroll for fine-tuning
    changes in RGB Levels or the histogram (to change exposure or black
    level). In the navigator preview Ctrl+scroll now adjusts
    zoom level without bounds, as it already does over the central image
    area.

  • The module instance name in the darkroom has been altered so it is
    more clearly separated from the module name (using a "bullet"
    separator). The label name in the history module has also been
    updated accordingly.

  • The display of the range rating widget in the collection filters
    module and top panel has been improved to give it better
    contrast/icons, which should make it more easily readable.

  • The search filter in the collection filters module and top panel
    has been improved to also allow searching for camera brand
    and model.

  • In the lighttable view, the "hold" and "sticky" preview shortcuts
    are now linked to the same action -- previously there were two
    "toggle sticky preview mode" actions, one with and one without focus
    detection. Focus detection can now be selected (in shortcuts) via an
    element, and hold/toggle via an effect. All mapped shortcuts are
    shown in the tooltip of the preview layout button.

  • A full copy-and-paste is now always performed in overwrite mode
    (replacing the history of the target image), since append mode is
    often the less appropriate choice -- for example, for some modules
    it often makes no sense to add extra instances.

  • The style tooltip now immediately shows module details while waiting
    for the preview image to be calculated.

  • The tooltips in the liquify module's shape tools are now consistent
    with the blending drawn mask tools.

  • The "demosaicing for zoomed out darkroom mode" preference has been
    removed. This option is no longer necessary due to improvements in
    the pixelpipe cache and previously could have led to slight
    differences in darkroom processing.

  • The Exif focus distance field is now read for images taken with
    Nikon Z bodies.

  • When reading creator metadata from IPTC Information Interchange
    Model, darktable now prefers By-line over Writer/Editor. Date/time
    and description metadata are read from commonly-used properties.

  • The rendering of the arrow that joins source and target shapes in
    the retouch module has been reworked to be more consistent between
    shapes. All source/target shapes are now linked with an arrow
    rather than a simple line and are rendered in such a way as to avoid
    crossing over the shapes themselves (by connecting the closest
    source/target borders).

  • The full-frame-equivalent focal length and crop factor is now shown
    alongside the actual focal length in the image information module.

  • New options have been added to the watermark module for more
    fine-grained control over scaling. In conjunction with the new
    'fixed-size-text' template it is now possible to insert text with
    constant font size.

  • Encoder ring and button lights of the Behringer X-Touch Compact are
    now supported via midi. Unmapped encoder presses fall back to reset
    the encoder.

  • Midi buttons mapped to the reset effect of a slider or combo (either
    directly or via fallback, like the row below the faders of the
    X-Touch Compact) now light up if the current value is not the default.

  • Resetting a combobox that has sub-headers (by double clicking or via
    a shortcut) will now choose the first selectable item.

  • Requests to switch images in the darkroom (via
    space/backspace/filmstrip) used to be quietly ignored if a
    recalculation was currently ongoing. Now, they will be processed as
    soon as the pipe is ready. Any changes that were made to the
    previous image while waiting will be discarded.

  • Manual per-color black point adjustment is now possible for non-CFA
    (a.k.a. linear) raw images. Note that file-embedded levels might
    still not be set automatically on import.

  • The dithering module now also includes posterization modes and
    masking, and is therefore renamed to "dither or posterize" to make
    the new functionality more discoverable.

  • Help buttons have been added to several dialogs and preference tabs
    to allow direct access to the relevant online manual entries.

  • A new version of fimic color science -- v7 (2023) -- has been added
    and is now the default. This version replaces the color preservation
    drop-down with a slider to control the saturation of the highlights.
    This slider is used to control a mixture between the previous "max
    RGB" and "no preservation" modes.

  • It is now possible to import the following additional metadata keys:

    • Iptc.Application2.Byline
    • Iptc.Application2.DateCreated
    • Iptc.Application2.TimeCreated
    • Exif.Image.ImageDescription

  • The shadows and highlights module now uses the bilateral filter by
    default as this avoids the halos common to the previous (Gaussian)
    default.

  • Some new aspect ratios have been added to the framing module:

    • CinemaScope
    • US Letter
    • US Legal
    • Standard print sizes (5x7, 8x10, 11x14)

  • A new tooltip has been added to the edges of sliders with soft
    limits describing how to set values outside those boundaries.

  • When deletion of a physical file (or movement of that file to trash)
    fails, the clarity and usability of the "further action"
    confirmation dialog is now improved.

  • It is now possible to see the current image's embedded ICC profile
    as a tooltip in the input profile module.

  • A warning message is no longer shown when multiple color calibration
    module instances are used with masks. This approach is commonly used
    to handle multiple light sources and is considered to be correct
    usage of the module.

  • It is now possible to calibrate colors using the Spyder Checkr Photo
    color checker in the color calibration module.

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed an issue where the sort order in the top panel was reset to
    'filename' on every collection change.

  • Fixed an issue whereby modules were not always reset to their
    initial state when pressing the reset button. This fix is related to
    the rework of the auto-application of default parameters described
    above.

  • XMP regions (e.g. from camera face recognition) are now properly
    transformed from metadata to ensure they match the image.

  • Fixed some rounding issues in the calculation of the borders in the
    framing module. Borders on opposite sides are now created with the
    same size.

  • Fixed entering a custom aspect ratio in the framing module.

  • Code maintenance and bugfixes have been made for writing dng files
    in the "Create HDR" functionality

  • Fixed some pixelpipe cache issues related to mask visualization and
    internal module histograms (e.g. within RGB curve). This
    ensures a better hit in the cache leading to better performance, and
    also avoids some refresh issues.

  • Fixed calling darktable with --threads n so that it does
    not permit using more OMP threads than are available on the host.

  • The raw chromatic aberrations module has been amended to always use
    the entire image, and so now works correctly at all darkroom zoom
    levels.

  • An issue with setting the active item in a combox having varying
    content using a shortcut (or lua's dt.gui.action) has been
    fixed. It is also now possible to directly set the values of the
    comboboxes for the focused module's blending mode etc. by setting
    the shortcut's effect.

  • The module presets menu has been fixed to allow the currently-used
    preset to be updated in more situations. For example after entering
    the darkroom and modifying some module parameters the "update
    preset" entry was not previously selectable and the user had to
    first select the preset and then update the parameters again.

  • The color picker sample area calculation has been fixed to ensure
    that at least one pixel is always selected. At large zoom levels and
    with a very small area some rounding errors previously could result
    in an empty area selection and therefore an incorrect color sample.

  • The "ignore EXIF rating" import option has been fixed for images
    containing the XMP.xmp.Rating tag. This does not change the rating
    if an XMP file is found with some specific rating already entered.

  • Minor memory leaks have been fixed in some modules.

  • Fixed a possible crash when selecting the original module history
    state and compressing the history stack.

  • Fixed a possible crash in gradient mask creation due to an issue in
    the implemented parallelism.

  • Fixed an issue with the "look for updated XMP files on startup"
    option that caused mismatches to be incorrectly reported every time
    darktable was started up. The fix ensures that the XMP and database
    timestamps are correctly aligned.

  • The placement of the brush correction tool has been fixed in the
    retouch module. This issue was more visible on images that had been
    distorted by other modules earlier in the pipe.

  • Some differences between CPU and OpenCL output have been fixed in
    the PPG and VNG/VNG4 demosaicers, as well as the match greens and
    color smoothing options.

  • The (hidden) final scale module now properly uses the same
    user-defined scaling mode for image and masks.

  • Fixed import of Nikon camera make and model Exif so that opening the
    image in the darkroom is no longer required, and import now also
    works for non-raw files.

  • Fixed an issue where Canon CR3 metadata crop was not being ignored.
    The full visible sensor area (as determined by LibRaw) is now always
    used on new imports.

  • Fixed to give priority to XWayland when using Wayland, since use of
    native Wayland is the cause of many issues in darktable.

  • When using the spot exposure mapping mode, properly reset the mode
    to "correction" when changing image.

  • Fixed a bug where the highlight reconstruction module could be
    enabled on images for which it cannot be used, such as JPEG files.

  • Fixed a border issue in the inpaint opposed highlight reconstruction
    algorithm, whereby some pixels on the border of the image were not
    correctly handled by the algorithm. This may lead to a small
    difference on the border of the image and will avoid some possible
    reddish borders.

  • Fixed an issue in the segmentation highlight reconstruction
    algorithm, whereby the mask display could be broken due to the
    module accessing some uninitialized data.

  • Fixed to avoid writing to an XMP file if it was not requested and
    the image was not altered. This rule is now also properly applied
    when importing RAW + JPEG.

  • Fixed to make sure the database timestamp is always set when an XMP
    sidecar file might be written.

  • A workaround was implemented for the mouse hover effect over sliders
    and dropdowns, which used to cause the whole side panel (including
    the histogram) to be redrawn on each mouse movement between
    widgets. This has been fixed and should result in lower CPU
    consumption.

  • In the rotate and perspective module, if the current rotation is
    close to ±180 degrees, adjusting it by drawing a horizon line with
    right-click+drag could lead to it being clipped at the
    end of the slider. This has been fixed so that the rotation angle
    correctly wraps around when it reaches ±180. A manually-entered
    value outside the range (like 182) will be similarly wrapped (to
    -178).

  • Fixed loading of monochrome images.

  • Fixed the display of tiny circular masks to ensure that the mask is
    always visible.

  • Fixed the loading of the OpenCL library when the required symbols
    are not fully implemented.

  • The imported EXR image size is now set to the extent of the valid
    data window only.

  • Collection sort names are now properly translated in the recent
    collection sort history pop-up.

  • Fixed dual demosaicing options for 4-color Bayer sensor cameras
    where only VNG4 and PassThrough are supported.

  • Fixed to no longer truncate focal length on thumbnails to avoid loss
    of display precision.

  • Fixed a possible crash caused by use of detail masks when switching
    to the darkroom.

  • Fixed feathering masks in lens correction, retouch, liquify,
    and spot removal modules.

  • Fixed some rare cases where masks were not displayed when trying to
    edit them after just starting darktable or changing module group.

  • Fixed slideshow issues on HiDPI displays.

  • Fixed crashes when using raster masks after reordering the pixelpipe.

  • Fixed use of details mask in blown-out parts of the image.

  • Allow adding color patch on 7x7 grid of the color checker module.

  • Feathering input fixed when using distorting modules like retouch
    or lens correction.

  • Fixed a long-standing potential memory bug in the interpolation
    code, though one which never has occurred due to how that code is
    used in darktable.

  • Reworked the metadata editor to prevent possible data loss.

  • Fixed import of auto-applied presets where the upper bound of ISO,
    aperture and exposure could be incorrectly set as the lower bound.

  • Fixed the pin icon update in the collection filters module, which
    could crash darktable when using some specific filter combinations.

  • Fixed the rating toast message not being shown when rating a
    collapsed group of images using a keyboard shortcut.

  • Fixed a possible crash in the astrophoto denoise module when used on
    CPU (not an issue for OpenCL).

  • Fixed some minor issues with the Spyder Checkr 48 (v2 - after 2018)
    reference values.

  • Fixed a possible crash in the Edge-Avoiding a-trous Wavelet when
    handling very small image regions.

  • Properly ignore empty GPX latitude/longitude which would otherwise
    create bogus location coordinates.

  • Fixed saving of position in the collections module's history and
    recent collections module. This fix ensures that activating a
    history entry correctly restores the thumbnail offset to the point
    at which the entry was saved.

  • Fixed to avoid possible unwanted flipping of the selected image when
    entering the print view due to filmstrip thumbnails being updated.

  • Fixed an issue in the crop module, where Shift+dragging on an edge
    only allowed the crop area to be made larger (while maintaining the
    aspect ratio) and could not make it smaller. Previously this feature
    only worked correctly when dragging a corner.

Lua

API Version

  • API version is now 9.1.0

Add action support for Lua

  • The lua call to dt.gui.action is now more flexible, with most
    parameters now being optional. For example you can read the focused
    status of a module with just dt.gui.action("iop/filmicrgb", "focus").

  • Tooltips now show the compact lua commands in mapping mode (only
    adding the last parameter -- instance -- if the module supports
    multi-instance) and have been added to presets and styles menus as
    well.

  • Lua commands can be copied to the clipboard, using Ctrl+v
    in the shortcuts dialog, both from a selected action/shortcut, or
    long right click when in mapping mode (over a widget) or in the
    presets/styles menus.

  • The shown/copied lua command for a slider or combobox will set the
    value it currently has.

  • A shortcut can now be directed to a lua script that mimics a
    standard slider, dropdown or button, but dynamically selects the
    real widget(s) that receive it based on, for example, which module
    is focused or enabled. The advantage is that all fallbacks work as
    normal, so you can assign a midi knob to it and turning it (holding
    shift/ctrl to speed up/down) or pressing it to reset works
    regardless of which widget receives it.

    Basically this is a much more flexible alternative to the fake
    widgets under processing modules/<focused>. This allows owners
    of, for example, an x-touch mini to use their scarce rotors in
    different, fully configurable, ways while working in different
    modules (which can also be focused using midi buttons which will
    then light up).

    Such configurations could be shared using
    https://github.com/darktable-org/lua-scripts. examples/x-touch.lua
    is a working demonstration that can be easily amended.

  • Added support for shortcuts to sliders/combos created in lua, either
    via visual mapping mode or in the shortcuts dialog under the lua
    category. Elements and effects are not supported.

Other Lua changes

  • Added an aspect_ratio field to dt_lua_image_t for image
    orientation retrieval support.

  • dt_lua_image_t now repects the "show time in milliseconds" setting
    in lighttable preferences and will return exif_datetime_taken with
    milliseconds when enabled.

  • Added final_height, final_width, p_height, and p_width
    fields to dt_lua_image_t.

  • Two new properties have been added to get the flags (category,
    private) and the synonyms from a tag.

  • Moved the pixelpipe-processing-complete event from the end of the
    image pixelpipe to the end of the preview pixelpipe to catch
    completion of events that only update the preview, such as spot
    exposure measurement in the exposure module.

Notes

  • When exporting to AVIF, EXR, JPEG XL, or XCF, selecting specific
    metadata (e.g. geo tag or creator) is not currently possible. For
    AVIF, EXR, JPEG XL, and XCF formats, darktable will not include any
    metadata fields unless the user selects all of the checkboxes in the
    export preference options.

  • In order to support the correct display of numbers in darktable, the
    minimum supported Gtk version has had to be increased to
    3.24.15. For people who need to build darktable with an older
    version, this can be achieved by removing line 241 of the
    darktable.css file on your system. See
    #13166.

  • Starting with this release a new support policy regarding macOS
    versions will be in place -- darktable releases will now only
    support those macOS versions that are also supported by Apple.
    Release 4.4 therefore drops support for macOS versions older than
    11.3.

Changed Dependencies

Mandatory

  • None

Optional

  • None

RawSpeed changes

Camera support, compared to 4.2

Base Support

  • Canon PowerShot SX10 IS (dng)
  • Canon PowerShot SX160 IS (dng)
  • Canon PowerShot SX20 IS (dng)
  • Canon PowerShot SX220 HS (dng)
  • Canon PowerShot SX230 HS (dng)
  • Canon PowerShot SX240 HS (dng)
  • Canon PowerShot SX30 IS (dng)
  • Canon PowerShot SX530 HS (dng)
  • Canon PowerShot SX710 HS (dng)
  • Fujifilm FinePix F550EXR
  • Fujifilm X-A7
  • Hasselblad X1D
  • Hasselblad X2D 100C
  • Leica M10 Monochrom (dng)
  • Leica M11 (dng)
  • Leica M11 Monochrom (dng)
  • Leica Q3 (dng)
  • Nikon Z 8 (14bit-compressed)
  • Panasonic DC-GH5M2 (4:3)
  • Panasonic DMC-FZ100 (1:1, 3:2, 16:9)
  • Panasonic DMC-GF8 (4:3, 1:1, 3:2, 16:9)
  • Phase One IQ180
  • Phase One P45
  • Sony ILME-FX30

White Balance Presets

  • Canon PowerShot SX160 IS
  • Fujifilm X-H1
  • Fujifilm X-H2S
  • Fujifilm X-T200
  • Nikon Z 6_2
  • OM System OM-1
  • Pentax K-1 Mark II
  • Ricoh GR IIIx
  • Sony DSC-RX100M7
  • Sony ILCE-7C
  • Sony ILME-FX30
  • Canon EOS R7
  • Canon EOS R10

Noise Profiles

  • Canon PowerShot SX160 IS
  • Nikon Z 6_2
  • Ricoh GR IIIx
  • Sony ILCE-6100
  • Sony ILCE-7M4
  • Sony ILCE-7RM5
  • Sony ZV-E10

Missing Compression Mode Support

  • Apple ProRAW DNGs
  • CinemaDNG lossless (Blackmagic, DJI, etc.)
  • Fujifilm lossy RAFs
  • Nikon high efficiency NEFs
  • Samsung Expert RAW DNGs

Suspended Support

Support for the following cameras is suspended because no samples
are available on raw.pixls.us:

  • Creo/Leaf Aptus 22(LF3779)/Hasselblad H1
  • Fujifilm FinePix S9600fd
  • Fujifilm IS-1
  • GoPro FUSION
  • Kodak EasyShare Z980
  • Leaf Aptus-II 5(LI300059)/Mamiya 645 AFD
  • Leaf Credo 60
  • Leaf Credo 80
  • Minolta DiMAGE 5
  • Olympus SP320
  • Panasonic DMC-FX150
  • Pentax Q10
  • Phase One IQ250
  • Samsung GX10
  • Samsung GX20
  • Samsung EK-GN120
  • Samsung SM-G920F
  • Samsung SM-G935F
  • Sinar Hy6/ Sinarback eXact
  • ST Micro STV680

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