![]() ![]() Darktable, in contrast, is all about “analytical” editing, where tools are as orthogonal and simple as possible. It provides easy tools that do many things at once towards a common goal. It goes all-in on “intuitive” tools such as the “mystic” slider. Luminar is perhaps the antithesis of Darktable. ![]() Most goals can be accomplished with most software if you know your way around them. The time required to achieve a pleasing resultĪfter having played with way too many raw developers for way too much time, there are only a few areas where the technical quality of a raw processor actually makes a difference.It would be interesting to compare Darktable’s scene-referred workflow to Luminar AI in terms of: It’s a personal choice, nothing more, nothing less. ![]() But I’m also perfectly aware that others won’t find the transition a happy one. I made my decision to move away from Adobe and couldn’t be happier. Each piece of software will have its specific types of users and fans. After that, there’s no real “winner” regardless of the points the reviewer awards to Lr or darktable. The answer to whether darktable can replace Lightroom is obvious: sure, it can. Especially because there’s no real onboarding for darktable so that’s a lot of manual reading and research needed before you know what you’re doing. It takes weeks or more often months of regular use before you start to get really comfortable with such a complex piece of software and to start appreciating (or not) all its strengths and features. I’m always really suspicious of these kinds of articles because I find it hard to believe that the reviewer has or will spend enough time with the software before writing their review. He addresses that (darktable = freeware) in the comments as trying to appeal to more readers, but yes, agreed, not good. ![]()
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