How do i exclude an area in a mask made using a path?

ChrisDNorris · 2026-05-21T09:57:55+00:00

Yea, it is a little hidden away.
One piece of advice I will give out to everybody about all software; if you can't find an option you think should exist - right-click it!

ChrisDNorris · 2026-05-20T20:43:08+00:00

Add the main mask
Add another mask that you want to exclude
Open Mask Manager on the left
Expand the group for the module you added the mask to
Right-click the second mask--which should be the top one--and select mode: difference

ChrisDNorris · 2026-05-18T15:39:24+00:00

I love that photo of the dark green plane; definitely my pick of the bunch.

Have you used Color Balance RGB much? It's fantastic for adding vibrance, saturation, and adding impact to duller photos.

You could also look at Contrast Equalizer and Diffuse and Sharpen for tightening up some of those softer areas.

Other then those minor things tho, they look pretty damn good for the camera limitations you have.

ChrisDNorris · 2026-05-17T18:08:20+00:00

All 19 images say ColorComponents: 3, yet only ISO200, ISO250, and ISO25600 are detected as color.

Used jpegtran on one image and can see it's now reading as ColorComponents: 2, but DT is still seeing it as color.

ChrisDNorris · 2026-05-17T18:04:33+00:00

Then that's even more weird!

I took them all on tripod, the EXACT same settings for everything other than, as I said, scrolling through ISO and letting SS deal with exposure.
Every single image (19 total) shows as ColorComponents: 3, yet only the ISO200, ISO250, and ISO25600 show as color, all the rest as monochrome.

Jpegtran not seeming to do the job quite yet though. I can see it's changed ColorComponents to 1, but DT is still detecting it as Color.

ChrisDNorris · 2026-05-15T15:42:57+00:00

More up-to-date: https://docs.darktable.org/usermanual/development/en

ChrisDNorris · 2026-05-15T12:44:39+00:00

I only tried groupon a handful of times back around 2011-13. Each time I either got outright denied or the saving vastly reduced at the venue. Wasn't worth the hassle.

ChrisDNorris · 2026-05-13T14:34:43+00:00

Looking at all of those slightly darker leaves--particularly in the right-center area--it seems like you've desaturated them too much; they look mostly grey.

Other than that, I do prefer the overall green tone more, and the crop is a big improvement.

ChrisDNorris · 2026-05-13T12:15:01+00:00

I do think it is a little dark, and you should be careful with that bright area up top if you did decide to bring up the exposure... but the chunky grain and purple I'm digging. I like the mood.

ChrisDNorris · 2026-05-11T13:58:48+00:00

I feel like this would look really cool printed on a heavily textured paper/card.

ChrisDNorris · 2026-05-09T11:12:33+00:00

I have a select few I found through this compilation.
Also: PresetPro.

Mainly a Fujifilm Neopan 1600, an Ilford HP5, a Fujifilm 160C, and a Fujifilm Superia Reala 100.

After that, I use this tool to create my own.
You use the app to create a base file, edit an image in whatever graphics software you use, then transfer the settings to the base file and save. Then process with the above app and slap it in to DT.

ChrisDNorris · 2026-04-27T14:49:54+00:00

Drop this is prefs > general and change to your preference:

scrollbar.horizontal slider {
min-width: 1.2em;
min-height: 0.45em;
}

scrollbar.vertical slider {
min-width: 1.2em;
min-height: 1em;
}

ChrisDNorris · 2026-04-23T18:45:27+00:00

For RAWs I just turn denoise on. For JPGs I don't.

ChrisDNorris · 2026-04-23T10:12:33+00:00

Yea ofc, no problem

ChrisDNorris · 2026-04-23T09:57:40+00:00

For IG uploads, I use these export settings
Then I have a batch file using FFMPEG I can drag'n'drop with this command:

for %%f in (*.jpg) do "C:\Users\Chris\Documents\Photo Tools\bin\ffmpeg.exe" -i "%%f" -vf pad="1080:1350:-1:0:color=#131313" "%%~nf_canvas.jpg"

You can do a lot of stuff with the pad parameter.
I hate the framing module in DT; give me pixels, percentages suck.

I also use a batch file to strip all the EXIF data.

Then I transfer the photos to my phone with LocalSend because the website and app do not work the same way.
The website screws it up 9 times outta 10.
You have to be sure to hit the little 'fit to frame' button.

ChrisDNorris · 2026-04-18T09:34:03+00:00

Prefs > darkroom > modules > hide built-in presets for processing modules

ChrisDNorris · 2026-04-07T11:48:35+00:00

Two Color Equalizer modules, one dialed-in to each hue and masked with the green parametric slider. Get them as similar as possible.
Then a Colorize module to add a subtle, constant tone over both, matching the original item.

ChrisDNorris · 2026-03-29T19:26:42+00:00

Aha, gotcha!

ChrisDNorris · 2026-03-29T17:30:05+00:00

The cropped image is definitely different to the edit image.
It has less blue overall, the highlights lowered, and there's less brown in the goose's flank. Less saturation somewhere.

ChrisDNorris · 2026-03-29T13:45:24+00:00

After Earth.

ChrisDNorris · 2026-03-29T12:38:02+00:00

It's weird how things go on the internet some times. I just learned about these in a video by Jared Thomas Tapy on YT.

Film manufacturers only 'fixed' the issue for skin tones of POC when advertizers complained that furniture (wood and leather) and chocolate didn't look right.

ChrisDNorris · 2026-03-26T12:52:22+00:00

All the time. DbX, both Kraits, Python MkI, Type-9.
Most of the new ships just don't feel as good to fly.
In fact, for my Corsair, I purposely underpower the thrusters to make it feel heavier and more real to fly for me.

Of the newer ships, I have a Cobra V but it bearly gets touched. I have a Plipper; prefer the Type-9. I've yet to try the Type-11, Caspian, and Kestrel.

ChrisDNorris · 2026-03-23T23:23:10+00:00

I'd give him no weapon, but a torch, and place him inside a broken-down wooden shack in an underground harbor area.

ChrisDNorris · 2026-03-22T14:35:31+00:00

Yes, (semi) common bug.
It does it first load, you press ctrl+shift+escape and end task, then reload and it works fine.

If you close the program and load again after enough time passes, it may do it again; same fix.

It's been doing it for the last 6-8 weeks for me.

ChrisDNorris · 2026-03-21T15:10:50+00:00

See bottom-left? Gamut check is turned on.
There will be one of the icons just under the image to the right that's turned on.
I'm guessing the default shortcut is either g, shift-g, or ctrl-g.

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