We're proud to announce the new corrective release of darktable, 4.8.1!
The github release is here: https://github.com/darktable-org/darktable/releases/tag/release-4.8.1.
As always, please don't use the autogenerated tarball provided by
github, but only our tar.xz file. The checksums are:
$ sha256sum darktable-4.8.1.tar.xz
901b0e2caed36fb8619fdf4c60edfb8d31134b947d3054b5c66fd55c38af5991 darktable-4.8.1.tar.xz
$ sha256sum darktable-4.8.1-x86_64.dmg (macOS 13.5)
84698315ad23c745cb126b5b695b211781f3e6355924cb9016e36d4c2dc0c6f7 darktable-4.8.1-x86_64.dmg
$ sha256sum darktable-4.8.1-arm64.dmg (macOS 14.0)
1947ffb16f1fcc21d43c7bc7002e79f49fa82ee3d17a76832c11ee6b4d3cad73 darktable-4.8.1-arm64.dmg
$ sha256sum darktable-4.8.1-arm64-13.5.dmg
459e476bd6b48330b5293bee4e135c258070af574bd179e7d9fb7e74acc61d1b darktable-4.8.1-arm64-13.5.dmg
$ sha256sum darktable-4.8.1-win64.exe
a7255eaad0cd36ad4771441ef5ad052d3069a90991de50f9b394a7c235de61e3 darktable-4.8.1-win64.exe
$ sha256sum darktable-4.8.1-x86_64.AppImage
15f12e6e17d01035692608eda7f9d79724ce9956beb43155f07dd40a98ca5617 darktable-4.8.1-x86_64.AppImage
When updating from the stable 4.6 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 4.6.
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 4.8.0:
- 93 commits to darktable+rawspeed
- 26 pull requests handled
- 1 issues closed
Please note that the darktable documentation is not currently complete for release 4.8
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
4.8. Please see the user manual for more details of the individual
changes (where available).
- n/a
Performance Improvements
- n/a
Other Changes
- n/a
Bug Fixes
-
Fixed export without high quality sampling but with up-scaling
activated. -
Fixed support for all vectorscope modes when using CMYK profiles as
for softproofing. -
Fixed empty lighttable when importing from command-line. Now
darktable opens lighttable on first filmroll when importing from
command-line. -
Fixed color picker area resizing using corners when heavy distorting
is applied into image. -
Fixed wrong cropping in rotate and perspective module with strong
rotation and automatic cropping set to "original format". -
Fixed possible color shift (pink) when using the Retouch module with
the embedded lens correction module. -
Fixed histogram display when using a color picker area on a rotated
or flipped image. -
Fixed a crash while using the -d imageio option.
-
Fixed large image exports due to a bug in finalscale module.
-
Fixed failure to load valid JPEG2000 files with unspecified color
space. -
Fixed image jump if collection is empty.
Lua
API Version
- API version is now 9.3.0
Bug Fixes
Add action support for Lua
Other Lua changes
- n/a
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 module's preference options. -
Release 4.8 drops support for macOS versions older than 13.5.
Changed Dependencies
Mandatory
- Minimum libpng version 1.5.x is now required
- Bump Exiv2 requirement to 0.27.2
- Minimum pugixml version 1.5 is now required
- Minimum libcurl version 7.56 is now required
Optional
- n/a
RawSpeed changes
- Fujifilm X-Trans 4 based and newer cameras now use the vendor supplied crop
Camera support, compared to 4.6
Base Support
- Canon EOS R100 (requires LibRaw 202403 and later)
- Canon EOS R50 (requires LibRaw 202403 and later)
- Canon EOS R6 Mark II (requires LibRaw 202403 and later)
- Canon EOS R8 (requires LibRaw 202403 and later)
- Canon EOS Ra (requires LibRaw 202403 and later)
- Fujifilm FinePix S9600fd
- Fujifilm X100VI (compressed)
- GoPro FUSION (DNG)
- Leica SL3 (DNG)
- OM System OM-1 Mark II
- Panasonic DC-TZ95D (4:3)
- Panasonic DMC-FX150 (4:3, 3:2, 16:9)
- Panasonic DMC-FZ28 (3:2)
- Phase One P25+
- Phase One P45+
- Ricoh GR III HDF (DNG)
- Ricoh GR IIIx HDF (DNG)
- Sony ILCE-9M3
- Sony UMC-R10C
White Balance Presets
- Canon EOS R6 Mark II (requires LibRaw 202403 and later)
- Fujifilm X-H2
- OM System OM-1 Mark II
- OM System OM-5
Noise Profiles
- Canon EOS R6 Mark II (requires LibRaw 202403 and later)
- Fujifilm GFX 50R
- OM System OM-1 Mark II
- OM System OM-5
- Phase One IQ180
- Sony ILCE-9M3
- Sony ZV-1
Missing Compression Mode Support
- Apple ProRAW DNGs
- CinemaDNG lossless (Blackmagic, some DJI, etc.) and lossy (Blackmagic)
- DNG 1.7 using JPEG XL (Adobe enhanced, Samsung Expert RAW)
- Fujifilm lossy RAFs
- Nikon high efficiency NEFs
- OM System 14-bit high resolution ORFs
- Sony downsized lossless ARWs ("M" for full-frame, "S" for full-frame & APS-C)
Suspended Support
Support for the following cameras is suspended because no samples are available on https://raw.pixls.us:
- Creo/Leaf Aptus 22(LF3779)/Hasselblad H1
- Fujifilm IS-1
- Kodak EasyShare Z980
- Leaf Aptus-II 5(LI300059)/Mamiya 645 AFD
- Leaf Credo 60
- Leaf Credo 80
- Minolta DiMAGE 5
- Olympus SP320
- Phase One IQ250
- Sinar Hy6/ Sinarback eXact
- ST Micro STV680
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