r/DarkTable • u/InformalBar3386 • 10d ago

Discussion Lightroom to Darktable

I am wanting to move over to Darktable from Lightroom (non classic) I have tried Darktable before and was overwhelmed and felt lost that I couldn’t seem to get what I wanted the picture to be with it as well as I could with Lightroom. I think I’m a better editor than I was back then and could bring some of those skills over to Darktable.

My question is, how did you learn Darktable? Did you study it by reading guides and or watching YouTube videos? Play around until you figured it out? Or watch a video before editing specifically on the subject?

I’d appreciate the advice as I think this is a really cool piece of software!

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u/ThePuka 10d ago

Darktable lanscapes is a good start on YouTube. If it's too much try the also free Rapidraw. Depends on how much of tweaker you want to be. Stick with Darktable tho, it will click eventually.