Another darktable text tutorial! I know darktable has a reputation for being intimidating, but it’s really powerful software and you can get a lot done with very few modules.
Another darktable text tutorial! I know darktable has a reputation for being intimidating, but it’s really powerful software and you can get a lot done with very few modules.
Very lovely, thank you for your awesome guide! I wanna see way more of those kinds, very helpful and straight to the point.
I already developed this exact style by accident and I’m using it most of the time for my pics.
I have a 1/4 or 1/2 black mist filter strapped on and do following post-processing steps:
Here are a few recent examples:
![DSC06126](https://feddit.de/pictrs/image/11bc666c-0618-4242-8e73-da8b8d148624.jpeg)
Thanks for sharing your steps! How do you decide if you should increase or decrease the strongest color?
Depends on the mood I want to archive.
If it should look a bit dreamy or special, then I increase the blue of the sky/ the orange of a sunset/ the tone of the subject for example. See photo 1 and 2.
Normally, I don’t amplify specific colours by default, because I have a CVD and then the pic looks very artificial. It’s more of a special style element that’s used when needed, but not otherwise.
If I want to let the viewer to look at the “contrast”, which I already decreased by a lot, to let patterns or objects pop out more, or give the pic a “depressing” mood, then I decrease the brilliance of one tone. See photo 2
Picture 1: It still looks “wintery and sad”, but the green of the twig is amplified. If the greens wouldn’t be re-compensated, the whole pic would almost be black and white.
![1000013077](https://feddit.de/pictrs/image/fb267817-1cf2-4c3b-aea5-23d66c6d6fee.jpeg)
Pic 2: here I increased the purples a bit and amplified the shadows to fetch the mood and focus of the sunrise
![DSC06116](https://feddit.de/pictrs/image/02e10a6e-1eb1-4e7f-a99d-bebe9363f1a6.jpeg)
Picture 3: still not much contrast, but the almost black&white-look and increased shadows put the focus onto the ice crystals instead of the interior of the barn.
![DSC05536](https://feddit.de/pictrs/image/4bccafd3-d4d4-47a5-9e36-35c5b313c61b.jpeg)
In that way, I can artificially set more contrast, even if I reduced it before.