pixelpipe and makes it possible to use cropped parts of the image for source spots in the retouch module, for example. This new module has been added late in the This allows you to hide parts of the image by adding a blur/pixelization. This can be used as a one stop module for all color grading work. A new Color Balance RGB module has been added. This makes the editing of masks easier fully WYSIWYG.
now be pre-visualized and moved prior to placement, with full deformation applied. This previously led to, for example, circles becoming ellipses (due to lens distortion) after being placed on the image. Drawn shapes are drawn on the original RAW image and then distorted through the pixelpipe.
This uses a similar algorithm to that used in dual demosaic. You can now create an opacity mask based on the sharpness of the image. This allows you to use an algorithm better resolving fine detail and another one delivering smoother output depending on local image content. Support for "dual demosaic" has also been added, allowing you to combine "RCD + VNG4" and "AMaZE + VNG4" for bayer sensors, for xtrans sensors there is "Markesteijn 3-pass + VNG". the order of the demosaic algorithms has also been adjusted for clarity. A new default demosaic algorithm (RCD) has been introduced, which should provide better quality than the current default (PPG) without the long run-times of AMaZE. A vector-scope is added to complement the current histogram, waveform and parade views. Importing from a local drive won't use gphoto and so should work more reliably on Windows.
When importing "in-place", images that are already present in darktable are flagged and can be automatically excluded from the import. The same dialog is now used for importing from disk, card or camera. The new module allows you to see thumbnails of your images before import and makes it easier to handle multiple import tasks.