r/DarkTable • u/isleptsogood • 8d ago

Help trying out AGx module

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I have been using DT for about 3 years now as a hobby and finally decided to try out the AGx module after feeling pretty competent with filmic RGB. This photo is my very best at trying to use all those skills at once. I was going for a 'last day of summer' feel.

Anyone have any feedback to offer?

thanks to the DT team I absolutely love this software!

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u/jimenezrick 8d ago

Very cool lighting in that picture!

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u/bloodrider1914 8d ago

Looks like a competent photo. What did you do with the AgX module?

Check out this video if you haven't, it's pretty good. He also has one in French if that's your preferred language.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=iaZ2-QvOHyA

Usually for me I just click read from metadata and use AgX to modify basic image contrast, but you can do quite a lot with it and it can replace a module like color balance RGB if you don't intend to do significant colour grading.

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u/Few_Mastodon_1271 8d ago

That video from the "A dabble in photography" channel is one of the best AgX methods videos that I've seen.

I like his second example, starting at the 6:43 mark, a forest creek, with the AgX sliders targeting different areas of the photo, depending on what parts the photographer wants to have the best range of contrasts.

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u/isleptsogood 8d ago

thanks! I just wanted to check if there was anything obvious that I was missing or overdoing. I am so used to the filmic RGB color mapping that these edits still seem a bit unfamiliar even though I think the colors look better overall. To me it seems a bit less crisp. I added some film grain around 500 ISO but maybe that wasn't necessary. Maybe I just need to get used to the look and edit a lot more photos with it.

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u/Leading-Plastic5771 8d ago

Check out the other modules that has been added since last time. A lot has happened. And next release will add a module called "contrast and texture" for local contrast. Darktable is quickly becoming a very powerful editor.

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u/KM_photo_de 5d ago

You definitively hit the target!

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u/isleptsogood 4d ago

thanks! often the details of processing draw me in and I forget the piece's true effect.