I Got Called Out - White Balance VS Color Calibration in darktable (4.2)

Should you use the white balance module for basic color correction in darktable, or move to the newer color calibration module in darktable? I might have been wrong!

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[bernym]

Kudos to you for admitting your mistake. the cc module is both very complex and very powerful. It's well worth the time spent getting familiar with it. It also replaces the old channel mixer and the grey tab does a fabulous monochrome conversion.
However, I agree that new, inexperienced users may well be more comfortable with the wb module. Thanks for taking time to make the video.

[franklinaguilarmatos]

Hi Dylan, as I told you in the previous message, your videos are excellent for users who are just starting to learn about darktable. Thanks for taking note and for the idea of making a more complete video about the differences between the white balance module and the color calibration module, I'm sure many of us will like it as much as the enjoyable videos you have made. On Pixls there is a large community of darktable users, both beginners and professionals, as well as many of the developers of this fantastic application. Keep on! Thumbs up.
Greetings from Habana, Cuba.

[rafaelcastroribeiroluz]

Thank you for sharing, you have helped me a lot with your videos, they are simple and explanatory. I hope you can give more tips with practical examples that you can do in your photos. I am from Brazil. Following your channel, thanks!!

[antonvoloshin]

Honestly, after fiddling with DT for couple of year I came to a conclusion - the simpler the better. Al this very finicky tools like Color calibration or filmic rgb are very fascinating from pure technical standpoint, in the end of the day what matters is what gives you good and predictable result, so I ended up with White balance for white balancing and Base curve as a tone mapping tool.

[BasedMando]

I agree with these guys in 8:24

There was definitely something weird going on with the sound, some sort of crackling. Happy to see you fixed it in this video.

Anyway both this and that video are awesome, thank you for sharing this knowledge with us. Much better that swimming through white paper manuals written by tech nerds!

thank you, Dylan! I'm glad to see you addressing the needs of new users because indeed, darktable has a steep learning curve.
for inspiration on the use of colour calibration module, you could have a look at the video's of Boris Hajdukovic. kind regards, björn

[PutriAyusha]

Thank you, Dylan! I love your videos! It's been a help for a new user like me. I'm looking forward to your next video tutorial on Color Calibration. 🙂🙃

[cayetancheshlar]

I'm just gettin started with darkroom and you helpin a lot, thanks

[triplewinlin]

You and your videos have been so helpful to me, so thank you!

[tntakulus]

I love your videos, but could you tell your cat to play his one-cat-band set outside? 😂

[Slave-Of-Christ]

Good stuff! Hope you're doing well man.

[cayetancheshlar]

you could do a videos where you just editing a pic, no talking with some music in background and maybe even a speed up like 2 min videos with just the process of editing. i'd like to watch a series like this

[jfonsecaesilva]

DT isn't a free alternative to LR. it's a different beast... it's much more in depth and with much more options for developing your photo...
and also, DT isnt for beginners. beginners are better off with LR or other Free alternatives more driven towards beginners that don't want to dive deep into all the tools DT offers you

[dannygaming]

There are few other facts worth to mention, like CC can be applied multiple times (instances) and with masking, is later in the pipeline ...

[thefirstalan]

This video has an excellent thumbnail!

[MiguelRamos-uptf]

I noticed and didn't say anything. I just kept looking at which darktable version you were using and how come your defaults were strange. You can use the color calibration module just as easily, just ignore the other options. Actually, if you keep using whitebalance you will confuse beginners who don't know they need to bypass color calibration and will see the error "why do i get this message and he doesn't". Bypass is not the default

[ASHISH_KR_DUTTA]

If they start making Darktable a bit more stupid people friendly software for people like myself, no one will be going for any subscription.

[petevonschondorf]

if some slider is obsolete then get rid of it?