Darktable – A Look At AI And General Masking

Yesterdays article got me some amazing feedback, some of which was asking me why I did not think that Darktables AI masking was not in the same league as other software. Today we will look at the AI masking in Darktable, as well as its masking in general. Firstly, before we begin, you will needContinue reading “Darktable – A Look At AI And General Masking”

Why I’ve stopped using Darktable and use RapidRaw.

Long time readers of this website know that I have been quite the advocate for Darktable over the last decade or more. Darktable is free and open source software that is considerably more powerful than a free photo editing program should be. It is something I have relied on for my “me” images (i.e,  notContinue reading “Why I’ve stopped using Darktable and use RapidRaw.”

A Waterfall, Some Monochrome, A Squirrel And Birds

Today was a beautiful spring day, I popped out for a short while, with the Nikon Z6ii and the Z24-70mm and Tamron Z150-500mm lenses and took a photo or two of a waterfall, a squirrel and some birds. It was at Penllagaer Woodlands, and it was a lot of fun! The monochrome. A couple ofContinue reading “A Waterfall, Some Monochrome, A Squirrel And Birds”

Your Choice: Free Photo Editors To Replace Adobe In 2025

Who does not love a bargain? And with the prices of Adobe and other software rising constantly, it is nice to know that there is perfectly capable editing software out there that will be useful to most people, most of the time! Although you would have heard of many of these before, many of themContinue reading “Your Choice: Free Photo Editors To Replace Adobe In 2025”

10 Frames – A Beach Walk In Autumn

Originally my plan was to pop down the beach with my youngest and test out the HEIF format for taking images. I did that, but I need to analyse the files and get the codecs sorted out first before I go into more depth about what the files are and what they can be usedContinue reading “10 Frames – A Beach Walk In Autumn”