No no, ogres are like onions.

Well I’m glad that helps! I enjoy this stuff.

The histogram is neat, I used to just look for “lump in the middle = good exposure” but there are so many other way to make use of it.

There’s a panel that I think is present by default in RawTherapee, in the upper left corner, that shows a histogram, and when you hover your mouse over your photo, it has a sort of gauge across the bottom that marks where the pixel under your mouse is at. This can be helpful with determining which bit you want to target with adjustments.

There’s also a neat way I’ve found to get the most out of some images…in the curves panel, starting from the bottom/left/black, make the curve climb steeply where the histogram spikes, and then level off a bit (not totally level, but less steep) where the histogram dips. This seems to give more apparent contrast, without pushing the highlights or shadows too far apart. I hope that makes sense. It’ll take some trial and error but might give you something like what you were getting in Lightroom, with shadows and highlights both near “correct” exposure, but avoiding washed out and dull.

Hmm, unfortunately I don’t have any good recommendations. I’ve just tinkered with it until stuff I like happens, and it’s been so long since I used Lightroom I can’t speak to specific differences.

With the contrast example it sounds like maybe the RT/DT tools are more literal, and Lightroom is more “smart” perhaps? I usually use the curves panel for this sort of thing, like if I want to bring down some highlights, I’ll find whereabouts they are on the histogram and target that area specifically. If I want a lower-contrast image in general I may compensate for some dullness with the local contrast and saturation tools, or if it’s the common scenario of a washed out sky, I’ll probably use a graduated filter to darken the sky without messing with the foreground.

I’m just guessing though, so I don’t know if this is helpful at all.

It’s fucking wild how many people simply won’t consider not supporting genocide.

Terrible name for SEO but sounds cool! 🤪

It sounds like it might be closer to a 1:1 replacement for Lightroom than Raw therapee. (I haven’t installed it, I’m just reading the description. https://art.pixls.us/)

I actually do have Linux installed on a spare drive. I haven’t booted it up for a bit, but I’ve started getting used to how stuff works. I should boot it up again.

Have you tried raw therapee? At least for what I do I find it to be an excellent Lightroom replacement.

The only hurdle here is design software. I use Affinity mostly and it’s great, but they don’t have Linux apps. I did manage to get Affinity Designer running with Wine at one point, but it wasn’t particularly stable.

Also you can use adguard DNS on your phone to block many in-app ads.

I feel good about cancelling my 365 subscription, and I will continue to feel good about switching to Linux when windows 10 hits end of life. Not giving this company another dime.

Anywhere but here. Wouldn’t want to jeopardize the many billions in contracts that the muskrat’s companies have with the department of defense.

What do you think these companies were freely competing for? It’s profits. It has always been profits.

Cartels and monopolies are what happens when you have “free competition” for a bit, and then someone “wins” the competition.

The Leopards Eating Faces party is a real thing, guys.

The current israeli state is the anti-semite’s greatest ally.

It looks like it’s relative to the 2004-2013 average, actually. Note the years listed at the bottom.

If voting could dethrone the wealthy, they wouldn’t let us do it.

You’re so much more aware of your surroundings when walking or biking.

It’s funny how much more favorable the comments are on this compared donnie’s original comments.

Canadians on joining the US: “oh hell no!”

Americans on joining Canada: “me too please!”

Greenland, even though Denmark is blue.