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8.4. Darkroom

pen pressure control for brush masks

Controls how the pressure reading of a graphics tablet impacts newly generated brush strokes (see Section 3.2.5.5, “Drawn mask”). You can control the brush width, its hardness and its opacity. Absolute control means that the pressure reading directly defines the attribute with a value between 0% and 100%. Relative means that the pressure reading adjusts the attribute between zero and the pre-defined default value (default off).

smoothing of brush strokes

Sets the level for smoothing of brush strokes. Stronger smoothing leads to less nodes and easier editing at the expense of lower accuracy.

display of individual color channels

Controls how individual color channels are displayed when activated in the parametric masks feature. You can choose between false color and grey scale (default false color).

pattern for the image infos line

Defines pattern for the image infos line in darkroom. See Section 8.2.2, “session options” for available values.

position of the image info line

Controls in which panel we display the image info line. You can choose between top left top right top center bottom and hidden (default bottom).

expand a single darkroom module at a time

Controls how darkroom modules are expanded. If this option is enabled, expanding a module by clicking collapses any other currently expanded module. If you want to expand a module without collapsing the others you do so with Shift+click. Disabling this option inverts the meaning of click and Shift+click (default on).

only collapse modules in current group

When choosing to expand a single darkroom module at a time (using the logic defined in the previous setting), only collapse other modules in the current visible group. Disable this option to ensure that modules in non-visible groups are also collapsed (default on).

expand the module when it is activated, and collapse it when disabled

This option allows to expand or collapse automatically modules when they are enabled or disabled. (default off)

scroll to darkroom modules when expanded/collapsed

With this option enabled the darkroom side panel will scroll a module to the top when it is expanded or collapsed (default on).

border around image in darkroom mode

Process the image in darkroom mode with a small border of the given number of pixels (default 20).

show scrollbars for central view

Defines whether scrollbars should be display in central view.

demosaicing for zoomed out darkroom mode

Interpolation when not viewing 1:1 in darkroom mode: always bilinear (fast) is fastest, but not as sharp. at most ppg (reasonable) is using ppg + interpolation modes specified below, full (possibly slow) will use exactly the settings for full-size export (default at most ppg (reasonable)).

reduce resolution of preview image

This reduces the resolution of the preview window at the upper-left of the screen. Consequently, calculations for re-drawing this window are reduced to 1/4, 1/9 or 1/16 of the main window. Sometimes coordinates for handles are borrowed from the preview, so it may rarely be useful to return to full scale.

white balance slider colors

Select one of the mode (effect emulation or illuminant color) for the white balance slider controls or no color at all.

colorbalance slider block layout

One of the layout for the colorbalance controls. A vertical list, a tabulated or columned view.

show right-side buttons in darkroom module headers

Choose whether to show the three buttons on the right-hand side of the module headers. The buttons for multi-instance, reset and presets, will always appear when the mouse is on the module itself. At other times, they can be hidden in various situations; especially when a narrow panel width would otherwise make the module name hard to read. Independent of panel width or name length; always (show), active (hide), dim (show dimmed). Narrow panel: auto, fade (gruadually dim) Long name: fit, smooth (gradually dim), glide (dim individual buttons)