

Masks get another tweak in this release, which makes them completely WYSIWYG. This is particularly useful in scenes with shallow depth of field, allowing you to easily mask the sharp parts of the image to either apply effects to them, or hold back effects so they don't apply to them. The ability to mix hand-drawn masks with parametric masks (which used to be called "conditional blending") allows for almost unlimited retouching power.ĭarktable 3.6 adds yet another option to the masking mix: the ability to create an opacity mask based on the sharpness of the image. Darktable has always excelled at masking, meaning selecting, hiding and showing various areas of an image so you can alter and edit them in a non-destructive way.
