14 DAY TRIAL // The open-source and cross-platform darktable RAW image editor was updated to version 2.4.4, a release that introduces two new features, improved camera support, and lots of bug fixes.
The most prominent new features in darktable 2.4.4 are an all-new 50% zoom option that was implemented in the darkroom mode to the navigation drop-down and the ability to set the radius when (de)selecting lines in the perspective correction feature. It also updates the German and Russian language translations.
Additionally, darktable 2.4.4 adds white balance presets for the Sony a6500 Alpha mirrorless digital camera (Sony ILCE-6500), as well as noise profiles for the Canon EOS 800D, Canon EOS Kiss X9i, Canon EOS Rebel T7i, Nikon COOLPIX B700, Nikon D5600, and Olympus TG-5 digital camera.
Bug fixes and improvements
Apart from the new features mentioned above, darktable 2.4.4 addresses numerous issues, improving things like tiled processing in the haze removal tool and tooltip's alignment in the lens correction tool, but also to allow for the strength slider to be reset to 120% when double-clicked in the local contrast tool.
Furthermore, the perspective correction tool has been improved to take the aspect parameter into account when assessing on neutral settings, darktable now drops unused clone masks when loading XMP files and removes all sub masks when clearing the cloning masks. An out-of-bounds memory access bug was patched as well.
Other noteworthy changes include OpenCL improvements, better Windows installation, better selection of drives in the import dialog on Windows systems, and an updated macOS package. Check out the entire changelog below and download darktable 2.4.4 for GNU/Linux, macOS, and Microsoft Windows right now from our web portal or from the official website to update your installations.