{"id":181334,"date":"2025-08-06T07:56:01","date_gmt":"2025-08-06T07:56:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/linuxiac.com\/?p=181334"},"modified":"2025-08-06T08:19:54","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T08:19:54","slug":"darktable-5-2-1-raw-photo-editing-tool-released","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/linuxiac.com\/darktable-5-2-1-raw-photo-editing-tool-released\/","title":{"rendered":"Darktable 5.2.1 RAW Photo Editing Tool Released"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Darktable, the powerful open-source photography tool, has officially released version 5.2.1, the latest bug-fix update to this popular RAW editing software, addressing 11 specific issues since <a href=\"https:\/\/linuxiac.com\/darktable-5-2-raw-photo-editing-tool-released\/\">version 5.2.0<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the handy UI tweaks includes better handling of multi-monitor setups. Darktable now smartly resets the window position if it can&#8217;t place the app exactly where you last left it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Plus, for those of you working with GPS tracks, the update adds a busy cursor during track preview generation and a convenient progress bar when applying positions to images.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bug fixes include resolving compilation errors when OpenMP is disabled and ironing out issues with OpenCL in the raster mask module for non-raw images.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Windows users will particularly appreciate the fix for external raster masks that couldn&#8217;t handle filenames with Unicode characters. Additionally, older Canon cameras (we\u2019re talking really vintage, 20-year-old models) had trouble with raw files bearing a .tiff extension\u2014this update sets that right again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There&#8217;s also good news for anyone dealing with Paletted TIFF files: previously, color information was getting lost. Now, these files will be correctly handled via the GraphicsMagick\/ImageMagick fallback loader.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the Lua scripting front, darktable bumped up the Lua API version to 9.5 and added the ability to apply sidecar files directly from scripts, making scripting workflows smoother.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/linuxiac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/darktable521-app.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"671\" src=\"https:\/\/linuxiac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/darktable521-app-1024x671.jpg\" alt=\"Darktable 5.2.1 RAW Photo Editing Tool\" class=\"wp-image-181352\" srcset=\"https:\/\/linuxiac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/darktable521-app-1024x671.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/linuxiac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/darktable521-app-380x249.jpg 380w, https:\/\/linuxiac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/darktable521-app-768x503.jpg 768w, https:\/\/linuxiac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/darktable521-app-1536x1006.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/linuxiac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/darktable521-app-870x570.jpg 870w, https:\/\/linuxiac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/darktable521-app.jpg 1791w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Darktable 5.2.1 RAW Photo Editing Tool<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Camera support has improved too, adding base support for models like Nikon D200, D5300, Panasonic DC-GH7, Pentax K-r, and Samsung GX-1L. The developers also fine-tuned the white balance presets for cameras such as Fujifilm GFX 100 and Nikon Z50_2, alongside improved noise profiles for Fujifilm GFX100S II, Panasonic DC-S5M2X, and Pentax *ist D.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lastly, keep in mind that some camera support has been temporarily suspended due to a lack of available raw samples. Those include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Creo\/Leaf Aptus 22(LF3779)\/Hasselblad H1<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fujifilm IS-1<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Kodak EasyShare Z980<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Leaf Aptus-II 5(LI300059)\/Mamiya 645 AFD<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Leaf Credo 60<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Leaf Credo 80<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Olympus SP320<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Phase One IQ250<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ST Micro STV680<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information, see the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.darktable.org\/2025\/08\/darktable-5.2.1-released\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">announcement<\/a>. The full changelog is <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/darktable-org\/darktable\/releases\/tag\/release-5.2.1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>. The app is available for Windows, macOS, and Linux. Linux users can download and install it as a distro-agnostic AppImage or Flatpak.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Darktable 5.2.1, an open-source raw photo editing tool, is out with bug fixes, improved multi-monitor support, and better raw file handling.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":181337,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,5],"tags":[4078,2688],"class_list":["post-181334","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-software","category-news","tag-darktable","tag-photography"],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/linuxiac.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181334","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/linuxiac.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/linuxiac.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linuxiac.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linuxiac.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=181334"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/linuxiac.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181334\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linuxiac.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/181337"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/linuxiac.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=181334"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linuxiac.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=181334"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linuxiac.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=181334"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}