How can I mimic Lightroom's publish service in darktable?
Asked 5/24/2021
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In Lightroom, a publish service can remember export settings and only re-export new or changed photos in a collection. I’m looking for a similar workflow in darktable.
Right now I can export a whole collection to disk and then sync it elsewhere, but if I add a few new photos to a large collection, darktable re-exports everything. Is there a way in darktable to save export settings and avoid re-exporting files that already exist?
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Darktable allows styles for the export module. Among other settings a style will store the chosen behavior when an image with the same name exists in the destination directory. The options are to create a new file with unique name, overwrite the existing file, or skip exporting the file.
Skipping the export seems like the option you probably want to select for a new style in the export module. The new style can also save a dedicated file system location, if that is also part of your workflow.
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Darktable doesn’t have a direct equivalent to Lightroom’s publish service based on the answers provided, but you can get part of the workflow by using an export preset/style.
In the export module, save your preferred export settings, including the destination folder. One important option is how darktable handles files that already exist in the target location:
- create a unique filename
- overwrite
- skip
For a publish-like workflow, choose skip. Then when you export again, darktable can avoid exporting files that are already present in the destination directory, while still exporting newly added images.
This won’t fully track collection membership and edited-state the same way Lightroom publish services do, but it can reduce unnecessary re-exports for a repeated export-to-folder workflow.
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