How do I make a specific darktable basecurve preset auto-apply for my camera?
Asked 1/22/2017
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In darktable, the basecurve module is auto-applied to my RAW files, but it chooses a generic preset (for example, "canon eos like") instead of the camera-specific one (such as "Canon EOS 6D").
How can I make darktable automatically use the camera-specific basecurve preset by default? I’m especially interested in whether this can be set in older versions like 2.0.x, and whether built-in presets can be changed directly.
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In the current version of darktable (2.2.1) you can open settings > "core options" and select "auto-apply per camera basecurve presets". In previous versions, you can just create a preset using that curve and set it to auto-apply. The built-in presets are read-only, so you can't change the auto-apply status of those in the settings.
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In newer darktable versions (for example 2.2.1), check Settings > Core options and enable the option to auto-apply per-camera basecurve presets.
In older versions like 2.0.x, the built-in presets are read-only, so you generally can’t directly change their auto-apply behavior in the preset list. Instead, select the basecurve preset you want in the module and try the preset menu option “use preset as default.”
If that doesn’t work, the usual workaround is to create your own preset based on that curve and set your custom preset to auto-apply for that camera. That avoids having to modify the built-in preset entries.
So, in short:
- newer versions: use the per-camera auto-apply setting
- older versions: set the desired preset as default, or create a custom auto-applied preset
- built-in presets themselves usually aren’t editable
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