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Color adjustment for 100 jpg files: Fast workflow for save+next

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I want to do manual color adjustment for 100 jpg files.

The workflow I use at the moment works like this:

open first jpg in gimp.

do manual color adjustment. Either "auto" or "curves"

save jpg (overwrite)

load next jpg

The above workflow is slow. A lot of time gets wasted by loading and saving.

I want to do a manual correction of each photo. This question is not about batch processing.

I want the switching (save current, go to next) to be fast as using a flipbook.

I am not married with gimp. Any tool that can do color adjustment via curves would fit.

Any hint how to do this?

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answered 3 Years ago cisccla · Accepted Answer

I think darktable is a valuable option here, you will find it in the Ubuntu Software Center or you can install it in a terminal:

sudo apt-get install darktable

Here is the work-flow I would suggest:

Import images

Import the images you want to edit by using the top left Import menu:

Mark you favorite modules

Double click on an image thumbnail to switch to the darkroom. On the bottom right choose your favorite modules buy using the drop-down menu more modules:

Stared modules are in the "Favorite" tab.

Edit your images

Go to your favorite modules by clicking on the star icon just below the histogram, edit your image by adding points to the curve etc. (right click on the sliders to get cool UIs, or just type in the value directly!)

When you are done with one image, just double click on the next image in the bottom photo strip.

Faster tweaking

When the same (or near) processing can be applied to several images, switch back to the lighttable (top menu).

Select your image by single clicking the thumbnail. Use the history stack to copy some modules parameters:

After that select the destination images and hit the paste or paste all button in the history stack menu.

Export your images

When you are satisfied with the images go back to the lighttable and use the export menu in the right panel, select the images you want to export first (Ctrl+A to select all):