I’m still working on my photo workflow in Linux. It’s gotten to the point of being tolerable, but it’s still not enjoyable. Darktable is powerful but there are too many ways of doing everything. I feel like I’m just throwing stuff at the wall, hoping it turns out. I suppose I will eventually find a process that works consistently, but right now I’m not even close to that. I really miss Capture One.
I’ve spent a ton of time and money moving my film scanning workflow from a flatbed to using a digital camera. My results using Darktable’s Negadoctor module have been lackluster, so I re-scanned my last roll using the Epson flatbed. I still feel like it’s faster and less fussy doing it that way. I loaded the TIFF scans in Capture One, selected all of them, and hit “Auto” and that was it. They look better than the ones I futzed with forever in Darktable. I haven’t timed it, but I’d bet that the total time from dried film to shareable images is significantly faster using the flatbed. Sigh.