eli lucas Loc: New Orleans

I've noticed the volume of content when working with RAW seems to grow exponentially. Everyone, from dilettante to expert, understands the situation is similar to having King Kong and his entire family reside on your back. Someone recommended Darktable as the solution to ALL my problems. <LoL!>
After installing the very sophisticated app, I ran the import utility on a 4 TB drive and assumed all is well; however, someone here was gracious and called my attention to the "pink clouds" in the photos I posted. <LoL!> As someone who subscribes to the wisdom, "... when all else fails, read the de-structions!", I was not aware of all the elements in Darktable that are performed AUTOMATICALLY. For all you logophiles, one term that applies to the some of the strange elements that appear in my photos is affectionately know as "chromatic aberrations."
I'm sorry to have subjected my peers to the visual folly of pink clouds and other strange elements included in my latest posts. Thank you very much for calling my attention to the flagrant violations produced by this neophyte. I promise to double check my posts in the future.
Does anyone have any app recommendations that might create an efficient environment for cataloging (~8 TB) collections of photos?
Thank you in advance.

johngault007 Loc: Florida Panhandle

Not sure why there are so many <LOL>s scattered in there. It sounds like you had some trouble with a fairly complex raw editor. If you would like to continue to try and learn the editor, I would suggest following Bruce Williams YouTube tutorials. He is absolutely amazing breaking down the modules in darktable and keeps up-to-date on all of the changes:

Bruce Williams Youtube Channel


If you decide to go elsewhere, I hope you find an editor that fits your needs.

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As for your second issue, I personally use Digikam to import, tag, and catalogue my RAW images along with all post processing. It has the ability to create sidecare XMP files which are compatible with darktable (if you choose to keep using it).

Cheers,
Tony

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

I like the "special effect" in the first one. : )

rmalarz Loc: Tempe, Arizona

Well, Eli, I managed to work my way through all of the LOLs and to the actual question you posed. I'd suggest looking into Document Management System applications. There are some free to use apps out there. Personally, I'm not a fan of "included" database apps such as found in Lr. This confines the user to stay with a program. A separate SQL database or DMS software could be the easier way to go. These apps also come with a free learning curve.
--Bob

Ednsb Loc: Santa Barbara

download a trial of on1 - you can either do your dam by browsing (no catalog or database created) or create a catalog by folder if you wish. It is fast and doesn’t apply anything to the images unless you want it to. For instance, if you apply a preset to your images you can make that part of the process or change the metadata, etc. Really a good product for a reasonable price and it is not SaaS as you own what you buy for life.

eli lucas Loc: New Orleans

Thanks for the suggestions.

I find humor and wit in almost everything. <LoL!>