Re: [Gimp-developer] [darktable-dev] Darktable plug-in in GIMP - Darktable for Windows?

[Elle Stone <ellestone ninedegreesbelow com>]

On 04/24/2016 09:54 AM, Elle Stone wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 20, 2016 at 6:46 AM, Sven Claussner <scl gplus gmail com>
> wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > sorry if I'm asking the wrong question but I feel I have to.
> > > Since 18.04.2016 there is a raw importer plug-in in GIMP master
> > > that calls darktable to do its job. With the same commit
> > > the GEGL NEF importer was disabled which is a quite clear sign
> > > of the devs' preferences.
> >
> > > What has led to this decision?
> > > Did anybody compare the various ways to import raw files
> > > into GIMP (GEGL, darktable, ufraw, photoflow etc.)?
>
> Darktable is a very good raw processor, but it's not everyone's
> preferred raw processor. For example I use PhotoFlow for processing raw
> files. PhotoFlow has a GIMP plug-in that works under Linux and Windows
> and I think also Mac.
>
> I was a little concerned to see the darktable-specific code appear in
> GIMP master. But after installing the PhotoFlow plug-in in a "default"
> copy of GIMP from git and trying to open a raw file, GIMP did bypass
> darktable and allow PhotoFlow to open the raw file. So it looks like
> GIMP users do have a choice of which raw processor to use when opening a
> raw file from within GIMP. Hopefully this will always be the case.

Hmm, now that I have darktable properly installed using Lua, and GIMP 
opening 32f raw files processed with darktable, I can't figure out how 
to open a raw file from GIMP using the PhotoFlow plug-in.

What's the procedure for bypassing the darktable plug-in to use a 
different GIMP raw plug-in?

Best,
Elle