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Posted by koslowj on 2024-09-24.
When copying the development stack from a picture where highlight reconstruction is active to similar pictures, in the result highlight reconstruction is not active (but set to the value of the first picture). So I need to switch it on manually. Again, version 85f2b8b, self-compiled under Gentoo-Linux.
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Jiyone — 2024-09-24
You should report bug on github
https://github.com/aurelienpierreeng/ansel/issues
Aurélien Pierre — 2024-10-21
Might be related to https://github.com/aurelienpierreeng/ansel/issues/376
koslowj — 2024-11-16
Possibly a related problem, in version 922.g7f23d9d38 , self-compiled on Linux:
For black-and-white pictures I like to develop the color version first, then open a second instance of the color calibration and move this above filmic in the development stack. Then I use this second copy as a channel mixer.
When I try to copy such a development stack to a different picture, the second instance of the color calibration is moved back to its original position and no longer sits above filmic; I have to move it back there again.