Once your camera is detected the import module should offer the ability to copy & import images from the camera. If you don’t see your camera listed in the import module, press the “scan for devices” button. copy & import from camera Connect the camera to your system with a USB cable (if your camera is auto-mounted by your system, you will need to un-mount it before it can be accessed by darktable). copy & import Copies the images to the storage llocation (following the file naming pattern defined in preferences > import), then adds the copied images to the library – the original images are not changed or moved. If an image has already been added to the database, any updates you have made to the sidecar file will be loaded. On import, darktable will read the metadata from the image files and any accompanying XMP sidecar file. There are three ways to import images, each accessible through buttons in the import module: add to library This option adds images to the library without copying or moving – your original files will stay in their current location and will not be altered. This will create entries for your images in darktable’s library database so that it can keep track of the changes you make. Before you can do anything in darktable you must first add some images files to the library using the import module in the lighttable view.

Darktable import from external disk