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Darktable 5.6 AI Object Masking: The Lightroom Killer Feature?
Darktable 5.6 shipped what might be its most impactful feature yet for photographers migrating from Lightroom: AI-powered object masking. No subscription, no cloud, just open-source AI running locally on your machine. What is AI Object Masking? The new masking system uses SAM 2.1 and SegNext to detect and isolate subjects automatically — click on something and Darktable figures out the rest. How it compares to Lightroom Lightroom’s AI masking has been a major reason photographers hesitate to switch. This closes that gap significantly. ...