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Try updating other filmic references for the newer sigmoid default.
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content/darkroom/pixelpipe/the-pixelpipe-and-module-order.md

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## display-referred workflow
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Prior to version 3.0 darktable's workflow was _display-referred_ (auto-apply pixel workflow defaults = "display-referred") and this option is still provided as a legacy mode. In this workflow, the [_base curve_](../../../module-reference/processing-modules/base-curve.md) or [_filmic rgb_](../../../module-reference/processing-modules/filmic-rgb.md) module performs tone mapping early in the pixelpipe and most other darktable modules operate on image data in the compressed _display-referred_ space.
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Prior to version 3.0 darktable's workflow was _display-referred_ (auto-apply pixel workflow defaults = "display-referred") and this option is still provided as a legacy mode. In this workflow, the [_base curve_](../../../module-reference/processing-modules/base-curve.md) module performs tone mapping early in the pixelpipe and most other darktable modules operate on image data in the compressed _display-referred_ space.
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Selecting the display-referred workflow enables the legacy (pre-darktable-3.0) module order and automatically switches on the [_base curve_](../../../module-reference/processing-modules/base-curve.md) module for new images.
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Pixel data within the _display-referred_ space is non-linear and is not a physically realistic representation of the original scene. This can lead to various artifacts with some modules, hence the creation of the (now default) _scene-referred_ workflow.
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## scene-referred workflow
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_Scene-referred_ workflow (auto-apply pixel workflow defaults = "scene-referred") was introduced as part of darktable 3.0. The module order was entirely rearranged to place the [_filmic rgb_](../../../module-reference/processing-modules/filmic-rgb.md) and [_base curve_](../../../module-reference/processing-modules/base-curve.md) tone mapping modules much later in the pixelpipe. This means that most modules now operate in _linear rgb_ space with only a few modules remaining within the non-linear _display-referred_ space. Within this workflow it is now recommended that the majority of image processing takes place using the modules up to and including [_filmic rgb_](../../../module-reference/processing-modules/filmic-rgb.md). Operations in this section of the pixelpipe, being truly linear, are much more physically realistic and produce fewer artifacts.
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_Scene-referred_ workflow was introduced as part of darktable 3.0, and is used when the "auto-apply pixel workflow defaults" preference is set to one of "scene-referred(filmic)" or, by default, "scene-referred(sigmoid)". The module order was entirely rearranged to place the tone mapping modules much later in the pixelpipe. This means that most modules now operate in _linear rgb_ space with only a few modules remaining within the non-linear _display-referred_ space. Within this workflow it is now recommended that the majority of image processing takes place using the modules up to and including [_sigmoid_](../../../module-reference/processing-modules/sigmoid.md) or [_filmic rgb_](../../../module-reference/processing-modules/filmic-rgb.md). Operations in this section of the pixelpipe, being truly linear, are much more physically realistic and produce fewer artifacts.
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Selecting the scene-referred workflow enables the _v5.0_ module order and automatically enables the [_exposure_](../../../module-reference/processing-modules/exposure.md) and [_filmic rgb_](../../../module-reference/processing-modules/filmic-rgb.md) modules with some presets designed to act as a reasonable starting point for scene-referred editing.
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Selecting the scene-referred workflow enables the _v5.0_ module order and automatically enables the [_exposure_](../../../module-reference/processing-modules/exposure.md) and either [_sigmoid_](../../../module-reference/processing-modules/sigmoid.md) or [_filmic rgb_](../../../module-reference/processing-modules/filmic-rgb.md) modules with some presets designed to act as a reasonable starting point for scene-referred editing.
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# changing module order
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content/overview/workflow/process.md

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In a scene-referred workflow many common tools (tone curves and levels, for example) are no longer useful ways to manipulate the image, since they rely on now-invalid definitions of black, white and gray. Experienced users may need to learn new techniques and discard old ones, but will be rewarded with much more robust and predictable outputs.
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The scene-referred workflow in darktable enables the [filmic rgb](../../module-reference/processing-modules/filmic-rgb.md) and [exposure](../../module-reference/processing-modules/exposure.md) modules by default when you open new images in the darkroom view.
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The scene-referred workflow in darktable enables the [exposure](../../module-reference/processing-modules/exposure.md) and either [sigmoid](../../module-reference/processing-modules/sigmoid.md) or [filmic rgb](../../module-reference/processing-modules/filmic-rgb.md) modules by default when you open new images in the darkroom view.
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### white balance and color calibration
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