we’re proud to announce the third bugfix release for the 2.4 series of darktable, 2.4.3!

the github release is here: [https://github.com/darktable-org/darktable/releases/tag/release-2.4.3](https://github.com/darktable-org/darktable/releases/tag/release-2.4.3).

as always, please don't use the autogenerated tarball provided by github, but only our tar.xz. the checksums are:

```
$ sha256sum darktable-2.4.3.tar.xz
??? darktable-2.4.3.tar.xz
$ sha256sum darktable-2.4.3.dmg
??? darktable-2.4.3.dmg
$ sha256sum darktable-2.4.3-win64.exe
??? darktable-2.4.3-win64.exe
$ sha256sum darktable-2.4.3-win64.zip
??? darktable-2.4.3-win64.zip
```

when updating from the currently stable 2.2.x series, please bear in mind that your edits will be preserved during this process, but it will not be possible to downgrade from 2.4 to 2.2.x any more.

#### Important note: to make sure that darktable can keep on supporting the raw file format for your camera, *please* read [this post](https://discuss.pixls.us/t/raw-samples-wanted/5420?u=lebedevri) on how/what raw samples you can contribute to ensure that we have the *full* raw sample set for your camera under CC0 license!

and the changelog as compared to 2.4.2 can be found below.

## New Features

- Support for tags and ratings in the watermark module
- Read Xmp.exif.DateTimeOriginal from XMP sidecars
- Build and install noise tools
- Add a script for converting .dtyle to an .xmp

## Bugfixes

- Don't create unneeded folders during export in some cases
- When collecting by tags, don't select subtags
- Fix language selection on OSX
- Fix a crash while tethering

## Camera support, compared to 2.4.2

#### Warning: support for Nikon NEF 'lossy after split' raws was unintentionally broken due to the lack of such samples. Please see [this post](https://discuss.pixls.us/t/nikon-a-specific-raw-sample-wanted/5483?u=lebedevri) for more details. If you have affected raws, please contribute samples!

### Base Support

- Fujifilm X-H1 (compressed)
- Kodak EOS DCS 3
- Olympus E-PL9
- Panasonic DC-GX9 (4:3)
- Sony DSC-RX1RM2
- Sony ILCE-7M3

### White Balance Presets

- Sony ILCE-7M3

### Noise Profiles

- Canon PowerShot G1 X Mark III
- Nikon D7500
- Sony ILCE-7M3