Raw noise reduction rawtherapee6/4/2023 ![]() ![]() Shadows slider not strong enough to show pan Exposure X7 Highlights turn yellow, but lose all definition Pan immediately visible without adjustments RawTherapee Tone EQ very unusual re: shadows/blacks sliders DxO PhotoLab Tone EQ very unusual re: shadows/blacks sliders Darktable (filmic v5)įilmic v5, zero latitude, no color preservation Shadows adjusts unusally far into midtones Darktable (filmic v6)įilmic v6, zero latitude, no color preservation Highlights turn strongly yellow Capture One Regardless, my comparison is probably less scientific than last time, because my brain sort of broke after staring at too many renderings of the same images for too long. I tried to inject some objectivity by limiting my edits to the most obvious sliders wherever possible, especially in the programs I know better. Of course I am no expert in any of them except Darktable and Capture One, so my results are probably flawed. ![]() In order to put them through their paces, I took a random smattering of images from the last few years that I found difficult to work with for one reason or another, and checked how each of the programs dealt with them. I also installed Luminar Neo (€120 or €80/a) and Radiant Photo (€140) but I disliked them so immediately and viscerally that I didn't include them in the comparison below. Or maybe I just wanted a justification for buying DxO PhotoLab, because people on the internet speak so well of it □.įor the following comparison I downloaded trial versions of ACDSee Photo Studio Ultimate 2023 (€155), Capture One 22 (€350 or €220/a), Darktable 4.0 (free), DxO Photolab 6 (€220 + €140 for FilmPack 6 + €99 for ViewPoint), Adobe Lightroom Classic 11.5 (€142/a), ON1 Photo Raw 2023 (€126), RawTherapee 5.8 (free), Silkypix Developer Studio Pro 11 (€155), Exposure X7 (€165), and Zoner Photo Studio X Fall 2022 (€60/a). This comes at an inopportune time, as I feel restless of late. The tool is targeted mostly at professionals and doesn’t include a help file – you will need to rely on your image editing experience to learn how to use it.It's that time of the year again when all image editing programs come out with new versions. Those who prefer to skip the installation stage can opt for RawTherapee’s portable version, which can be stored on your computer or on a mass storage device. The application delivers a good response time and does not crash or freeze. In spite of the complex operations it needs to complete sometimes, RawTherapee does its job flawlessly while using a moderate amount of computer resources and system memory. The latest RawTherapee version includes the following improvements: manually saving the collapsed/expanded state of tools, better control over the scene and viewing conditions, and Lensfun support for automatic and manual profiled lens correction. Output formats include TIFF, JPEG, and PNG. Some of the processing options you can apply in RawTherapee are tone mapping, graduated filter, vignetting correction, sharpening methods, noise reduction, black and white conversion, soft-proofing support, rotation with visual straightening tool, distortion correction, and hot and dead pixel filters among many others. The user interface consists of a file browser, a queue, a panel for batch image adjustments, a preview section for images, and an image editing tab – simple and straightforward. Changes are applied only during the export process. The program does non-destructive editing, which means adjustments are reflected on the preview image instead of being physically applied to the original image. The first thing you need to know is that with RawTherapee you can work fully reassured that your original images won’t be harmed. ![]() Aside from the RAW format, RawTherapee can also make image adjustments to images in the more common JPEG, BMP, TIFF, and PNG formats. ![]()
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