I was wondering is it possible in Rawtherapee 5.9 linux installation to write a script and thus auto import based on the exif data of the RAW file a Custom DCP profile?
Right now what I do each end every time is to load the RAWs from the camera/CF card into Rawtherapee and then Batch Edit them using the Color Management tab and into InputProfile module select the custom profile (DCP profile) of my camera.
The above process via a script does not save too much time, since the batch edit process does not take too much time, yet is another automation that might be useful. The main question is if Rawtherepee allows of such a script execution and recognition of the results.
I did read some more on the link I sent about Adding Custom Working Profiles and using dcamprof (DCamProf) tool but I think what you posted is more relevant.
Well I have tried on linux build and it did not work as expected.
The only different thing I did is to add the lens future in. Consequent photos for the dynamic profile to be applied are in the same settings (camera, lens etc) but when I click to the next photo (app even restarted after the application of Dynamic Profile Rule) it does not apply the DCP settings that I saved previously via settings in RawTherapee.
Version: 5.9
Branch: releases
Commit: 9b8583988
Commit date: 2022-11-27
Compiler: cc 12.2.0
Processor: x86_64
System: Linux
Bit depth: 64 bits
Here on the second video you have uploaded you edit a Canon cr2 file. On the previous one you did edit a Nikon .nef one. I was wondering if you have multiple rules saved as profiles do you have to move them up and down every and each time that you edit a mix of files with different lenses and/or cameras? Does the system recognises those changes or do you have to move the saved profiles around (up) for the automation to be successful?
It is not clear to me what you did(n’t) do that might give you this result. I can give you some general pointers that come to mind, though.
The order in which dynamic profiles are applied might be the culprit depending on what is in the profiles. They are always applied from top to bottom, assuming that criteria is met, and if an entry exists for one that has been set by a previous rule it will be overwritten.
Set up general stuff first (a base profile for example) and then set up very specific profiles for very specific cases.
I mostly use 3 different camera’s and need to take care that the correct one is targeted by those specific rules. These rules can be finicky btw! Make sure that the camera/lens/etc names are correct (as shown by the Quick Info button (i shortcut in editing mode or in the Metadata tab).
As shown in the above video a restart shouldn’t be needed when you create/edit a rule.
There’s no need to move rules up/down before applying them, assuming that rules are unique and that the above mentioned is taken care off.
If you want/need multiple profiles that are not unique (i.e.: you have 2 different, personalized DCP files that are specific to one and the same camera) you cannot use auto dynamic rules (there’s no unique identifier, so the second one will always be applied if dynamic rules are used). In this case you can select all the RAWs you want to apply the profile to in the file browser and: Right click → Processing profile operations → Apply → My profiles → DCP.PROFILE.X
You do need to make sure that any (dynamic) profile that is auto loaded after that action does not have the same entry (be it empty or otherwise filled).
If this still doesn’t give you any clues about what it is that isn’t working on your side of things please tell us a bit more about the workflow and what has been set up.
One other thing just came to mind: The Processing profiles fill mode (the icon left of the Last Saved pull down). This one regulates overwrite/fill when using loading profiles.
The RawTherapee version shouldn’t be a problem. I use(d) different development versions and stable versions, both self compiled and the available appimage. I’m also on Linux.
Clear enough on what you said. I’ve made a small video on my process. Starting the video I have already made a profile that it should work with the lens included as mentioned in the information on the top left on the working panel in the RT program.
I go on and make a second attempt just with the camera name on but this does not work either.
Where did you install 5.9 and 5.10 from? Do they use the same config folders? From a repo, appimage or appimage-dev can all have different config folders…
Hm, I’m afraid I’ve no idea why it doesn’t work. I’ve just installed the flatpak, copied my config from my appimage version, and dynamic profiles seem to work properly.
Well I started doing the profiles from scratch while I noticed a weird behaviour of RT 5.10 as far as the identification of the lens is concerned.
On some lenses such as Tokina 100mm f/2.8 Macro and Tokina 16-28mm f/2.8 and Tamron 70-200mm f/2.8 G2 the RT recognises them as plain numbers as seen in the following PrntScrn
The exiv2 version (if that is what RT 5.10 uses) on Tumbleweed right now is:
> exiv2 --version
exiv2 0.28.2
And I am uploading a photo that is also recognised wrongly that was taken with a Tokina 16-28 f/2.8 for anyone to test on RT 5.10 (+ 140 appears for a lens on the top left info panel) NIKON D4_Tokina_16-28mm_f2.8.NEF (19.4 MB)
