I don’t think it is on us to tell people how proprietary tools work.
hi,
what for, exactly? and who is “you” in the above?
you = the developers of RT
ok. if you pay for the license, I’ll install it. deal? 
Glad I’m not a developer for RT, I’m exempted from installing and trying Lightroom!
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Well, I will not pay you a license for LR, but in fact I have LR and PS. And I can tell you about LR, I already did
Actually I hardly ever use LR, I only have the photography plan for PS
I dont know. I never liked LR
So you never liked it, but the developers or another raw processing application should use it? I’m not following the logic there.
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Everybody is using LR. And people are satisfied with LR. And they are not even bored of it. Apparently people like boring things
I even know people who first used RT for quite some time and then switched to LR because they could afford it
At this point, I assume you’re making jokes. Anyone who can afford LR can afford RT. Anyone who can’t afford LR can afford RT.
LR is what people know. That is not a joke
Ach, gnädige Frau oder Fräulein,
LR is not “what people know”.
A certain group of people, yes. And if they do like LR, then let them stick to it
and let those who prefer other solutions enjoy other ways of doing things.
Why must every piece of “developing software” be identical?
Have fun!
Claes in Lund, Schweden
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A certain group of people
What exactly do you mean by that?
From my experience, it’s “normal” people who use LR. Most of them use LR because they don’t know other software.
E.g. if you want to make a license or any kind of certificate in photography, it’s LR that you have to know.
I like Open Source software, but politically, I am not in the left or any kind of “alternative” spectrum. I used to be left but I have grown older.
As I am writing this, I am actually downloading LR again. I am too curious.
please stop trolling, thank you
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I know several (semi)-professional photographers who absolutely do not use any Adobe software, and simply make great photographs and get recognised for that. So I really guess it’s really up to each personal preference.
And LR is good in many things, and definitely appeals to a large audience who doesn’t want to tinker with the many options RawTherapee, darktable and others have. This, again, is up to personal preference I think. Also, each software (and each camera) has its own ‘default’ mode of operation. It’s something to learn how to work with. I get the feeling you are looking for a ‘one size suits all’ or ‘golden solution’ to get that perfect RAW processing. But it just doesn’t work like that…
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I am pleased to say, none of my images for probably the best part of 10 years have ever touched LR, Photoshop etc. I am a 100% open source photographer and have the upmost respect and admiration for the developers who build these awesome tools. I am a Rawtherapee, darktable, GIMP and GMIC photographer.
The pixl forums can get a bit technical sometimes but they are a great resource for information and probably my first port of call for when I have an issue, as I am the only open source photographer in the real world community of photographers I am involved with (local camera clubs).
Actually I gave 1 photo in 2016 to my friend who edited it in PSE / Nik on a practical night at our camera club !
When I mention RAW noise to Adobe users they look at me gone out !!! I’ve sometimes exploited the RAW noise to leave a bit of noise on my monochrome image, to give them a retro / film feel 
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I knew that I’m not everybody
Hallo Morgan_Hardwood,
Isn’t that exactly the right approach in RT? “Using a proper camera input profile (ICC/DCP), one tone curve, and optionally the HH and LH curves”?
What does “Doing this is generally a waste of time and missing the point” refer to?
micha
If you’re asking me to clarify what I meant in something I wrote in 2016, well I probably meant that the point of processing a raw file is to do a better job than the OOC JPEG.
thanks for the info.
There is a dcp from Adobe and one from or in RT for my Panasonic DC-G9. I can use both in RT, the color of RT seems to be a little bit better. I think you made this dcp with my test shots.
If I have chosen the right input profile, does it make sense to work without Tone curve? This tone curve makes the shots as bright as the camera. Is it better to do without it anyway?
micha
@micha back in 2016 there was no automated tone-curve matching, so matching the raw file to the JPEG required considerable effort. Now, however, matching is done by RawTherapee and happens automatically, so it requires no effort. As such, you might as well start with a matched tone curve, and reset or modify it if you want to improve upon it.