News about Rawtherapee development

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Here are 2 tutorials that I have posted in the past. Image licensing is in threads.

Tutorial: Using Local Adjustments to create lens flare

By request, I am creating a tutorial to add lens flare in RawTherapee Dev using local Adjustments. The image is by @Jade_NL image posted here under License: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 flares.jpg.out.pp3 (40.0 KB) Before: [before] After: [flares] My starting point is Neutral, Auto matched tone curve, and Soft Light cranked all the way up. [Soft light] Push highlights: Add a full image spot to a bright point. Add Dynamic Range & Exposure and push the highlights. We are making the image super high…

Tutorial: Using Local Adjustments to create off-center vignette

I have been RawTherapee 5.9 Dev for a while, and one of the biggest additions to it is Local Adjustments. It recently occurred to me that they can be used to create a vignette centered anywhere on an image. DSCF5819.RAF (21.3 MB) DSCF5819-vignette.jpg.out.pp3 (16.7 KB) Image license CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Before: [DSCF5819] After: [DSCF5819-vignette] My starting point was neutral + auto-matched tone curve. Step 1: Lower the exposure compensation. [Exposure comp] Step 2: Add a local spot ce…