Hello there, I am using raw therapee 5.8 on a PC (windows 10). Being a newby I followed a tutorial and everything worked fine so far, but it is impossible for me to save the final image. ctrl+s does not lead to the saving-window popping up and on the buttom left there is not the save-pictogram. Does anybody have an idea what might be the issue? Help would be really appreciated! Best, Henry
Hi @HenryCow, and welcome!
In order to try to pinpoint your problem, we have to
know somewhat more, like
- From where did you obtain your copy of RawTherapee?
- How did you install it?
Then let’s go deeper after that.
You have found the very good manual, I hope? https://rawpedia.rawtherapee.com/Main_Page
By the way: are you related to the famous Larry The Cow, perchance?
Have fun!
Claes in Lund, Sweden
Hi Claes,
thanks for your quick reply! No, not related (as far as I know 
I downloaded it from the official site and installed it via the .exe-file (as usual). I took a quick look at the manual - from what I ve seen, the issue is really that my copy does not have the “save-section” on the bottom/ left - every had anybody with this kind of problem? I guess I could simply de-install and re-install, but as I spent some hours on a photo, that would not be my first option… Best, Henry
Thanks for your reply.
Unfortunately, it did not make me any wiser…
Re the hours spent on a photo: relax, they are not wasted:
just copy the .pp3 file onto a safe place. RawTherapee does
not change anything in the raw (original) file, everything you
do is recorded in the .pp3 file having the same name as the original.
After a reinstall, just copy that .pp3 back into place.
To be really careful, copy all images & their .pp3-files to a safe
place before trying anything drastic. 
Keep us informed!
Claes in Lund, Sweden
A totally nutty suggestion, but still:
in preferences under Appearance,
change Theme into something else,
like TooWaBlue.
Addendum: RawTherapee v5.8 is quite old.
Present version is v5.9.
Does it not sound wise to
- save your important data, .pp3 included
- uninstall v5.8
- fetch present v5.9
- install v5.9
If the key strokes aren’t working do you have the little icon and does it work ??
@priort
I believe that he does not have that:
on the buttom left there is not the save-pictogram.
That was the reason for my suggestion to switch
theme, in case his present one made it invisible
Yes, that was the issue - but thanks anyhow, @priort ! The issue is solved, unfortunately I have no idea how to mark it as solved. Best, Henry
How utterly depressing!!!
Solved and after all this suspense
we will not learn how it was solved???
I only had two sips of coffee… apparently I can’t read until at least half a cup…that’s why we have you…
that’s why we have you…
Me [modestly]: Oh, I know…
But apart from that, I would still very much learn
how he solved it. That would bump up my knowledge bank
a notch.
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I could see a theme somehow hiding a UI element I guess but how would it alter the default keystrokes to activate that option… I don’t know enough about RT to even guess…