Processing profiles in RawTherapee 5.11--what do you use?

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I’m setting up one or two processing profiles in RawTherapee 5.11. Previously, with my old, recently-replaced PC (and RT 5.10), I set up as recommended in Andy Astbury’s videos (“Do this first!”). I am going to start there again for 5.11. I actually used two that were identical except for Output Profile: I had one for ProPhoto RGB for exporting and printing, and one set to sRGB for display on the web and my monitor wallpaper.

Some of these presets are no-brainers, such as global chrominance noise reduction, defringe, etc. In any case, here is what I am going with for now:

1.) Neutral Profile
2.) Output profile: ProPhoto or sRGB as indicated above
3.) Dual de-mosaicing: RCD-VNG4
4.) Capture sharpening (leave at default settings)
5.) Chromatic aberration correction (uncheck “Avoid Color Shift”)
6.) Defringe
7.) Global chrominance noise reduction.

Is there anything else you think is worth adding? Have any of these recommendations changed for RT 5.11?

I am also curious to know, how many processing profiles do you use? What is in them? What do you use them for?

Thanks for any thoughts.

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In my case, I like to go a few steps further.

Raw tab

  • Preprocess WB: Auto
  • Preprocessing: Uncheck hot and dead pixel filters

Transform tab

  • Profiled lens correction: check ‘Automatically selected’
  • Activate the Resize tool and set Long Edge to 1920
  • Activate the ‘Post-Resize Sharpening’ option, and set Method to ‘RL Deconvolution’ (leave other params at default)

Selective Editing (SE) tab

  • Add a Full Image spot;, but, leave SE deactivated

Advanced tab

  • Select ‘Automatic Symmetric’ from Mode dropdown in Settings section of Colour Appearance and Lighting tool; but, leave Colour Appearance tool deactivated

Colour tab

  • Select ‘Temperature correlation’ from Method dropdown in WB section
  • Select ‘Auto-matched camera profile’ option from Input Profile section
  • Uncheck ‘Tone Curve’ option from DCP section, and check ‘Base table’ and ‘Look table’ from same section
  • Activate the HSV Equalizer tool and select ‘Equalizer’ option from H, S, and V Channel dropdowns, then deactivate the tool
  • Activate the RGB Curves tool by selecting your preferred curve type from each Channel dropdown

Detail tab

  • Activate the Sharpening tool and set method to ‘RL Deconvolution’ and starting values for ‘Contrast threshold’ (120) and Radius (0.6)

Exposure tab

  • Activate ‘Highlight reconstruction’ and select ‘Colour Propogation’ from the Method dropdown, then deactivate Highlight reconstruction’
  • In the Curves section of the Lab* Adjustments tool select your preferred curve or equalizer types for each dropdown
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I have loads of processing profiles. I use them for switching output media/size/profile. Individual disabled settings that i apply dynamically to have modules set to defaults that mean I only activate them.

Niche bw, and film looks. Various settings for colour and contrast etc.

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My starting custom editing profile is this:

  1. Custom Input Color Profile
  2. Capture Sharpening
  3. Profiled Lens Correction–from file metadata
  4. WB as shot
  5. Auto Matched Tone Curve

I edit from there.