Hi - have recently started to play with images more seriously, had been using GIMP which I like but it can’t handle RAW. I have a Nikon so am feeding RT NEF files.
Am in total awe of RT capabilties, which would take a lifetime to learn and are way beyond my pay grade.
But…although the simple exposure adjustment is staggeringly good, anything I do in RT seems to degrade the image when I export it back out and look at it in GIMP or the surpisingly good Windows Photos.
Will try and figure out how to post samples if needed, but are there any very basic ways I can set it up to avoid that? Processing Profiles? Is that the term? Novice technoklutz here…
I think I’m following most of what was said, but really I’m happy to adjust in GIMP which is basic and easy and I like.
It’s just that when I convert RT seems to degrade the image from the off…is there some very basic profile which would change nothign but exposure and from RAW into JPEG?
Help…sure the answer is easy but rawpedia isn’t making it obvious…
Or, let me expand on that so that we don’t waste time staring into a hidden crystal ball. Provide your RawTherapee version, a screenshot of the problem, and a link to the raw file. You can upload using https://filebin.net/
Download the GIMP program from Partha’s Place. Raw files will be handled by GIMP now. You can just do nothing with the default raw program and close it. The file will get exported to GIMP and you are in your known playground!
Shreedar, thanks for such a positive and useful suggestion…must admit I have just downloaded Darktable and it seems to work much better for me…far nicer user interface too…so poor old RawTherapee goes in the drawer for now and I dot around between darktable and GIMP and the surprisingly good Windows Photos.
