There are two ways to do this: by hand or via the queue. Now we are going to export the raw file to a jpg, tif or png. Notice how the histogram on the left has changed. The raw file opened with the neutral profile… RawTherapee tries to calculate the optimal settings but as you can imagine, this will not always work. The Exposure tab is opened by default and the only thing you have to do is to click the Auto Levels button. The raw file opens up in the image window. The neutral profile only applies some low-level settings like the demosaic algorithm.Ĭhoose Open from the drop down menu or hit Enter. That means: do not use the default profile but open the raw file with the neutral profile. Right click on a thumbnail and choose Clear in the drop down menu. The first time this can take some time, later on they are read from cache. Click on the File browser tab at the top and left of the application window and navigate to a folder that contains raw files.ĭouble click on it and RawTherapee starts to create thumbnails. It is easy to change which profile is used, as it is to make your own ones.įor this guide I prefer to open raw files with a neutral profile, to give you a clear idea of what slider or setting does what. As soon as you touch a slider this changes to ‘Custom’. You can see which profile was used to open a raw on top of the tool window, under Processing profiles. That determines which algorithm has to be used to demosaic the raw file, it activates auto levels and applies some sharpening. By default the (yes!) default profile is used. These are text files that contain certain tool settings that are applied when you open a raw file, like sharpening, noise reduction or automatic exposure. The easiest way to process a raw file in RawTherapee is by using the Auto exposure button in the Exposure section of the toolbox.īut before we proceed, it is important to know that RawTherapee uses so-called profiles.

Rawtherapee batch convert nef to jpg