High Image Quality

  • 96-bit (floating point) processing engine.
  • Non-destructive editing.
  • Get the most details and least artifacts from your raw photos thanks to modern and traditional demosaicing algorithms: AMaZE, DCB, AHD, EAHD, HPHD, IGV, LMMSE, VNG4, Mono and Fast.
  • Advanced color handling from white balance to HSV (Hue-Saturation-Value) curves, color toning and color management.
  • Powerful CIE Color Appearance Model 2002 (CIECAM02) module.
  • Enhanced exposure and tonality tools: tone and Lab curves, highlights and shadows tools, tone mapping (HDR-like effect), etc.
  • Multiple denoising methods: luminance, chrominance (both rewritten in 2012), impulse (for salt and pepper noise) noise reduction.
  • Several tools to enhance details: unsharp mask, RL deconvolution, contrast by detail levels.

Efficiency

  • Multi-threaded algorithms for high performance (RawTherapee can utilize modern processor features, like SSE).
  • Quick thumbnails load lightning fast and are replaced later with live thumbnails.
  • Batch processing: convert all the developed images at once without loading the processor while you work.
  • Copy/paste editing parameters from one file to many other. Partially copying and/or pasting is also possible.
  • Basic tools immediately at your hands.
  • Parallel editing of multiple images in separate editor tabs, and/or all at once from the file browser.
  • An optional secondary display can be used.

Versatility

  • Wide variety of supported cameras: almost all DSLRs and even some medium format bodies are supported.
  • Can load most raw files including 16-, 24- and 32-bit raw HDR DNG images, as well as standard JPEG, PNG (8- and 16-bit) and TIFF (8-, 16- and 32-bit logluv) images.
  • Can save JPEG, PNG (8- and 16-bit) and TIFF (8- and 16-bit) images.
  • Advanced control over the algorithms with many fine-tuning parameters and curves.
  • Can send to GIMP or the editing tool of your choice in one click (16-bit TIFF file).
  • Command line usage besides the normal graphical interface.
  • Various layouts: multiple tabs, single tab with filmstrip, vertical tab with filmstrip, dual monitor.

Freedom for Free

  • RawTherapee is free and open source software, meaning you can use it free of charge, wherever you like on whatever hardware you like, as long as you abide by the copyleft GPLv3 license. Download the source code, modify it, feel free to do what comes to mind. We believe in open software.
  • It is cross-platform: Linux, Mac, or Windows, be it 32-bit or 64-bit - you pick, we provide.
  • International: it is available in 25 languages

What's New:

New Features

  • The path template for queue export supports more format specifiers, including dates and new path types. Additionally, there is a preview to show the path for the selected image.
  • The maximum zoom for the editor is now configurable.
  • Pseudo HiDPI is replaced by real HiDPI.
  • The file browser has an option to show all images within subfolders too.
  • The Use embedded option for the Input Profile is available for DNGs that have an embedded DCP.
  • The Color appearance sub-tool in Selective Editing (formerly Local Adjustments) received various improvements, including simplification of the basic mode, addition of new tone mappers for Cam16, a black and white mode, and a highlight attenuation feature.
  • The White balance Tint range is expanded.
  • It is now possible to use Contrast by Detail Levels in Before Black-and-White mode while Color Appearance & Lighting is activated with CAM16.
  • Ratings and color labels can be synchronized with XMPs.
  • The Selective Editing tool received various improvements, such as a global mode for applying edits to the entire image uniformly, ΔE preview buttons for most sub-tools, and adjustable graduated filter feathering for each sub-tool.
  • The EXIF modified date-time is now added to saved images.
  • RawTherapee can now read 12-bit Panasonic raw files encoded in the v6 format, such as those from the DC-GH5M2.
  • RawTherapee can now read Panasonic raw files encoded in the v8 format, such as those from the DC-GH6, DC-S5M2, and DC-S5M2X.
  • RawTherapee can now read Fujifilm lossy-compressed raw files.
  • JPEG XL images can now be opened.
  • There is a new option to use lens corrections from the file metadata. It works for compatible raw images from Fujifilm, Olympus / OM Digital Solutions (distortion and chromatic aberration corrections only), and Sony. Corrections embedded in DNGs can also be used.
  • RawTherapee can leverage LibRaw (enabled by default) to read raw images. It adds the ability to read additional raw formats, such as Sony lossless compression, and improved support for some cameras.
  • Added or improved support for cameras, raw formats and color profiles (not including LibRaw and color matrices for dcraw):
  • FUJIFILM GFX 100 (PDAF lines filter)
  • FUJIFILM GFX 100S (DCP, PDAF lines filter)
  • FUJIFILM GFX 100 II (PDAF lines filter)
  • Fujifilm X-H2S
  • Nikon Z 8 (DCP)
  • Nikon Z 9 (DCP)
  • Nikon Z f (DCP)
  • OM Digital Solutions TG-7
  • Panasonic DC-G9M2
  • Panasonic DC-GH5M2
  • Panasonic DC-GH6
  • Panasonic DC-S5M2
  • Panasonic DC-S5M2X
  • Sony ILCE-1 (Pixel shift)
  • Sony ILCE-6700
  • Sony ILCE-7CR (PDAF lines filter)
  • Sony ILCE-7RM4 (PDAF lines filter)
  • Sony ILCE-7RM5 (PDAF lines filter)
  • SONY ILCE-9M3