7:42 That's a great point. Often, I hone in on the perfect post-edit, go grab a coffee and when I come back to it, my image looks way over-processed and often unnatural. The 2 keys to good post processing are: 1. everything in moderation and 2. ...always take a break and come back to it.
This is by far the most amazing beginner tutorial I've seen for RT. I moved to RT from lightroom and initially I felt overwhelmed my RT. Your video has given me what I need to approach my editing on RT with confidence.
Clear, to the point, nicely delivered ... but best of all it's not a "dazzling display of mousing virtuosity" - just well presented empathetic delivery. At last: someone more intent on getting the message across such that the student can follow than showing off. Thanks for these.
Hey thanks fella, well thats really the point, I teach photography here in south wales and and you have my style in one there. Im not here to show off, thats for my students to do, i just need to show them how :)
Fantastic - i've learnt more in 9 minutes than i have in the previous 3 hours.I'm making the migration from Adobe to GIMP/Therapee right now and this has helped no end. Many thanks!
Just started out with photography and your video is actually really helpful! Love that you're able to go through the basics in less than 10 minutes. Thanks!
Absolutely amazing tutorial Dale, I learned a ton and now I feel much more comfortable when it come to editing! You should make many more tutorials, you have a great voice for it and are a great speaker! Thank You!
Very helpful video, saving it to watch again later. So happy you demonstrated working with the Tone Curves, I didn't understand it before as I was used to Levels in Photoshop Elements. That graduated filter trick is neat! I see you exposed that shot for the sky to retain highlights and bring up shadow detail in post, it worked wonderfully!
Brilliant tutorial Dale. You really have a penchant for teaching. This has really enhanced my understanding of the power and need of editing. Thanks a ton!
Hey that explanation of the graduated exposure filter was exactly what I needed haha!!! Video was super easy to follow and really made editing look less scary lmao! Cheers!!!
It seems to me that RawTherapee is not really a beginners’ software (although videos such as this one do help of course) - I suspect lots of conceptual knowledge is presumed. Would you say that’s true. If yes, could you recommend something a tad more approachable. Ideally free / open source but if not then, affordable, perhaps?
i downloaded this software for the first time ever and was having a horrible time trying to understand what was going on but this video helped me soooo much!!! i feel like i can finally navigate it and I am soo thankful for you
Great instructional video! I've downloaded RT and am happy that it works for both my Fuji and Sony raw files. I love the way that the graduated filter works. The deeper I delve into RT I'm thinking that it's all I need.
Wow and Thank You. Your tutorial is my best use of internet time in a long time. Many other "tutorials" left me thinking.... 'I'll never get those minutes back.' You are awesome.
Excellent tutorial - love the configurable ND filter demo - I've no idea how to do that in Lightroom 5.7 so this helps the decision to switch to Raw Therapee - together with Adobe's change to an expensive subscription only model. In fact I might not need a Mac anymore if everything important can now be done on Linux! Dale, you've changed my life!
Thanks for this. Have a question - is the preview that Raw Therapee shows of the image, a full resolution preview or is it dumbing the image down? If it’s the latter, is there a way around this.
Thanks Dale for a great tutorial. Have only just discovered this software as I am using Linux on my computer. I have a sister called Dale, believe it or not!
Really like your teaching style. Just wondering what the minimum computer configuration you would recommend to use Raw Therapee. I'm currently shopping for a new laptop. Thanks for your help
Thank you so much for this video. I am new to shooting in RAW and found this video as I was searching for alternatives to Lightroom. To be honest, being an old guy, I was really worried that I would not be able to grasp how to "process" images, since all my experience years ago was in the wet darkroom. Your presentation was simple, easy to understand, and non-threatening. I now think that I can get started with this and maybe improve some of my images. Well done, Sir.
Can I do this but like draw a box around something I want to reduce the exposure on? I have some windows that are washed out and would like to see through them thanks for the great video
How do you navigate between photos left to right with a key? I've looked for customizable buttons, help on the internet, tutorials to see if anyone switches between images but they all edit only one. I simply want to quickly move between photos in the strip in edit view.
Excellent thank you. This has convinced me to get into 'shooting RAW', especially shots featuring some sky. I'm currently using 2 or 3 different editors for my jpegs, switching between them by copy & pasting the image. I have a question: Can I paste a RAW image into RT, tweak, convert then copy & paste it into another editor for any further work like cloning?
Yes, you can export a jpeg from RT and import it into Gimp and do the cloning and other things there. If you use the development version 2.9 of Gimp you could also export 16bit tiffs and import them into Gimp.
Every time I edit the exposure/color of a photo in RawTherapee and then close it, the next image in my file browser automatically has the same edits applied. How do I turn that off??? I can't find an answer anywhere!
You might post your problem in the rawtherapee forum at discuss.pixls.us/c/software/rawtherapee. Either it has already been solved there or it can be solved there as there are also the developers present.
Dale, is this the only editing software you use and can you recommend a good payed for software.Do you use AVS video editor at all. By the way great tutorial too mate.
I also use Gimp, Photoshop, Lightroom, and just starting to take a look at Affinity Pro. I can always recomend Photoshop as I have used it for years, however if your loking for something without a subscription Affinity has impressed me so far. I use Davinci Resolve for most of my editing. Thank you!
Heaven sent....another well known, cloud-based photo editing environment has literally died on me and I have more engineers than you can count debugging the issue on my SurfaceBook (my on-the-job editor). I'm dead in the water with two-days of photos to process. This tool looks amazing. Your tutorial is great. Question....can we do any watermarking via the tool? Small deal but many of my clients ask for their team logos included on photos. If not...any suggestions for how to do this?
In all honesty I actually use Lightroom to import most things. But if i were to switch over to using Raw Therapee full time I would most likely just copy things across using windows.
Thanks Dale. Can you give me some advice? When I sharpen an image i am only seeing the effect of it when i am in 100% zoom. Is it possible to see the effects when xoomed out looking at the whole picture rather than just a small feature? Cheers
+Marius Schudel Hi there Marius, I'm afraid I don't think its possible to see the effect of sharpening when zoomed fully out, this is the same in many photo editing packages including Adobe's lightroom. Perhaps you could try exporting the image as jpeg and viewing it full screen to see if you are happy or not with the effect.
how is your "filmstrip" so small? the images on mine is massive and I am struggling to get the "dashboard" to look the way I want it to :S i am a major noob when it comes to editing and using rawtherapee but I just want to learn. getting rather frustrated lol...
If you hover the mouse curser carefully at the bottom of the filmstrip you should see it change into a little double arrow, click and hold at this point and you should be able to drag it to the size you wish. This can be a bit fidely to be honest.
It does not work too well with RW2 files? it opens the file but the colours are awful. I opened the same files in Lumiar and they looked normal? photos shot with Panasonic G9??
Have you got the latest version? I work on NIkon so I use NEF raw files, however, I downloaded a test RW2 file and it seemed to work fine for me, I am using the very latest version of Raw Therapee. Let me know how you get on!
ah right, that's an old version, I believe they are on version 4 now, so perhaps if you go download and install the newest version you might find it orks much better for you
RawTherapee is very slow here.. can you tell me what slows the program ? I've to wait 3 seconds when selecting one photo.. iamgine what I've to wait for when selecting a whole map or photo series.. :P
Its usually down to your computer specs. Make sure you don't have other software running in the background, for example is your watching tutorials try and use another device for those. Also remember that Raw Therapee is developed for free and so isnt going to be as fine tuned as something like Photoshop and so may be more resource intensive.
You have to go to the preferences panel. preferences -> Image Processing -> Default processing photos -> "change default to neutral".. it should work... However, the autoexposure of the software works quite well and give us an initial picture with much less work to do
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7:42 That's a great point. Often, I hone in on the perfect post-edit, go grab a coffee and when I come back to it, my image looks way over-processed and often unnatural. The 2 keys to good post processing are: 1. everything in moderation and 2. ...always take a break and come back to it.
This is by far the most amazing beginner tutorial I've seen for RT. I moved to RT from lightroom and initially I felt overwhelmed my RT. Your video has given me what I need to approach my editing on RT with confidence.
Clear, to the point, nicely delivered ... but best of all it's not a "dazzling display of mousing virtuosity" - just well presented empathetic delivery.
At last: someone more intent on getting the message across such that the student can follow than showing off. Thanks for these.
Hey thanks fella, well thats really the point, I teach photography here in south wales and and you have my style in one there. Im not here to show off, thats for my students to do, i just need to show them how :)
"dazzling display of mousing virtuosity" is so frustrating and Dale does NOT do that.
I find these instructions to be a huge time saver and well worth the investment to get the utilization it offers.
Fantastic - i've learnt more in 9 minutes than i have in the previous 3 hours.I'm making the migration from Adobe to GIMP/Therapee right now and this has helped no end. Many thanks!
5 years later and this tutorial still works wonders!!!
Dude. You rock. Thanks for the straight forward, easy to understand instruction.
hands down one of the best tutorials I've seen!
Just started out with photography and your video is actually really helpful! Love that you're able to go through the basics in less than 10 minutes.
Thanks!
Absolutely amazing tutorial Dale, I learned a ton and now I feel much more comfortable when it come to editing! You should make many more tutorials, you have a great voice for it and are a great speaker! Thank You!
Thank you for making this so simple to understand.You have probably saved me hours of fiddling about and getting nowhere.
Finally someone told me how to see my original picture and compare in real time with that snapshot feature.
I was looking for Before and After. Now I found it on your video(snapshot)😃
ThankYou🙏
Thanks for your time. I've started learning the basics of post-production. Carry on.
Dale many thanks for sharing the techniques for editing in a plain & simple language.
Very helpful video, saving it to watch again later. So happy you demonstrated working with the Tone Curves, I didn't understand it before as I was used to Levels in Photoshop Elements. That graduated filter trick is neat! I see you exposed that shot for the sky to retain highlights and bring up shadow detail in post, it worked wonderfully!
Thanks Dale! Brilliant job of explaining it all in simple terms.
Brilliant tutorial Dale. You really have a penchant for teaching. This has really enhanced my understanding of the power and need of editing. Thanks a ton!
Thankyou so much, was struggling with the app but you gave explained brilliantly
Hey that explanation of the graduated exposure filter was exactly what I needed haha!!! Video was super easy to follow and really made editing look less scary lmao! Cheers!!!
Downloaded the software and not a clue how to use it - until I found your video - Thanks Dale - Great job
lovely clear clam voice, and easy to follow, not to quick, really helped thanks
thank you, great video. amaizing example btw
Thank you!
It seems to me that RawTherapee is not really a beginners’ software (although videos such as this one do help of course) - I suspect lots of conceptual knowledge is presumed. Would you say that’s true. If yes, could you recommend something a tad more approachable. Ideally free / open source but if not then, affordable, perhaps?
Absolutely incredible my friend, thank you
Jesus... Presented so well and to the point.. Thank you Dale
I will say one word. Awesome Buddy. Your flow is much good.
Thank you for creating this tutorial Dale, it was most helpful!
Very good introduction to the app. Clear and to the point.
i downloaded this software for the first time ever and was having a horrible time trying to understand what was going on but this video helped me soooo much!!! i feel like i can finally navigate it and I am soo thankful for you
Great instructional video! I've downloaded RT and am happy that it works for both my Fuji and Sony raw files. I love the way that the graduated filter works. The deeper I delve into RT I'm thinking that it's all I need.
Wow and Thank You. Your tutorial is my best use of internet time in a long time. Many other "tutorials" left me thinking.... 'I'll never get those minutes back.' You are awesome.
Loved it, easy and straight to the point.
After watching that I think (as I've installed it) I'll be brave enough to dive in and have some fun! Thanks for a great introduction.
Excellent tutorial - love the configurable ND filter demo - I've no idea how to do that in Lightroom 5.7 so this helps the decision to switch to Raw Therapee - together with Adobe's change to an expensive subscription only model. In fact I might not need a Mac anymore if everything important can now be done on Linux! Dale, you've changed my life!
Cheers, excellent basic tutorial!
Thank you Dale for a great tutorial.
Nicely done. Took some of the mystery out of it!
Superb Lesson, Dale. It was very informative. Appreciated your taking time to make this video.
Amazing Video Straight to the point. Cheers 🍻 👏
You're a hero
exactly what i was telling my self watching this tutorial !!!!! ;D
Thanks for this. Have a question - is the preview that Raw Therapee shows of the image, a full resolution preview or is it dumbing the image down? If it’s the latter, is there a way around this.
Nice tutorial usually I use Lightroom, is there a way to make custom presets to make the editing process a lot faster
Thank you so much. I now know enough to get started👍
Thanks Dale for a great tutorial. Have only just discovered this software as I am using Linux on my computer. I have a sister called Dale, believe it or not!
Really like your teaching style. Just wondering what the minimum computer configuration you would recommend to use Raw Therapee. I'm currently shopping for a new laptop. Thanks for your help
Really helped as a beginner. Thanks alot!
Very well explained in a clear voice. Much appreciated.
Such a pleasant sounding man :)
Ah, 2015. When you could still talk about saturated oranges and spray tans and not have to fight the temptation to make a reference to Donald
Great video, exactly what i was looking for, thank you so much ! just saved me a ton of time
Your tutorial is excellent. Many thanks!
Crisp & clear explanation..
DearDale - thanks for the tutorial.Nice and clear.
My first introduction in raw processing (of course using Linux). Great !
Thanks Dale nice video simple and to the point
A million thanks to you. Superb tutorial.
Thanks for taking the time to do this, it's very helpful!
Just bought a second hand GH4 and took my first photos, thanks for the tutorial mate!
Thank you so much for this video. I am new to shooting in RAW and found this video as I was searching for alternatives to Lightroom. To be honest, being an old guy, I was really worried that I would not be able to grasp how to "process" images, since all my experience years ago was in the wet darkroom.
Your presentation was simple, easy to understand, and non-threatening. I now think that I can get started with this and maybe improve some of my images. Well done, Sir.
Can I do this but like draw a box around something I want to reduce the exposure on? I have some windows that are washed out and would like to see through them thanks for the great video
Excellent introductory tutorial, quite helpful!
this was very helpful..can you please do more videos like explaining the HSV sliders and noise reduction.
How do you navigate between photos left to right with a key? I've looked for customizable buttons, help on the internet, tutorials to see if anyone switches between images but they all edit only one. I simply want to quickly move between photos in the strip in edit view.
Great tutorial. Really helpful. Many thanks for posting. :)
thank you so much my friend you helped me a lot
You are amazing.Thank you so much
Great Tutorial, thank you for uploading!
Oh Man, thanks for that, I have learnt so much from that 10 mins.
Excellent thank you.
This has convinced me to get into 'shooting RAW', especially shots featuring some sky.
I'm currently using 2 or 3 different editors for my jpegs, switching between them by copy & pasting the image.
I have a question: Can I paste a RAW image into RT, tweak, convert then copy & paste it into another editor for any further work like cloning?
Yes, you can export a jpeg from RT and import it into Gimp and do the cloning and other things there. If you use the development version 2.9 of Gimp you could also export 16bit tiffs and import them into Gimp.
Thanks
Great video would watch again 10/10 100%
Every time I edit the exposure/color of a photo in RawTherapee and then close it, the next image in my file browser automatically has the same edits applied. How do I turn that off??? I can't find an answer anywhere!
Brilliant video ! Thank you :)
Great one Dale. It's a sad that Raw therapee for me have problems at import image it's all purple. Searching on the web and could find a fix.
You might post your problem in the rawtherapee forum at discuss.pixls.us/c/software/rawtherapee. Either it has already been solved there or it can be solved there as there are also the developers present.
love it... thanks dale
Dale, is this the only editing software you use and can you recommend a good payed for software.Do you use AVS video editor at all. By the way great tutorial too mate.
I also use Gimp, Photoshop, Lightroom, and just starting to take a look at Affinity Pro. I can always recomend Photoshop as I have used it for years, however if your loking for something without a subscription Affinity has impressed me so far. I use Davinci Resolve for most of my editing. Thank you!
Excellent tutorial, thank you.
thank you man, thas was a really good presentation... keep up the good work
Thank you, very helpful!
Heaven sent....another well known, cloud-based photo editing environment has literally died on me and I have more engineers than you can count debugging the issue on my SurfaceBook (my on-the-job editor). I'm dead in the water with two-days of photos to process. This tool looks amazing. Your tutorial is great. Question....can we do any watermarking via the tool? Small deal but many of my clients ask for their team logos included on photos. If not...any suggestions for how to do this?
If not, Irfanview is tiny & can def do watermark of your choosing.
Thanks again I find this so helpful.
what program are you using to import your raw images? I'm having trouble finding a raw file organizer to use for dawtherapee
In all honesty I actually use Lightroom to import most things. But if i were to switch over to using Raw Therapee full time I would most likely just copy things across using windows.
Thanks, good instructions.
Thanks Dale. Can you give me some advice? When I sharpen an image i am only seeing the effect of it when i am in 100% zoom. Is it possible to see the effects when xoomed out looking at the whole picture rather than just a small feature?
Cheers
+Marius Schudel Hi there Marius, I'm afraid I don't think its possible to see the effect of sharpening when zoomed fully out, this is the same in many photo editing packages including Adobe's lightroom. Perhaps you could try exporting the image as jpeg and viewing it full screen to see if you are happy or not with the effect.
+Dale Poole thanks for clarifying Dale, its what I feared ;-)
Thanks for the nice tutorial! :)
how is your "filmstrip" so small? the images on mine is massive and I am struggling to get the "dashboard" to look the way I want it to :S i am a major noob when it comes to editing and using rawtherapee but I just want to learn. getting rather frustrated lol...
If you hover the mouse curser carefully at the bottom of the filmstrip you should see it change into a little double arrow, click and hold at this point and you should be able to drag it to the size you wish. This can be a bit fidely to be honest.
Haha thanks. I ended giving up trying to figure out how to use rawtherapee now i just use lightroom
This is so helpful!!
Thank you very much this really helped me alot 😀👍
It does not work too well with RW2 files? it opens the file but the colours are awful. I opened the same files in Lumiar and they looked normal? photos shot with Panasonic G9??
Have you got the latest version? I work on NIkon so I use NEF raw files, however, I downloaded a test RW2 file and it seemed to work fine for me, I am using the very latest version of Raw Therapee. Let me know how you get on!
the version is 2.4.1
ah right, that's an old version, I believe they are on version 4 now, so perhaps if you go download and install the newest version you might find it orks much better for you
Thank you.
Thank you clear and concise
RawTherapee is very slow here.. can you tell me what slows the program ? I've to wait 3 seconds when selecting one photo.. iamgine what I've to wait for when selecting a whole map or photo series.. :P
Its usually down to your computer specs. Make sure you don't have other software running in the background, for example is your watching tutorials try and use another device for those. Also remember that Raw Therapee is developed for free and so isnt going to be as fine tuned as something like Photoshop and so may be more resource intensive.
For what looks like 142 previous, positive comments...I VERY MUCH AGREE
tyvm
VERY well done!!👏🍻
Thanks a bunch, really clear and helpfull!
Brilliant video
Hi Sir,
My image gets loaded in green. How do I rectify this ? Any help would be really appreciated...!!!
In raw therapee my raw images are displaying in pink.. why is that? Please help
Hey man. Do you by any chance know how to turn off the automatic exposure adjustment when you select a photo?
You have to go to the preferences panel.
preferences -> Image Processing -> Default processing photos -> "change default to neutral"..
it should work...
However, the autoexposure of the software works quite well and give us an initial picture with much less work to do
Excellent
Great job thanks. I'm looking for a good RAW editor to avoid Adobe.
cleared some stuff out for me, thanks :)
I would like to know is there any import function like go under imort from you external sd card reader and it start doing it