The Release of the new version of RawTherapee 5.12, a powerful digital development software that allows editing and converting RAW images. RawTherapee 5.12 arrives Loaded with new tools, expanded compatibility with cameras and improvements in processing algorithms.
This new version offers users even more precise control over every stage of the photography workflow, from color management and improved support for new formats, to optical correction.
Main news of RawTherapee 5.12
In this new version of RawTherapee 5.12, one of the most notable new features is the new Gamut Compression tool, based on the ACES color coding operator, which allows you to manage highly saturated colors and bring them within the chosen color space before applying additional adjustments.
The tool «Distortion Correction» has been improved with a function «De-fish» able to transform images captured with fisheye lenses into rectilinear projection photographsThis correction works especially well with equidistant projections, allowing for a more natural perspective. Additionally, the new scale parameter in the Lens/Geometry module allows you to manually adjust the size of the corrected image.
On the other hand, the old The resize tool has been renamed Resize and Frame, and also includes a new ability to add decorative borders around images. Users can configure the color and thickness of the frame, allowing them to customize the final result for presentations, galleries, or social media.
New features for local color and contrast management
The module of "Abstract Profile» introduces a «Contrast Enhancement» mode, Useful to restore microcontrast in areas that may lose definition after applying transformations based on color profiles. Meanwhile, the Color Appearance tool includes improvements to tone mapping operators, such as the addition of a sigmoid mapper and new options for fine-tuning brightness and contrast without losing detail in highlights and shadows.
Within the section of "Shadows/Highlights and Tone Equalizer" - the new algorithm has been implemented of global mapping GHS (Generalized Hyperbolic Stretching), which offers more intuitive control over dynamic range. In addition, RawTherapee 5.12 expands support for DNG files floating-point images generated after mosaic interpolation, improving compatibility with advanced workflows on cameras that generate these types of RAW files.
Greater compatibility with cameras and lenses
On the compatibility improvements side, It is mentioned that the development team continues working on integrating LibRaw as a basis for reading RAW files, abandoning its previous fork of dcraw. As part of this transition, access to files generated in Canon's RAW burst mode has been improved, now allowing all captured images to be processed, not just the first six, as was previously the case.
In addition, support for next-generation cameras is expanded, including:
- Canon EOS-R8
- Fujifilm X-E4
- Sony ILCE-7CR, ILCE-7M3 and ILME-FX3
Likewise, a greater number of Sony lenses are recognized, allowing for more precise automatic corrections to be applied based on the optical profile of each lens.
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How to install RawTherapee on Linux?
For those who are interested in being able to obtain this new version of RawTherapee you can get this new version by visiting their official website where you can find the different installers of the application (Windows, Mac and Linux). For our case “Linux” We can obtain this new version by downloading the AppImage of it.
You can do this by opening a terminal and in it executing the following command:
wget -O RawT.AppImage https://rawtherapee.com/shared/builds/linux/RawTherapee_5.12_release.AppImage
Done the download, Now we must give it execution permissions with:
sudo chmod u+x RawT.AppImage
And they can run the application by double clicking on the file or from the terminal with:
./RawT.AppImage
In the case of those who are Ubuntu users and derivatives, you can choose to add a repository to your system and with which you will not only get the latest published version, but it will also inform you about new updates.
To add the repository, just open a terminal and in it you have to type the following command:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:dhor/myway -y
Finally, just install the application by executing the following command:
sudo apt install rawthreapee