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.
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!
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 :)
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!
This was an awesome jump off point for me as a complete beginner. Thanks for the simple explanations. Gotta love the underdog videos on here. They are always clutch!
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!
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
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!!!
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!
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.
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?
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.
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!
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.
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.
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!
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
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.
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.
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
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.
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?
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
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.
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.
5 years later and this tutorial still works wonders!!!
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!
Dude. You rock. Thanks for the straight forward, easy to understand instruction.
hands down one of the best tutorials I've seen!
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.
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!
This was an awesome jump off point for me as a complete beginner. Thanks for the simple explanations. Gotta love the underdog videos on here. They are always clutch!
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!
I was looking for Before and After. Now I found it on your video(snapshot)😃
ThankYou🙏
Thank you for making this so simple to understand.You have probably saved me hours of fiddling about and getting nowhere.
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!
thank you, great video. amaizing example btw
Thank you!
Dale many thanks for sharing the techniques for editing in a plain & simple language.
Downloaded the software and not a clue how to use it - until I found your video - Thanks Dale - Great job
Thanks for your time. I've started learning the basics of post-production. Carry on.
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!
I will say one word. Awesome Buddy. Your flow is much good.
Thankyou so much, was struggling with the app but you gave explained brilliantly
Thanks Dale! Brilliant job of explaining it all in simple terms.
Finally someone told me how to see my original picture and compare in real time with that snapshot feature.
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
Jesus... Presented so well and to the point.. Thank you Dale
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!!!
lovely clear clam voice, and easy to follow, not to quick, really helped thanks
My first introduction in raw processing (of course using Linux). Great !
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.
Absolutely incredible my friend, thank you
Thank you for creating this tutorial Dale, it was most helpful!
Nicely done. Took some of the mystery out of it!
Very good introduction to the app. Clear and to the point.
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!
Loved it, easy and straight to the point.
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.
Cheers, excellent basic tutorial!
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.
Thank you Dale for a great tutorial.
Superb Lesson, Dale. It was very informative. Appreciated your taking time to make this video.
Such a pleasant sounding man :)
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?
You're a hero
exactly what i was telling my self watching this tutorial !!!!! ;D
Thank you so much. I now know enough to get started👍
Amazing Video Straight to the point. Cheers 🍻 👏
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
Great video, exactly what i was looking for, thank you so much ! just saved me a ton of time
Really helped as a beginner. Thanks alot!
Very well explained in a clear voice. Much appreciated.
Thanks for taking the time to do this, it's very helpful!
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.
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!
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.
Nice tutorial usually I use Lightroom, is there a way to make custom presets to make the editing process a lot faster
Excellent introductory tutorial, quite helpful!
Crisp & clear explanation..
DearDale - thanks for the tutorial.Nice and clear.
Thanks Dale nice video simple and to the point
Your tutorial is excellent. Many thanks!
A million thanks to you. Superb tutorial.
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
thank you man, thas was a really good presentation... keep up the good work
Oh Man, thanks for that, I have learnt so much from that 10 mins.
Just bought a second hand GH4 and took my first photos, thanks for the tutorial mate!
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.
Great tutorial. Really helpful. Many thanks for posting. :)
thank you so much my friend you helped me a lot
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!
this was very helpful..can you please do more videos like explaining the HSV sliders and noise reduction.
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
Great Tutorial, thank you for uploading!
love it... thanks dale
Brother….THANK YOU!
Excellent tutorial, thank you.
How to do photos AEB?
Great video would watch again 10/10 100%
You are amazing.Thank you so much
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
Brilliant video ! Thank you :)
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
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.
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
Thanks for the nice tutorial! :)
Thank you very much this really helped me alot 😀👍
Brilliant video
Is there a clarity adjustment in rawtheraphee?
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 ;-)
Hi Sir,
My image gets loaded in green. How do I rectify this ? Any help would be really appreciated...!!!
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, good instructions.
Thanks again I find this so helpful.
Great job thanks. I'm looking for a good RAW editor to avoid Adobe.
This is so helpful!!
For what looks like 142 previous, positive comments...I VERY MUCH AGREE
tyvm
VERY well done!!👏🍻
Good video :) Good software too !
I'm using the version 4.2, and buttons and functions are more or less the same.
I see you like Roller Coaster games :D Have you tried Planet Coaster yet??
can you presets in Raw therapee?
Thanks a bunch, really clear and helpfull!
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.
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.