Originally posted by Dartmoor Dave Thanks for all the helpful input folks. After doing some direct comparisons between RawTherapee and Camera Raw I definitely prefer the results from RawTherapee using my custom DCPs. Love having the ability to save pp3 presets and turn raw processing into pretty much a one click job.
Initial impressions of the Lanczos upscaling in RT are that it works brilliantly. I haven't done any direct comparisons against the Paint Shop Pro AI upscaling (which is the only one I've got at the moment) so that should be interesting when I get round to it.
Also loving the deconvolution sharpening in RawTherapee. Looks like I might have finally found a Camera Raw alternative that I can live with.
I'm glad it's working out well for you, David
One thing that used to frustrate me with RT is that a lot of adjustments - noise reduction, sharpening, etc. - are only applied when viewing at 100% reproduction... so when working on a high ISO shot at, say, 50% reproduction, the effects of noise reduction can't be assessed. However, it turns out to be a smart choice by the developers, as it really improves performance. Because of this, I can use it on my recently-purchased 2012-vintage, low-spec, dual-core PC with just 4GB RAM, running Ubuntu Mate 20.04 LTS, and still get acceptable performance for occasional photo processing.
I do think that noise reduction at
very high ISOs is a little lacking, resulting in some colour tinting - but I'm still learning, so it may be that I can tweak something and improve the results. That aside, I think RT is a fantastic piece of software...
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