RawTherapee, the free open-source raw image converter and digital photo processor, released version 5.9 recently after more than 2 years of development.
RawTherapee 5.9 features new “Spot Removing Tool” under Details tab for removing dust specks and small objects; Local Adjustments tool under Local tab for performing a wide range of operations on an area of the image determined by its geometry or color; Preprocess White Balance tool under Raw tab to specify whether channels should be balanced automatically or whether the white balance values recorded by the camera should be used instead; and a new Perspective Correction tool which includes an automated perspective correction feature.
Other changes include:
- include CAM16 in Color Appearance & Lighting tool
- new automatic white balance method “temperature correlation” for White Balance tool.
- new waveform, vectorscope and RGB parade modes for the Main Histogram.
- new dual-demosaicing methods in the Demosaicing tool
- add saturation adjuster for Haze Removal tool
RawTherapee 5.9
There are as well many new and improved Cameras support, including Canon EOS 100D / Rebel SL1 / Kiss X7, Canon EOS 2000D / Rebel T7 / Kiss X90, Nikon D6, Nikon Z 6II, Nikon Z 7II, and more. See the release note for details.
How to Install RawTherapee:
Option 1: AppImage
The software provides official Linux package via AppImage, which is available for downloading at the link below:
Once you got the package, right-click on it to open file ‘Properties’ dialog and add ‘executable as program’ permission. Finally, click the file to launch the photography processor.
NOTE: Ubuntu 22.04+ does not support AppImage out-of-the-box. In case it doesn’t work for you, press Ctrl+Alt+T on keyboard to open terminal and run command sudo apt install libfuse2 to enable it.
Option 2: Flatpak
RawTherapee is also available as Flatpak package that runs in sandbox and works in most Linux.
1. First, open terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T) and make sure the daemon package is installed by running command in Ubuntu 20.04, Ubuntu 22.04 and higher:
sudo apt install flatpak
Ubuntu 18.04 user can get the package from this PPA.
2. Then, install Rawtherapee as Flatpak by running command:
flatpak install https://dl.flathub.org/repo/appstream/com.rawtherapee.RawTherapee.flatpakref
Like normal package, you can search for and launch the flatpak app from either ‘Activities’ overview or system start menu depends on desktop environment.
(Optional) To remove the Flatpak package, use command:
flatpak uninstall --delete-data com.rawtherapee.RawTherapee
Option 3: Ubuntu PPA
The software does not has an official PPA for Ubuntu user. But you can keep an eye on this page for third-party PPAs.
Or leave comment here to request one. I don’t use RawTherapee, but if you prefer to install it as native .deb I can built it into my personal PPA.
