RAWTHERAPEE 5.10 RELEASE NOTES

This is RawTherapee 5.10, released on 2024-02-16.



IN GENERAL

Start by reading the "Getting Started" article on RawPedia:
https://rawpedia.rawtherapee.com/

RawTherapee supports most raw formats, including Pentax and Sony Pixel Shift, Canon Dual-Pixel, and those from Foveon and X-Trans sensors.
If you're wondering whether it supports your camera's raw format, first download RawTherapee and try for yourself. If a raw format is not supported it will either not open, or the preview in the Editor tab will appear black, white, or have a strong color cast - usually magenta. In that case, read the "Adding Support for New Raw Formats" RawPedia article.

In order to use RawTherapee efficiently you should know that:
- You can scroll all panels using the mouse scroll-wheel.
- You can right-click on a tool's name to automatically expand it while collapsing all others.
- To change slider values or drop-down list items with the mouse scroll-wheel, hold the Shift key. This is so that you can safely scroll the panels without accidentally changing a slider or other tool setting.
- All curves support the Shift and Ctrl keys while dragging a point. Shift+drag makes the point snap to a meaningful axis (top, bottom, diagonal, other), while Ctrl+drag makes your mouse movement super-fine for precise point positioning.
- There are many keyboard shortcuts which make working with RawTherapee much faster and give you greater control. Make sure you familiarize yourself with them on RawPedia's "Keyboard Shortcuts" page!
- All sliders support a fine-tuning mode which you can toggle by pressing the Shift key while dragging a slider.



NEW FEATURES SINCE 5.9

- Multiple custom external editors can be added and the external editor can be chosen in the Editor tab.
- The Favorites tab can be configured in Preferences. An option to display Favorite tools in their original location has been added.
- Metadata is now handled by Exiv2. CR3 metadata is supported.
- When saving images in the TIFF file format, there is a new option to use the BigTIFF format.
- The DCP and LCP file paths saved to processing profiles have better interoperability between Windows and Linux, and between different computers.
- The Tone Equalizer in Local Adjustments is now also available in the Exposure tab. They have a new Pivot adjuster to shift the range of affected tones. The Tone Equalizer in the Exposure tab can display a tonal map for visualizing the tones.
- The ICC profiles in the user configuration directory are recognized.
- The language selection in Preferences now show all language names in their own language.
- The Lensfun database directory can be changed in Preferences.
- The color pickers in Film Negative (Color tab) now have adjustable size.
- Dynamic Profile Rules now has a File path filter.
- The context menu for images (File Browser tab) received a new option to sort images by name, date, rank, color label, or EXIF.
- The Flat-Field tool (Raw tab) has a new From Metadata option for applying DNG gain maps.
- Temporary files generated by the external editor feature now have more private file permissions.
- The Color Appearance & Lighting tool (Advanced tab) received various improvements.
- The Abstract Profile in the Color Management tool (Color tab) received a Gamut control option.
- The L*a*b* Adjustments (Exposure tab) and Local Adjustments (Local tab) tools received improvements to the Avoid color shift option.
- The Highlight reconstruction in the Exposure tool (Exposure tab) has a new Inpaint Opposed method that usually offers better reconstructed details than the Blend method and higher reliability compared to the Color Propagation method.
- The Temperature correlation automatic white balance method in the White Balance tool (Color tab) received various improvements.
- The Denoise section of the Blur/Grain & Denoise tool in Local Adjustments (Local tab) has an improved interface.
- Raw files from OM Digital Solutions cameras are supported.
- The Dynamic Range Compression tool in the Exposure tab and in Local Adjustments (Local tab) has improved behavior. The tool in Local Adjustments received a Saturation control option.
- The default value for the Show additional settings option for new spots in Local Adjustments (Local tab) is now linked to the Default complexity for Local Adjustments set in Preferences.
- Added or improved support for cameras, raw formats and color profiles:
    - Canon EOS 250D (DCP)
    - Canon EOS 7D Mark II
    - Canon EOS 800D (DCP)
    - Canon EOS 90D
    - Canon EOS Kiss X10
    - Canon EOS M100
    - Canon EOS M50 (DCP)
    - Canon EOS M50m2
    - Canon EOS M6 Mark II
    - Canon EOS R
    - Canon EOS R10
    - Canon EOS R3
    - Canon EOS R5
    - Canon EOS R6
    - Canon EOS R6m2
    - Canon EOS R7
    - Canon EOS R8
    - Canon EOS RP
    - Canon EOS Rebel SL3
    - Canon EOS-1D X Mark II
    - Canon PowerShot G7 X Mark II
    - Canon Powershot G5 X MARK II (DCP)
    - FUJIFILM DBP for GX680 (DCP)
    - FUJIFILM GFX 100
    - FUJIFILM GFX100S
    - FUJIFILM X-A7 (DCP)
    - FUJIFILM X-E3 (DCP)
    - FUJIFILM X-H2
    - FUJIFILM X-PRO3
    - FUJIFILM X-S10 (DCP)
    - FUJIFILM X-T3
    - FUJIFILM X-T30
    - FUJIFILM X-T30 II
    - FUJIFILM X-T4
    - FUJIFILM X-T5
    - FUJIFILM X100V
    - LEICA D-LUX 7
    - NIKON D3300 (DCP)
    - NIKON Z 5 (DCP)
    - NIKON Z 6_2 (DCP)
    - NIKON Z 9
    - OLYMPUS E-M1 (DCP)
    - OLYMPUS E-M10MarkIV
    - OM Digital Solutions OM-1
    - OM Digital Solutions OM-5
    - PANASONIC DC-GX880
    - PANASONIC DMC-LX100 (DCP)
    - Panasonic DC-G100
    - Panasonic DC-G110
    - Panasonic DC-LX100M2
    - Sony DSC-RX100M6 (DCP)
    - Sony DSC-RX1RM2
    - Sony ILCE-7 (DCP)
    - Sony ILCE-7C (DCP)
    - Sony ILCE-7M4
    - Sony ILCE-7RM2
    - Sony ILCE-7S
    - Sony ILCE-7SM2
    - Sony ILCE-7SM3 (DCP)
    - Sony ZV-1



NEWS RELEVANT TO PACKAGE MAINTAINERS

New since 5.9:
- Dependency on Exiv2 >= 0.24.

In general:
- To get the source code, either clone from git or use the tarball from https://rawtherapee.com/shared/source/ . Do not use the auto-generated GitHub release tarballs.
- Requires GTK+ version >=3.22.24 in Windows, else >=3.16 (though >=3.22.24 is recommended).
- GTK+ versions 3.24.2 - 3.24.6 have an issue where combobox menu scroll-arrows are missing when the combobox list does not fit vertically on the screen. As a result, users would not be able to scroll in the following comboboxes: Processing Profiles, Film Simulation, and the camera and lens profiles in Profiled Lens Correction.
- RawTherapee 5 requires GCC-4.9 or higher, or Clang.
- Do not use -ffast-math, it will not make RawTherapee faster but will introduce artifacts.
- Use -O3, it will make RawTherapee faster with no known side-effects.
- For stable releases use -DCACHE_NAME_SUFFIX=""
- For development builds and release-candidates use -DCACHE_NAME_SUFFIX="5-dev"



NEWS RELEVANT TO DEVELOPERS

See CONTRIBUTING.md



DOCUMENTATION

https://rawpedia.rawtherapee.com/



REPORTING BUGS

If you found a problem, don't keep it to yourself. Read the "How to write useful bug reports" article to get the problem fixed:
https://rawpedia.rawtherapee.com/How_to_write_useful_bug_reports



FORUM

RawTherapee shares a forum with users and developers of other Free/Libre/Open Source Software:
https://discuss.pixls.us/c/software/rawtherapee



REVISION HISTORY

The complete changelog is available at:
https://github.com/Beep6581/RawTherapee/commits/
