Raw Therapee is a free, multi-platform alternative to Adobe Photoshop Lightroom (RAW converter and digital photo processing software).
Key Features:
- Selectable high performance demosaicing algorithms (EAHD and HPHD and VNG-4)
- Using DCRaw 8.82/1.398 for decoding RAW images
- Image post processing in 16 bit / channel mode
- ICC based color management
- File browsing with thumbnails
- Localization supported (utf8 language file): already included languages are: czech, deutsch, english, espanol, italian, latvian, magyar, nederlands, polish, russian, slovak, swedish
Output options:
- Supported file formats:
- JPEG (8 bit), PNG (8 or 16 bit), TIFF (8 or 16 bit)
- Image ouput size could be set
- EXIF data is preserved in JPEG output (except crw files)
- Output directory and automatic file naming highly customizable
How to install RAW Therapee in Linux:
After downloading it, open a terminal and run the following command:
Replace the bold text above with the appropriate value.
Now you can start RAW Therapee using the rstart file in /opt/RawTherapee241
Alternatively, you can create a shortcut to access this file, on your desktop or on a panel.
If you get an error, this might solve it:
Replace YOUR_USERNAME with your username.
sudo mdir /opt
cd /directory_where_you_downloaded_raw_therapee
sudo tar -xvzf rawtherapee241.tgz /opt
Replace the bold text above with the appropriate value.
Now you can start RAW Therapee using the rstart file in /opt/RawTherapee241
Alternatively, you can create a shortcut to access this file, on your desktop or on a panel.
If you get an error, this might solve it:
sudo chown -R YOUR_USERNAME:YOUR_USERNAME /opt/RawTherapee241
Replace YOUR_USERNAME with your username.