RawTherapee, the open-source RAW photo editor, has officially released version 5.12, packed with enhancements for photographers seeking greater editing precision and compatibility.
Key highlights from the release include:
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New Dehaze Feature in the Raw Black Points tool, which reduces image haze by setting black points to minimum values.
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Distortion Correction Update with a de-fish function tailored to equidistant fisheye images and a new manual scale adjuster for geometric fixes.
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ACES Reference Gamut Compression, a new tool that compresses oversaturated colors before color adjustments, improving accuracy in extreme lighting conditions.
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Full Canon Burst Mode Support, allowing access to all images in a RAW burst sequence—not just the first six.
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Expanded File Compatibility with support for demosaiced floating-point DNGs and broader Sony, Canon, and Fujifilm camera support.
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Resize & Framing tool adds solid color borders and more framing flexibility.
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New Tone Mapping Operators like sigmoid mapping and Generalized Hyperbolic Stretch now enhance the Selective Editing module.
With these updates, RawTherapee 5.12 continues to refine its position as a powerful, flexible tool for photographers working in complex RAW editing workflows.