Post your 'before' and 'after' pictures

Bill16 · Feb 18, 2015

Just click on the raw photo, and that will open it up on raw therapee once raw therapee is installed.

tea2085 said:
Alright, I'm not Bill Gates but do have some computer savvy. How in the heck do you get your picture on Raw Therapee, in the 1st place? Paul

tea2085 · Feb 18, 2015

Got it! Thanks guys !!!! Paul! To my relief (and yours too, I imagine) there is a forum for Raw Therapee located at RawTherapee ? Index page. Very helpful information. Paul

J-see · Feb 19, 2015

SOOC:

RT:

Normally this is a "delete instantly" shot and it is obvious why but since I have to learn GIMP, it's good for some cheap trickery.

Not nearly good enough but I have issues adjusting to GIMP and get things going. It takes time.

tea2085 · Feb 19, 2015

J-see, That amazes me-how much you can do with a free editor. I wanted Raw Therapee as soon as I heard your recommendation. Maybe after another 100 hrs playing with it, I will be able to do at least some of the things you are able to do!! I have no idea how you disposed of the feet that were present in the raw photo. Paul

J-see · Feb 19, 2015

tea2085 said:
J-see, That amazes me-how much you can do with a free editor. I wanted Raw Therapee as soon as I heard your recommendation. Maybe after another 100 hrs playing with it, I will be able to do at least some of the things you are able to do!! Paul

I don't fully understand RT either but the basics are identical between most editors. The rest I just goof around until it does something worthwhile. But it's a fantastic editor.

Felisek · Mar 5, 2015

Before:

After:

wornish · Mar 5, 2015

couldn't resist I was thirsty. :very_drunk:

Felisek · Mar 5, 2015

Did it taste as good as it looked? :drunk:

sonicbuffalo_RIP · Mar 6, 2015

wornish said:
couldn't resist I was thirsty. :very_drunk:
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good one!

Blacktop · Mar 22, 2015

Ok. I haven't played in a while, so here it is.

Felisek · Mar 23, 2015

I did spend quite a lot of time on this one!

J-see · Mar 23, 2015

It's been a while indeed.

SOOC (neutral):

IN RT load cam & lens profile; auto-levels and crop the part I want. Save as TiFF.

First adjustments; pull detail with tone mapping, adjust highlights and all, increase chrominance and some contrast. Some minor noise reduction. Save as new file.

First basic sharpening and some fine-tuning. Then save into the final format. Add some sharpening (trying to avoid the contrast fringe) and export as JPEG for here.

Englischdude · Mar 23, 2015

ive been away for a bit, but here is one from this weekend's walk

wornish · Mar 26, 2015

Keep changing my mind on the best crop for this shot.

Before:

After:
This is what I finally came up with .

Any other suggestions greatly appreciated.

J-see · Apr 3, 2015

Pushing big boy hard to see what he can deliver.

mikew_RIP · Apr 6, 2015

Set of for the lake this morning in bright sunshine,its only four miles away but it was thick mist and low cloud again,when this happens i normally still walk around it and take pictures to to practice shutter finger and eye coordination then dump the results,anyway was bored when i got home so had a play.