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<blockquote data-quote="J-see" data-source="post: 412982" data-attributes="member: 31330"><p>It's no competitor against PS but it is better than LR at several things. I'm still learning the program but since I first tried it, I directly ditched LR as my main RAW editor.</p><p></p><p>There's several things RT is better at. It has multiple approaches to color and tone control and in that, provides that much options, LR simply can't compete. I love the CIE color appearance options. Not only can you adjust all values, for most you can select curves and either do rough changes or add points and do fine-tuning.</p><p></p><p> At the level of sharpening it also is fantastic. It not only allows several different options for sharpening, like general sharpening or edge sharpening, it has splendid options like micro contrast or detail contrast which really enhance those little details. For noise too it is great. It's very advanced compared to LR's 3 sliders. I have loads of control over the noise, can select RGB or LAB for the noise and when using the high quality option together with median, it makes noise disappear LR simply can't handle. Add to that different demosaicing options, great WB control, loads of options I still need to figure out and you have a very advanced and very competent full image RAW editor.</p><p></p><p>It's not an all-rounder like LR which has plenty an option to tweak or fix parts of an image but as a work horse to do what matters, RawTherapee is simply better. Not just a bit; a whole lot better. I only use LR for my lens and cam options, then TiFF it to RT and when done, if needed use LR again to get rid of spots or anything else like that. LR mainly has become a catalog.</p><p></p><p>And RT is FREE. <--- try it.</p><p></p><p>PS might still be better but PS as a RAW editor is not the fastest option. At least not for me.</p><p></p><p>When it comes to color options, it's a bit like this:</p><p></p><p>LR</p><p>[ATTACH]138514[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p></p><p>vs</p><p></p><p></p><p>RT</p><p>[ATTACH]138515[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="J-see, post: 412982, member: 31330"] It's no competitor against PS but it is better than LR at several things. I'm still learning the program but since I first tried it, I directly ditched LR as my main RAW editor. There's several things RT is better at. It has multiple approaches to color and tone control and in that, provides that much options, LR simply can't compete. I love the CIE color appearance options. Not only can you adjust all values, for most you can select curves and either do rough changes or add points and do fine-tuning. At the level of sharpening it also is fantastic. It not only allows several different options for sharpening, like general sharpening or edge sharpening, it has splendid options like micro contrast or detail contrast which really enhance those little details. For noise too it is great. It's very advanced compared to LR's 3 sliders. I have loads of control over the noise, can select RGB or LAB for the noise and when using the high quality option together with median, it makes noise disappear LR simply can't handle. Add to that different demosaicing options, great WB control, loads of options I still need to figure out and you have a very advanced and very competent full image RAW editor. It's not an all-rounder like LR which has plenty an option to tweak or fix parts of an image but as a work horse to do what matters, RawTherapee is simply better. Not just a bit; a whole lot better. I only use LR for my lens and cam options, then TiFF it to RT and when done, if needed use LR again to get rid of spots or anything else like that. LR mainly has become a catalog. And RT is FREE. <--- try it. PS might still be better but PS as a RAW editor is not the fastest option. At least not for me. When it comes to color options, it's a bit like this: LR [ATTACH=CONFIG]138514._xfImport[/ATTACH] vs RT [ATTACH=CONFIG]138515._xfImport[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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