![]() ![]() I can’t promise that I can fix it, but it doesn’t hurt to ask! RAW Image Processors If you run into a problem with one of these plugins, drop a comment on this post and I’ll see if I can help (or maybe another visitor will be able to solve it). Free software often attracts sneaky people looking to make a quick buck, so be sure you only download from official and trustworthy sites. The plugins in this list are all fairly popular and safe to use, but that doesn’t mean you should just download and run every GIMP plugin you find online. Scroll on through to browse your way through, or use the quick nav links below. Without further ado, here is my curated list of the best GIMP plugins for adding functionality and features that you’ll actually use. The list below contains all the plugins that a great image editor needs – and this time I mean you, not the software program! If you’re going to be serious about using GIMP as your main image editor, it’s important that you get comfortable dealing with the GIMP plugins system. I’ve written lots of these intro blurbs, but they all boil down to this: I’ve spent half my life working with digital images in one way or another, so I can save you time and effort by sharing my experiences with you. My name is Thomas, and I’m the writer and image editor on the TGT(The GIMP Tutorials) team. ![]() Having used almost all of the different image editing programs available on the market today, I often found myself reaching for a tool or filter in GIMP only to realize that there isn’t a comparable option available in a fresh GIMP install. Plugins are small pieces of software that work from within GIMP to add new tools, editing options, and even more capabilities like RAW image processing for high-end digital SLR cameras. The manual is terrific and it's easy to go back to for a brief explanation for a particular control.One of the most useful features of GIMP is its support for a wide range of plugins. The post isn't as long or as detailed as the RawTheapee manual, "RawPedia," but it explains why that manual is required when you might not have needed a manual to understand some simpler to use application. My most recent explanation was when version 5.7 of RT came out: The rationale for so many different controls is easy to explain and so is the solution for how to go beyond it to use the great power of RT. That conclusion is based on misunderstanding the reason for all the controls and an assumption that one must use them all and really mess up the photo in the process. The complaint is that there are so many different controls that deal with similar photographic issues making the program confusing and too complex to be useful. OK, a continuing complaint about RawTherapee over the years is one that I've posted about several times. RawTherapee 5.8 can be downloaded for Windows, Mac and Linux from the software's website. Those two features aside, the new update brings various improvements to camera models, optimizes tools, speeds up the application, improves its memory management and fixes a number of unspecified bugs. Though it's not explicitly stated, it appears the team plans to add metadata support for these files in the future. ![]() The team says that at this point in time, RawTherapee can decode the image data so that users can process these image files it cannot, however, retrieve the metadata. In addition, RawTherapee 5.8 adds support for Canon's CR3 raw image format. The RawTherapee team explains that Capture Sharpening can be used with Post-Resize Sharpening in order to produce 'detailed and crisp results.' The tool is found within the 'Raw' tab. RawTherapee 5.8 brings a new tool called Capture Sharpening that automatically recovers the detail lost due to diffraction/lens blur. This is a relatively small update, at least as far as general users are concerned. Free, open-source software RawTherapee has been updated to version 5.8, the team behind the product has announced. ![]()
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