Raw Therapy

What is RawTherapee? 

Raw Therapee is an editor for RAW images, the unprocessed image format used by reflex cameras. Some photographers prefer to use RAW instead of shooting in a format like JPEG as information isn’t compressed and lost with RAW and so produces higher quality images.  

Benefits of using RawTherapee 

  • Open source and free to download 
  • Runs on Windows, Mac OS and Linux 
  • High image quality 
  • Non-destructive editing 

RawTherapee tools and features 

  • Advanced colour handling – white balance, hue saturation value, curves, colour toning and colour management 
  • Enhanced exposure and tonality tools 
  • Multiple de-noising methods 

Useful Links

Basic editing in Raw Therapee