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-.TH RAWTHERAPEE 1 "June 14, 2012"
+.TH RAWTHERAPEE 1 "July 31, 2012"
 .SH NAME
-rawtherapee \- Free RAW converter and digital photo processing software
+rawtherapee \- an advanced cross-platform program for developing raw photos.
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 \fBrawtherapee\fP [directory|image\-file]
 .br
 \fBrawtherapee\fP [\-o|\-O <output>] [\-s|\-S] [\-p <file>] [\-d] 
-[\-j<1\-100>|\-t|\-t1|\-n] [\-Y] \-c <input>
+[\-j[1\-100]|\-t|\-t1|\-n] [\-Y] \-c <input>
 .SH DESCRIPTION
-\fBRawTherapee\fP is used to adjust some of the most often changed parameters
-when optimizing digital images. A normal user often just wants to adjust the
-white balance or brightness of a photo he took. Instead of using a big and
-expensive image editor you could use a small and fast (specialized) tool like
-\fBRawTherapee\fP.
-.br
-More and more cameras also support RAW formats. RAW files usually offer higher
-color depth than JPGs (JPG is limited to 8 Bit per color). So the adjustments are
-done with the high color depth and then afterwards converted to or saved as JPGs.
-RawTherapee supports JPG (8 bit), PNG (8 or 16 bit) and TIFF (8 or 16 bit). All
-image processing is done in 16 bit/channel mode.
-.br
-Different to other RAW converters it can use EAHD as demosaicing algorithm. The
-RAW loading engine of \fBRawTherapee\fP is based on dcraw.
+\fBRawTherapee\fP is an advanced program for developing raw photos and for 
+processing non-raw photos. It is non-destructive, makes use of OpenMP, supports 
+all the cameras supported by dcraw and carries out its calculations in a high 
+precision 32bit floating point engine.
 .SH OPTIONS
 .TP
-\-o <outputFile>|<outputDir>
-select output directory
+\-o <output file>|<output dir>
+select output directory.
 .TP
-\-O <outputFile>|<outputDir>
- select output dir and copy pp3 file into it
+\-O <output file>|<output dir>
+ select output directory and copy the PP3 file into it.
 .TP
 \-s
-include the pp3 file next to the input file (with same name) to build the image's
-parameters, eg: for IMG001.NEF there should be IMG001.NEF.pp3 in the same dir if
-absent use default
+use the PP3 processing profile located next to the input file (which shares 
+same name as the input file) when building the processing parameters, e.g.: for 
+IMG001.NEF there should be a IMG001.NEF.pp3 in the same directory. If such a 
+file is not found, the default values are used.
 .TP
 \-S
-like \-s but skip if pp3 file not found
+like \-s but skip processing that image if its corresponding PP3 file is not 
+found.
 .TP
-\-p
-specify pp3 file to be used for all conversions. You can specify as many \-p
-options as you like (see note below)
+\-p <PP3 file>
+specify a PP3 processing profile to be used for all conversions. You can 
+specify as many \-p options as you like (see note below).
 .TP
 \-d
-use the default RAW or Image pp3 file to build the image's parameters
+use the default raw or non-raw PP3 file to build the image's parameters 
+(specified in the options file).
 .TP
-\-j<1\-100>
-specify output to be jpeg (default)
+\-j[1\-100]
+specify output to be JPEG (default). The compression value can be in the range 
+1-100. If none was specified, the default compression value is 90, balanced
+subsampling (4:2:2).
 .TP
 \-t
- specify output to be uncompressed tiff
+specify output to be uncompressed 8 bit per channel TIFF.
 .TP
 \-t1
-specify output to be compressed tiff.
+specify output to be zip-compressed 8 bit per channel TIFF.
 .TP
 \-n
-specify output to be png.
+specify output to be 8 bit per channel PNG with a compression value of 6.
 .TP
 \-Y
 overwrite output if present.
@@ -62,20 +57,30 @@ overwrite output if present.
 .P
 .B Note:
 .br
-Your pp3 files can be incomplete, \fBRawTherapee\fP will set the values like that:
-the pp3 file is built with internal default values; then overridden by those
-found in the default RAW or Image pp3 file (if \-d has been set); then overridden
-by those found in the pp3 files provided by \-p, each one overriding the previous
-values; then overridden by the sidecar file if \-s is set and if the file exists;
-the time where the sidecar file is used depend of the position of the \-s switch
-in the command line regarding to the \-p parameters
-(e.g. "\-p first.pp3 \-p second.pp3 -s \-p fourth.pp3").
-
-.SH SEE ALSO
-the included help
+You can use partial PP3 files, in which case RawTherapee will set the
+missing values as follows:
 .br
-http://www.rawtherapee.com
+  The PP3 file is first built with internal default values;
+.br
+  then overridden by those found in the "default raw" or "default non-raw" photo
+profile (if \-d has been set);
+.br
+  then overridden by those found in the PP3 files provided by \-p, each one
+overriding the previous values;
+.br
+  then overridden by the sidecar file if \-s is set and if the file exists;
+.br
+  the time when the sidecar file is used depends of the position of the \-s
+switch in the command line relative to the \-p parameters
+(e.g. "\-p first.pp3 \-p second.pp3 -s \-p fourth.pp3").
+.SH SEE ALSO
+You can find the documentation, including a detailed user manual, on the
+project's website:
+http://rawtherapee.com/blog/documentation
 .SH AUTHOR
-\fBRawTherapee\fP was written by Gabor Horvath and others.
-.PP
-This manual page was written by Philip Rinn <rinni@gmx.net>.
+\fBRawTherapee\fP was originally written by Gabor Horvath of Budapest, 
+Hungary, before being relicensed as free and open-source software in January 
+2010 and being maintained by a team of people since.
+.br
+The RawTherapee Development Team comprises of passionate people from all around 
+the world.