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RAWTHERAPEE 5.3-dev RELEASE NOTES
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This is a development version of RawTherapee. We update the code almost daily. Every few months, once enough changes have accumulated and the code is stabilized, we make a new official release. Every code change between these releases is known as a "development" version, and this is one of them.
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RawTherapee provides you with a selection of powerful tools with which you can practise the art of developing raw photos. Be sure to read RawPedia to understand how each tool works so that you may make the most of it.
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http://rawpedia.rawtherapee.com/
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A great place to start is the "Getting Started" article. Click on "Main page" in the top-left corner when you have finished reading that article to see all other articles.
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While we only commit tested and relatively stable code and so the development versions should be fairly stable, you should be aware that:
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- Development versions only had limited testing, so there may be bugs unknown to us.
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- You should report these bugs so that they get fixed for the next stable release. See
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www.rawpedia.rawtherapee.com/How_to_write_useful_bug_reports
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- The way new tools work in the development versions is likely to change as we tweak and tune them, so your processing profiles may produce different results when used in a future stable version.
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- Bugs present in the stable versions get fixed in the development versions, and make it into the next stable version when we make a new official release. That means that in some ways the development versions can be "more stable" than the latest stable release. At the same time, new features may introduce new bugs. This is a trade-off you should be aware of.
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News Relevant to Photographers
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RawTherapee supports most raw formats, including Pentax Pixel Shift, Canon Dual-Pixel, and those from Foveon and X-Trans sensors.
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If you're wondering whether it supports your camera's raw format, first download RawTherapee and try for yourself. If a raw format is not supported it will either not open, or the preview in the Editor tab will appear black, white, or have a strong color cast - usually magenta. In that case, read the "Adding Support for New Raw Formats" RawPedia article.
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In order to use RawTherapee efficiently you should know that:
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- You can scroll all panels using the mouse scroll-wheel.
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- You can right-click on a tool's name to automatically expand it while collapsing all others.
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- To change slider values or drop-down list items with the mouse scroll-wheel, hold the Shift key. This is so that you can safely scroll the panels without accidentally changing a slider or other tool setting.
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- All curves support the Shift and Ctrl keys while dragging a point. Shift+drag makes the point snap to meaningful axes (top, bottom, diagonal, other), while Ctrl+drag makes your mouse movement super-fine for precise point positioning.
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- There are many keyboard shortcuts which make working with RawTherapee much faster and give you greater control. Make sure you familiarize yourself with them on RawPedia's "Keyboard Shortcuts" page!
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New features since 5.3:
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- To be filled in when 5.4 is released.
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News Relevant to Package Maintainers
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In general:
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- To get the source code, either clone from git or use the tarball from http://rawtherapee.com/shared/source/ . Do not use the auto-generated GitHub release tarballs.
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- Requires GTK+ version >=3.16, though 3.22 is recommended.
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- RawTherapee 5 requires GCC-4.9 or higher, or Clang.
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- Do not use -ffast-math, it will not make RawTherapee faster but will introduce artifacts.
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- Use -O3, it will make RawTherapee faster with no known side-effects.
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- For stable releases use -DCACHE_NAME_SUFFIX=""
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- For development builds and release-candidates use -DCACHE_NAME_SUFFIX="5-dev"
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Changes since 5.2:
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- To be filled in when 5.4 is released.
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News Relevant to Developers
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- Announce and discuss your plans in GitHub before starting work.
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- Keep branches small so that completed and working features can be merged into the "dev" branch often, and so that they can be abandoned if they head in the wrong direction.
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- Use C++11.
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DOCUMENTATION
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http://rawtherapee.com/blog/documentation
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http://rawpedia.rawtherapee.com/
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REPORTING BUGS
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If you found a problem, don't keep it to yourself. Read the "How to write useful bug reports" article to get the problem fixed:
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http://rawpedia.rawtherapee.com/How_to_write_useful_bug_reports
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FORUM
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RawTherapee shares a forum with users and developers of other Free/Libre/Open Source Software:
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https://discuss.pixls.us/c/software/rawtherapee
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LIVE CHAT WITH USERS AND DEVELOPERS
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Network: freenode
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Server: chat.freenode.net
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Channel: #rawtherapee
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You can use freenode webchat to communicate without installing anything:
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http://webchat.freenode.net/?randomnick=1&channels=rawtherapee&prompt=1
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More information here: http://rawpedia.rawtherapee.com/IRC
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SOCIAL NETWORKS
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Google+
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http://plus.google.com/106783532637761598368
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REVISION HISTORY
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The complete changelog is available at:
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https://github.com/Beep6581/RawTherapee/commits/
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