You can navigate to your folder of images through the file browser on the left side of the window. If you shoot only in JPG (seriously, use RAW if you can), you can skip this section and head directly down to GIMP Retouching.Īfter starting up RawTherapee, you’ll be in the File Browser interface, waiting for you to select a folder of images. You should be able to follow along in other converters, but I’m going to focus on RT because that’s what I’m using. So, my workflow includes RawTherapee at this point. In my case I went with RawTherapee a while back and liked it, so I’ve stuck with it so far (even though I had to build my own OSX versions).
#Rawtherapee jpg software
One of the reasons I love using F/OSS is the availability (usually) of the software across my OS’s.
Here’s a small list of popular ones to peruse: There are a few RAW conversion options out there in the land of F/OSS. If you’re impatient, jump to that section and get the image there. I’ll have a much better starting JPG after we run it through some RAW development first! If you’re following along don’t download this version of the image. As you can see, I’ve underexposed this one a little bit, and the colors are not anywhere near where I’d like them to be. The image above is the JPG straight out of the camera. I finally decided on this shot based on the color, hair, eyes, and slight smile. You can grab several frames, but in the end hopefully just the right amount of small details will come together and you’ll find something that you really like. At this point I narrowed it down to one that I liked best - grey sweater, hood up but not pulled back against her head, hair flowing out of it, and big eyes. This puts me in the top two rows, with only a few left to decide upon. Looking over the shots, I decided I liked the images with the hood up, but her hair down and flowing around her. So that pretty much narrowed me down to this contact sheet: I felt that it put more focus on the colors of her skin, hair, and eyes. I also personally liked the grey sweater against the grey background as well.
There’s just something I like about big, bright eyes in a portrait, particularly in women. In my case, I wanted something a little more somber looking with a focus on her eyes ( they are the window to the soul, right?). This is a hard thing to quantify, as each of us is driven by our own vision and style. Mouseover to compare to unretouched version You’re not allowed to use these images for Commercial purposes.Īnd to whet your appetite, here is the final result of all of the postprocessing of my portrait (mouseover to compare it to no retouching): The final result I'm aiming for You’re free to use them, modify them, and share them as long as you attribute me, Pat David, as the originator of the file.
#Rawtherapee jpg license
These files are being made available under a Creative Commons Attribution, Non-Commercial, Share Alike license ( CC-BY-SA-NC). XCF file just to see what I did, I recommend the ½ resolution file, as it’s smaller.
#Rawtherapee jpg full
I’m walking through many of the things I had previously written tutorials for, and apply them to a process this time so you can see them as part of a workflow. Seriously, this is the longest post I’ve ever written. The Open Source Portrait (Equipment & Environment)
#Rawtherapee jpg series
The previous tutorial in this series is here: (It saved my butt with this image, as you’ll see below).Īlso, you’ll be able to download my RAW file, and JPG output from RawTherapee below. I know that I forgot to mention it in the last post, but for goodness sake if you can shoot RAW - do it. At this point all I’ve got are a bunch of RAW (and jpg) files of the shoot. In my previous post I walked through the concept and shoot of my portrait of Mairi. 36 min read The Open Source Portrait (Postprocessing)
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