06-30-2019, 01:05 PM
(06-30-2019, 07:51 AM)Ofnuts Wrote: RT (and others...) is a lot more photo-oriented than Gimp. They are also non-destructive, they store the process, not its result, soNoted and thanks. New to RT.
To import a raw file, you will always need plugins (importing any file type in Gimp is done by a plugin). So the only question is how complex the plugin should be. RT is a full application masquerading as a plugin, there are simpler ones (NufRaw...).
- you can figure out what you did,
- you can go back partially in the process history to change the process without redoing everything
- you can easily apply the same process to more photos (for a panorama, for instance)
(06-30-2019, 08:47 AM)rich2005 Wrote: It is a matter of personal preference. Ofnuts has a good point about the non-destructive capabilities of RT. However, in my opinion, both RT and Darktable have appalling interfaces,Thanks. Tried nufraw and it did not work with GIMP. Thus searched, studied and compared RT and Darktable. Decided on RT and installed it.
If you just need to get an image into Gimp then nufraw has the simplest interface. Unfortunately the standalone Windows latest nufraw package still does not integrate into a gimp.org Gimp (just tried it - NBG). The Partha Gimp 2.10.12 has nufraw already integrated. http://www.partha.com
Something like this, Select image from Gimp, choose 16 bit output, ok it which then opens in Gimp (and a lot faster than RT) https://i.imgur.com/FOsZynh.jpg
Playing around with RT with GIMP. The handshake/link between the 2 is pretty smart and smooth. Impressed with RT.
So my current plan is to use RT for raw files, do the basic image quality stuff (white balance, chromatic, exposure, noise, sharpen, etc) and then pass it to GIMP for other work like layers.
Lots of tutorials to go through! Ha.