This of course can be changed, it really depends on what possible users find more convenient.Ĭoncerning the possibility of having a default set of tools ready upon opening an image, this can be already realized using presets. a set of tools with their own configuration dialogs instead of a side tabbed panel containing all the controls.
The initial idea I had in mind when I started the project was to implement a GUI more similar to GIMP or Photoshop than RawTherapee, i.e. Again, the details are explained in the blog: Moreover, for Nikon cameras there is a rather simple way to exactly match the colors of the in-camera JPegs (or those produced with Capture NX-D). Nikon D800 files should also be processed correctly once a "RAW developer" layer is properly added. As you can see, the file is handled correctly. The second screenshot shows a Sony A7 II ARW file opened with the forthcoming photoflow version available for OSX (the current version has wrong output colors), using the default "RAW developer" settings. The RAW developer settings can be saved into one or more presets, to be easily re-applied to other images.
In order to properly process a RAW image, one needs to add a "RAW developer" layer, which will allow to adjust all the common parameters like the white balance, exposure, color matching, etc. The reason is that when a RAW file is opened, there is by default no processing applied, just a mere decoding and conversion into a grayscale image corresponding to the bayer pattern. Every aspect of the RAW processing can at this point be modified and tweaked, or new adjustment layers added to further edit the RAW image.If your photoflow window looks like the first attached screenshot, it is "kind of normal" (but certainly ugly and buggy, something I've fixed in the upcoming version). The plug-in will in this case read the name of the input RAW file as well as the value of all the RAW processing parameters from the meta-data stored in the GIMP image, and will restore the RAW processing in the state as it was when the image was sent to GIMP. Let’s choose for the moment the first option, Edit current. If the configuration meta-data is found in the selected layer, the PhotoFlow filter gives you the choice between starting a new edit (corresponding to the Create new option, in which case the input pixels will be taken from the selected layer and the output will be sent to a new layer above the selected one) or continue editing the current layer (corresponding to the Edit current option, in which case the input pixels will be taken from the layer below the selected one and the output will replace the contents of the selected layer). What does this mean? When the plug-in sends the pixel data back to GIMP, it also saves the editing configuration as a meta-data blob in the GIMP image structure, so that it can be retrieved when the same layer is edited again with the plug-in. The PhotoFlow interface will open up with two pre-loaded layers, one for loading the RAW image and the second one which applies the RAW processing: Instead of opening the file directly, GIMP will call the PhotoFlow plug-in and pass the file name to it. The loading plug-in is very easy to use: launch GIMP, go to File → Open, select a RAW file from disk and hit the Open button.