RawTherapee v5.12$$$released on May 28; 2025.$$$$$$New Features$$$The Raw Black Points has a new option called Dehaze. It sets the black points to the minimum values in the image; which often has the effect of reducing haze.$$$Distortion Correction gained a de-fish feature that converts fisheye images into normal (rectilinear) images. It works best with the equidistant fisheye projection. The new Scale adjuster in Lens / Geometry allows manual scaling of the transformed image for when Auto-fill yields unsatisfactory results.$$$All images in a Canon RAW burst mode file are accessible. Previously; only the first 6 images were accessible.$$$A new tool called Gamut Compression applies the ACES (Academy Color Encoding System) Reference Gamut Compression operator to improve the look of highly-saturated colors and bring colors within a selectable gamut before applying other color-related tools offered by RawTherapee.$$$The Resize tool gained a framing feature that adds a decorative solid color border around the image before it is saved. Various sizing options allow great flexibility in adjusting the border thickness and image dimensions. To reflect the tool’s capabilities; it has been renamed to Resize & Framing.$$$Demosaiced floating-point DNGs are now supported.$$$The Abstract Profile tool has a new Contrast Enhancement feature that offers a simple way to add local contrast. It can be used to restore contrast lost due to the application of the abstract profile.$$$The Color appearance tool in Selective Editing gained several Tone Mapping Operators (formerly Highlight Attenuation & Levels) enhancements in Source Data Adjustments. The RGB channel Slope tone mapper (formerly Levels) has new options. There is a new Sigmoid based tone mapper.$$$More Sony lenses are recognized; improving the data displayed in the quick info overlay and enabling automatic profiled lens correction.$$$The Shadows/Highlights & Tone Equalizer tool in Selective Editing gained the Generalized Hyperbolic Stretch (GHS) global tone mapper. To reflect the tool’s new tone mapper; it has been renamed to Shadows/Highlights; Equalizer & GHS.$$$Added or improved support for cameras; raw formats and color profiles (not an exhaustive list because unconfirmed support is excluded):$$$Canon EOS R8 (DCP; black level in electronic shutter mode)$$$Fujifilm X-E4 (raw crop in electronic shutter mode)$$$Sony ILCE-7CR (pixel shift)$$$Sony ILCE-7M3 (black level)$$$Sony ILME-FX3 (black level when not using LibRaw)$$$LibRaw$$$LibRaw is a software component used to read raw files. RawTherapee had always used a different raw file reader: an enhanced version of dcraw. dcraw has not been updated in almost 7 years; making it a burden on RawTherapee developers to support new cameras. Starting in 5.11; RawTherapee can use LibRaw to read raw files. If LibRaw determines it cannot read a raw file; RawTherapee will fall back to the enhanced dcraw. Official packages distributed by the RawTherapee team contain an enhanced LibRaw. Unofficial packages distributed by 3rd parties may decide to use a different version of LibRaw; which may not support as many cameras.$$$$$$Switching to LibRaw is a significant change. Although LibRaw originated from dcraw and the RawTherapee team made an effort to ensure the smoothest transition; there may be some raw files that LibRaw cannot handle as adequately as the enhanced dcraw. If you encounter this scenario; please submit a bug report as described below in Reporting Bugs. LibRaw can be disabled in the preferences. Keep in mind the enhanced dcraw cannot read certain raw images that LibRaw can. LibRaw will become mandatory in a future version of RawTherapee; so don’t keep those bugs to yourself!$$$$$$News Relevant to Package Maintainers$$$New since 5.11:$$$$$$The official repository has been moved to a new GitHub organization called RawTherapee. The repository is now at https://github.com/RawTherapee/RawTherapee. Previously; it was at https://github.com/Beep6581/RawTherapee.$$$In general:$$$$$$

New Features$$$The path template for queue export supports more format specifiers; including dates and new path types. Additionally; there is a preview to show the path for the selected image.$$$The maximum zoom for the editor is now configurable.$$$Pseudo HiDPI is replaced by real HiDPI.$$$The file browser has an option to show all images within subfolders too.$$$The Use embedded option for the Input Profile is available for DNGs that have an embedded DCP.$$$The Color appearance sub-tool in Selective Editing (formerly Local Adjustments) received various improvements; including simplification of the basic mode; addition of new tone mappers for Cam16; a black and white mode; and a highlight attenuation feature.$$$The White balance Tint range is expanded.$$$It is now possible to use Contrast by Detail Levels in Before Black-and-White mode while Color Appearance & Lighting is activated with CAM16.$$$Ratings and color labels can be synchronized with XMPs.$$$The Selective Editing tool received various improvements; such as a global mode for applying edits to the entire image uniformly; ?E preview buttons for most sub-tools; and adjustable graduated filter feathering for each sub-tool.$$$The EXIF modified date-time is now added to saved images.$$$RawTherapee can now read 12-bit Panasonic raw files encoded in the v6 format; such as those from the DC-GH5M2.$$$RawTherapee can now read Panasonic raw files encoded in the v8 format; such as those from the DC-GH6; DC-S5M2; and DC-S5M2X.$$$RawTherapee can now read Fujifilm lossy-compressed raw files.$$$JPEG XL images can now be opened.$$$There is a new option to use lens corrections from the file metadata. It works for compatible raw images from Fujifilm; Olympus / OM Digital Solutions (distortion and chromatic aberration corrections only); and Sony. Corrections embedded in DNGs can also be used.$$$RawTherapee can leverage LibRaw (enabled by default) to read raw images. It adds the ability to read additional raw formats; such as Sony lossless compression; and improved support for some cameras.$$$Added or improved support for cameras; raw formats and color profiles (not including LibRaw and color matrices for dcraw):$$$FUJIFILM GFX 100 (PDAF lines filter)$$$FUJIFILM GFX 100S (DCP; PDAF lines filter)$$$FUJIFILM GFX 100 II (PDAF lines filter)$$$Fujifilm X-H2S$$$Nikon Z 8 (DCP)$$$Nikon Z 9 (DCP)$$$Nikon Z f (DCP)$$$OM Digital Solutions TG-7$$$Panasonic DC-G9M2$$$Panasonic DC-GH5M2$$$Panasonic DC-GH6$$$Panasonic DC-S5M2$$$Panasonic DC-S5M2X$$$Sony ILCE-1 (Pixel shift)$$$Sony ILCE-6700$$$Sony ILCE-7CR (PDAF lines filter)$$$Sony ILCE-7RM4 (PDAF lines filter)$$$Sony ILCE-7RM5 (PDAF lines filter)$$$SONY ILCE-9M3

New Features$$$Multiple custom external editors can be added and the external editor can be chosen in the Editor tab.$$$The Favorites tab can be configured in Preferences. An option to display Favorite tools in their original location has been added.$$$Metadata is now handled by Exiv2. CR3 metadata is supported.$$$When saving images in the TIFF file format; there is a new option to use the BigTIFF format.$$$The DCP and LCP file paths saved to processing profiles have better interoperability between Windows and Linux; and between different computers.$$$The Tone Equalizer in Local Adjustments is now also available in the Exposure tab. They have a new Pivot adjuster to shift the range of affected tones. The Tone Equalizer in the Exposure tab can display a tonal map for visualizing the tones.$$$The ICC profiles in the user configuration directory are recognized.$$$The language selection in Preferences now show all language names in their own language.$$$The Lensfun database directory can be changed in Preferences.$$$The color pickers in Film Negative (Color tab) now have adjustable size.$$$Dynamic Profile Rules now has a File path filter.$$$The context menu for images (File Browser tab) received a new option to sort images by name; date; rank; color label; or EXIF.$$$The Flat-Field tool (Raw tab) has a new From Metadata option for applying DNG gain maps.$$$Temporary files generated by the external editor feature now have more private file permissions.$$$The Color Appearance & Lighting tool (Advanced tab) received various improvements.$$$The Abstract Profile in the Color Management tool (Color tab) received a Gamut control option.$$$The L*a*b* Adjustments (Exposure tab) and Local Adjustments (Local tab) tools received improvements to the Avoid color shift option.$$$The Highlight reconstruction in the Exposure tool (Exposure tab) has a new Inpaint Opposed method that usually offers better reconstructed details than the Blend method and higher reliability compared to the Color Propagation method.$$$The Temperature correlation automatic white balance method in the White Balance tool (Color tab) received various improvements.$$$The Denoise section of the Blur/Grain & Denoise tool in Local Adjustments (Local tab) has an improved interface.$$$Raw files from OM Digital Solutions cameras are supported.$$$The Dynamic Range Compression tool in the Exposure tab and in Local Adjustments (Local tab) has improved behavior. The tool in Local Adjustments received a Saturation control option.$$$The default value for the Show additional settings option for new spots in Local Adjustments (Local tab) is now linked to the Default complexity for Local Adjustments set in Preferences.$$$Added or improved support for cameras; raw formats and color profiles:$$$Canon EOS 250D (DCP)$$$Canon EOS 7D Mark II$$$Canon EOS 800D (DCP)$$$Canon EOS 90D$$$Canon EOS Kiss X10$$$Canon EOS M100$$$Canon EOS M50 (DCP)$$$Canon EOS M50m2$$$Canon EOS M6 Mark II$$$Canon EOS R$$$Canon EOS R10$$$Canon EOS R3$$$Canon EOS R5$$$Canon EOS R6$$$Canon EOS R6m2$$$Canon EOS R7$$$Canon EOS R8$$$Canon EOS RP$$$Canon EOS Rebel SL3$$$Canon EOS-1D X Mark II$$$Canon PowerShot G7 X Mark II$$$Canon Powershot G5 X MARK II (DCP)$$$FUJIFILM DBP for GX680 (DCP)$$$FUJIFILM GFX 100$$$FUJIFILM GFX100S$$$FUJIFILM X-A7 (DCP)$$$FUJIFILM X-E3 (DCP)$$$FUJIFILM X-H2$$$FUJIFILM X-PRO3$$$FUJIFILM X-S10 (DCP)$$$FUJIFILM X-T3$$$FUJIFILM X-T30$$$FUJIFILM X-T30 II$$$FUJIFILM X-T4$$$FUJIFILM X-T5$$$FUJIFILM X100V$$$LEICA D-LUX 7$$$NIKON D3300 (DCP)$$$NIKON Z 5 (DCP)$$$NIKON Z 6_2 (DCP)$$$NIKON Z 9$$$OLYMPUS E-M1 (DCP)$$$OLYMPUS E-M10MarkIV$$$OM Digital Solutions OM-1$$$OM Digital Solutions OM-5$$$PANASONIC DC-GX880$$$PANASONIC DMC-LX100 (DCP)$$$Panasonic DC-G100$$$Panasonic DC-G110$$$Panasonic DC-LX100M2$$$Sony DSC-RX100M6 (DCP)$$$Sony DSC-RX1RM2$$$Sony ILCE-7 (DCP)$$$Sony ILCE-7C (DCP)$$$Sony ILCE-7M4$$$Sony ILCE-7RM2$$$Sony ILCE-7S$$$Sony ILCE-7SM2$$$Sony ILCE-7SM3 (DCP)$$$Sony ZV-1$$$

Refer the below link for release notes:$$$https://www.rawtherapee.com/downloads/5.9/