FREE Photo Editors (RAW): Photoscape X & RawTherapee

[@TonyAndChelsea]

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[@Supermanohman]

The book emojis are a little too much. :P Thanks for these apps. You can download Photoscape on Windows 10 app store

[@jonathangarzon2798]

Tony & Chelsea Northrup curious if either of these allow you to later like Photoshop does, melding pictures to say change backgrounds add or remove sections of it etc.

[@sailingsvsalacia8398]

Tony, I saw this video about a year and half ago and have been using Photoscape X ever since. The free version has all the editing features you need to make printable photos and it never expires. It hasn't been updated in a couple of years, but it's still very useful and way easier to use than any of the other free option. I recently upgraded to the pro version for a few extra features and as an amateur photographer, I believe this is all I will ever need.

[@wheelspeed831]

Just have to send a HUGE thank you for this video and many others. As a hobbyist landscape/street photographer this is exactly what i needed. Great instruction, to the point and easy to understand. Also if you guys are ever in need of a driver/ tour guide for the central ca coast area let me know. I would be happy to tag along just to learn and pick up whatever tips i could.

[@The80sBoy]

Hey Tony and Chelsea, thank you for the excellent demonstration of Photoscape X. As a budding new photographer working on a tight budget, this software has been a real eye-opener-it's improved my photos immediately and makes me want to go out and take lots more. Love your channel, it's never patronising and always informative and fun. Keep up the great work!

[@777-Phil]

Seems EVERYTIME I look for help "Tony & Chelsea" appear. EVERYTIME I watch a vid, it's God-Send! What a labor of love, imho. Utmost thanks & blessings!

[@patrickfitzgerald2861]

Many thanks Tony! I've been using the old version of Photoscape for a couple of years now, and I was not aware of the "X" upgrade. You've saved me from the dark abyss of Adobe subscriptions!

[@edwardbrown2142]

I made my start in rawtherapee and it actually taught me a lot about the way raw processors work and actually allows me to be more familiar with the more complex functions in lightroom.

[@CyberEditing]

Stunning ! Magnificent presentation. That was superbly done.

[@radicallyforjesus]

Thank you so much for this. I was feeling bummed because I just bought my first DSLR a couple of weeks ago and am trying to learn. I was interested in learning RAW photo editing, but I didn't want to invest in the adobe software subscriptions as of yet with such a big recent purchase and all. Perfect, I downloaded one and it is very nice. I will have to learn it, but it is WAY better than the basic windows photos tools. LOL

[@bthurmond]

Tony, thank you so much! For weeks I had fumbled around unsuccessfully with every imaginable tool to make a wire disappear. PhotoscapeX + RawTherapee were perfect. The wire "healed" out quickly and easily. Plus I added some interest to the blurred background. So easy and quick.

[@scottgmaclean]

Tony - you are the Good Samaritan of photography. I was looking for a RAW editor and not only did I get that but a helpful tutorial to boot! Thanks again for your great work

[@jeanleguique4280]

Thanks for the review Tony. About RawTherapee, don't forget to activate the tool if you see a "power button" in the tool's header ;) otherwise the slider might create an entry in the history but will not update the image. One more small tip for those tempted by this software : right click over a tool's header to expand it and collapse all the others, making things less intimidating. And you have different mean of doing color adjustments in so different tool, at some point you'll have your preferred ones.

[@smoogles]

thanks for the tips!

[@XandeRToXic]

This is literally the best channel on KZbin. Thank you both VERY MUCH.

[@stillinthestream]

I’ve tried a lot of free apps over the years, but somehow I missed Photoscape X. There are so many out there now… I watched this video the other night, downloaded the app, and I’ve played around with it enough to say it’s the best one I’ve tried so far. Thanks for the great channel, and this helpful video.

[@MichaelNatrin]

My lightroom trial just ran out, so this is perfect timing. Thanks for sharing.

[@samarthhere9564]

Lol same here. Lightroom is nice but not worth the price.

[@ValiRossi]

I used RawTherapee for the past 6 months. Pretty cool, but I just bought LightRoom and love it. Outdoor photos looked great with Rawtherapee, but indoor flash stuff just didn't. Both have a white balance selector tool. I just don't like the way Rawtherapee handled the white balance.

[@princesslanstyle]

have you ever tried www.acdsee.com/en/free-trials

[@lee541982]

33 minutes of pure knowledge. If Tony was my high school teacher, I would have graduated from MIT already.😆

[@terrygoyan]

I love Lone Pine peak as seen through the Mobius Arch. I've camped near there many times so as to get there for the early light.

[@nature_guy]

Hi Tony in Photoscape X Pro you can save the changes you make in a photo. Instead of going to save go to the three dots to the right click on that then you will see save project. It saves file as a .psxprj project file. I think this is a great program has tons of features and capabilities other programs do not have. I use many other programs but find this one offering a lot of unique features.. I will always use it to do neat looking graphics.

[@edwardmccarthy6275]

Thanks Tony. PhotoscapeX gotta be the best damn quick edit for RAW photos I've seen and used. And really, a pretty good basic editor as well. Seriously, sometimes simple really is the best. If you get your pics done well in the camera, almost everything simple can be done very easily and very quick with Photoscape X. And UI is very user friendly (and fun). Again, thank you!

[@tahoetwin]

Thank you Tony, I'm new to photography/picture taking I've been wondering about and looking for a photo editor that's free. Great and very helpful info. Tim.

[@omarb.3843]

After experimenting with APS Elements 15, PhotoScape X Pro and RawTherapee I have decided that PhotoScape X Pro worked the best for me, plenty of very useful tools. Thanks Tony for this great presentation.

[@joaovtaveira]

Now Darktable is available also for Windows and is awesome.

[@stulora3172]

@@RonaldPlett interesting. I use darktable for Pentax (DNG) and Fujifilm (RAF) without problems.

[@stulora3172]

@@RonaldPlett Independently of the file compatibility, which editor would you choose? I am asking because I never tried rawtherapee as I was very happy with darktable since I first tried it.

[@stulora3172]

@@RonaldPlett thanks. I guess I might give it a try.

[@aomanchutube]

I use darktable for a Canon 6D. No problems what so ever.

[@pettere8429]

@@RonaldPlett I have got a D7100 and darktable handles my NEF-raw-files just fine. It could be the base curve module or something tripping you up.

[@ruku007]

By God Tony! Is there any topic you did not make a video on? Eternally grateful, Soumyajit

[@MrArslanabd]

Hi Tony. I bought DSLR since 2012, but always used to take photos in auto mode. But after watching your videos, this motivated me to watch all your tutorials. Because you teach in a very good, understandable way. I am about to order your book as well. Just want to thank you for nice and precise explanation for every detail you are explaining and awaking my interest again in photography!

[@edugamer950]

Thank god I found your video, I was a little bit overwhelmed with rawtherapee after my lightroom trial expired and I couldn't find anything except for rawtherapee, thank you for showing photoescape and explaining everything so well

[@erskinhansen1715]

I tried Photoscape X while watching this video and it works SUPERB. Everything is intuitive, I didn't need to seek out tutorials to figure out what to do. Thanks Tony! RawTherapee is way too temperamental.

[@cliffterpher]

Tony. You're a mighty teacher. Thanks for the tutorial.

[@jody7399]

Excellent tutorial. Slow and clear. Thank you so much! I am using what I learned here!

[@NickolasStone]

I'm glad to see you've settled down into a safer life of photo editing, Tony. I see you've given up the reckless driving and indoor drone flight. Good for you. Keep it up!

[@Richie5480]

I love how you guys explain things, and I much appreciate you not saying hum hum, like some of the other KZbin channels out there. Rich in Pahrump, Nv

[@apokonpostoak]

I have been watching you for a while and this was the most useful (to me) video from you that I have seen.

[@highdough2712]

My father just asked me what he should use to edit some of the photos he's taken over the years and is putting into a book (he's NOT computer savvy), and this is perfect. I am sending him the link. Thanks.

[@mitchrothschild9697]

Tony, Thank you so much for taking the time to show these! I now don't have to worry about a monthly subscription. You are the best!

[@dolex161]

thanks for helping me, the unseasoned armature, clarify editing. I've been taking pictures for a while now but was struggling to really get started. Many thanks. love your show

[@95ZR580]

Amazing what these apps can do! I've been using a bridge camera, sending photo straight to phone, then a quick Instagram edit and posted. Just ordered a new dslr, looking forward to stepping up my game. Thanks for sharing

[@annettebasile]

Just want to say a huge thanks to Tony and Chelsea for these great videos. Learning a lot from you - fantastic tips. Thanks again :)

[@GabrielVitale]

Hi!, Timestamps, 0:41 - PhotoScape X 24:20 - RawTherapee See ya!

[@sankag9174]

Tnks bro

[@lightbox617]

Just stumbled across your site. Really grateful. I have been looking for a freebe for my students. Thanks so much for being so comprehensive (and doing all of my work for me)

[@Dionisio0408]

Thank you Tony and Chelsea for your efforts in introducing this free app. Also thanks to Photoscape X.

[@joebeard7387]

Hi Tony, re your comment on vignetting. Some of our photos have this effect but from the rubber collapsible hoods. Please consider doing a presentation on the use of various lens hoods and when they should be used. Thanks and regards, Joe

[@saracenrush2010]

I was using rawtherapee and was finding myself overwhelmed. I will give photoscape a try now. Thank you for this detailed video.

[@kurtauerbach5883]

Windows had too many updates for me...when i woke up, coffee in hand i didnt want to be forced to do an update.. forget that! Ive tried Darktable, some of the most powerful mask tools, but not as ease of use as as Lightroom. Glad to see you do a comparison here!

[@thetimeznow7363]

I know this is an older post, but I had to say thank you for this video. I am new to photography and found this to be a great deal of help...so Thank You!!!

[@lonnieclemens8028]

Thank you Tony! I am happy to see this video. I also like the photoscape program.

[@rick_bryant]

Hi Tony, I'll try to keep this fairly short, I am just starting out in DSLR with a Nikon D3300. I found your video extremely helpful and love your style. I am currently wading my way through your SDP book, so much info available, unbelievably low price, I had to give it 5 * on Amazon! The review of editing software was very helpful, esp. Photoscape, I have a very old version of Photoshop that I find cumbersome. Now to the question, I shall shortly be visiting Andalusia, Alhambra, Córdoba and Seville and would like to take photos that I can quickly share on social media, plus, spend some time on editing back home, adding some effects and compiling an album. Do you recommend switching from JPEG to RAW on the camera as I go along, choosing RAW + fine in the menu, or would the jpeg fine setting give me enough edit ability in Photoscape? I am also guessing that, inside historic buildings, aperture priority setting would be best. I will be on guided tours and I take your point that "take lots of shots and delete later" is the best strategy, however, I will probably have seconds rather than minutes to compose most shots. Thanks very much, keep up the good work, I don't know how you find the time! We beginners really appreciate it and I will certainly be spreading the word of your excellent book here in the U.K. Rick Bryant

[@PaidforinFull]

I use to do just about everything in Lightroom, and occasionally Photoshop. Couldn't keep using the subscription, Thank you for the demonstration of PhotoScape X as I was really wanting to get away from Gimp for doing some of the more artistic edits that I use to do in Lightroom. Now I'm thinking that I will start with Raw Therapee for the Raw, save off a Tiff or PNG and do the artistic editing in PhotoScape X for the final picture export to JPG. Thanks for helping to decide how to finish out the Work flow.

[@themisterchristie]

One killer feature in RAWTherapee is the rotate tool. For straightening horizons or other things there is a tool in rotate that allows you to draw a line and RAWTherapee will rotate the image to make the line straight. Draw the line on the tilted horizon and RAWTherapee will level the horizon.

[@Vaibhavised]

Ian Christie you can do the same in lightroom

[@robedlin-white179]

and in Affinity

[@OneCameraOneLens]

Didn't know about Photoscape X! I tend to use Lightroom, but like Fotor and RawTherapee too. Going to try Photoscape it looks fun!

[@DrDiemotma]

Nice video. But aditionally, RawTherapee is also available on Linux which is great, even though I prefere Darktable which is also a very powerful tool.

[@paulplus3830]

I would love to see a RAWTherapee tutorial. What you need to know, want to know and optional stuff maybe. That would be great.

[@64mustangfan]

Thank you Tony, a great presentation as always, it highlights the simplicity of Photoscape compared to some of the other expensive products I have. Possibly 80% of what I want to do is covered by Photoscape which has an easy learning curve. If I have photography issues you are always my first resource, thank you for the added pleasure you give my hobby.

[@DrystanTallwch]

Hey Tony (and Chelsea), for starters I would like to thank you for all the great videos! I've learned a lot thanks to you. I have a quick question about Photoscape X: is it possible to put a watermark on your pictures with this application? Thanks in advance!

[@djdonkeyslap]

Hi Tony. I really enjoy the depth of all your videos. Can you please do a similar review of the best free video editors. Thanks.

[@howardthompson2723]

Tony ... Brilliant - as always .. so very useful has made me really excited about editing Raw files .. struggled with lots of other tools - Photoscape X is fantastic ... but its often about how you are shown how to use things like this .. you have it nailed sir!

[@elkinator64]

Hi, perfect timing! My daughter is having a baby soon and I want to take plenty of shots. Photoshop is just waaay to complicated for me and this looks like it would be right up my alley. My question is does this have the option for smoothing faces and removing blemishes?

[@tracelynne]

Thank you Tony! I've been shooting in Fine mode and using Picasa in Windows, but just got a Mac Air. Figured if I was going to switch editors I might as well shoot RAW and learn how to edit those. This demo was detailed enough to get me comfortable with the intimidating interface of so many controls. Too, you could do a "public speaking" demo! I appreciate your calm and comfortable delivery style. Not sure any amount of practice would get me there though. Thanks again!!!

[@janmartin4864]

Hi tony and Chelsea love all your videos and on 'ins books are great my question is can you recommend any free plug in for overlays use them on my flower photography and I living in darwin Australia m y husband and I watch your show every Saturday it’s our version of going to the movies we both love all your videos. Keep up the good work

[@TLM823]

Thank you, Tony for an excellent tutorial... really appreciate your taking the time to provide this valuable information!

[@EPeltzer]

Might want to consider "free-ish" vs truly free open source. Photoscape is a closed source proprietary freemium kind of app. As such, they may change the terms at any time, and your "free" app now has a much fewer free functions, time limit, etc etc. RawTherapee is truly open source FLOSS and having used FLOSS including Linux for many years, these projects generally remain dependably free and open. I used RT on Ubuntu about 8 years ago and it was kind of primitive, now it just rocks and is incredibly polished. Aside from that, the whole fact that Photoscape does not save edits to a file at all, just a jpg, and if you want to change your edit at a later session you have to start over? Even if you just switch to another photo? (32:40) You have got to be kidding. I find that shocking and completely unacceptable, not sure how this program qualifies for any kind of recommendation. I mean, even Google Photos allows you to edit raw and never forgets your edit steps!

[@jthedrifter]

Thank you, Tony. I just downloaded photoscape x using your link. This should get me started into photo editing & then move on to getting your book to learn the pro editing softwares & how to take stunning pictures.

[@ronaldolima-qe1qf]

This guy is the reason why i bought a dslr he makes me more comfortable in taking photos. Thank you

[@jimkok1957]

Well done Tony. I downloaded Photoscape X. Will you post more on editing with the program? I have tried watching a few out there, but not up to your level.

[@cheeseieat2900]

Tony you are a lifesaver

[@ASHLEYGUILLAUME]

Greetings Tony. I was actually on the App Store looking for free photo editing apps and I saw Photoscape X as the first one. I looked at it but then went to KZbin and came across your video (this one) talking about it. Thank you VERY much for showing us Photscape X, how it works, etc. It is much appreciated. You saved me a LOT of time and for that I am grateful!!! #LetsGetEditing

[@federicolovat6168]

Love photoscape! I'd like to see a more detailed comparison with Lightroom

[@paulinefollett3099]

I love lightroom but the photoscape X has some great features. I certainly will be investigating it. Thanks for the demo.

[@NebulaChavez]

Thank you Tony for making this video - Would this still work for 2020 or do you have any new recommendations or do you plan to make a KZbin update on RAW software. Thank you for your time Mike Nebula aka Michael Anthony

[@marcushawkinsmusic]

awesome! im still in aperture and im looking at my options bucause i'm about to upgrade my mac.

[@Digmen1]

Any updates on these two programs are they still good in 2019?

[@jotabe1984]

RawTherapee remains about equal to what it was in 2016, the UI remains a little bit complex, but in my experience pays off... Besides it can be integrated with both Photoshop and Gimp (2.10 is a really improved tool compared to 2.8 and older).

[@gfinnstrom]

there is a 5.8 version now as of 03-12-2021

[@williambannierphotography2607]

Being a Linux user, I have been using Raw Therapee for awhile. The one thing it really seems to be lacking is a clarity tool. I'd like to try Photoscape X but there is no Linux option for it. Others have mentioned Darktable but I can honestly say I am not a fan of it. Raw Therapee seems to be the best option for Linux as far as I'm concerned.

[@shawnvine4918]

Hadn't heard of Photoscape X. I'll give it a try. I've tried Raw Therapee and I've liked it.

[@firstdance2000]

Really love Photoscape! They've added some extra's as well. Thank you Tony for the excellent overview!~

[@rikyjo8966]

Thank you for the recommendation and the detailed tutorial. Liked and subscribed.

[@TheMrBennito]

haven't tried out both yet, just Photoscape X. Marked improvement on some scanned slides from the 70s over the marginal Google Photo editing tools

[@alexmavrogenis1155]

I wish you a happy new year to you and your family. Thank you for your great tutorials

[@garyfarrell3751]

Thank You for the tutorial Tony. I am wondering if one can stitch panoramic photos on raw therapee. If not on RT is there a suggestive site.

[@philindeblanc]

Its about time to put Lightroom to rest, as it has gotten slow enough to age while doing a picture edit. So, I am all ears!! What a lovely picture of Chelsea @4:00 ! Maybe you could have mentioned the expectations of someone with a A7RII files, and with a somewhat large database (200-500K files), and the speed of things based on a system designed for it, like what I have. I watched your PC build and I did some things like you, besides the onboard drives and cooling, but... 32gb, 6core 3.6ghz, SSD 500gb top drive, additional SSD for PS swap file (Also can put Pagefile on a 3rd SSD do you recommend?). Files are on a Intel Server at 50-80mbs sustained. GTX 970 nVidia 4gb graphics card. What else? Creating 1:1 previews is really creating a mess of things and I rather not do this for hundreds of thousands of images. Getting images ready for an exhibit and this LR is just not working, specially with the 5DM3 files are at a crawl, and the A7r2 files are halting LR.

[@Houston1906]

For Canon users, I find that the Canon Digital Photo Professional 4 is a pretty solid program. It's free for Canon owners.

[@mikemiller2933]

Thank you!! Installed both of them to play with, although Raw Therapee is definitely overkill for me at this time as I am just starting to play around with post editing. I would also like to thank you for all of your video's, they have been a huge help with my learning curve into the photography world. I wish I had taken the time to learn my camera much earlier, but hey, better late than never. This year's goal is to pick up some prime's and a decent zoom or two to compliment my 60d and get out there and take pictures with it instead of letting it collect dust.

[@Livhis]

Excellent video, as usual! I love your videos. They are always helpful, just like your "Stunning Digital Photography" book. I grab it constantly! Thanks for all that you two do to help those who want to improve their photography. Your videos are invaluable! I've learn a great deal!

[@sylvainpaquette6132]

Thanks for the recommendation. I will start using rawtherapee now, played with it last night and it seems quite good. I've read complaint about the stability, I got the 5.1 non debut but if I see stability issue I'll switch to the debug version.

[@s.t.entertainmentreviews7506]

Thanks for all of the videos. I am new to DSLR and have learned a lot of valuable info. Well done and a appear to be a true nice guy! Thanks.

[@Astrolavista]

Just downloaded PhotoScape. Thanks for the great tips!

[@mra1948]

Thanks so much Tony. I've been looking for a free raw editor and I think Photoscape X is something I can handle. By the way, I really liked the lighthouse shot!

[@paulfraser658]

A superbly timed broadcast Tony, just updating my PC for one with W10 so will be accessing Photoscape through your link following your review.

[@jimkok1957]

Great job Tony

[@stanislavnepochatov8381]

Using RawTherapee + GIMP on Linux. It's quite powerful and reads almost any RAW format. I've managed to open Pentax K-1 and Sony A6300 raws without any updates. And Pentax multiresolution images hadn't weird color shift like in Lightroom. Downsides: some years ago it had keep crashing on rendering, poor noise reduction and AFIAK limited support of X-Trans (Fuji) RAWs.

[@stephenmacneil5753]

Thanks for this video. I am a beginner and trying to learn without ruining my finances. Funny story...I was in San Diego sitting at the hotel bar. The woman sitting next to me was with her husband. I asked, "Do people tell you that you look like Chelsea Northrup"? She looks just like Chelsea with shorter hair. She said no but her husband looked up Chelsea and could not believe how his wife looked like her...then he read something about Chelsea being named sexiest something. I told them from me it was the highest of compliments. Thank you both for teaching me so much!

[@dhanusb.chandran4404]

Really helped a lot, thank you so much Tony

[@fetzinger10]

Thanks a lot!! Photoscape X looks like a great software for my second computer! How quickly do they update the RAW profiles for new cameras and do you get those updates with the free version too?

[@belajb]

ty for sharing about free stuff...darktable is free too and has some very interesting advanced masking tools.

[@belajb]

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[@raytracemusic]

cant wait to watch this - although tbh I have switched to Lightroom in the last while - I still download and check out builds of RT all the time - another thing you might like is the G'Mic plugin set (usually for GIMP) and especially it's film emulations.

[@raytracemusic]

actually some of G'Mic is in RT now I think - a good site about open source photo editing: blog.patdavid.net/

[@thomassorensen9749]

Thank you so much for doing this! been looking for awhile for a good raw editor!!! Just made my day!

[@mick7100]

hello Tony, just a beginner in editing, do both both programs handle, open j pegs and allow you to do simple edits on those files. hopefully get more confident and use raw files in the future. thanks for you informative videos.

[@sergiobasilioli384]

Thanks Tony! you are always the best!

[@jimdawson2636]

You guys are the greatest ! Thanks so much for making this video.

[@TonyAndChelsea]

Glad we could help!

[@jorgebernier5d]

Raw therapee seems amazing!! I am definitely giving it a try.

[@scany1980]

"Always read this agreement. I'm a really fast reader, so I'm just gonna go.." LOL

[@PatrickGarrettPhotos]

Looked at the video. When I teach I recommend the FREE Topaz Studio. It's a great product, handles RAW files and I think it's easier to use than the ones you recommended. Even supports layers and layer masks in the free version. They do charge for some of the extra profiles/filters but the free version provides the needed functionality, PLUS it plugs in nicely into PS so anything you buy will work if you decide to step up to PS.

[@brokebish3375]

Cheers I needed this for my GCSE photography