YesI am using it. Why? Well, I read somewhere that it was very good and also, it is free. I am beginning to quite like it but I'd agree, it is not for postprocessing neophytes. It is only because I have worked with all manner of programs over the years that I managed without documentation - though I think there are online tutorials available somewhere.
Raw Therapee 5.8 does a better job with sharpening and with foliage and with textures but it is much harder to use. The EX 3.0 silkypix-powered raw developer still has some issues with wormies if you are a pixel peeper, and RT 5.8 puts these issues to an end.
However, I find RT and Silkypix run way slower on my 2017 iMac than other programs like Affinity and Luminar. Windows users report that Silky runs fast on that platform. Most Mac users report the opposite even on fairly high powered machines.
At the same time, I like nerdy tools so I will continue to play with them and try to learn how they work. Raw Therapy is truly a tool developed by techies for techies. There are way too many tools that you probably don't even need to use.
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Wich raw converter is the best foor XT5 files ?, I found really different results in using Capture one express or silkypix, the level of details that i see with silkypix is much better of the details that i see with C1, clearly looking ant the same RAF file.
I love the way C1Pro renders my X and GFX files. I've been a LR user since Beta 1A in 2006-07 and I still use it for culling, minor editing, and cataloging/storing but my main image processor is Capture One. I will say I've used Silkypix as well with my X files and it comes darn close to C1Pro but nothing, IMHO beats Capture One.
I use Adobe ACR (almost identical to LR)... then open in PS Photoshop. If you turn off sharpening, then open and edit in PS - no worms at all. The extra colour/definition you can achieve in PS is just incredible. Lately just using the jpegs from my X-T3, getting almost identical results. Just set to DR200 and Highlights to -2 (dynamic range is just incredible - no blown out highlights anymore) about the same as my EOS r6 mk11 raws - just wow!
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