Re: [Gimp-user] Does GIMP Support RAW Images?

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On 03/05/2013 02:35 AM, Kasim Ahmic wrote:
> Ok I'll look into those programs, thank you! Although, do you know if there are any plans on supporting RAW?
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> On Mar 4, 2013, at 5:42 PM, Matthew Miller <mattdm mattdm org> wrote:
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> > On Mon, Mar 04, 2013 at 05:34:36PM -0500, Kasim Ahmic wrote:
> > > I've recently been looking into getting a Canon EOS Rebel T3. I noticed
> > > that it can take RAW images and I was just wondering if GIMP supports
> > > that.
> > GIMP doesn't have RAW support directly. There is a UFRaw plugin, but you may
> > be better served by a dedicated RAW converter such as RawTherapee,
> > DarkTable, or LightZone. (These are all free and open source.)
> >
> > If you need to do touch-up work after raw conversion, you can export a TIFF
> > file and import that into Gimp.
There is a UFRaw plugin for Gimp (http://ufraw.sourceforge.net/) that 
lets it read all the major raw sensor formats. But IMHO raw files are 
best converted in a separate application.