[Gimp-user] Gimp channel mixer

[rich404 <forums gimpusers com>]

> There appears to be some confusion about raw loaders for GIMP 2.9.6.
> In response to rich404's post I tried opening a Nikon raw file
> directly into GIMP. It fails saying there is no raw loader installed,
> it then suggests using darktable or rawtherapee.
>
>
> I looked at the PARTHA.com site and it does state that uFRAW is
> preinstalled on GIMP 2.9.6, this is not true in my case.
>
> Another piece of confusion is on the sourceforge website where it
> states that Ufraw is only available as a standalone program under
> windows 10, it says there is a GIMP plug-in included, but it does not
> work.

You have every right to be confused.

The situation is:

ufraw is old and not updated - last release 2015. Apart from that, due to code
changes (file-raw-placeholder) the plugin does not work with Gimp 2.9.6

An updated re-mix nufraw https://sourceforge.net/projects/nufraw/ is more recent
but AFAIK there is no compiled-for-windows plugin there. This code also needs
updating to work with Gimp 2.9.6

For Windows Gimp 2.9.6 from www.gimp.org it is a vanilla version with no'extras'

Partha's Windows Gimp 2.9.6 standard edition does include a working nufraw that
will import a RAW image into Gimp from Gimp's open dialogue.

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