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For more generic information on RAW images see RAW images and Open Source Software.

In order to be included in this page RAW processing software needs to at least provide a means to adjust the EV and color temperature of a RAW image. Non open source programs are included in order to give a better understanding of the different feature set covered by OSS and proprietary RAW processing software.

Here is what the abbreviations used in this page mean:

•  ? — unknown or requires checking
• n/r — not required
• n/a — manufacterer/developer doesn't provide information on this

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General information

Application	Version	month/year	License	dcraw	language/toolkit	i18n	docs	plug-ins
Bibble	4.10	May/2008	non-free	n/r	C++/Qt 3.x	yes[1]	yes	yes
dcraw	8.81	December/2007	GPL[2]	n/r	ANSI C/console	yes[3]	man page	no
dcraw-assist	0.50	March/2007	GPL	>= 8.60	?/KDE	no	no	no
digiKam	0.9.3	December/2007	GPL	8.81	C++/KDE	yes	yes	yes
Lightzone	2.1	January/2007	non-free	n/a (?)	Java	no(?)	yes	no (?)
Picasa	2.2.2820	?/2007	non-free	n/a (?)	n/a/WINE	yes	yes	no
Rawstudio	1.0	April/2008	GPL	8.84	C/Gtk+	yes	no	no
Raw Therapee	3.0alpha1	January/2010	GPL[4]	8.97[5]	C++	yes	yes	no
UFRaw	0.11	March/2007	GPL	8.62	С/Gtk+	yes	yes	no

Editing a session

Application	Internal thumbnails browser	Camera import	Comparison of 2+ shots	Sorting	Deleting
Bibble	yes	no	no	yes	yes
dcraw	n/r	n/r	n/r	n/r	n/r
dcraw-assist	no	no	no	no	no
digiKam	yes	yes	yes (light table)	yes	yes
Lightzone	yes	?	?	?	?
Picasa	yes	yes	no	yes[6]	yes
Rawstudio	yes	no	no	yes[7]	yes
Raw Therapee	yes	no	no	no	no
UFRaw	no	no	no	no	no

Reading and writing

Application	Interpolation	Native WB presets	JPEG/EXIF	TIFF 8bit/EXIF	TIFF16bit/EXIF	DNG read/write	Non-destructive[8]
Bibble	Private	Yes	yes/yes	yes/yes	yes/yes	yes[9]/no	yes
dcraw	4 colours, VNG, AHD	no	?	?	?	yes/no	no
dcraw-assist	?	?	no	yes/?	?/?	yes/no(?)	no
digiKam	yes (spline + greystoration)	yes[10]	yes/yes	yes/no	yes/no	yes(?)/no(?)	no
Lightzone	yes	no	yes/yes	yes/?	yes/?	?/no	yes
Picasa	n/a	no	yes/yes	yes/no	?/no	no	yes
Rawstudio	PPG	no	yes/no	yes/no	yes/no	yes/no	yes
Raw Therapee	?	no	yes/?	yes/?	yes/?	no	?
UFRaw	4 colours, VNG, AHD	yes[11]	yes/yes	yes/no	yes/no	yes(?)/no(?)	yes

Processing

Application	EV/auto	Handling highlights	WB picker/auto	Curve	Saturation	Noise reduction	Sharpening	Contrast	Copy'n'paste settings
Bibble	yes/yes	yes	yes/yes	yes	yes	yes[12]	yes	yes	yes
dcraw	yes/yes	yes	no/yes	no	?	yes[13]	?	?	no
dcraw-assist	?/?	?	?/?	?	?	?	?	?	no
digiKam	yes/yes	yes (dcraw)	yes/yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	no
Lightzone	yes	?	yes/yes	n/r	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes
Picasa	yes/yes	?	yes/yes	no	?	no	yes[14]	?	no
Rawstudio	yes/yes	no	yes/yes	yes	yes	no	yes	yes	yes[15]
Raw Therapee	yes/yes	yes	yes/yes	yes[16]	yes	yes[17]	yes[18]	yes	yes
UFRaw	yes/yes	yes[19]	yes/yes	yes	yes	yes	no	yes[20]	no[21]

Transformations

Application	Mirror (Flip)	CW and CCW	Crop	Straighten	Wideangle	Devignetting	Chromatic aberrations
Bibble	No	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes
dcraw	no	yes	no	no	no	no	no
dcraw-assist	?	?	no	no	no	no	no
digiKam	yes	yes	yes[22]	?	yes	yes	?
Lightzone	no	yes	yes	no	no	no	no
Picasa	no	yes	yes	yes	no	no	no
Rawstudio	yes	yes	yes[23]	yes	no	no	no
Raw Therapee	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes
UFRaw	no	no	no	no	no	no	no

Viewing and printing

Application	Zooming	Panning	Histogram	Showing EXIF	Color management	Printing
Bibble	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes
dcraw	no	no	no	n/a	yes	no
dcraw-assist	no	no	no	?	?	no
digiKam	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes
Lightzone	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes
Picasa	yes	yes	yes	no	no (?)	yes
Rawstudio	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	no
Raw Therapee	yes	yes	yes	yes	no	no
UFRaw	yes[24]	no	yes[25]	yes	yes[26]	no

Notes

1. ↑ Bibble user interface has Dutch, French and German translations
2. ↑ Functions supporting the Foveon chip are GPL, the rest of the code has no redistribution restriction
3. ↑ Esperanto, Russian, French, Italian, German, Portuguese, Spanish, and Chinese (both Traditional and Simplified). See [*http://cybercom.net/~dcoffin/dcraw/ dcraw homepage] for instructions
4. ↑ Since version 3.0 alpha1
5. ↑ in version 2.4.1
6. ↑ A star
7. ↑ Three stages
8. ↑ Being able to save processing and transformation settings for further tweaking
9. ↑ Bibble only reads DNG from supported cameres, doesn't suport Adobe DNG
10. ↑ Emulation, not really native presets, just mean values
11. ↑ List of supported cameras + how-to add your camera
12. ↑ Built in NoiseNinja technology
13. ↑ Wavelet-based
14. ↑ Not adjustable value
15. ↑ Possible to disable not required settings of all
16. ↑ Via sliders
17. ↑ Luminance/Color Noise Reduction
18. ↑ CIE LAB
19. ↑ Clipping and recovering
20. ↑ Via curve
21. ↑ It's possible to apply the same settings to a group of files using using ufraw-batch
22. ↑ Composition hints are available
23. ↑ Composition hints are available
24. ↑ Limited to 50% max
25. ↑ RAW and Live histograms
26. ↑ Only in a version from CVS it is possibe to set a display's ICC profile