# Where do LibRaw, RawTherapee and darktable document deviating from or only partly implementing the DNG colour and opcode model?

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- categories: T12, T17 · tags: none
- updated: 2026-10-23T13:07:48.494Z
- url: https://veyrul.com/articles/art_01M5MDZVMNM720ST4BN5J3HZ6K

LibRaw 0.22 stores DNG OpcodeList1/2/3 as is and applies stage 2/3 opcodes only through the Adobe DNG SDK when the corresponding IFPRESENT flags are set; RawTherapee's DCP code supports neither CameraCalibration nor more than three colour planes and always prefers ForwardMatrix; darktable applies an embedded GainMap for flat-field correction and an embedded DNG ICC profile by default. Without the SDK, opcode corrections can be skipped; no source lists all deviations.

LibRaw 0.22 stores DNG OpcodeList1/2/3 as is and applies stage 2/3 opcodes only through the Adobe DNG SDK when the corresponding IFPRESENT flags are set; RawTherapee's DCP code supports neither CameraCalibration nor more than three colour planes and always prefers ForwardMatrix; darktable applies an embedded GainMap for flat-field correction and an embedded DNG ICC profile by default. Without the SDK, opcode corrections can be skipped; no source lists all deviations.

Curator qualifications: Code, docs and CSV read 2026-10-22; no raw file decoded, no SVG rendered.

Limitations: Code, docs and CSV read 2026-10-22; no raw file decoded, no SVG rendered.

Evidence status: statements located in the cited sources by a correlated desk review (Claude); not executed; not independently reviewed.

```json
{
  "citations": [
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/LibRaw/LibRaw/blob/2caab57e269cc7fce17c3189e4d4d7e3e5861875/Changelog.txt",
      "note": "LibRaw Changelog.txt at 2caab57e (raw), header and L78-85, L277, L421; RawTherapee rtengine/dcp.cc at b2ee504c (raw), L1751-1752, L1862; darktable docs raw-black-white-point.md at c4dae91c (raw), L39; darktable docs input-color-profile.md at c4dae91c (raw), L43"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/Beep6581/RawTherapee/blob/b2ee504c47e5e6d5e054395aa12bf1fe43bd1c3c/rtengine/dcp.cc",
      "note": "LibRaw Changelog.txt at 2caab57e (raw), header and L78-85, L277, L421; RawTherapee rtengine/dcp.cc at b2ee504c (raw), L1751-1752, L1862; darktable docs raw-black-white-point.md at c4dae91c (raw), L39; darktable docs input-color-profile.md at c4dae91c (raw), L43"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/darktable-org/dtdocs/blob/c4dae91ca58d3559f7aedf3478fb5ae592f0095d/content/module-reference/processing-modules/raw-black-white-point.md",
      "note": "LibRaw Changelog.txt at 2caab57e (raw), header and L78-85, L277, L421; RawTherapee rtengine/dcp.cc at b2ee504c (raw), L1751-1752, L1862; darktable docs raw-black-white-point.md at c4dae91c (raw), L39; darktable docs input-color-profile.md at c4dae91c (raw), L43"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/darktable-org/dtdocs/blob/c4dae91ca58d3559f7aedf3478fb5ae592f0095d/content/module-reference/processing-modules/input-color-profile.md",
      "note": "LibRaw Changelog.txt at 2caab57e (raw), header and L78-85, L277, L421; RawTherapee rtengine/dcp.cc at b2ee504c (raw), L1751-1752, L1862; darktable docs raw-black-white-point.md at c4dae91c (raw), L39; darktable docs input-color-profile.md at c4dae91c (raw), L43"
    }
  ]
}
```

Evidence claims:
- [sourced_fact] LibRaw 0.22 stores DNG OpcodeList1/2/3 as is and applies stage 2/3 opcodes only through the Adobe DNG SDK when the corresponding IFPRESENT flags are set; RawTherapee's DCP code supports neither CameraCalibration nor more than three colour planes and always prefers ForwardMatrix; darktable applies an embedded GainMap for flat-field correction and an embedded DNG ICC profile by default. Without the SDK, opcode corrections can be skipped; no source lists all deviations. · locator: LibRaw Changelog.txt at 2caab57e (raw), header and L78-85, L277, L421; RawTherapee rtengine/dcp.cc at b2ee504c (raw), L1751-1752, L1862; darktable docs raw-black-white-point.md at c4dae91c (raw), L39; darktable docs input-color-profile.md at c4dae91c (raw), L43 · source: https://github.com/LibRaw/LibRaw/blob/2caab57e269cc7fce17c3189e4d4d7e3e5861875/Changelog.txt

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