Import CR3 using rawtherapee plugin

[stosh]

I am trying to import Canon R5 CR3 files into GIMP - my understanding is I needed to install the newest Rawtherapee 5.8 plugin (which I did).

When I try the import into GIMP all I get is a giant white square with no picture.

So I tried opening Rawtherapee directly - the preview thumbnails look great - but when I click on one it also becomes just a white rectangle.

Am I doing something wrong? Is there a setting I have to set?

Also - what is the best method - directly pulling into GIMP using the Rawtherapee plugin or using Rawtherapee itself as a stand-alone and exporting it as a TIFF and then importing that into GIMP? I want to retain as much data from the RAW file as I can.

Thanks in advance

[PixLab]

I did not install a "plugin" my rawtherapee 5.8 is "normal" and opens those cr3 > https://www.photographyblog.com/previews...s_r_photos (scroll down to "Sample Raw images")
I can edit them without any problem.
as you can see I increased the contrast

   

If you have problem
You convert them to other formats in the Canon Digital Photo Professional also known a DPP (Mac and Windows only), TIFF - PNG, DNG?, or so
all DSLR Canon owners have it or can access to ti (maybe a CD/DVD like I had 10 years ago)
you can download it online for free as well > https://www.canon-europe.com/support/con...ional.html
That's a nice software (especially its black and white setting using colors' sliders that I recall well), and if I recall it does batch process to export