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RapidRAW: A non-destructive and GPU-accelerated RAW image editor

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Re: RapidRAW: A non-destructive and GPU-accelerated RAW image editor

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Post by dylan604 »

ethan_smith wrote: post #13
dylan604 wrote: post #3

Why the decision to store edits in sidecar instead of the app’s library? I’m sure there’s pros/cons that were considered, so curious how the pros won out.

Sidecar files (like XMP) are the industry standard for non-destructive RAW editing - they maintain file portability between different apps and preserve your original files. Library-based approaches offer better performance and organization but create vendor lock-in and complicate backups.

Great, so if I use an app that creates XMP files, this app is going to create a second sidecar called rrdata. So I guess I could have amended that to the original question on why create a different sidecar than the images’ default.

Re: RapidRAW: A non-destructive and GPU-accelerated RAW image editor

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Post by Mashimo »

josephg wrote: post #79
simonmales wrote: post #58

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Partner is getting into photography and I don't have the stomach to purchase some software. I threw darktable and rawtherapee on the table but without technical grit you get nowhere really fast. It's no my wheelhouse so they are mostly in there own.

I've been getting into photography lately too and running into the same question. There's no way I'm getting an adobe subscription. But I'm not sure what tools do I want to pick up instead. Apple Photos has gotten me pretty far, but I'm hitting the limits of what it can do. And my photo library is getting pretty big now - big enough that I want some software to manage where my photos live as well.

Arrrr, you be a pirate

Re: RapidRAW: A non-destructive and GPU-accelerated RAW image editor

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Post by pradn »

I couldn't immediately find information about how the metadata is stored? Is it one shadow file per RAW file, as I've seen in other OSS RAW editors?

I'm not sure what the perfect solution is, but it is hard to sync a ton of shadow files to cloud storage, versus one big catalog file.

Is the metadata in an open format, so I can take the edits to other programs?

I am glad there's alternatives to having to shell out for Light Room every month. I only need to edit RAW files after holidays!

Re: RapidRAW: A non-destructive and GPU-accelerated RAW image editor

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Post by rrgok »

kookamamie wrote: post #9
mrbluecoat wrote: post #2

> a personal challenge at the age of 18 ... with the support from Google Gemini I'm no AI fanboy, but it's neat to see some dreams come true because of it.

I found it unnecessary to highlight their age.

Yeah me too, sometimes it feels like some marketing technique that I’m not aware the purpose of it.

Re: RapidRAW: A non-destructive and GPU-accelerated RAW image editor

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Post by thrtythreeforty »

strogonoff wrote: post #16

The best raw image processing tool I know is called “RawTherapee”. It was developed by one or more absolute colour science geeks, it is CLI-scriptable, its companion RawPedia is a treasure trove of information (I learned many basics there, including how to create DCP profiles for calibration, dark frames, flat fields, etc.), and not to make a dig (fine, to make a bit of a dig) you can see the expertise starting with…

I mostly prefer RawTherapee's processing, with one exception: Darktable's stupidly good "filmic" emulation can beautifully recover overexposed raws that I thought were trash. It manages to make it easy to shift the entire scene one or two stops darker with just a few clicks (yes, there is data up there in raws).

I have not found an equivalent mechanism in RawTherapee. Does anyone know if it has an equivalent tool?

Re: RapidRAW: A non-destructive and GPU-accelerated RAW image editor

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Post by Melatonic »

Nergg wrote: post #60
strogonoff wrote: post #54

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If you seek a GUI for managing/cataloguing photos, my advice would be to look for that and not a raw image processing tool that incidentally happens to also handle cataloguing (inevitably in a half-baked way). I have never seen Lightroom (or C1, for that matter) as compelling at all ever since I started using RawTherapee. Unlike, say, InDesign, which is legitimately a difficult to replace professional tool with incre…

Yes good point. But my needs are very limited. On macOS I use the Photo app to cull, make small adjustments, and crop. On Windows there is also a Photo app that allows such basic features. They both works with RAW and works fine with my NAS mount in smb to cull directly the files (though macOS is a pain for that, doesn't play well with files, need to import in lib). On linux, the default Gnome image viewer is nice bu…

I windows I highly recommend IrfanView just for basic photo viewing (odd name). It's extremely fast.

Re: RapidRAW: A non-destructive and GPU-accelerated RAW image editor

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Post by sitkack »

strogonoff wrote: post #16

The best raw image processing tool I know is called “RawTherapee”. It was developed by one or more absolute colour science geeks, it is CLI-scriptable, its companion RawPedia is a treasure trove of information (I learned many basics there, including how to create DCP profiles for calibration, dark frames, flat fields, etc.), and not to make a dig (fine, to make a bit of a dig) you can see the expertise starting with…

https://github.com/RawTherapee/RawTherapee

Re: RapidRAW: A non-destructive and GPU-accelerated RAW image editor

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Post by knowitnone »

t0bia_s wrote: post #61
Sharlin wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

IME in photo post-processing, good UX, smooth multi-photo workflow and intuitive controls beat technical details every time. RawTherapee is better than Darktable. But that’s a pretty low bar to clear. There are reasons people pay for Lightroom.

Because those open-source editors are made by coders, not photographers. Those tools you really need for properly edit raws are hidden in blated features (multiple demosaic algorithms) or completely missing (AI masking). And UI is not user friendly.

why can't they be both photographer and coder?

Re: RapidRAW: A non-destructive and GPU-accelerated RAW image editor

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Post by igouy »

thrtythreeforty wrote: post #85
strogonoff wrote: post #16

The best raw image processing tool I know is called “RawTherapee”. It was developed by one or more absolute colour science geeks, it is CLI-scriptable, its companion RawPedia is a treasure trove of information (I learned many basics there, including how to create DCP profiles for calibration, dark frames, flat fields, etc.), and not to make a dig (fine, to make a bit of a dig) you can see the expertise starting with…

I mostly prefer RawTherapee's processing, with one exception: Darktable's stupidly good "filmic" emulation can beautifully recover overexposed raws that I thought were trash. It manages to make it easy to shift the entire scene one or two stops darker with just a few clicks (yes, there is data up there in raws). I have not found an equivalent mechanism in RawTherapee. Does anyone know if it has an equivalent tool?

https://rawpedia.rawtherapee.com/Exposure#Highlight_Reconstr...
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