Raw editor! RapidRAW v1.4.12 - Creative Effects, Tooltips, UI Polish & More!

[Fons Baerken]

The light-weight RAW Editor You've Been Waiting For.


https://github.com/CyberTimon/RapidRAW/releases/tag/v1.4.12

[John Geerts]

And is it good, Fons?

[Fons Baerken]

It is pretty basic but will do the job!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCny6zDm_v4

[Birna Rørslett]

Locating the folder to use for import is a mess  -- if you wish to change from the current, you have to return to the front page White balance tool, the centrepiece of any RAW converter as far as I'm concerned,  is hidden unless you "by accident" open the Color tab. No noise reduction apparently? etc. Very lightweight,very basic, but for once it does work across networks albeit slowly.

It can be installed in a Linux box as well, although didn't like my Linux  Mint  -- installed, but only ran once, then vanished into cyberspace. Perhaps it'll fare better under Ubuntu, will give this a spin later today.

[Fons Baerken]

I would suggest those interested to at least watch the youtube video,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCny6zDm_v4

I am running win 11, and a linux ubuntu distro, on a 2nd machine albeit  in progress.

So far i have only run a simple conversion, but want to check it out some more.
What appeals me its lightweight and free and under active development.

[Birna Rørslett]

Installs easily under latest Ubuntu 24.04, but its performance across networks is even worse than under windows. In fact, trying to access image files on a networked drive hangs the program and it has to be to forced to quit.

Oh well.

[Birna Rørslett]

Finally managed to get RR running under Win11. The user interface is -- to put it mildly -- not conducive to a rapid workflow. RR is very much a programmer's product, not from a photographer. Only local RAW files can be used, as networked drives are unusable. Images are saved only as 8-bit, even as TIFs. That's a true bummer and deal-breaker, meaning any image requiring some heavy lifting, such as IR or UV, will be be badly posterised.