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I just released version 3.4.3 today with some camera support and bug fixes. Local editing is something I’m investigating, but I don’t have any news to share about when / if it will be released.
The app receives messages from the operating system when folders change. So, it updates whenever it gets a message. However, those messages are very “chatty”, so the app has code to prevent it from constantly refreshing.
Edit with External App: You pick an app from the list. The app provides you with some choices for how to render the image to send to the app (JPEG, TIFF, etc). The image is made and sent to the other app. The app modifies the file and the image updates in RAW Power.
HOWEVER, this assumes that the external app actually modifies the file. If it creates a project file (e.g., photoshop or Pixelmator), then it’s not modifying the file. In that case, you have to export the file to get it to show up in RAW Power.
Have you tried the “gear down” mode for sliders (only on iOS)? To do that, touch the slider and move your finger down half an inch or so. The ball will turn green. Then as you move left/right, the slider makes smaller changes.
Copy the contents of the RAW Power folder in Files
Reinstall the app
Copy the app folder back
Then use the Restore Edits feature to sync everything back up.I’ll put it on the list for the future. There are really two parts to this: 1) an interface for modifying time and/or location and 2) modifying the original on export.
I’m not 100% sure, but I believe that I cannot add the flag metadata field to a photo. Spotlight works through “metadata importers” – one per file type. The system provides the importer for images, so I cannot replace it and add my own stuff. It is probably possible to add metadata a different way, but it would not be the flag. I have read articles that it’s possible to add metadata to a file using Finder comments and then find them using Spotlight (as a user) – something similar is probably possible for the code.
As far as Ratings go, that is also not in the app. I would have to look at it more to see – if Spotlight reads XMP ratings, then I could conceivably add ratings via XMP but that would require RAW Power modify the original file, which is something I don’t do (for safety reasons).
Smart Folders are Finder objects – they are not real File System objects (like files and folders). As a result, they cannot be added to RAW Power (only the Finder knows they exist).
Sorry for all the “no’s”.
I’m not 100% sure, but I believe that I cannot add the flag metadata field to a photo. Spotlight works through “metadata importers” – one per file type. The system provides the importer for images, so I cannot replace it and add my own stuff. It is probably possible to add metadata a different way, but it would not be the flag. I have read articles that it’s possible to add metadata to a file using Finder comments and then find them using Spotlight (as a user) – something similar is probably possible for the code.
As far as Ratings go, that is also not in the app. I would have to look at it more to see – if Spotlight reads XMP ratings, then I could conceivably add ratings via XMP but that would require RAW Power modify the original file, which is something I don’t do (for safety reasons).
Smart Folders are Finder objects – they are not real File System objects (like files and folders). As a result, they cannot be added to RAW Power (only the Finder knows they exist).
Sorry for all the “no’s”.
I’m not 100% sure, but I believe that I cannot add the flag metadata field to a photo. Spotlight works through “metadata importers” – one per file type. The system provides the importer for images, so I cannot replace it and add my own stuff. It is probably possible to add metadata a different way, but it would not be the flag. I have read articles that it’s possible to add metadata to a file using Finder comments and then find them using Spotlight (as a user) – something similar is probably possible for the code.
As far as Ratings go, that is also not in the app. I would have to look at it more to see – if Spotlight reads XMP ratings, then I could conceivably add ratings via XMP but that would require RAW Power modify the original file, which is something I don’t do (for safety reasons).
Smart Folders are Finder objects – they are not real File System objects (like files and folders). As a result, they cannot be added to RAW Power (only the Finder knows they exist).
Sorry for all the “no’s”.
Hi Grant,
I’m very sorry to hear about your experience. If you are using RAW Power with the Photo library, then all of your edits and ratings are preserved after deleting the app. That’s because the data is stored in the photo library. If you use the “Files” side of the app (integration with Files.app), then deletion will remove ratings and edits because those are stored as part of the app’s documents and those are deleted when the app is.
It sounds like the library is not loading in the app, which is very odd. Please email support@gentlemencoders.com because this will take a little back and forth to figure it out.
Hi Andy,
Levels should not be crashing; it sounds like something specific to certain images. If you can upload a sample image that crashes, I can look into a fix. Please email support@gentlemencoders.com and I will send you the URL (I don’t want to publish the URL here on a public-facing website).
Editing slows down – I’m not sure what you are seeing, so it’s hard for me to determine what the issue is. I have not experience something similar; slider lag usually indicates the GPU is being overdriven, but I would think your machine would be plenty capable enough.
I’ll make a note of the histogram issue. That’s a new one for me.
RAW Brick. The sliders provides are determined by Apple based on the format of the file. Depending on the version of DNG you used, you will get different sliders. The preset could have a bug based on that series of steps.
Yes, the crop and straighten tool needs refinement. I’m not happy with it either 🙁
–Nik
Sorry, RAW Power uses Apple’s ProRAW decoding technology and that is only available on 11.1 or later.
Unfortunately, it is not possible to show user-generated smart albums in RAW Power. Apple has not seen fit to expose those to 3rd party apps. I’m not sure why.
Hi,
Thanks for the suggestions. I agree that the app could use a better import experience. One of the problems is that iOS has some bugs with import that I have reported, but they haven’t fixed – specifically around progress. I think it’s possible to work around them with some effort.
Further rating options like colors are certainly possible. Color (tags) are supported on Mac because the Finder has that.
The other features make sense too, though the filtering menu request is a little confusing to me. The panel works the way it does because it has to fit on tiny iPhone screens where a panel simply wouldn’t fit. I’m not sure it would fit on an iPad mini in portrait orientation either. I suppose it’s possible to build separate interfaces for iPad and others, though I try to avoid that due to the effort involved. I’ll think about it though. Aperture didn’t have such a panel either, but it did have shortcut keys to quickly set common filtering options. That might be a good compromise.
The app does not have a retouch tool, so I suggest using the one in Photos. If you do so, I recommend retouching after doing any edits in RAW Power (at least if you are working with a RAW). That’s because any time two editors are involved, the second one will be editing a JPEG generated by the first editor. If you want to know more about how that works, I wrote an article here: Article
Hi,
The panels generally do remember their state, so I’m confused that you are seeing this. I just tried your steps, and after leaving Edit, the browser and thumbnails were still hidden. The info panel did reappear though. Probably the best way to try to resolve this is to upload a video so I can look at it. Please email me at support@gentlemencoders.com and we can go from there. Thanks.
