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Unfortunately, there isn’t a way to make multiple versions of an image with RAW Power. There is no duplicate command in RAW Power because Apple does not provide a way for apps to duplicate an image that fully preserves all user-entered metadata, like keywords.
In Photos, a duplicate is just a reference to the original, so it doesn’t actually copy the file.
Yes, they can be imported that way, as long as Files.app can see the images.
Tap the + button in RAW Power
Then tap on the location on the left of Files to expose the drive.There is a video on the YouTube channel about doing this for SD Cards – the steps are similar.
I’ll have to look into it further. If you arrow to a different photo and then back again, does zoom work? I am wondering if there is some state that needs to be reset.
I do not know of a way in the user interface to determine which app edited an image last. You could conceivably add a keyword to all Aperture edited images (using that smart album approach I mentioned). Then that will appear in the Info panel (it’s possible there is already a keyword added for Aperture-edited images, but I don’t recall).
There are two RAW Power folders. One is stored in your home folder and it is where RAW Power stores editing information when you are not using the photo library. The one in iCloud Drive is not currently used. When you use the photo library, it stores everything there. That way it syncs over iCloud Photos and integrates with Photos properly.
I just found a bug in the Share to RAW Power extension on iOS – it will be fixed in the next update. Share to RAW Power will copy a photo into your library (and place it into a special album for easy access).
RAW Power can only access the System Photo Library (Apple restriction). You set that in Photos preferences. For iCloud to work, you need to turn on iCloud Photos inside the Photos app. So, step one is to get Photos on the Mac to see your iCloud Photos library. Once you have done that, RAW Power should work fine. That why I suggest starting Photos and testing the sync there.
If you haven’t edited any images with Photos (or RAW Power) in that library, then you could make smart albums in photos for all the edited images. Then, drag all of those images to a ‘regular’ album. Now you have a list of all Aperture edited images. If you have done some editing with Photos or RAW Power, then you will have to cull those out from the album.
if i only want to see raw files in my directory, how do i get the filter to ‘stick’? how do i get ‘zoom to fit’ to stick?
Filters always stick by default. If you specify that you just want to see the RAWs, it will remember that. So, do the following:
Click on the filter
Filter by file type = RAW
close the filter.If you then go to a different album or folder and then go back to the first one, the filter will be applied. Filters are stored per container.
i got the ios version, but i see no way to share images with mac version. the docs are very confusing for someone who doesn’t use the mac photos app. i tried what the faq said–on ios raw power i edited an image from my ios (icloud) photo library, but i could not get mac version to see it. i then used the /share’ button to share it to raw power and absolutely nothing happened. how do i edit my iphone photos on mac version and my desktop photos using the iphone version?
As long as your Mac and iOS device are using the same iCloud Photos library, then the sync should work as you described. Edit an image on iOS, and then when you view the same library on the Mac, the edits will be there (once iCloud syncs them). One way to test this is to use Photos. Edit an image with Photos on iOS, and then go to your Mac and see if the edited image is there. If it is, then the synching is working properly.
I am also using the folder browsing interface. What I am seeing is that the zoom level can get “stuck” if you hit the spacebar or Z key too early (so there’s a bug). If I wait a few seconds after going to the image and then hitting the Z key, it seems to zoom properly.
Hi,
The app should zoom to 100% in that case. It depends a little bit on your camera and how it makes embedded JPEGs. The app should start with the embedded JPEG, and then replace it with the RAW once it loads. If you zoom to 100% before the RAW loads, then it might zoom to the size of the embedded rather the RAW. You might need to wait a few seconds until the RAW loads before hitting the space bar. Which camera are you using?
Hi,
– I’d like to keep that Photos library with referenced photos, and perhaps open/view it in Photos on occasion, but I’d like my main photo organization/editing software to be RawPower. I assume such setup is possible (based on what I saw in this forum and in the manual). yes?
Yes, RAW Power supports referenced files in Photos. It also supports just files in the file system (Finder folders)
– I’d like to continue adding to that same library, and all newly added photos will also be referenced, residing on an external drive. Still possible, right?
Sure, that’s fine.
– Since all of the existing photos in that library were processed/edited with Aperture, and all the new ones will be processed/edited with RawPower, how would I be able to tell which are which? Is there a (easy/simple) way to differentiate these two groups of photos? (due to the Photos limitations that Nick has highlighted a few times, I don’t want to try to edit old/Aperture photos with RawPower and new ones with Photos).
No, there isn’t an easy way to tell them apart. Photo marks Aperture images as “externally edited” – it’s technically possible for the app to tell the difference, but not efficiently.
– Finally, does RawPower have any support for videos (at least so that videos can be displayed/played back within RawPower, similar to what Photos tries to do)?
Yes, videos are supported in RAW Power. You can rate and flag them too.
You may want to download the trial version of RAW Power to see what it can do. It’s here:
Hi,
There are two problems – the app has a bug and is incorrectly reporting the bit depth. The second problem (which partly causes the first problem) is that Apple’s code doesn’t report the bit depth. There will be a fix in the next release to report “16” which is what Preview would report. The sensor resolution of the file may be 12 bits, but the data in the file is usually (maybe always) stored in 16 bits because it’s much easier for computers to work with multiples of 8 bits. Sorry about the bug.
Hi,
Yes, this can be a bit confusing. RAW Processing is always “on,” using the default values.
The default values are not the same for every image. They come from Apple’s analysis of the camera and the image. Apple will adjust the black point, noise, and other settings as part of their attempt to make the image look good. If you want to change what they have done, you would move the sliders in RAW Processing. If you want to see the default decode, then you can uncheck the box.
