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Yes, that is possible for Photos libraries. I will add it to the list I keep of customer requests. Thanks for the suggestion!
Hi Sun,
Right now, there is no way for RAW Power to open any library other than the current system photo library. This is a limitation of macOS [I can ask to open “THE library”, but not “a library of my choosing”].
That said, you can change which library is the System Photo Library in Photos preferences, so you can switch it in Photos first, and then open RAW Power.
Hi Sun,
Right now, there is no way for RAW Power to open any library other than the current system photo library. This is a limitation of macOS [I can ask to open “THE library”, but not “a library of my choosing”].
That said, you can change which library is the System Photo Library in Photos preferences, so you can switch it in Photos first, and then open RAW Power.
The license is per-platform. You can use the Mac version on up to five Macs, and the iOS version on up to five iOS devices. The Mac and iOS versions are separate purchases.
Sorry – the app does not have the ability to up-scale. That requires specialized code to maintain sharpness, etc.
A good way to adjust an image is to work in phases.
Phase 1: corrective: noise reduction, over exposure (Boost + Recovery), white balance
Phase 2: enhancement: lighten / deepen, contrast, curves / levels / saturation, sharpen, etc.
Phase 3: creative: vignette, black and white, etc.That said, crop can be corrective or creative. Curves can be used for over expose and color balance, so it can be in different phases too. Sometimes people start in black and white and work from there. In v3, Auto Enhance is a good way to start because it will apply adjustments that are both corrective and enhancing.
Sharpen is a luminance oriented sharpen. It is not the same as unsharp mask because it will not sharpen color noise. RAW Sharpen is like a capture level sharpen – it’s pretty limited but takes place as part of the decode. Definition is a local contrast type of sharpening.
Currently zoom level cannot be fixed between images. I got that request from another customer recently, so it’s on the list to do at some point. I don’t understand what you mean about the crop box, but you can email a video if you like to support@gentlemencoders.com.
I’m glad you like the app’s RAW conversions. When eGPUs were initially being supported, I did get a chance to test them a little bit with RAW Power. At that time, the only device we could connect was a MacBook Pro (because T-bolt 3 was not common on Macs). As I recall, RAW Power automatically used the eGPU when present, because for the most part, it lets Apple’s RAW engine decide which GPU to use.
The overall experience was that the eGPU wasn’t meaningfully faster than the discrete GPU in a MBP. That’s primarily because Thunderbolt is not as fast as the bus for internal GPUs, and the amount of data moving back and forth is quite large. However, (and I’m speculating here) it should be faster than an integrated GPU like the one in a Mini.
Again, my testing was limited to what Apple provided me at the time. Because the performance was not exciting, I did not end up investing in an eGPU for myself.
Long story short, given that it was a while ago and the time spent relatively small, my answer is “probably” for the first question (does it work with an eGPU) and “maybe” for the second (will it work with any eGPU). Sorry I don’t have a more definitive answer.
This list is somewhat long and varies between Mac and iOS. The app is in beta testing now, so I hope to release it soon. On Mac, two large features are support for ratings and flags and filtering, as well as Photos library support. On iOS, you will also get ratings, flags, and filtering, as well as support for working with the Files.app (instead of just the Photo library).
If you are on the mailing list, you will get an email with a detailed list of features when the app is released.
Thanks for the suggestion. I’ll make a note.
Also, in 3.0, you will be able to reorder the adjustment list to suit your particular workflow. So in your case, you can make Crop the first adjustment in the list, so no more need to scroll.
Starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel. Finishing up Auto Enhance, and starting to add a series of new adjustments. Hopefully can start beta later this month. We’ll see.
Actually that won’t work. When given an R+J pair, RAW Power will export the RAW.
I think to do this you would need to use photos for Mac and batch export from there.
Unfortunately, Apple does not make this easy. When you are viewing an album, you are viewing a collection of “Assets.” RAW+JPEG is represented in the photo database as a single “asset”. Apple does not provide a way for third parties to split apart an asset, while retaining the metadata etc. associated. Nor do they provide a way to delete parts of an asset.
With a fair amount of work, it might be possible to write some code that examines the asset in detail, downloads all of the pieces, and creates a new asset that has just the RAW or just the JPEG, along with any adjustments or other data. However, it’s not clear if keywords or place information etc. will also travel along with it. Assuming it could be done, the new asset would be created, and the old paired asset would be deleted.
Anyway, I have been asked for this in the past and I have it on my list, but I cannot promise anything soon.
A workaround is to export the JPEG in RAW Power, but tell it to add the exported image back to the library (this is a feature in the app already). Then delete the R+J pair. You can add the exported image to any album you wish, so you can keep them separated while you do this. You can also perform the export as a batch to do all of them at once.
Sorry I don’t have a better answer.
