[Nik Bhatt]

Storing the sidecar next to the file would help in many cases, but it doesn’t always work – the app may not be able to write to the directory, for example. So, at the very least, there needs to be a fallback that uses the sandbox. But in the fallback case, because two original files can have the same name (from different folders), the app would need to give each sandbox file some kind of unique specifier. As a simplification, I ended up storing all the sidecars in the sandbox. The “hex data” is the unique specifier – because of how it’s constructed, the app can connect the sidecar to the original even if the files move.

BTW: even if the sidecars were next to the originals, you would still have a problem. The connection between sidecar and original would be broken once you renamed the originals [unless, of course, you renamed the original and sidecar together].

[Nik Bhatt]

Hi Erik,

Sorry you ran into a problem there. RAW Power stores adjustments in sidecar files located in its “sandbox” directory. Because the sidecars are not in the same directory as the originals, RAW Power uses the file name + some metadata to associate the sidecar with the original.

So, if you edit, then rename the original, the association is lost.

One solution to this situation is to (carefully) rename the sidecar file. This is how to do it:

1) Finder: Go > Go to Folder

2) Paste the following (no quotes) and hit return:
~/Library/Containers/com.gentlemencoders.RAWPower/Data/Documents

3) you will find a bunch of files; some are jpgs, others are the sidecars.
The jpg is the “full size” jpeg preview made by the app after editing.

4) The first part of the name is what you want to change:
(e.g., “ _DSF3894” in the below name)
“_DSF3894-(DNG)-09AB0010364E7A110FE92FB019E45BE9”

I suggest duplicating the sidecar file before renaming it, so you can easily restore it if the rename goes awry.
I suggest also renaming the full size jpeg the same way.

I hope this helps.

—Nik

[Nik Bhatt]

Hi, I don’t know why the map is not displayed. Here are some possibilities:
1) Apple cannot resolve the coordinates to a place
2) something about maps itself (maybe a privacy setting).

If you want to email a picture to me to look at, I can see if it has to do with the file. To do that, email support@gentlemencoders.com. I recommend mailing a zip file rather than sending the image directly through the mail program.

Thanks.
—Nik

[Nik Bhatt]

DNG and RAW are not the same thing. DNG is a file format created by Adobe to hold image data. It can hold both RAW and non-RAW data.

Apple uses DNG to hold RAW data for iPhones, as do some other camera manufacturers. Most, however, have their own proprietary RAW image format.

“RAW” can means two things: a) sensor data that has been minimally processed by the camera and b) a quasi file format. There is no file format called “RAW” — a RAW file is simply a file that contains RAW data. Each RAW decoder has code to read the various manufacturer file formats to extract the RAW sensor data + metadata.

[Nik Bhatt]

Boost works on the entire image, providing both brightening and color enhancement. Brilliance in Photos has an overall brightening effect, but it’s not color-oriented.

Boost actually is used in Apple Photos for RAWs, but there is no slider exposed for it. Though Boost is at the top of the user interface, it is one of the last filters that is applied, both in Photos and RAW Power.

[Nik Bhatt]

You’re correct – when an image is in Edit mode, Move to Trash is not available. The app could certainly operate the way you suggest, though I think that could be confusing in its own way. That said, I can see why you want the app to behave this way. I’ll have to think about it some more. Thanks for the suggestion.

[Nik Bhatt]

I’m sorry you are encountering performance issues with the app and your Mac. RAW Power uses the GPU almost entirely which can be an issue for older Macs. In addition, Apple has introduced a new GPU library called “Metal” which sometimes has issues on older hardware. (mouse freezing is an indication that the GPU is overloaded)

Please try the following. Step 1 is to disable Metal.

1) Go into RAW Power > Preferences
2) Switch the GPU to OpenGL:
3) Important: Quit and reopen RAW Power.

If that doesn’t address the issue, please switch the CPU / GPU export setting in Preferences.

Using the CPU for export further decreases the work the GPU has to do.

I hope this helps.
–Nik

[Nik Bhatt]

I appreciate your concern – as I continue to add features, it can be hard to keep the simplicity of the original version. However, I tried hard to keep the “raw” simplicity of the editor, even in 2.0. For example, though there is a full file browser, thumbnail grid, etc. you can still just use File > Open to quickly edit and export an image. That will continue in 3.0 as well.

[Nik Bhatt]

Thanks for your suggestions.
The 3.0 release of RAW Power will be focused on brushing, ratings / tagging / flagging, queries, and support for Photos library on Mac.
That’s a lot of work, so I won’t be taking on keywords in that release. However, keywords are definitely on the near-term roadmap.
Some of the other ones may make it in 3.0 – not sure yet.

Keywords not showing in the info area: that’s a simple thing to add. I’ll make a note to put that in 3.0.

–Nik

[Nik Bhatt]

You are right, version 2.0 lacks ratings, etc. Version 3.0 will have ratings, tags, flagging, and filtering.

The data is stored in the application sandbox, so it will get backed up by any program that backs up the home folder. I just double-checked by going into Time Machine and accessing (Home)/Library/Containers/com.gentlemencoders.RAWPower. All of the document data was there.

I plan to add an export function to make it easier to archive this data in the future.

[Nik Bhatt]

I’m sorry you’re running into this problem. Do you have any ideas about what might lead to the problem (certain images, or anything like that [other than Recovery sometimes])?

If you run into it again, you might try going to the menu in the upper left corner and resetting adjustments and then hitting Done. That will clear the state and will probably avoid the spinner issue you are seeing. Not sure though.

[Nik Bhatt]

Hi,

I’m glad you like the app. Version 3.0 is underway and will have a ton of new features. As far as working directly with the Photos library, unfortunately, Apple does not currently allow that on Mac. It’s possible they will add it in the future – when they do, I will support it in the standalone version of RAW Power.

[Nik Bhatt]

Hi Tom,

If you are referring to the RAW Images album, then it can take a little while to finish loading. However, it should not take anywhere like 10 minutes for 30 RAWs. I have received a couple of reports like yours, but we have never seen this issue on our own devices, so I have been unable to fix it.

I would love to get to the bottom of this bug. You can certainly delete and reinstall the app to see if that works. However, if it doesn’t, and you would like to work together on this bug, I can send you some test builds to see why the app is getting stuck. Please email me (I know you have emailed me separately about beta testing) if you’d like to do that.

Thanks and sorry about the bug.

[Nik Bhatt]

Hi,

The standalone version of RAW Power for Mac does not have any synching functionality at this time. The Mac Photos extension can sync through iCloud, because it is integrated with the Photos library. Unfortunately, Apple does not provide a way (currently) for standalone apps to integrate with the Photos library. Sorry.

[Nik Bhatt]

RAW Power does not have a generic plugin function. However, it does support Lightroom. You can download the Lightroom plugin by going to the downloads page: https://support.gentlemencoders.com/downloads/

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