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Yes, I would like to add keyword support, but that’s currently impossible with the Photos library. Apple does not provide 3rd parties with any way to read, modify, or create keywords. I have made a formal request — maybe in the next OS. Don’t really know though.
There is no formal roadmap. I have a very large list of features and fixes that I review when preparing a release. I don’t publish anything because it changes a lot because of a) customer input b) new technologies Apple creates and c) how far behind I am 🙂
My goal is to move from large, infrequent releases to smaller, frequent releases.
In the case of keywords, there is no point even putting it on a roadmap because I can’t write the feature until Apple adds APIs to allow it.
Yes, it is under consideration. I am going to planning feature releases soon, but I don’t have any information to share at this point about content or dates. In the past, I have done very large releases which come out once a year (or longer). Going forward, I want to ship smaller releases that come out more frequently. Files sync is a popular request, but so is brushing and other large features as well.
Hi,
I have not tried the app on Parallels at all, so I have no idea how it might behave. However, I can say that because it’s a VM, the GPU performance will be very poor, and RAW Power relies very heavily on the GPU. At one point, I tried to do something similar with Aperture, and it didn’t work at all (images didn’t load). So, a VM is not a configuration I can support.
I don’t think you can upload files here. I limit what can be done because I get so many robots and spam.
I don’t understand why the files would get converted to TIFF. I just imported some Sony RAWs from an SD Card reader into Photos and I get RAWs. Which OS are you using?
You can send me a tiff over email with WeTransfer or similar at support@gentlemencoders.com.
Hi Bob,
Glad you love the new version.
As you have found, R+J is not handled consistently through the ecosystem. Most apps (like Photos) edit the JPEG. RAW Power chooses to edit the RAW. There isn’t a way to edit the JPEG version right now. I plan to add a control to let people decide (this has always been true, but many people have suddenly started asking this same question). It’s technically possible to split the R+J apart, but it’s complicated to do it correctly because the only real way to do it is to import a new RAW and new JPEG asset and then delete the old one.
Batch Processing follows the same rule – it edits the RAW only. That’s one of the complications of offering an R+J switch. Batch Processing would either need to prompt or use a preference. However, I don’t know if either is a good solution.
Hi Dmitri,
Thank you for the kind words.
I will look at the Darktable presets.
Selective adjustments and grain are on the list for the future. I have been working on both, but I did not finish before the software needed to be released.
–Nik
Updates usually show up in 24 hours or less, so you should be seeing it already. If not, you might need to restart your computer. The App Store sometimes fails to show updates because a background process is stuck or faulty.
Apple used to release new cameras on a quarterly basis, but now that they send out updates in the background, it’s much more difficult to assess the intervals. I do not think any new cameras would be added to High Sierra. In fact, most new cameras are only being added to Catalina.
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.
