[Nik Bhatt]

I ran a small test with a Catalina beta and found that referenced libraries are still supported, and RAW Power was able to see the images in that library. So, you should be able to convert each library with Photos and use them with RAW Power 3.0.

However, Photos only allows a single library to be viewed at a time – you switch it with Photos itself, and referenced libraries are not supported with iCloud Photo Library.

–Nik

[Nik Bhatt]

I try to maintain compatibility with two versions of macOS for a given version of RAW Power.

So, RAW Power 3.0 will run on Mojave and Catalina, but not High Sierra. At some point, RAW Power only run on Catalina and Catalina + 1.

However, note that features like Photos library support are only available on Catalina, so you would not be able to use that when running RAW Power 3 on Mojave.

[Nik Bhatt]

You are welcome. There is nothing ready for beta testing – I’m sorry to say I’m behind schedule — summer was much less productive than I had hoped.

[Nik Bhatt]

HSL is definitely on the list. I don’t know if it will make 3.0 or not. Hopefully.

[Nik Bhatt]

Hi Steve,

Thanks for the question. Yes, Catalina represents the final “end of the line” for Aperture, which is tragic (and stupid, frankly).

– Apple has finally added the ability for 3rd party apps to read the Photos library – this support was added in Catalina.
– RAW Power 3.0 will add this support, which means you can use it as a front end for a Photos library. The feature set will be *at least* what you have in RAW Power for iOS, plus ratings. I’ll provide more info when I know more.
– I don’t have a release date for RAW Power 3.0, but my goal is toward the end of the year. Catalina itself doesn’t ship until sometime in October.
– With this functionality, you can convert your Aperture library to Photos (using Photos). This preserves adjustments, metadata, etc. There are some exclusions and some conversions (e.g., ratings become keywords), but most data goes right over.
– When RAW Power 3 is out, you can use it as a front end instead of (or in addition to) Photos. So you get the benefits of both.
– I recommend NOT upgrading to Catalina until at least RAW Power 3.0 is out. There is no forced upgrade to Catalina, unless you buy a new Mac after Catalina ships, which will have Catalina pre-installed. Aperture will continue to work on pre-Catalina systems, so you can just leave a machine running an older OS if you like.

I hope this helps.

[Nik Bhatt]

RAW Power 3.0 will be a free update for existing customers, so no need to re-purchase it. My plan / hope is to release it toward the end of the year. When the UI feels a little better, yes, I will post some screenshots.

[Nik Bhatt]

If you are referring to the standalone version of the app, then no. There isn’t a way to do that. I don’t have any immediate plans to do that, since it requires a lot of basic infrastructure to be created first that’s not present in the app (because the app browses “real” files and as such it doesn’t have the ability to browse “fake” files.

Photos itself has that ability, so if you are using the extension, you can duplicate the image and work with that.

—Nik

[Nik Bhatt]

Hi Erik,

One RAW Power user I have interacted a lot with does a lot of astrophotography, but he uses dedicated software that does focus stacking. I will ask him if he has any suggestions for you, though.

[Nik Bhatt]

Hi Vlado,

Yes, there will be videos. I can make a note to look into making them downloadable – is that so you can view them offline?

[Nik Bhatt]

Hi Sue,

Thank you for your interest in the app. Sorry for the late response – I did not see your post.

For now, I suggest leaving your library in Aperture. You can use RAW Power 2.0 as a file browser or as a Photos extension (editing one image at a time) and get used to the app and its features.

RAW Power 3.0 will have support for Photos libraries (using macOS Catalina), so you will be able to use it as an alternative interface to your library. It will not have the exact same features as Photos (each will have unique features). At that point, it might make sense to move from Aperture to Photos.

I hope that helps. You can email support@gentlemencoders.com if you have more questions (or reply on this thread).

[Nik Bhatt]

I did not receive your email with your email address – if you already sent it, please send it again (a regular email) to support@gentlemencoders.com.

Thanks.

–Nik

[Nik Bhatt]

I have fixes for this bug. If you are interested in beta testing it, please email support@gentlemencoders.com. Thanks.

[Nik Bhatt]

Hi,

I’m sorry you are encountering a problem with export. I spent a while trying to reproduce this; I believe I finally know what is happening. There are two different bugs.

1) I store the list of images in the order you select them, but iOS reorders them (an iOS call I make apparently does not respect the order I pass in)
2) The “original file name” setting is not working reliably.

I do not have a workaround at this time for either problem. The fixes are not trivial; they will take some time to make.

I’m sorry I don’t have a better answer right now.

[Nik Bhatt]

Sounds like a good plan to me, in lieu of a proper feature in the app.

[Nik Bhatt]

Hi Erik,

I cannot think of a way to do this with the current app. Sorry.

–Nik

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