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RAW Developer is a powerful RAW image conversion application designed specifically for Mac OS X. RAW Developer gives advanced photographers total control over every aspect of their digital camera's output, yet still provides easy drag and drop conversion convenience and access to basic adjustments for the casual user. RAW developer supports RAW files from over 150 digital camera models.
What's New
Version 1.9.4:
- New Features:
- Support added for Panasonic DMC-GX1.
- Support added for Leica V-Lux 3.
- Improvements:
- Minor performance improvements to decompression speed for many cameras.
- Updated default color profiles and camera curves for several recent models including Sony A65, A77, NEX-7, Fuji X10, Canon S100, Samsung NX200 and Nikon 1 series.
- Bug Fixes:
- Fixed issues with some EXR (DR) modes and file resolutions of the Fuji X10 which could result in incorrect default image size or tinted highlights and incorrect exposure levels.
- Fixed a couple resource file permissions that would prevent RAW Developer from running when logged in as non administrator user.
- Support for Pentax K110D now is working again.
- Preferences for horizontal and vertical grid lines can now be saved with values of 5 and 3.
Version 1.9.4:
- New Features:
- Support added for Panasonic DMC-GX1.
- Support added for Leica V-Lux 3.
- Improvements:
- Minor performance improvements to decompression speed for many cameras.
- Updated default color profiles and camera curves for several recent models including Sony A65, A77, NEX-7, Fuji X10, Canon S100, Samsung NX200 and Nikon 1 more...
Requirements
- PPC / Intel
- Mac OS X 10.4.10 or later
- G4 or better processor
- Mac OS X 10.5 or later and 64-bit capable Intel processor required for 64-bit operation
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| Version Downloads:1,743 |
| Type:Multimedia & Design : Image Editing |
| License:Demo |
| Date:24 Dec 2011 |
| Platform:PPC / Intel |
| Price: $125.00 |
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RAW Developer is a powerful RAW image conversion application designed specifically for Mac OS X. RAW Developer gives advanced photographers total control over every aspect of their digital camera's output, yet still provides easy drag and drop conversion convenience and access to basic adjustments for the casual user. RAW developer supports RAW files from over 150 digital camera models.
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Liam_ARTH reviewed on 10 Sep 2011
Admittedly, Aperture has become much cheaper than it used to be. I haven't used it so I can't compare. But I like software that does one thing and does it well, and that is Raw Developer.
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Tybeck reviewed on 28 Nov 2009
Stand out features: Speed - this is the fastest raw converter on Mac I've tried. Batch mode - very flexible with excellent scale up features, fast. Only RAW developer I've seen that will allow multiple format output in the same batch session. Controlling exposure sectors with sliders - very intuitive. Copy and Pasting Settings - move all or groups of settings between photos. B&W development - absolutely the best black and white rendering that I have seen in any raw converter.
What this program is not: It is not Expression Media, Aperture or Lightroom, it will not help organize your photos at all. RD does play well with other programs, for example you can open a selection of photos directly in Expression Media, the Finder, or Path Finder in RD. It's more like ACR as stand alone. To my eye it is not that effective with high noise photos. I use NoiseNinja for this.
In brief, if you looking for a fast, clean raw file converter for Mac and won't miss the "one program for everything" approach (like in Lightroom and Aperture) give RAW Developer a serious look.
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Jan13 reviewed on 09 Oct 2009
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Drdul reviewed on 22 Aug 2009
The workflow in RAW Developer is similar to Adobe Camera Raw, which makes it easy and fast for me to use. The image preview updates as corrections are applied, and the result is an image that is as good as or better than what I can get from ACR. Image settings are saved in files with a .rdsf extension, so they don't conflict with the .xml files created by ACR.
The only other RAW converter I could find that doesn't apply corrections to images during conversion is Raw Photo Processor. I have used RPP several times and even donated to unlock additional features, but I gave up after a while, as I found it just too difficult. The UI is awkward, the documentation doesn't explain things very well, the preview does not update automatically, and I never could get the highlight recovery feature to work properly. In comparison, RAW Developer is a pleasure to use.
My only (minor) complaint about RAW Developer is that the documentation is somewhat out of date (it appears to be for version 1.4). As a result, there is no explanation of a few settings, but in most cases I have been able to figure out what they do through trial and error (although I'm at a loss to guess what "TC Shadow" means).
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rpphoto reviewed on 04 Jul 2009
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BEIGE reviewed on 02 Jan 2008
-has a radius setting for sharpening
-great handling of high-noise images, letting you sharpen and denoise without getting unnatural blips of noise
-interactive curve adjustment
-extremely customizable settings
and the price is incredible for the quality. After using all major apps including Canon's Digital Photo Pro, Bibble, Capture One Pro and others, I'd say that this is the best option, at least for the Digital Rebel xti, which is what I have.
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BumbleB reviewed on 22 Dec 2007
Especially the new processing pipeline for Sigma X3F files are much appreciated. Extreme quality, both color-, noise- and monochrome-wise.
I wish the more workflow related features were a bit more robust though. As is now, I can mark select images, but no way to work through a shoot fast, delete the bad shots, sort images into different folders. And I also wish I could rotate the thumbnails!
Well, I know RAW Developer is not a Lightroom or Aperture kind of app, but more a high quality developer. And I dig that. I just feel Lightroom is overkill, and that with a little expanded "workflow" functionality, my mind would enter a zen mind state, doing less, to accomplish more. Lightroom and Aperture has catalogs and databases. I don't want that, I just want a folder hierarchy. I feel tied up with database structures.
So what do I propose? A grid view of the opened folder, and a folder hierarchy like found in Capture One 3.x series. Now that Phase One has blown their nasty version 4.0, I guess that a lot of ex Capture One users would go with RAW Deveoper if a Capture One file workflow could be done in RAW Developer. To a lot of photographers, Capture One has been more than enough to allow great productivity. I just need my shots in, work, out, next. Then have some keywords / IPTC / metatags / Spotlight tags to find a certain image again, should I need it.
Brian the developer is a great developer, answers emails thoroughly, so maybe he will consider the above? Would be way cool. The world needs less-fuzz-solutions instead of all the crowded, bloated busy-stuff.
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"Phase One has blown their nasty version 4.0"
thanks.
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Pintofguinness rated on 12 Apr 2011
Andfx rated on 01 Mar 2011