Iridient Developer (was RAW Developer) is a powerful image conversion application designed specifically for OS X. Iridient 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. Iridient developer supports RAW files from over 400 digital camera models.
What's New
Version 2.3.4:
New Features:
- Support added for RAW images from the Nikon D4S, D3300 and P340.
- Support added for RAW images from the Sony ILCE-6000, ILCE-5000 and ILCE-3500.
- Support added for RAW images from the Fujifilm FinePix S1.
- Support added for RAW images from the Samsung NX30.
- Support added for RAW images from the Nokia Lumia 1520.
- Support added for RAW images from the DJI Phantom Vision FC200.
- RAW images processed using the Iridient demosaic stage can now use custom cropping values to allow access to pixels beyond the camera manufacturers standard image size.
- An option has been added to the export dialog to use the original image folder as the default save to location.
- Radically improved image caching speeds loading of previously accessed images, especially for RAW images from sensors which require extra early stage processing such as the Fujifilm X-Trans and Sigma Foveon. The image cache can now be set to automatically optimize memory usage based on system wide memory availability in addition to the previously available image count limits.
- More lenient parsing of IPTC/XMP metadata block in DNG images to allow pass through of IPTC/XMP metadata that may not strictly follow the TIFF or EXIF specification (Leica M240).
- Better handling of some non-ASCII characters stored in EXIF metadata string fields such as copyright.
- Fixes potential crashes with Olympus E-M1 and E-M10 RAW images when using 16:9 aspect ratio setting.
- Fixed default image size for Nikon D5300 to exactly match the camera JPEGs (6000x4000).
- Fixed baseline exposure levels for extended ISO modes (6400 and 12800) for the Nikon P7000, P7100, P7700, P7800 and P330.
- Bug fix for Leica M (Typ 240) where 2 rows of garbage pixels could appear at the top of the image when using DNG camera profiles with CLUTs or custom tone curves.
- Fixed issue with some keyboard commands not working when the image preview window loses focus to the Settings window, including image navigation (left/right arrows) and preview image scrolling (page up/down, home, end).
Version 2.3.4:
New Features:
- Support added for RAW images from the Nikon D4S, D3300 and P340.
- Support added for RAW images from the Sony ILCE-6000, ILCE-5000 and ILCE-3500.
- Support added for RAW images from the Fujifilm FinePix S1.
- Support added for RAW images from the Samsung NX30.
- Support added for RAW images from the more...
Requirements
- Intel, 64-bit processor
- OS X 10.6 or later
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| Version Downloads:242 |
| Type:Multimedia Design : Image Editing |
| License:Demo |
| Date:27 Mar 2014 |
| Platform:Intel 64 / OS X |
| Price: $75.00 |
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Iridient Developer (was RAW Developer) is a powerful image conversion application designed specifically for OS X. Iridient 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. Iridient developer supports RAW files from over 400 digital camera models.
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the longer the more these inappropriate posts are annoying rather than helpful
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Andrew D Rodney reviewed on 26 Feb 2013
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Drdul reviewed on 11 Feb 2013
I can still process images from my Olympus and Panasonic cameras without applying the lens correction information that's included in the raw file (and that other apps like Adobe Camera Raw and Lightroom apply automatically). And it looks like for some lenses I would be able to apply a lens profile with the built-in chromatic aberration correction but without the built-in distortion correction, but so far none of my lenses offer me this option (the check box for CA is grayed out).
The reason I'm only giving Irident Developer 4 stars instead of 5 is that it doesn't offer any localized adjustments. All adjustments apply to the entire image.
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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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abubassam rated on 12 Mar 2014
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Tommy_Gun rated on 09 Jun 2012
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Pintofguinness rated on 12 Apr 2011
Andfx rated on 01 Mar 2011