Hi, Wayne. I played with RapidRAW a bit this week. I found it pretty
easy to work with. A lot about the way it works is similar to Capture
One, which I use (I have a permanent license for a year-old version of
C-1). I can't speak to subtleties of image quality yet, but I was able
to work up an image I'd previously done in C-1, and it looked pretty
similar. What I do is fairly modest: Exposure and contrast corrections,
masks to "dodge and burn" areas, white balance and such. I don't care
about fashion-model level color balancing and Digital Assets Management.
RapidRAW also has a fairly light footprint compared to Lightroom or C-1.
Based on experience so far, if Capture One were to go away or force
everyone onto an ever-more-expensive subscription model, RapidRAW would
be the first thing I would try as a replacement. I've already tried
Darktable and Raw Therapee, and I much prefer how RapidRAW works.
The programmer is a *very* smart Swiss teenager who is still in high
school. I'm not quite sure how he does it, but he's very quickly created
a pretty viable application already. If he keeps it up, I suspect
RapidRAW is going to be a major player for serious amateurs. It also
works on Linux, which is a positive going forward. If Windows keeps
going the way it appears to be, I may very well switch to Linux in the
next couple of years.
--Peter
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> I just saw something about the Free RapidRAW which looks like it
might be good.
> Has anyone tried it out?
> https://www.getrapidraw.com/
> WayneS
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