AI Sky Masks
RapidRAW now supports one click sky masks. Just hit the sky mask button and RapidRAW will take care of masking the sky for you.
The pretrained model I’m using comes from this repo and shares the same architecture as the AI foreground model (u2net).
From my testing, the results are looking really solid:
Optimised Image Editing
One of the biggest bottlenecks in RapidRAW used to be the slow base64 bridge between the backend and frontend. Encoding/decoding large images added a ton of overhead when applying adjustments or just opening files.
That’s now fixed. I switched over to Tauri’s IPC response, which avoids the whole base64 step. The result: editing feels way smoother, and fullscreen zoom actually loads the full res image so you can check every pixel.
Full res zoom in action:
On top of that, I polished a bunch of animations (such as the curves etc) - the whole app should feel more fluid now:
Big thanks to @tobiaskuntzsch for the full res zoom and the new relative zoom slider: #223
What to Download
| OS | Architecture | Format | Download Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windows | x64 | .exe
| RapidRAW for Windows |
| macOS (Apple Silicon) | ARM64 | .dmg
| RapidRAW for macOS ARM |
| macOS (Intel) | x64 | .dmg
| RapidRAW for macOS x64 |
| Ubuntu 22.04 | x86_64 | .deb
| RapidRAW for Ubuntu 22.04 |
| Ubuntu 24.04 | x86_64 | .deb
| RapidRAW for Ubuntu 24.04 |
For other platforms and formats (ARM builds, RPM, AppImage, etc.), check the full asset list below.
Running on macOS
To run the app on macOS, you’ll need to remove the quarantine flag using the following command:
xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine /Applications/RapidRAW.appThis is necessary because the app isn’t code-signed yet, and macOS may otherwise report it as "corrupted."
Running on Windows
You may see a Windows Defender SmartScreen warning when launching the app.
- Click "More info" → "Run anyway"
This happens because the app is not yet signed with a code certificate