CyberTimon/RapidRAW v1.4.0

RapidRAW v1.4.0 - Auto Culling, Collage Maker, Color Calibration & Much More!

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Auto Culling

Culling is tedious. The new Auto Culling feature is designed to speed this up. It scans your selection for duplicates and blurry photos, then lets you flag or delete them in a batch:

Collage Maker

A collage maker has been integrated into the app. It provides multiple layouts and allows you to control spacing, border radius, and background color for creating custom compositions:

Collage Maker	Example Output

Color Calibration

For more fundamental control over color, I've added a Color Calibration panel. Unlike HSL, this tool lets you directly modify the hue and saturation of the primary RGB channels, enabling more significant and stylized color shifts:

Universal Preset Importer

To improve workflow flexibility, you can now import presets from other common photo editors. Note that due to different processing engines, the conversion is not 1:1, but it provides a solid starting point for your edits.

Adjustments Visibility

I'm committed to keeping the UI clean. As more niche tools are added, they can clutter the workspace. A new setting now lets you hide advanced adjustments you don't use, allowing you to maintain a simpler interface:

Sort Library by EXIF Data

You can now sort the photo library by EXIF data. Once enabled in the settings, you can organize your view by ISO, aperture, focal length, and other tags:

Reworked Local Contrast Tools

The previous implementation of local contrast tools (Sharpness, Clarity, Structure) was not up to my standard (affected exposure too much). I've re-engineered them to provide higher quality results and interact more predictably with other adjustments like exposure.

Other Fixes & Enhancements

• Improved performance when loading library folders (thanks to @riccio8)
• Various shader optimizations and bug fixes
• General improvements to application stability and logging
• Brand new app icons & dark theme wallpaper
• New logger

Special Thanks

A thank you to everyone who contributed between these versions. In particular:

• @william-sy - for support with release planning and managing GitHub issues and discussions
• @riccio8 - for improvements to folder loading performance
• @RayJW - for implementing Flatpak support

In this update, I've had to change the application's internal identifier from com.rapidraw.app to io.github.CyberTimon.RapidRAW. This is a technical but important change that helps with long-term maintenance and ensures better compatibility going forward.

Unfortunately, this means that when you first launch v1.4.0, it won't be able to find your existing user data. As a result:

• Your AI models will need to be redownloaded.
• Your library thumbnails will be regenerated.
• Crucially, all of your saved presets will be gone.
• Edits aren't effected, as they are stored in seperate sidecars.

To avoid losing your data, I've outlined two migration options below. Please choose one before you launch the new version for the first time. Keep in mind that edits are stored in sidecars and aren't affected by this migration.

Option A: Full Migration (Recommended)

This method is the best option as it migrates everything: your settings, presets, and cached data. To do this, you'll need to manually rename the application's data folder.

• Windows: Navigate to both %APPDATA% (in Roaming) and %LOCALAPPDATA% (in Local) and rename the com.rapidraw.app folder in each location to io.github.CyberTimon.RapidRAW.
• macOS: Navigate to ~/Library/Application Support/ and rename the com.rapidraw.app folder to io.github.CyberTimon.RapidRAW. Example command: mv ~/Library/Application\ Support/com.rapidraw.app ~/Library/Application\ Support/io.github.CyberTimon.RapidRAW
• Linux: The location can vary, but typically check ~/.config/ and ~/.local/share/. Rename the com.rapidraw.app folder in each relevant location to io.github.CyberTimon.RapidRAW.

Option B: Migrate Presets Only

If you only care about saving your presets and don't mind re-caching thumbnails and models, this is a simpler alternative.

1. In your old version of RapidRAW, export all your presets to a safe location.
2. Install and open RapidRAW v1.4.0.
3. Import your presets using the new Universal Preset Importer.

I sincerely apologize for the inconvenience this one-time migration step causes. This change was a tough decision, but it sets the app up for a more stable and robust future. Thank you for your understanding!