CyberTimon/RapidRAW v1.6.3

RapidRAW v1.6.3 - Advanced Retouching, Guided Perspective, Unified Crop Panel & Much More!

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Liquify Tool

I've added a new Liquify tool that gives you the ability to reshape and warp specific parts of an image. It's perfect for subtle structural adjustments or creative distortion directly within your RAW workflow.

Retouch Tool

A dedicated Retouch tool is now available for smoothing out textures and fixing skin blemishes. It intelligently preserves edges, ensuring your subjects retain their natural look and fine details without unwanted blurring.

Guided Perspective Correction

Fixing architectural distortion is now much easier. You can draw up to four guide lines directly on the canvas to automatically correct the perspective and perfectly align structures and buildings.

Edge-Aware Filter for AI Subject Masks

I've implemented a new post-processing step for AI subject masks. The masks are now edge-aware, meaning edges snap precisely to the actual subjects in the image. This renders the transitions much more natural and eliminates the "pasted-on" look.

Rewritten Crop Panel & Transform/Lens Correction

The crop panel and transform/lens correction modals have been completely unified. All sliders are now directly integrated into the crop panel, allowing you to preview your changes in real-time on the main image canvas without needing to open a secondary modal.

Rewritten EXIF Caching Engine

To improve efficiency, I realized the old EXIF architecture wasn't optimal. Previously, the app created a .rrdata sidecar file for every single image just to store metadata for filtering and sorting. Now, metadata is cached directly in the application directory, and a .rrdata file is only created when you actually make adjustments to an image. This keeps your folders much cleaner.

Rewritten Thumbnail Engine

Previously, RapidRAW generated one medium-large thumbnail per image to use in both the library grid and the main canvas while loading. I've completely rewritten this engine to generate one low-resolution thumbnail for the library and one high-resolution thumbnail as an intermediate preview. This drastically improves both library performance and the visual clarity of images while they finish loading.

Categorized Mask Creation Panel

The mask creation panel has been redesigned. Masks are now categorized and structured, making it much faster and more intuitive to access the exact tool you need.

Auto-Apply Lens Correction

To speed up your workflow, there is a new context menu shortcut that allows you to automatically apply lens corrections to all selected images at once.

Straighten Shortcut

You can now hold Shift + Drag directly on the image canvas to quickly draw a horizon line and auto-straighten the image.

• Sharpening Algorithm Refinements: Reduced artifacts around high-contrast edges when using the sharpening slider.
• Original Preview Toggle: The "Show original preview" logic has been completely rewritten. It now toggles instantly and utilizes the same rendering path as the normal canvas.
• EXIF Metadata Consistency: Fixed bugs that prevented certain EXIF tags from copying over correctly to exported images.
• GPU Processor Auto-Healing: Improved error handling with automatic GPU recovery if rendering errors occur.
• Denoise Exposure Fix: Resolved a bug that caused denoised images to appear noticeably darker or underexposed compared to the original RAW.
• Wayland Improvements (Linux): Fixed compatibility issues under Wayland sessions, meaning manual environment workarounds are no longer required.
• 100% Zoom Toggle Option: Added a new setting to instantly jump between fit-to-screen and a 1:1 (100%) zoom view with a single click, instead of having to zoom in granularly.
• Mobile & Tablet UX: Refined interfaces and slider interactions for touch devices.
• Visual Updates: Refreshed and updated icons throughout the application.
• Under-the-Hood: Addressed numerous backend bugs for improved overall stability.

1. Install libgphoto2 on your machine

RapidRAW uses libgphoto2 to communicate directly with connected cameras over USB. Because the tethering binary links dynamically against this library to stream live view and control camera settings, the driver must be present on your system for the app to detect and control your camera.

• macOS (via Homebrew):

  brew install libgphoto2 pkg-config

• Ubuntu / Debian:

  sudo apt update && sudo apt install -y libgphoto2-dev pkg-config

• Arch Linux:

  sudo pacman -S libgphoto2 pkgconf

• Fedora:

  sudo dnf install libgphoto2-devel pkgconf-pkg-config

2. Download Tethering Build

(Note: Windows and Android are not supported for camera tethering due to OS driver limitations).