There are surely much more simple programs out there to carry out basic edits, as it's definitely not a software that we would recommend to everyone. In fact, it has become a standard: it doesn't matter what photo editor we're using, we're photoshopping.
Anyone who works with photos, graphics or images at a professional level uses this software developed by Adobe on a daily basis, and even many home users that want to improve the aspect of their photos or selfies can turn to this tool. A background processing task view lets you see the progress of your edits.For quite some time, enhancing or modifying an image on a computer is a synonym of Photoshop. Applying presets, pasting adjustments, reverting, exporting, and custom naming can be done in a batch. Like on iOS, batch processing is supported.
For fans of Dark Mode in macOS Mojave, RAW Power offers full support. The app now supports tabbed windows, so you can browse multiple locations on your drive at once or even edit multiple files simultaneously.
Folders can be favorited, image metadata is viewable, and Quick Look is supported. A full file browser is now available inside RAW Power that behaves similarly to Finder. I prefer the Photos extension for its simplicity. Outside of Photos, the app can’t sync with your iCloud Photo Library, but images can be imported and exported to upload to cloud storage. The standalone Mac app offers more features than the Photos extension can provide. I was impressed by RAW Power’s ability to recover detail and color information even on JPEG files. Enhance includes “Lighten” and “Deepen” sliders that cleverly add richness to images without creating an unnatural look. The same Chromatic Aberration, Perspective, Black and White, Vignette, and Enhance adjustments are available in both the standalone app and Photos extension. The new version also takes advantage of the flexibility of macOS to offer more ways to browse and open your images. On the Mac, RAW Power gains many of the features and enhancements brought to iOS. Since iOS asks for permission before modifying any item in your library, RAW Power completes every item in the batch before saving, meaning you only need to grant permission once. This means you can apply presets and adjustments to multiple images in one action. RAW Power for iOS now supports batch processing. Built-in and custom presets don’t sync between the applications at this time, but the adjustments they apply will. New Chromatic Aberration, Perspective, Black and White, Vignette, and Enhance adjustments are all compatible with the Mac version. On my 11-inch model, the app was quick and snappy, and edits were applied in real-time. The app has also been fully updated to support the new Liquid Retina displays on the 11-inch and 12.9-inch iPad Pro. On small devices, the interface has been optimized to expand and collapse as needed for maximum usability. If you’ve used RAW Power before, you’ll already be familiar with the design. Camera presets are planned for a future version. On the iPhone and iPad, new adjustments and workflow enhancements are now available. For power users, a standalone Mac app is available and gains some impressive new features. RAW Power 2.0 is still built around iCloud Photo Library, meaning most customers can get started right away. In the months since, iPhone camera improvements have driven more interest in RAW photography by casual photographers without multi-thousand-dollar camera rigs. We took a look at the first iteration of the iOS app when it was released last November. His knowledge of Apple’s photo frameworks informs the design of RAW Power. Today, Gentlemen Coders released RAW Power 2.0 for iOS and macOS with an impressive list of enhancements aimed at helping you get the most out of your photos.īefore developing RAW Power, Nik Bhatt of Gentlemen Coders was an Apple engineer working on the iPhoto and Aperture teams. The feature is a welcome addition, but iPhone users shooting RAW images will likely be dissatisfied by the rudimentary editing controls available in Photos. With the launch of iOS 12 this past September, Apple brought RAW editing support to the built-in iOS Photos app for the first time.