2025-10-12
RapidRAW 1.4.2
RapidRAW 1.4.2 by Razvan Serea RapidRAW is a beautiful, non-destructive, GPU‐accelerated RAW image editor designed for speed and simplicity. It uses a lightweight (~30 MB), efficient code base built with Rust, React and Tauri. Ideal for Lightroom workflows, it offers rich editing tools—exposure, contrast, highlights, shadows, whites/blacks, tone curves, HSL mixer, dehaze, vignetting, film grain, sharpening, clarity and noise reduction—processed in real-time on the GPU. Features include intuitive masking (brush, linear, radial, AI-powered subject and foreground detection), generative edit layers (via ComfyUI), 32‐bit precision, and full RAW format support through rawler. RapidRAW also provides library management (folder navigation, ratings, metadata, EXIF viewer), batch operations, export presets (JPEG/PNG/TIFF), sidecar editing (.rrdata), undo/redo history, customizable UI themes, smooth animations, resizable panels, and preset copy/paste. A modern high-performance Lightroom alternative with polished UX and creative tools, RapidRAW brings powerful photo editing to photographers seeking speed, responsive GPU feedback, and streamlined workflows. RapidRAW 1.4.2 changelog: Exposure + Highlights Improvements Although mathematically correct, their visual results were far from ideal — the highlights slider dulled images without revealing detail, while the exposure slider tended to oversaturate and overexpose, lacking a smooth, realistic rolloff. After extensive refinement, a new approach has finally been implemented, delivering results that look and feel far more natural.Watermarking Support A much-requested feature has also been introduced: Watermarking. In the export panel, users can now add their own logos or branding to images. The feature offers full control over position, anchor, scale, spacing, and opacity, ensuring flexible customization. A live preview shows exactly how the watermark will appear on the final image before export.Other improvements Various bug fixes & better crash handlingThumbnails in the filmstrip now update much more smoothly.Download: RapidRAW 1.4.2 | ARM64 | ~20.0 MB (Open Source) View: RapidRAW Home Page | Screenshot | Other operating systems Get alerted to all of our Software updates on Twitter at @NeowinSoftware