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 1.4.11 changelog:
- This update centers on enhancing core image quality. A brand-new RAW preprocessing algorithm has been introduced, delivering much better handling of color noise and sharpness than before. The overall visual upgrade is so significant that the developer chose to release it right away instead of holding it for a future feature-packed update.
New RAW Preprocessing Algorithm
- A completely new RAW preprocessing algorithm has been implemented, efficiently reducing color noise and enhancing image sharpness. This brings a substantial improvement in overall pipeline quality compared to the previous version.
- Fuji X-Trans users will find this update particularly exciting, as the algorithm handles the sensor pattern much more effectively, producing cleaner, sharper details.
Flat-Line Clipping in Curves
- Flat-line clipping logic has been added to the curves tool. Users are no longer limited to simply raising or lowering curve points—they can now drag the start and end points along the X-axis to clip blacks or whites precisely as needed.
Core Improvements
- Improved Lens Detection: I improved the Lensfun parser to detect lenses more reliably and added support for more manufacturers.
- Smoother Image Navigation: Rapidly switching images (like holding down arrow keys) is now much more fluid. I implemented logic to cancel pending load requests, so the app doesn"t get slowed down trying to open images you"ve already skipped past.
- Minor Changes: Added curves cross-channel copy/paste, productivity context menu is now also shown in the editor view, wgpu improvements, RAW tonemapping on non-edited images fixed & more...
Download: RapidRAW 1.4.11 | ARM64 | ~20.0 MB (Open Source)
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