I've just tried Rapid Raw

[Derek Smith]

I've used Adobe but went with Affinity when it went subscription. Despite shooting in raw all the time, Affinity has more than enough functions for me and opening the new Canva Affinity - free now - takes a little time. I was told to give RapidRaw a go. It's free but not quite open source. Not sure of the differences.

I like it. Quick to open. The interface couldn't be simpler, not something you can always say about open source - Darkatable anyone?, and it has all the most used functions, including masks.

Only tried it a couple of times, but it looks promising. It has fortnightly updates. It's big failing for me is no cataloguing.

I am gradually moving over to Resource Studio for for photo post and cataloguing so perhaps not all that useful for me, except as a quickie. And we all need them from time to time.

YouTube review, although ignore the heading. It's not a Lightroom clone.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndZc-OJvQUI

Edited by Derek Smith on Thursday 20th August 11:52