11/12/2023 0 Comments Powerphotos review 2017![]() If you have previously edited a RAW image in Photos, you will see a warning indicator at the top of the RAW Power panel. When the extension is set up, if you open a RAW file in Photos’ edit mode and choose the RAW Power extension, RAW Powers’ tools will open in the editing panel on the right side of the window. The process is a little fiddly, but you only have to do it once. That’s done by clicking the Extensions button from Photos’ editing mode followed by the ‘More’ button, which opens Systems Preferences where you can tick the checkbox to activate the RAW Power extension. RAW Power’s Photos extension fits my mix of photos and approach to editing perfectly by offering pro tools that are available on my command as an extension from within Photos when I need them, but stay out of the way when I don’t.Īccessing the RAW Power Photos extension.Īfter you install RAW Power, you’ll need to add it as an extension in Photos. Nonetheless, for special occasions I still shoot RAW images on my Sony camera to give myself maximum editing flexibility when I process my photos. I enjoy photography and have improved beyond taking simple snapshots, but I’ve never gone too deep into the technical side of it. Like many people, my photo library is a mixture of thousands of images taken over many years that were shot with a variety of hardware, including old point-and-shoot digital cameras, a variety of iPhones, and a Sony NEX-5N I got in 2011 for a trip to Patagonia. Images can be edited non-destructively either in the standalone RAW Power app or from within Photos because RAW Power’s full functionality is also a Photos extension. What sets RAW Power apart from something like Aperture, though, is its flexibility. ![]() Its lead developer, Nik Bhatt, was Senior Director of Engineering for Aperture and iPhoto, so it’s safe to assume he understands Apple’s RAW engine. RAW Power, by Gentlemen Coders, has a stellar pedigree. There are alternatives like Adobe’s Lightroom, but if you preferred Aperture, you were out of luck, until now. That left pros and ‘prosumers’ who relied on Aperture in a bind. Around the same time, Apple evolved iPhoto into Photos, bringing the macOS and iOS apps that go by that name closer together from a feature set standpoint. Whether you use RAW Power as a standalone image editor or as a Photos extension, what strikes me most about it is that with a little experimentation and patience, it’s accessible regardless of whether you consider yourself a pro user.īefore Photos, Apple had two photography apps: iPhotos for average consumers and Aperture for pros. RAW Power is a powerful image editor reminiscent of Aperture that takes Apple’s discontinued pro photo editing tool a step further than Apple ever did. ![]()
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