RapidRaw 1.6.6 has been released, and it is an amazing, and huge update! Bringing features that we have hoped for and a lot more. Here you can find the latest video from the release and a look at the new features in more detail.
New Features
- Spatial Effects & 2.5D Relighting: Control light in real time! This looks like it could be one of the most useful features yet in RapidRaw.
- Volumetric & Ground Fog: This one is really useful and from the initial test works really well!
- Non-Destructive AI Denoise: Cleaning up high-ISO noise no longer requires generating massive duplicate files, as AI Denoise is now built directly into the main editing pipeline. Previously, running the denoiser meant triggering a context menu action that produced an enormous standalone TIFF file with compressed dynamic range. Now, it operates as a native, non-destructive tool inside the Details panel, preserving the full dynamic range of your original image with zero quality loss. Dedicated sliders for reduction strength and fine detail recovery give you complete control over texture without locking you in.
- Auto Straighten: A much needed feature added at last!
- Custom Center Point for Vignette & Centré: And another must have feature added!
- Individual Tool Visibility Controls: Comparing before-and-after edits is now much more precise with granular tool visibility controls. Instead of turning an entire category of edits on or off all at once, each individual tool, and sub-section now has its own dedicated toggle. This lets you quickly isolate and evaluate specific adjustments, like checking the effect of just your grain, sharpening, or color grading, without disabling the rest of your grade or losing your slider settings.
- RAW Baseline Exposure & Highlight Preservation Compensation: This update introduces intelligent baseline exposure handling and camera highlight-preservation compensation to deliver more balanced, true-to-scene exposures for RAW files right out of the box. Users can now apply a configurable baseline exposure bias (defaulting to +0.7 EV, similar to darktable’s scene-referred workflow, alongside embedded DNG baseline tags) and automatically restore exposure intentionally held back by in-camera highlight protection features, such as Fujifilm DR200/DR400, Canon Highlight Tone Priority & Auto Lighting Optimizer, Nikon Active D-Lighting, Olympus Gradation, and Pentax D-Range expansion. Both options can be fine-tuned in Preferences, integrate seamlessly across previews, auto-adjustments, and exports, and are tracked per-image so previously edited photos remain completely unaffected.
Core Improvements
- Export DPI Controls: Added customizable DPI resolution settings in the export dialog for print-ready file preparation.
- Standardized Metadata Writing: Keywords, ratings, and color labels are now embedded as standard XMP metadata if enabled, alongside improved RAW EXIF handling.
- Android Touch Multi-Selection: Added a touch multi-selection mode to easily manage, rate, and batch edit photo selections on Android.
- Batch Renaming Tokens: Added support for the
{original_filename_number}token in the batch rename tool to easily preserve in-camera frame sequence numbering. - Updated Lens Database: Integrated the latest Lensfun definitions to expand automated lens correction support across newly released lenses.
- Cleaner Sidecar Storage: Refined sidecar creation logic to avoid writing out default-only
.rrdatafiles, keeping your image directories clutter-free. - Staged Preview Caching: Implemented staged preview cache updates to reduce lag and flicker during rapid slider adjustments.
- Stability & Bug Fixes: Resolved various issues and refined overall application performance.
Conclusion
As you would have seen from the video, these features really excited me! Stay tuned for videos looking at each feature individually, as they are epic!
Download the latest update from the official site here
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