RAW Developer is a powerful RAW image conversion application designed and optimized specifically for Mac OS X. RAW Developer gives advanced photographers total control over every aspect of their digital camera's output, yet still provides easy drag and drop batch conversion and access to basic adjustments for the casual user. Thanks in large part to Dave Coffin's work on the open source RAW decoding program dcraw, RAW developer is able to support files from over 150 digital camera models. Note that although we do use portions of dcraw for decoding RAW image files, essentially the entire image processing pipeline is completely unique to RAW Developer this includes the demosaicing algorithms used for all cameras based on RGB color filters (which is nearly all of them), all color management operations, all other processing adjustments, sharpening, noise reduction and final file format conversion.
Reviews of RAW Developer have appeared in magazines including the October, 2006 issue of MACup, the July, 2006 issue of Professional Photographer and the February/March 2006 issue of Leica Fotographie International.
RAW Developer 1.4 was given a "Highly Recommended" rating from Digital Outback Photo. Read the full review here.
A three part online review of RAW Developer 1.4 by Colin Jago of auspiciousdragon.net can be found here:
Part One - Introduction and Workflow
Part Two - Monochrome Conversions
Part Three - Output Quality
RAW Developer 1.4 was also reviewed by photographer Alain Briot who concludes, "Raw Developer is a Raw converter with several unique features not found in other raw converters, an affordable price point, and the ability to deliver high quality raw conversions." Read the full review here.
RAW Developer has also received much praise for the high quality of its RAW image conversions on many internet forums, here are just a couple examples:
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