RPP 4.1.3: several films emulations added

... lazy you are, not replying on posts you didn'd mind to provoke ;-)
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Anthony McCallister said:

Have never used it, but, how do you use it as a Lightroom plugin?

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After you donate, you get an unlock code that will allow you to install a Lightroom 2 export plug-in. After that, you can right-click (or ctrl-click) any image in Lightroom 2 and choose Export=> Open in RPP .

RPP will then open the original raw file (i.e., without any Lightroom changes).

The Export function installed after your donation also allows you to export a bunch of images and have RPP process them all in batch mode. Since it's an export plug-in, you can also choose File=> Export in Lightroom 2 (or shift-command-E) and you'll see Open in RPP on the left hand side.

To have RPP add its rendered images to Lightroom's database as a final step, perform this one-time step in RPP. Click the selector menu below the Save button in RPP (lower right—if you've never configured it, it'll probably say Don't Open in a sort of Douglas Adamsish way ). Choose New… and point it to Lightroom. Now, whenever RPP saves an image while the selector menu shows Lightroom , Lightroom will import the resulting TIFF or JPEG.

I didn't know about the above option till recently and used a more cumbersome workaround but then, I only use RPP occasionally. When I do, I'm still very often amazed by its rendering of both colour and detail—it's a remarkable piece of software. Unfortunately, the photographers I show it to mostly struggle with it (much more than they do with Lightroom, which is what I'm usually helping them with) but the occasional one will take to it like a duck to water and it's hard to predict who will like it.

RPP comes with a manual—as with the app itself, there's a lot in there with very little padding so it might look a bit daunting. However, it's well worth reading for info on the batch modes and directory defaults if you think you might make RPP your go-to raw converter.

I'd be happy to work you you guys to port to Windows.

Let me know (just offering).

You can start with making GUI for LibRAW. Just an idea.

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http://www.libraw.org/

Already started (crude and slow going but will get there in the end). I speak for myself of course

AlexeyD said:

Already started (crude and slow going but will get there in the end). I speak for myself of course

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This is a very interesting project. Is it possible to provide some information about it?
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panos_m said:

AlexeyD said:

Already started (crude and slow going but will get there in the end). I speak for myself of course

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This is a very interesting project. Is it possible to provide some information about it?

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There is nothing interesting at the moment - I was just experimenting with LibRaw and trying to make a UI to display some things (like histograms etc) out of RAW file. It's not a convertor per se and not even RAW analyzer yet - just personal experiments.

AlexeyD said:

panos_m said:

AlexeyD said:

Already started (crude and slow going but will get there in the end). I speak for myself of course

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This is a very interesting project. Is it possible to provide some information about it?

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There is nothing interesting at the moment - I was just experimenting with LibRaw and trying to make a UI to display some things (like histograms etc) out of RAW file. It's not a convertor per se and not even RAW analyzer yet - just personal experiments.

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Thanks for the response. It's been a long time since I studied my one and only windows programming book (Windows Programming/Charles Petzold). What kind of development tools/languages/gui_libraries are you using? Just a quick reference is enough and then I can google my way to catch up. Thanks in advance.

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If you will need any help please ask.

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panos_m said:

Thanks for the response. It's been a long time since I studied my one and only windows programming book (Windows Programming/Charles Petzold). What kind of development tools/languages/gui_libraries are you using? Just a quick reference is enough and then I can google my way to catch up.

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There are a number you can use - wxWidgets, QT, FLTK and so on.

I was before using wxWindows but experimenting with QT now.

Iliah Borg said:

If you will need any help please ask.

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Thanks Iliah, you know I will ;-)

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So.. PC users are less likely to own cameras than Mac users?

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Dave Luttmann said:

Shame. No offense Iliah, but keeping the software from over 90% of computer users doesn't seem like a logical decision. Shame...because I'd give it a try.

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Possibly 90% of computers in general but not 90% of photographers.

There are a few of Mac only photo programs, and some hardware-Sinar backs are only available for Mac if my memory is correct.

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