Show HN: Imagin Raw – A 9MB Open-Source Alternative to Adobe Bridge for Mac

Posted by cristi_baluta 4 hours ago

Show HN: Imagin Raw – A 9MB Open-Source Alternative to Adobe Bridge for Mac(github.com)

48 points | 19 comments

dofm 55 minutes ago|

These things are such a puzzle because there are so many that pop up and just don’t survive. I loved FileLoupe, for example, but it appears abandoned.

So I am sure to try this. I’d love to see closer integration with Affinity where that is possible.

cristi_baluta 41 minutes ago|

This is a type of software that can be feature complete quickly, so besides maintenance i don't see how long can you innovate. The nice thing though is that if the app disappears you go back to Bridge and you continue where you left off, you don't lose your ratings and labels and stuff. Can you tell me about Affinity, what kind of integration? You can currently open a photo to edit in Affinity

dofm 29 minutes ago||

Mainly I would like to see (if you don’t have it already) proper support for /previewing Affinity files (ideally the older .afphoto but I believe they are similar), and also Affinity layered TIFF, which I have used quite a bit.

I will test the app out soon. Best of luck with it!

hankbond 56 minutes ago||

I would argue that the choice to render the embedded JPG is optimal from the UX of a Fuji user. We tend to use the JPG as the creative reference we want to start from using the film sims.

cristi_baluta 36 minutes ago|

Do you mean to show the jpeg when you have a raw+jpeg pair? I'm planning to add some options here in the next version, you'll be able to chose if to see both at once or only one and toggle between them

cgomez 1 hour ago||

This looks so promising as a lightweight replacement for Bridge or Photo Mechanic and the interface is great.

Has a lot of opportunity on the actual image rendering and performance side, but will definitely keep up with updates on how it evolves!

jonaias 1 hour ago||

Wow, nice implementation, very smooth.

I’m building photopipe.app, a paid cloud-based culling tool, so I’m taking the opposite approach. Curious what made local-first important for you.

cristi_baluta 17 minutes ago|

That's some serious commitment there, i don't want to be responsible for people's files and i don't want to lock them into my software either. It seems to me highly inefficient to upload raws to a server then browse and edit online

Toutouxc 2 hours ago||

I’ll check this out. The macOS photo library situation is really embarrassing. I actually migrated from Affinity to DxO Photolab (expensive!) a few years ago just for that.

cristi_baluta 2 hours ago|

Hope it's to your liking

sirjaz 3 hours ago||

Just make sure to release it on Windows, There are more installed copies of Win 10 amd Win 11 than all iOS, MacOS, OSx systems combined

cristi_baluta 2 hours ago||

Unfortunately I have time to build only the software that I need, and I'm a Mac user. If I'd do a cross platform version it will end up like the other crappy cross platform apps out there.

gilesvangruisen 1 hour ago|||

not being used by photographers

Toutouxc 2 hours ago|||

It’s written in Swift and uses SwiftUI and UIKit and AppKit.

Seriously, what the hell are you talking about and why.

mplewis 2 hours ago||

I encourage you to take a crack at it!

imagetic 3 hours ago||

Dope. I'm gonna have to check this out.

kmeisthax 2 hours ago||

As someone who has had to use Creative Cashcow tools in the past... dare I ask what the hell was Bridge even for? Just an Adobe-developed file manager?

cristi_baluta 53 minutes ago|

Yes, but comparing to Finder you could actually have a useful preview of your files, with caching and stuff

mplewis 2 hours ago|

Thank you for building high-quality alternatives to Adobe software!