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This one wants to be also a scouting app.\n\n![Main Interface](screenshots\u002Fmain.jpg)\n\n## Architecture\n\n- **UI**: SwiftUI (macOS 14.6+, I might try to support even lower if people need it). AppKit\u002FUIKit for the thumbnails list where SwiftUI performance was poor\n- **RAW decoding**: LibRaw (C++), wrapped via Objective-C++ bridge. CoreImage also used for other formats and as a fallback\n- **Metadata**: EXIF parsed directly from RAW\u002FJPEG binary structures; XMP sidecars read\u002Fwritten for Lightroom\u002FBridge compatibility\n- **File system monitoring**: FSEvents for real-time folder change detection\n- **Search**: NSMetadataQuery (Spotlight) for indexed file\u002Ffolder search\n- **Concurrency**: A mix of Tasks and OperationQueue\n\n## Features\n\n- **Multi-root folder browsing** - add any number of folders from local disks, external drives, or SD cards; no import step, no managed library\n- **Real-time file system monitoring** - new photos, deletions, and folder structure changes are detected and reflected immediately\n- **RAW format support** - via LibRaw, covering a broad range of camera manufacturers and formats\n- **Rating and color labeling** - written to XMP sidecars (RAW) or embedded directly without re-encoding (JPEG\u002FHEIC), compatible with Adobe Bridge and Lightroom\n- **Rejection workflow** - a session-scoped label (not persisted across folder changes) for marking photos to delete; batch-delete via right-click\n- **JPG\u002FRAW pair deduplication** - when a RAW+JPEG pair exists, only the RAW is shown in the browser\n- **Two grid layouts** - compact grid (more room for preview) and large grid (more room for thumbnails)\n- **Spotlight-backed search** - search across files and folder names using the macOS indexing engine\n- **SD card ingest** - copy photos into date-based folder structures, with optional simultaneous backup to a second destination\n- **Duplicate\u002Fsimilar photo detection** - Review mode for quickly resolving near-duplicate burst shots\n- **Instagram frame export** - fits 2:3 RAW images into a 3:4 canvas, exported as TIFF to avoid re-encoding loss (useful for Camera Raw edits because it doesn't support framing)\n- **Export video** - select photos from the same sequence and export a cool video\n- **Offline client proofing** - export PDF -> client ticks some annotation checkboxes to mark his favourites -> import the PDF back to filter for the selected photos\n\n## Comparison with Adobe Bridge (2022 version)\n\n### Where Imagin RAW is better\n\n| | Imagin RAW | Bridge |\n|---|---|---|\n| App size | ~9 MB | ~2 GB |\n| Idle CPU | 0% | non-zero |\n| Memory | As low as 100 MB depending on the album | Easily gets to GBs |\n| Launch time | Near-instant | Many seconds |\n| Scrolling | Native, smooth | Row-by-row |\n| External drive eject | No app restart needed | Requires quitting Bridge |\n\n### Where Bridge is ahead\n\n- **Camera Raw–processed previews** - Bridge renders thumbnails with ACR adjustments applied. Imagin RAW currently shows embeded jpegs; replicating the ACR pipeline isn't feasible, though basic exposure\u002Fcrop preview adjustments may be explored.\n\n## Roadmap\nSee the open [Issues](https:\u002F\u002Fgithub.com\u002Fcristibaluta\u002FImagin-Raw\u002Fissues)\n\n## Screenshots\n![Filtered Thumbnails](screenshots\u002Fmain-dark.jpg)\n![Thumbnail Grid](screenshots\u002Flarge-thumbs.jpg)\n![Thumbnail Grid](screenshots\u002Freview-mode.jpg)\n\n## Keyboard Shortcuts\n- **Arrow Keys** - Navigate between photos\n- **CMD A** - Select all photos\n- **CMD Click \u002F Shift+Click** - Multi-select photos\n- **CMD Del** - Move photos to trash\n- **CMD Z** - Undo photos moved to trash\n- **1-5** - Set Star Rating\n- **6-0** - Apply Labels\n- **-** - Remove label\n- **A** - Approve photos (same as the 8 key)\n- **X \u002F Del** - Reject photos\n- **OPT 1-5** - Filter by Star Rating\n- **OPT 6-0** - Filter by Labels\n- **OPT X** - Filter by Rejected\n- **C** - Toggle Sidebar\n- **G** - Toggle Grid Type\n- **Z** - Toggle Zoom\n- **Return** - Open selected photo(s) in external editor\n\n## System Requirements\n- macOS 14.6 or later\n- Apple Silicon or Intel processor\n\n## Installation\n- Buy from the [AppStore](https:\u002F\u002Fapps.apple.com\u002Fro\u002Fapp\u002Fimagin-raw\u002Fid6760548347?mt=12) if you want to support the project and receive updates automatically\n- Download the latest release from [Releases](https:\u002F\u002Fgithub.com\u002Fcristibaluta\u002FImagin-Raw\u002Freleases). Updates might not be on par with the AppStore and there's no update notification in the app\n- Compile from source code, there should be no surprises\n\n## Contributions\nSmall straightforward fixes and issue\u002Fideas reportings are welcome.\n","Imagin RAW 是一款轻量级原生 macOS 应用，专为摄影师设计，用于高效浏览、筛选和组织 RAW 格式照片。它采用 LibRaw 解码核心，支持主流相机 RAW 格式；通过 FSEvents 实现文件系统实时监控，结合 Spotlight 提供快速索引搜索；支持 XMP 侧车文件写入、JPG\u002FRAW 智能去重、离线 PDF 客户校样、相似图识别及 Instagram 画幅导出等专业工作流功能。相比 Adobe Bridge，其启动更快、资源占用更低、无需导入库即可直读本地存储（含 SD 卡）。适用于摄影后期前期筛选、外拍素材快速整理、多硬盘\u002F移动设备协同工作等场景。",2,"trending"]