Iridient Developer 3.3.8 macOS 26 mb Iridient Developer is a powerful RAW image conversion application designed and optimized specifically for Mac OS X. Iridient Developer gives advanced photographers total control over their digital photographs, yet still provides easy drag and drop batch conversion and access to basic adjustments for the. Iridient Developer is a powerful image processing application designed and optimized specifically for macOS. Though primarily focused on early stage RAW processing, Iridient Developer supports a wide range of standard and HDR format images.
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Opening Images in Iridient Developer
Iridient Developer supports a large number of image formats from over 550 RAW camera model formats to standard image formats such as TIFF, JPEG, JPEG2000, PNG, PSD, BMP, PICT, GIF to high dynamic range formats (HDR) including OpenEXR and Radiance.
There are a number of different ways to open images into Iridient Developer. Here are a few of the most common methods:
Choose images or folder containing images in the Open dialog
The Open dialog by default is displayed on application launch and can also be shown at any time by choosing 'Open..' from the File menu (or key combo command+O).
The standard Open dialog used by Iridient Developer is shared in common with many other Mac OS programs and functions very, very much like the standard Mac OS X Finder windows used for browsing drives on your system. The Open dialog looks like this:
Just like Finder windows, the Open dialog provides the ability to browse through images by by thumbnail icons, by list, by column browser and by Cover Flow. It also provides the ability to search for images by name or other metadata using the search field just like you would use in the Finder. To switch between viewing options you use the four buttons near to the top, left of the dialog just to the right of the arrows.
The Open dialog can also browse through images stored in your iPhoto or Aperture catalogs by clicking Photos under the Media section in the left sidebar section. You can also store shortcuts to commonly accessed folders by dragging them to the sidebar section on the left. Favorites you have stored in the Finder will appear in the sidebar as well just as they do in Finder windows.
There are two arrow buttons in the top left for navigating forward and back through your recent history and also a popup menu that provides quick access to recently accessed folders and the folder hierarchy.
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To open the selected image(s) or folder(s) click the 'Open' button found in the lower right corner of the dialog or by pressing the Return key. Individual images can also be opened by simply double clicking on the thumbnail icon or file name.
Drag and drop of image(s) or folder(s) from the Finder or other applications
You can drag and drop images or folders from the Finder and many other image browser type programs onto the Iridient Developer icon in the Dock, the Iridient Developer preview window or onto the Iridient Developer application.
Most popular image browsing programs support drag and drop, for example Adobe Lightroom and Bridge, Photo Mechanic, Media Pro, Lyn and ViewIt. In most cases you can just drag the image thumbnail(s) from the image browser program to Iridient Developer to open the original images. Sometimes the larger image preview cannot be dragged, but the smaller thumbnail icons generally can be.
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If you are working with RAW images some programs will automatically convert RAW images to either a low quality, low resolution preview, often as JPEG format, or a processed version when using drag and drop. A few popular programs that do this include Apple's Aperture and iPhoto.
To determine whether a drag and drop resulted in opening the original RAW image or a processed or preview version you can check the image name at the top of the preview Window in Iridient Developer. If the image name ends with JPG or TIF it is not a RAW file and the program has transferred a processed image rather than the original RAW. If the image name ends with a RAW format extension (some examples include CR2, NEF, ARW, DNG, RAF, etc) then the program has passed a reference to the original un-processed RAW file for editing.
Double clicking image(s)
In Mac OS X each image file type is associated with a default editor which is launched when the image is double clicked. If Iridient Developer is set as the default 'Open With' application for a specific image type you can double click image(s) to have them automatically open into Iridient Developer.
To view the system's 'Open With' settings for a given image type first select an example image by single clicking on the image file in the Finder. Then choose 'Get Info' from the File menu (or key combo command+I). In the Info dialog that is displayed check the 'Open with:' section which you may have to expand by clicking the small triangle just to the left of the 'Open with:' text. There will be a popup menu that displays the current Open With application, in most cases the system default will be the Preview.app for image files. Neooffice 2014 13 – mac tailored openoffice based productivity suite. To change the application click the popup menu and choose 'Iridient Developer.app' from the list. If you have mutliple versions installed there may be more than one Iridient Developer option, each followed by its version number. If so I recommend choosing the latest version.
To change the default Open With application for all images of a particular type click the 'Change All..' button. You will need to make these changes for each image type (RAW, TIFF, JPEG, etc) you want to open with Iridient Developer.
Use Iridient Developer as an external editor to another image browser
Many image browsers allow you to setup external image editors for processing your images, others often will feature an 'Open With' option to open images in an external editor. This is usually setup in the Preferences dialog and setup will vary some from program to program.
Unfortunately if you work with RAW images a couple of the more popular photo workflow tools (Lightroom and Aperture) do not support setting up an external editor for processing RAW files, nearly all others do (for example iPhoto, Photo Mechanic, Lyn, etc). When using an external editor in either Lightroom or Aperture these programs will first process the RAW file to a standard image file before passing the processed image on to Iridient Developer as an external editor.
To workaround this limitation in Lightroom you can either use drag and drop for RAW images or use a plug-in that supports external editing of RAW such as 'Open Directly'.
To workaround this limitation in Aperture you can either use the standard Open dialog in Iridient Developer to view your Aperture library directly or if you use and shared library with iPhoto you can use iPhoto for its RAW external editor support or you can use a plug-in such as 'Catapult'.
Some recent reviews and online articles on Iridient Developer include:
Many blog postings have appeared recently regarding Iridient Developer's great Fujifilm X-Trans processing, here's a few:
Mark Soon's blog
F Stop Lounge
VKPhoto blog
Olaf Sztaba's blog
SoundImagePlus blog
High Sierra Photo Workshops
Outdoor Fine Art Images blog
Gray Smith's blog
An article on using Iridient Developer in combination with Photo Mechanic for photo asset management.
A two part review focused on Fuji X-Trans support at The Visual Experience web site Part 1 and Part 2.
A review and follow up articles on Couleur-ICC.com (in French) version 2.0 review, folow up article on 2.0.1 and article on version 2.1. An article on Iridient Developer 2.1 and its support for Sigma Merrill models at www.sigmauser.co.uk.
Reviews of previous versions of Iridient (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.
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: Dvdfab all in one 10 2 1 3 download free.
From a thread on the Photo District News (PDN) Online forums (original forum page can be found here):
-->Just compare the conversions with 'RAW Developer' a underrated, smart RC, which produces 'filmlike' tiffs.
Indeed. I just tried it and it's pretty darn nice and the developer is on top of his game in providing support. With all the color scientists and engineers at Apple, this one man band kicks Aperture 1.0.1's butt in quality conversions and it's pretty darn fast to boot.
Andrew Rodney, Author 'Color Management for Photographers'
http://www.digitaldog.net/
From a MacUpdate user review by photographer Richard Peterson:
I've managed to pull better looking and more detailed images than I have from any other Raw converter, and I've tried them all. I've done side-by-side comparisons with ACR, and I can't tell you how much better Raw Developer files look, the difference is astonishing. I'm very pleased with my purchase, and love the fact that I am supporting a small 'developer' who makes such great apps.
And, no, I don't work with or know this developer; I just love this stuff!
Iridient Developer Feature Highlights:
High Quality, High Bit Depth (16 and 32 bits/channel) Image Processing for RAW and non-RAW Image Formats.
Originally developed as a RAW image processing tool, Iridient Developer now supports high quality color editing, monochrome conversions, sharpening and noise reduction on regular images as well! You can now process most any normal image format (JPEG, TIFF, PNG and more) plus a couple high dynamic range (HDR) formats (OpenEXR and Radiance) too.
The high quality RAW image processing (demosaicing) alogorithms unique to Iridient Developer give excellent detail with minimal demosaicing artifacts. Iridient Developer is often noted for its exceptional rendering of micro-detail while retaining a pleasing, natural, 'film like' output with minimal digital artifacts and smooth color gradations. All image processing operations are performed at 16 bits per channel or greater. Most RAW image formats support 3 different RAW processing (demosaic) options including a high detail method (generally the default), plus a smoother, lower artifact 'Soft Look' option and finally support for RAW conversion based on Apple's Mac OS X RAW image libraries.
Advanced Sharpening and Noise Reduction Algorithms
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Iridient Developer offers SIX advanced sharpening methods, including 'Iridient Reveal', a 'super' sharpener utilizing aspects of both state of the art edge enhancement techniques and deconvolution, traditional unsharp masking, high pass, difference of gaussians, a unique 'hybrid' sharpening algorithm and an advanced Richardson-Lucy Deconvolution based method. All are processed in a special 32 bits/channel floating point color space to avoid color artifacts and provide amazing detail. Powerful hot/dead pixel filters and new, state of the art noise reduction methods help eliminate noise, especially from images taken with long exposures or high ISO settings.
All sharpening methods also now support advanced edge masking for limiting the sharpening effect to just edge regions while leaving 'flat' or low contrast areas of the image unchanged.
High Quality Image Resizing
Whether down sizing for the web or producing massive prints for gallery display, Iridient Developer offers a wide range of resizing methods that allow you fine tune the level of output to best suit your own preferences from incedibly high levels of sharpness and detail to smooth, artifact free output.
Fabulously Flexible Camera Color Specification
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Iridient Developer includes support for just about any camera color specification imaginable from industry standard ICC color profiles to DNG color matrix values to the latest DNG v1.4 camera profile (DCP) specification to camera manufacturer specific color metadata. Iridient Developer provides incedible control over establishing the ideal color starting point for your photos whether you want to use custom camera profiling solutions or simply to match a color look provided by the camera manufacturer or just about any other RAW processing software.
Extensive Image Adjustment Options
You're in total control of every step of the conversion process, fully editable tone curves in RAW, RGB and LAB color spaces, advanced highlight recovery, white balancing, noise reduction, sharpening, exposure compensation, brightness, contrast, saturation and more.
Super Monochrome (Black And White) Conversion Options
High quality black and white conversion options including direct access to RAW image color planes, standard RGB channel mixers, perceptual LAB lightness based conversion, luma, desaturation, intensity, custom duotones and other toning options including curves.
Fast, High Quality Image Previews
RAW developer allows you to view and make all image adjustments while viewing a full resolution, fully color managed, 16 bit per channel preview.
Advanced Histogram View
Supports 256, 512 or an extra wide 1024 levels of detail. Viewing modes include RGB, individual R, G, B channels, all three colors at once, CIE Lightness, CIE Luminance, CIE Chroma (ab), luminosity, hue and saturation.
Fully Configurable Color Management
Support for two high quality color management engine options including Apple's ColorSync and LittleCMS 2.6 which includes full support for the latest ICC v4.3 standard.
Ability to specify camera or image specific input profiles, RGB working space profiles for image adjustments and final image output profiles. Automatic support for LAB and chroma color space curves without any manual color space changes.
Unlimited batch processing
You can continue making image adjustments while other images are converted in the background. Supports, easy drag and drop image conversion with flexible file naming options and support for multiple file formats including JPEG, TIFF, PNG, JPEG2000 and more.
Iridient Developer includes support for just about any camera color specification imaginable from industry standard ICC color profiles to DNG color matrix values to the latest DNG v1.4 camera profile (DCP) specification to camera manufacturer specific color metadata. Iridient Developer provides incedible control over establishing the ideal color starting point for your photos whether you want to use custom camera profiling solutions or simply to match a color look provided by the camera manufacturer or just about any other RAW processing software.
Extensive Image Adjustment Options
You're in total control of every step of the conversion process, fully editable tone curves in RAW, RGB and LAB color spaces, advanced highlight recovery, white balancing, noise reduction, sharpening, exposure compensation, brightness, contrast, saturation and more.
Super Monochrome (Black And White) Conversion Options
High quality black and white conversion options including direct access to RAW image color planes, standard RGB channel mixers, perceptual LAB lightness based conversion, luma, desaturation, intensity, custom duotones and other toning options including curves.
Fast, High Quality Image Previews
RAW developer allows you to view and make all image adjustments while viewing a full resolution, fully color managed, 16 bit per channel preview.
Advanced Histogram View
Supports 256, 512 or an extra wide 1024 levels of detail. Viewing modes include RGB, individual R, G, B channels, all three colors at once, CIE Lightness, CIE Luminance, CIE Chroma (ab), luminosity, hue and saturation.
Fully Configurable Color Management
Support for two high quality color management engine options including Apple's ColorSync and LittleCMS 2.6 which includes full support for the latest ICC v4.3 standard.
Ability to specify camera or image specific input profiles, RGB working space profiles for image adjustments and final image output profiles. Automatic support for LAB and chroma color space curves without any manual color space changes.
Unlimited batch processing
You can continue making image adjustments while other images are converted in the background. Supports, easy drag and drop image conversion with flexible file naming options and support for multiple file formats including JPEG, TIFF, PNG, JPEG2000 and more.
Multithreaded and vector processor (SSE3+) optimized
Iridient Developer takes full advantage of multi-core and multi processor systems and the advanced vector processing capabilities of Intel processors. Highly optimized for all the latest and greatest Mac OS X technologies including Grand Central Dispatch (GCD), 64-bit processing, Core Image, Quartz Extreme and more. All image processing is handled by secondary threads so your real time editing work is never blocked waiting for export processing to complete.
Support for IPTC, XMP and EXIF v2.3 metadata
EXIF, IPTC and XMP metadata is supported when exporting to TIFF, PNG or JPEG image formats.
'Processing Disabled' Output Mode
Ability to bypass all image adjustments and all color matching operations for fast, high quality export of linear files intended for further processing with other image processing programs or RAW workflows. Also useful for creating non-color matched output for use in generating custom camera or scene profiles with ICC camera profiling software.
