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RapidRAW: A non-destructive and GPU-accelerated RAW image editor

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211 points l8rlump | 2 comments | 09 Jul 25 02:37 UTC | HN request time: 0.459s | source
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dylan604 ◴[09 Jul 25 04:23 UTC] No.44506331[source]▶
Why the decision to store edits in sidecar instead of the app’s library? I’m sure there’s pros/cons that were considered, so curious how the pros won out.
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1. cybertimom ◴[09 Jul 25 05:30 UTC] No.44506609[source]▶
Its pretty simple to explain: Imagine you have your images in a folder and you rename this folder, without RapidRAW knowing this. It would fail to associate the edits with the image. Lightroom does it the same way. Or imagine you‘re editing on your computer and want to move to your laptop to continue editing - the edits would only be saved on the computer, if it‘s only saved in the app library.
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2. dylan604 ◴[09 Jul 25 13:29 UTC] No.44509824[source]▶
My folders do not have a series of sidecars written by Lightroom. The edits are stored within Lightroom’s library. I have other programs that use sidecar files, but Lightroom does not. Maybe it’s a preference, but I’ve never looked. If I move/rename a folder Lightroom was looking at, it asks me to relink it when I next open Lightroom. It’s not an earth shattering situation to fix.