#Iridient developer lcp profile mac os x#

Version 2 was released in 2013 – impressive staying power for any software package – with support for Sigma’s unique format being actively developed and improved since since 2007. Rather than limiting the options a user has to present a flattering or ‘corporate’ idea of what a file should look like, it’s possible to have detailed control over noise, colour and sharpening and extract the best detail from an image for the intended output.

#Iridient developer lcp profile mac os x#

Iridient Digital’s raw developer has been available since 2004 as a Mac OS X application targeting power users.

Iridient’s application does not provide the catalogue and organisational power of Aperture and Lightroom, rather, it offers a nuts & bolts approach to editing raw files from almost any camera, with incredible control over curves and interpretation of the data alongside the valuable ability to crop, freely rotate and export files at any size in a variety of formats including batch processing. Richard Kilpatrick takes a look at Iridient’s Raw developer.

Having introduced features like the X3 Fill Light that took full advantage of the Foveon’s remarkable dynamic range, SPP has evolved slowly and whilst it remains a powerful tool for processing the X3F files produced by the Direct Image Sensor (and until the release of Iridient’s Raw developer, the only option for the high resolution 46MP files captured by the SD1 and Merrill series cameras) it is limited compared to third-party offerings available to other camera users. Sigma’s own software, Sigma Photo Pro, has been shipped with every camera Sigma has produced since the SD9 over a decade ago.