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

51 pointsby cristi_balutatoday at 5:30 PM20 commentsview on HN

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dofmtoday at 8:53 PM

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.

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hankbondtoday at 8:53 PM

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.

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cgomeztoday at 8:22 PM

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!

jonaiastoday at 8:11 PM

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.

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Toutouxctoday at 6:56 PM

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.

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sirjaztoday at 6:47 PM

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

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imagetictoday at 6:36 PM

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

kmeisthaxtoday at 7:47 PM

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?

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mplewistoday at 6:51 PM

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