Observed arrival · 2026-10-26
Polako RAW
A free macOS alpha RAW editor aimed at landscape photographers, advertising GPU-based adjustments, AI masks and cleanup while keeping edits in sidecar XMP files.
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- Landscape photographers on Apple Silicon Macs
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- The page claims GPU previews update in 5–30 milliseconds and labels the available build alpha 0.1.1.
Field notes
The listed workflow includes exposure and histogram controls, per-layer masks and opacity, undo and history, and several before-and-after comparison views. The page also describes importing Lightroom or Camera Raw presets, exporting looks as XMP, and copying adjustments between frames. It offers Russian, English, Spanish and German language options, and labels the available release alpha 0.1.1.
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