RapidRAW, het gratis Lightroom-alternatief
Wednesday 29 July 2026, 12:24 by Nando Harmsen | 1,392 views | 1 commentThis article was translated from Dutch with the help of AI. Read the original.
There are several Lightroom alternatives. Many are paid, but some are free. One of them is RapidRAW, an open source programme that is certainly worth looking at. Antony Morganti talks about it in his video. The RapidRAW programme has been around for a while. It is open source, which means developers are constantly working on it. At first, it was not very good, but after a year it has improved considerably. In his new video, Antony Morganti looks at the programme's possibilities. He shows what it can do, including the hidden AI noise reduction option. He also demonstrates the masking options and how well they work.
The video soon makes it clear that the open source programme is far from perfect. The more advanced features, whether or not they use AI, clearly lag behind the paid competitors. Do not expect RapidRAW to offer the extensive possibilities provided by other paid software. However, the programme has been developed far enough to use successfully. Both for photo management and photo editing. Are you looking for a free alternative to Lightroom? Watch the video and try it out for yourself. RapidRAW can be downloaded via the getrapidraw.com website. It is available for Windows, iOS and Linux.
About the author
Nando Harmsen has been photographing for more than 40 years. He specialises in wedding photography and landscape photography. Nando also gives talks, workshops, masterclasses and photo trips, and regularly reviews new and interesting equipment.
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Eduard wrote on Wednesday 5 August 2026 at 13:05
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Ik heb nog een oude versie van Lightroom en die kan niet overweg met de cr raw bestanden van mijn canon r5. Deze gratis versie van RapidRAW leest ze wel en snel. Heel blij mee.
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