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CLUSTER DESKTOP-RAW-CROSS · 7 ENTRIES · EARLIEST ENTRY 2024-02-16

Raw photo film emulation apps

This cluster consists of cross-platform desktop applications for processing raw photo files, simulating film looks, and exporting high-resolution images, with some offering library organization. The dated entries before the index start are sparse and irregular, with only five entries over nearly seven years, including a long gap between January 2021 and February 2024. Hytic leads on traction, though its signal is minimal at 1 star, while the other dated members show no activity.

Entry timeline

ENTRY TIMELINE

DEC 2020: 1JAN 2021: 1FEB 2024: 1SEP 2026: 4
DEC 2020SEP 2026

Each bar is the month a member carries, which is a creation date where the source published one and a crawl date otherwise. Nothing in the index was found before 11 August 2026, and coverage broadened sharply on 14–15 August, so a bar from then on reports how much we found that month, not how much was built; an earlier bar reports how far back a member's own source dated it — not how long we have been watching.

Members by activity

Activity signals, not revenue.

Build origin · 1 hand-coded · 6 unlabelled

Operator · 1 hobby · 3 open source · 3 unlabelled

Two labels per entry, never collapsed into one: how it was built, and who stands behind it. Counted over the 7 listed below. Unlabelled means nothing has decided yet — not that the answer is small.

  1. 01Hytic1★22 days—Cross-platform desktop app that processes raw photos and applies film-emulation effects for photographers.
  2. 02fuji-recipes-pro1★1 mo—MacOS and iOS app for Fujifilm photographers that manages film simulation recipes, maps them to camera dials, and triggers RAW conversion.
  3. 03summoner1★1 mo—hobbyDesktop photo developer that batch-processes raw camera files and JPEGs into developed images with automatic exposure, white balance, and tone mapping.
  4. 04RawTherapee0★2 moliveopen sourceCross-platform desktop application for developing and processing raw photo files, including HDR DNG and standard image formats, for photographers.
  5. 05mlv.app0★3 molivehand-codedopen sourceDesktop application for organizing, color grading, and processing raw video footage from Magic Lantern-enabled cameras.
  6. 06Filmulator0★6 mostaleliveopen sourceDesktop photo editor that develops raw camera images by simulating film development to create analog-style photos.
  7. 07LightTable0★unknownliveDesktop app for editing RAW photos, simulating film, organizing libraries, and exporting high-resolution images.

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