CalibRaw is a free, open-source RAW photo editor designed for nondestructive image processing and professional photo development. It uses GPU acceleration to provide responsive editing across supported camera formats. Users can adjust exposure, tone curves, color grading, sharpening, and optical corrections. The software includes selective masks for editing specific subjects, objects, and image regions. Its offline AI tools support subject selection, sky masking, object removal, and noise reduction. Additional capabilities include HDR merging, customizable effects, reusable presets, and batch exporting. Adjustments are stored in sidecar files to preserve original images. Built with Rust, CalibRaw is available for Linux, Windows, macOS, and Android.
Features
- GPU-accelerated RAW photo development with nondestructive editing and sidecar files
- Advanced color grading, tone mapping, highlight recovery, and selective adjustments
- Offline AI-powered subject masking, object removal, and image noise reduction
- HDR image merging with customizable photographic effects and local masks
- Photo library organization with ratings, sorting, cached previews, and reusable presets
- Batch image processing with JPEG XL exporting and edit replay video generation