I think the Halide update made me realize how badly I need to write / record a Q&A on what RAW images and image processing really are.

This stuff is hard to understand and the latter basically indistinguishable from magic nowadays!

@sdw

On that note - how is this different from just shooting in (non Pro) RAW with smartest processing turned off in previous updates aside from the image lab side?

Is it stripping even more processing out, or is it really the image lab functionality which will make standard RAW more appealing to folks?

@erutan basically, you choice was to either process that raw file in an editor or use Apple's processing for a JPEG. Now we have our own, minimal process!

@sdw I do really like being able to just switch between RAW & 48 MP ProRAW more simply as those modes are prob 99.9% of what I shoot in Halide these days.

There's still something of a glitch regarding shooting manual - I'm not sure why having ProRAW set to 48MP should matter when I'm shooting 12MP RAW, and having to turn it off when shooting RAW then go back and re-enable it for ProRAW is a bit awkward.

I'll file that as a support request if you want / it seems solvable.