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About Imaging Edge Desktop
Imaging Edge Desktop is the desktop part of Sony's Imaging Edge family, which extends what Sony cameras can do. It covers RAW development, browsing a folder of shots and tethered shooting, where the camera is controlled from the computer and images arrive on screen as they are taken.
It sits alongside Sony's mobile apps for transferring images to a phone, Imaging Edge Webcam for using a camera as a webcam, and the Creators' Cloud account service. It suits people who shoot on Sony bodies and want the manufacturer's own processing.
Strengths
- Made by the camera maker for Sony RAW files
- Tethered shooting from the computer
- Part of a wider set of Sony desktop and mobile apps
Limitations
- Only useful with Sony cameras
- Closed source
Details
- Pricing
- FreeFree software from Sony for owners of its cameras.
- License
- Proprietary
- Developer
- Sony
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS
- How it runs
- Downloadable app
- Best suited for
- Sony camera owners who want the manufacturer's RAW development and tethering tool
- Categories
- Photo tools
- Last verified
- Added
- Provenance
- Facts checked against the developer's own pages and store listings, 1 sources on file.
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RawTherapee
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DxO PhotoLab
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ON1 Photo RAW
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RapidRAW
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Related functionality, not necessarily a direct replacement.
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DNGLab
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