OMATOOLS/OmaRAW guide

OmaRAW guide

Follow 28 short lessons, from importing a shoot to exporting finished photographs. Then look up any of the 39 Develop tools: each has its own video and a control reference for every menu choice.

New here? Start with Finding your wayInstall OmaRAWUsing the Develop panelAll 39 Develop toolsChoose a mask

Get started

Find your way around and bring your photographs in.

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Finding your way

Four workspaces, one catalog, and edits you can return to.
0:31

Import your photographs

Choose the photos, decide where they live, then add them to your catalog.
0:23

Set up tethered capture

Choose a session folder and connect a supported camera over USB.

Organise

Choose your keepers and keep a shoot easy to find.

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Choose your keepers

Compare frames, add stars and flags, and narrow the library to a useful selection.
0:29

Albums and keywords

Group photos for a job without copying the originals.
1:16

Automatic subject tags

Find supported subjects, correct detections and organise automatic collections.

Develop

Edit a photograph from the first adjustment to a consistent batch.

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Your first edit

Start with light, compare the result, and use Undo as you work.
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Crop and straighten

Set the frame and level the photograph without replacing the original.
0:30

Colour with the wheels

Push colour in a direction you can see, then refine tone and saturation.
0:28

Looks, history and snapshots

Try a look while keeping useful points to return to.
1:36

Image Match in detail

Match a reference with independent exposure, colour, tone and grain controls.
0:24

Judge detail at full size

Inspect sharpening and noise where the pixels are large enough to assess.
0:34

Copy and sync settings

Transfer selected adjustment groups from an edited photo to the rest of a batch.

Masks and local adjustments

Work on part of a photograph. Start with Local masks to choose the right kind.

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Local masks

Choose the right selection method, understand coverage and make local colour, tone and detail corrections.
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Radial and gradient masks

Place light with a soft ellipse or a graduated transition.
1:47

Brush and pen masks

Paint a correction or trace a precise, editable outline.
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Select a colour range

Sample a colour, inspect the selection, then adjust only that range.
2:01

Combine, refine and copy masks

Build a selection from shapes and ranges, then control its edge.
1:57

AI object masks

Select an object with points, a box or AI brush, then create editable paths.
1:28

External image masks

Use a greyscale image to restrict supported global adjustments.

Retouch and AI cleanup

Remove distractions and reduce noise.

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Retouch and object removal

Choose a repair tool, inspect the source and review the result.
2:13

AI object removal

Select a distraction, inspect generated pixels and save an editable repair.
1:34

AI denoise explained

Understand the RAW preview, strength and separate editable DNG result.

Export and print

Make finished files, print PDFs and contact sheets.

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Export finished photographs

Choose a destination, a format and a size, then export the selected photos.
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Print PDFs and contact sheets

Make a sheet for choosing photographs or prepare one photograph per page.

Reference and help

Look up any tool or control, care for your catalog and get help.

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Help, commands and preferences

Find a command quickly and make the interface comfortable to use.
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Catalog care and performance

Read the integrity report, keep backups, and understand the preview cache.
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Use an agent with OmaRaw

Let an agent inspect edits, organise an album or export the photos you chose.