(01-11-2021 05:06 PM)sagelight Wrote:  The Kayak mode was meant to be a mode more for classic, more pure algorithms working with the color. It definitely gives you more control, especially in the initial working with RAW files

(01-13-2021 01:11 PM)marcmartin Wrote:  

(01-11-2021 05:06 PM)sagelight Wrote:  The Kayak mode was meant to be a mode more for classic, more pure algorithms working with the color. It definitely gives you more control, especially in the initial working with RAW files

I also preferred it when Kayak was always available, not just initially, and not just for RAW files.

Besides it being good for RAW files, it's also good for initial processing of scans of 35mm slides, which are technically not "RAW", but can be 14 or 16 bit color TIFFs, and they can also be way too dark to start with if you just save an unprocessed scan. So doing some basic white level/black level/gamma is sometimes appropriate for things other than just raw files (probably also useful even for JPEGs if you've got your exposure all wrong to start with).

Marc