Hey guys, this is Xiao from Polarr. We are building Polarr in order to enable people to create stuff. Basically we want to make Polarr Photo Editor accessible to any audience who’re interested in learning and using it, whether you’re on a $2000 Macbook Pro or a $200 Chromebook. That's why it's going browser-based. It is also the only free online editor that …See more
@xxxxxxiao This is awesome! I remember trying to edit (and back up) my Alaska/Northern Lights photos from my laptop in a bed & breakfast.
Lightroom worked well, and even though I own LR/PS, it'd be nice not to use my laptop's CPU/power/battery. But actually I think the biggest time sink was actually data transfer during backup. I imagine the same issue…See more
@xxxxxxiao@staringispolite The entire RAW content doesn't get uploaded to the server and only minimal sparse information related to processing is uploaded. I think it is indeed quite clever : ). Raw editing is still very experimental and it will get better overtime.
@staringispolite@bwang29 via such method we are also able to secure user privacy issue as we don't cache or grab any photos from users. Only meta data. Most of the processing happens locally.
