Opticks provides a way of enhancing its capabilities by the means of plugins.
Plugins can be created for importing files , performing post processing operations
on images by implementing variety of  different algorithms.
Extensions for image enhancement algorithms on RAW files can be
 made by writing plugins for Opticks.

The main ideas are given in form of user stories:
As a user, I want to use popular RAW formats in Opticks (converted to 16bit TIFF).
As a  user, I would like to implement white balancing on RAW images.
As a user, I would like to implement noise reduction on RAW images
As a user, I would like to implement demosaicing on RAW images.
As a user, I would like to implement color translation on RAW images.
As a user, I would like to implement HDR processing on RAW images.