1/1/2024 0 Comments Affinity photo review 2018![]() After stepping off the Lightroom treadmill I switched to Affinity plus other software. I have been playing with RAW processing since the old RawShooter days from which evolved Lightroom after Adobe bought the company. One could therefore selectively apply the shadows and highlights adjustment to individual areas of the image to hopefully avoid turning the trees into pea soup.!! There's also the option of adjusting the overlay's opacity. On second thought, Bob, methinks a workaround in Affinity Photo's Develop Persona would be to apply an overlay to lift the shadows of the bluffs separately from the tree shadows. The trees look like splashes of pea soup. Not a bad job with the shaded bluff, but look at the trees! Here is DxO Optics Pro 9, which I don't often use.Īnd here is Affinity. Here is the result of my standard RAW program, the nearly-vintage Capture NX-2: These have been tested these by attempting to lighten and reveal details from the shaded portion of the bluff. The photo is deliberately dark because it's the -2 exposure from a set of bracketed shots. It can work directly with raw files but it does a poor job of development-specific functions such as shadows. That has not been my experience.īut it's not my normal workflow for raw developing. Some have complained about Affinity's performance when it comes to opening RAW files and/or processing. As far as my personal needs, it's serves me adequately. I don't think there's anything 'wrong' with Affinity Photo, it's quite capable, but needs some further development. I typically use sliders to adjust exposure, WB, shadows/highlights, and the fine tuning prior to 'develop' and entering into pixel editing. I see that Affinity Photo lacks the granularity and control of Ps (and apparently of other editors) when it comes to RAW processing. I use Affinity Photo almost exclusively, though I was a long term Adobe (Ps) customer, with little experience using other applications. I agree with others who have voiced observations with respect to Affinity Photo's RAW processing capabilities. I have other RAW editing programs to explore as well, but these days have hunkered down and am studying/practicing only in Affinity. I would very much appreciate the info as I continue my exploration of Affinity Photo and RAW post-processing. Those of you who have experience with Affinity's RAW processing, and are not happy with it, could you please respond here with comments regarding specifically what does not please you, regarding Affinity's RAW functions? I am indeed, too new to post-processing to perceive any problems with Affinity's RAW processing, and therefore am a bit of a babe in the woods regarding some members' statements that Affinity's RAW processing leaves something to be desired. I have read and participated in a few discussions here, regarding perceived deficits in the RAW processing functions in Affinity Photo.ĭespite having asked the question as a part of an existing thread, I have not been able to glean any clear answers regarding what might be wrong with Affinity.
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