I am working with raw (Nikon NEF) images, which I develop using Affinity Photo.
The .afphoto files that are created upon saving, are really large, even when I only do minor editings.
I have followed some tips from this forum, e.g. setting the document color format to 16 or even 8 bit RGB, then rasterizing the pixel layers again.
This helps for all HDR merges (I usually use 3 NEF raw images for a HDR merge), the file size is reduced from 350MB down to about 40MB (using 8 bit RGB document color format).
But when I develop a single NEF raw image, the file sie is stying with 300MB and is even increasing with each file save. I have some, that are 500 MB.
I must be missing something very essential, can anyone give me a clue on what I am doing wrong when developing a single NEF image?
Handling such large files is extremely unhandy, because i am storing all my work in cloud storage. And uploading/downloading such monsters is not so nice.
Here is an example of a NEF and the resulting .afphoto:
https://1drv.ms/u/s!AhKM_ZAVkY67hrl4P1lP49trCDNNfA
https://1drv.ms/u/s!AhKM_ZAVkY67hrl5sOaRjO4at558bQ
I also attached my settings, when developing the raw image. Setting the output format to 16 bit does not make any difference.
Thank you!
