[Loss of image quality]

2 minutes ago, John Rostron said:

First, you need to be aware that Affinity Photo does not, by default, apply any sharpening, whereas most other raw processors do. The preview jpeg image will probably have been sharpened in camera . This  might be the reason for the lack of sharpness you observe in the Affinity image. You can apply your own sharpening in the Develop module or in the main edit.

John

i have all sharpening turned off in camera to avoid performance hits. when seen in lightroom (which i also use ) the image appears to be clear and sharp too, so are you suggesting Photoshop etc will sharpen it for you? 

sophie

[Loss of image quality]

2 hours ago, John Rostron said:

I notice that the four images have different magnifications (125%, 175%, 200% and 200%) to get similar size images in the screenshots. You cannot compare images for quality at different magnifications. Given what you said about creating the images, how come they have different sizes?

John

 

Hi John

I've re attached an image with both photos with the same magnification (original vs Affinity)

[Loss of image quality]

6 hours ago, DWright said:

Can you please let me know the Canon camera model that you are using

Hi im using a Canon 1D MK4 with a 70-200mm lens

[Loss of image quality]

Hello

Wondering if anyone can help me solve this issue.

Im a new user of Affinity photo but have used Photoshop for some years. After loading in a few images ( Canon Raw CR2 file) i noticed the quality ( sharpness) was markedly reduced from the original even before any editing had taken place, the image appeared soft. After editing and export (PSD bilinear) the image was further degraded. I carried out the same process in Photoshop it was clear to me that the Photoshop export was less effected than that from Affinity. In addition the export file from Affinity was at least twice as large as that from PS. I've attached photos comparing PSD outputs from PS vs( Affinity Screenshot 2) and the untouched image in Faststone image viewer vs Affinity (screenshot 1). These are screen captures from my Dell XPS 4k screen.

In particular view the area around the eyes and hair.

Hope someone can help.

sophie