timothycdykes

I don't even stack photos, but I often need to process dozens and sometimes hundreds of RAW files at a time. Lightroom/CameraRAW make it very easy and I was hoping for a similar film-strip style interface where I could quickly apply the same settings to multiple photos at one, save presets, etc. but it is just not there. If they could add that feature, I think I could completely step away from Photoshop. Someone suggested to use Raw Therapee to process RAW files since it would function a lot like Lightroom/Camera RAW. I've tried it and didn't like it - the settings don't seem to produce the same results as Adobe. Also, I don't want to have to use multiple programs for this process. I'll keep experimenting to see if I can produce similar enough results, but please, Serif, please add a good way to process a full photoshoot of RAW files.

That's not a bad idea, I would just prefer the ease of one program handling it all. I'll revisit open-source alternatives to the RAW side of things and see how things go.

I have used Adobe software for my photography for over a decade. I hate paying the subscription for it, but it does work very well for my purposes. I started using Affinity a year or two ago in hopes it would be a replacement but it didn't meet my requirements. Apart from the way Affinity "develops" RAW files, I can cope with any other differences between Photoshop and Affinity. I was looking forward to the v2 update in hopes that it would introduce a more intuitive way to "develop" my RAW photos but the workflow is still significantly lacking - or I don't understand to replicate my current workflow. My current process is as follows: Shoot photos. This could be a handful or a few hundred in a single shoot. Copy photos to PC. Drag-and-drop photos into Photoshop. This opens ALL of the photos in CameraRAW. Make adjustments. This is typically white balance, exposure, contrast, shadows, highlights, texture, clarity, dehaze, saturation, vibrance, color mixing, color grading, details, curves, and more. At this point, I can also quickly apply any of the dozens of presets I have created over the years. Once I am satisfied with the edits, I can quickly apply the same settings to the ENTIRE shoot. Now I can quickly sift through the images and rate them, apply color tags for sorting, and mark "bad" images for deletion. Save all "good" images as JPEG. Make further adjustments per image in Photoshop, such as cropping, object removal, retouching, etc. I am not suggesting a 1:1 replica of Photoshop's process with Lightroom or CameraRAW, but something very close would be perfect and allow me to completely replace their software. Is there a way for me to almost completely replicate the above workflow in v2? I've been watching the YouTube tutorials but they only seem to develop multiple RAWs when they are focus-stacking or merging.