[Pimp my RAW file thread !]

Here's an attempt, tried making it an evening shot but not happy with the added lighting.

[Some photos - New York]

whoops! they came out rather large. Sorry.

[Some photos - New York]

Hi,

I decided that maybe it was time to share some of my AP work. I recently discovered some files I thought I had lost of photos I took in New York when on holiday a few years ago (shot on an EOS 400d, about 10mp).

 

Surprised at how the pigeon came out, I was originally going for something quite subtle but out of curiosity put its through tone mapping. Can a pigeon be heroic?

 

Any suggestions?  whenever I tried to make them less extreme they lost all impact.

 

Steve

 

 

Edit: I've now made them smaller....

[AP • Archer]

Well I like it! There aren't enough photos on this board, mine aren't up because I'm not good enough yet!

 

its a shame not to get the whole bow in, but that would mess up the balance of the image.

can't decide whether i'd like a bit more light on his right forearm or not.

 

Steve

 

p.s. - like your glass photo as well

[exposure stacking problem]

I forgot to say, I'm trying to stack 3 RAW images. I notice the video help is using TIFF. Don't know if that makes any difference.... 

[exposure stacking problem]

Hi,

I'm trying to stack different exposures but having problems. If I open each individual layer on its own it shows up fine (underexposed, overexposed, normal) but when trying to use the import stack all the different images seem to be exposure adjusted to normal (i.e. the underexposed shot has its exposure boosted).

what am I doing wrong?

 

Steve

[Some artworks with Affinity Photo]

Really well presented tutorial, I'll try it out when I have a few minutes. I would love to see more tutorial presented in this way.

I love your 'deliverance' picture.

 

Steve

[recommended plugins?]

thanks for the links, some of the results look impressive (so do some of the prices!).

Steve

[recommended plugins?]

sorry, just realised this is the wrong board, any way of moving it to Questions?

[recommended plugins?]

Hi,

does anyone have recommendations for decent plugins for use in AP. I'm a new comer to photo editing and have never used Photoshop so haven't got a 'library' of plugins.

I assume that many plugins are just shortcuts for doing what could be done through AP but are any able to do things that would otherwise not be possible?

 

thanks in advance,

Steve

[interference/ghosting from desktop]

sorry, didn't make myself clear. It happens in everything, not an AP problem.

I only noticed it in AP from looking closely. Surprised I didn't notice it in Aperture or elsewhere earlier!

[interference/ghosting from desktop]

Looking at it in more detail its screen burn that fades away after a few minutes (but takes no time at all to get 'burnt in').

 

(MBP retina just in case you're wondering) 

 

thanks

[interference/ghosting from desktop]

Hi,

sometimes when I open up an image I will be able to see the desktop behind it.

Sometimes this might be a case of being able to see the finder window with the raw files I chose from. This will sometimes still be visable even when that finder window is closed.

Sometimes I will be able to see the texture of the desktop picture on an open image.

 

have I somehow changed a setting of the opacity of Affinity Photo windows?

 

Steve