stevelink

This image of the Patagonia Logo was created from 18 separate 26MB jpgs, each taken with a Fuji X-T3 ( on a solid tripod, at1/250sec), a Fujinon XF80mm f/2.8 Macro at f/8, and a Godox AD200 strobe at 1/2 power (with barndoors) bounced off a 10' white ceiling. After the merge in Affinity, I save and export as a .tif. Some final post-processing and file reduction is done in photoshop, prior to publication on my site at www.totalqualityphoto.com. Affinity Photo works flawlessly with my iMac. Thank you!  

Unni, thanks for the kind words. John, to answer your question, if I shot this as a single exposure at f8, sure, it would be relatively sharp at the point of focus (the Patagonia Logo). However, it would have been “soft” in comparison to the focus-stacked image, because rather than have a single focus point, I have 18! Short of using a view camera with its tilts/swings expanding the plane of focus, in terms of image Sharpness and detail, this was the best I could do with the APS-C sensor camera. Thanks for the comments! 

Unni, thanks for the kind words. John, to answer your question, if I shot this as a single exposure at f8, sure, it would be relatively sharp at the point of focus (the Patagonia Logo). However, it would have been “soft” in comparison to the focus-stacked image, because rather than have a single focus point, I have 18! Short of using a view camera with its tilts/swings expanding the plane of focus, in terms of image Sharpness and detail, this was the best I could do with the APS-C sensor camera. Thanks for the comments! 

Hi Steve,
Welcome to Affinity Forums :)
Yes, Fuji XT-1 is a supported camera. There's an Affinity Photo trial available if you want to give it a try. It's fully functional but time limited  to 10 days.
Affinity Photo provides two RAW engines: our own (Serif Labs) and Apple (Core Image RAW). 

Greetings Affinity Professionals!
As a total newbie to the Apple (iMac) Universe, I just found your app, and had the following questions please...
Is your software fully compatible with both Fujifilm RAW and JPEG files?
Secondly, as I already have access to Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop Elements on my iMac, I was wondering what advantage I would derive in moving to Affinity Photo? (I only shoot and process still images, so no video editing is necessary.)
If interested, you can view images samples at www.totalqualityphoto.com.
Thank you for your time!

Hi Stevelink,
Welcome to Affinity Forums :)
Here's a list of supported RAW/cameras.
Affinity Photo also supports JPG's (and all other common graphic formats). It's also more advanced than Photoshop Elements, however it doesn't manage catalog/libraries as Lightroom. We already announced a separate DAM (digital assets managements software) solution for later which will work seamlessly with Affinity Photo.