IanSG

I'm not a Steam user - what advantage would it give you?

It's a popular one but I don't know if there is a "correct" one. I've heard people say you should start by cropping because it affects the histogram, but I prefer to leave it until I've got a better idea of what sort of rubbish I'm dealing with! On the rare occassions that I've got a genuine keeper I adopt a zone approach.

Look for Simon Foster's videos - they're a very good introduction. He has a few videos on YouTube under the name "Drippy Cat" that'll get you started.

It would also help to know what was happening when the system crashed, whether the BSOD advice was followed, and what happened if it was.

Thanks for that! I'll watch out for developments.

Have a look at this one. This one's good, too.

They're very cheap and definitely worth having, especialy if you can use USB 3.

According to this list it is supported - I can process D5300 files OK on my Win10 system. Perhaps the OP could attach one of the problem .NEF files?

Thanks for that - I hadn't thought of perspective correction! In fact I'm starting to realise that whatever I do is going to be very superficial if I'm going to cover the bases. As a group, our average age is comfortably into the 70s - I don't think anyone's that concerned about their Tinder profile!

This is the same picture saved as both RAW and JPEG in camera, and then cropped and processed in AP. RAW first.W and JPEG in camera,

Excellent idea - thanks!

Absolutely - that's why I'm asking for other opinions. Yes, that's high on the list!

In a couple of months time I'll be running a photo editing session for my local U3A's photography section. The idea is to give people some idea of what can be done with editors in general rather than highlighting AP, but I still want to play to AP's strengths. The plan is that people will bring along 1 or 2 of their less successful images which we'll then critique and try to improve. Some people are quite proficient with PS, but most have done very little editing - which tools, features or whatever do you think would #1 encourage people to do more post processing and, #2, choose AP to do it?

Windows, OSX and iOS all require separate licenses - you've bought an iOS license, so it can't be used on anything other than an iPad. I don't know what Apple's returns policy is, but the OSX license is more expensive (it's still very reasonable though!). On the plus side, if you end up with a license for each platform you can start editing on one and continue on the other - the .afphoto files work on all three OS.

You won't need to buy another licence! You can buy the software in the Apple, MS or Affinity stores - to reload it you just have to login to the appropriate account and download it again. It doesn't have to be on the same PC either, but it must be the same OS.

Thank you! It's one anomaly too many though - time to uninstall / reinstall!

True, but That's not the problem in this case - it's now working perfectly! Why it would consistently fail on a specific image and then suddenly get it right I have no idea!

I tried removing red eye from an old image just a couple of days ago, and had the same problem. It works on some images but not on others - rasterising and selecting obviously red areas don't work. I can't post examples (other people's children) but if I find something suitable I'll post it.

It's a bit less nightmarish if you make the selection on the blue channel only - there's more contrast between the twigs and the background.

The quality of these replies is really going down!

It would help to know what sort of edits you're making, too.

Interesting - I wonder if it depends on which version you're using? I'm running win 10 Pro. <edit> Sorry - just noticed you are too!

I haven't tried it myself, but have a look at Sage Thumbs.

I don't believe the Windows codec pack was ever exhaustive - my Win 10 installation will not display D800 files natively. It's probably worth mentioning that my OS is a clean install - upgraded systems can easily pick up a suitable codec from an old software package.

The thumbnails are displayed by the OS' native file manager, not by AP. I'm not a Mac user, but I installed the Fast Picture Viewer codec pack on Windows and it allows pretty much any RAW format to be displayed. The codecs aren't free, but they're very reasonably priced.