oliwetti

Hi Chris, Thanks for the reply and thanks for passing this over. When working with text layers in AP the native software keyboard really is quite insufficient without cursor keys, so this would be greatly appreciated. All the best again and sorry for posting this in the bugs forum (I agree that the feature request area would have been better for that), oliwetti

Hi there, I noticed some strange behavior when working with the padkeys.app keyboard in Affinity Photo for ipad. The cursor keys which I find very important to move around in text layers don't work at all but also the responsiveness when marking text in order to edit it is somewhat slow and laggy. The cursor position after having selected and erased a word behaves strangely. If you type in a new word, the first letter appears always at the end of the word. With the "normal" keyboard that is integrated in ios everything is fine, but then you don't have the cursor keys that I think are a big plus for those who don't work with an external keyboard. Hope this is worth looking into. Other than that: great job with Affinity Photo, this really is the way to go on ios. Looking very much forward to the following apps! All the best, oliwetti

nice workaround, thanks!

Hi, that's true, although the lengthy vertical and horizontal structures that you can see in the raw interpretation of Affinity Photo create that computer- or maze-like look that becomes visible when working with details from your photo (even more so with my old non-high-iso Canon 450D), on the computer screen at least...

@csp: that's exactly what I mean. Here's another example to show the unadjusted raw (this time from a fuji x20) in comparison to camera raw. What I notice are the much larger structures in the image that cause the adjustments to be inferior compared to other options. @Mike: I attach the raw file in a second, should work without dropbox:) turns out I can't upload nef files:(

Hi everyone, I really don't want to argue against the creative freedom of adjustments Affinity photo gives you and in theory this freedom is definitely a huge advantage over preset ways to develop raw images, it's just that in my case of my camera the raw files start off really noisy and there is no way to correct that later on, you'll always loose detail in the process. Sure I could use other programs for this process but that's not the point when collecting feedback to make a really good program better, right? I try another camera this afternoon to see if that is just a Canon raw specific or not. All the best for now

Thanks for the reply! I can absolutely relate to the fact that there is minimal initial adjustment in affinity photos raw development, what made me start this topic in the first place though is the fact (like shown in the example images) that I'm simply not able to get any good results from adjusting my raw images (again compared to the already cameraadjusted jpegs or whatever preset c1 might use) - the noise is just much more visible there and the noise reduction (what I tried to show in the second set of example images) destroys much of the image details.

Hi, thanks for the feedback. It's true that there was no noise reduction in the example since this really makes the image worse as far as the details are concerned. I attach two examples with noise reduction applied. Also as an addition the same raw file from capture one, none of the images has any adjustments done regarding detail. For me, the Affinity Photo jpeg is much closer to the capture one raw edit.

sure, here are two examples. Hope this helps to see what I mean. It's the same image (taken in raw and jpeg) and adjusted similarly.

I'm using a Canon 450D, don't know if it is supported or not, but it doesn't strike me as being that exotic. Develop assistant is disabled. If it is enabled the image turn out much more overexposed than intended and really noisy. I add examples tomorrow, hope that they show what I mean.

Hi, this is true after adjustment. And it happens In none of my other raw editing programs, ie camera raw, capture one. I'll prepare some examples and post them in this thread.

Hi again, sorry to bring this up again, but the quality of my raw files is still much inferior to the corresponding jpegs, there is much more noise (both color and luminance) and due to that much less detail. My camera is a Canon 450D, the difference becomes extremely visible when shooting slightly underexposed. All the best, Oliver

I attached a picture to clarify what I mean. The example is really underexposed to emphasize on the level of noise in the raw file and my camera recorded both raw and jpeg of the same picture. Notice the difference in the rendering of details and, linked to that, the noise that exists as color noise in the raw file and as hardly noticeable luminance noise. Hope this helps to show my issue with the raw quality in affinity photo. I also attached a single closeup of the raw file adjusted in capture one (as reference) All the best, Oliver In order to see what I mean you have to save the images and open them with affinity photo or another imaging software.

Hi there, so good, that you added the assistant to the develop persona. Now the auto adjustments could be switched off, which for my camera is vital (Canon EOS 450D). Two things regarding that as feedback: - could you let the assistant remember the users settings? As it is now, you have to switch off the auto adjustments with every different raw file you open. - the auto adjustments might not be necessarily a bad thing with every picture. It would help tremendously if the adjusted values would be visible in the settings, so that you could fine tune the settings. As it is, every setting start with the same value whether it is auto adjusted or not. Then still: The raw quality is still inferior by far in comparison to the jpeg file, it is really, really noisy and thus lacks detail that is visible when I open the jpeg file. Might be just my camera... All the best and keep up the great work!! Oliver

Hi again, I'm not sure if this is just an issue with raw files from certain cameras but here's what I'd like to offer as a feedback regarding the develop persona as it is at the moment (my raw files are from a Canon 450D, my test file is rather 3 stops underexposed, my comparison to other raw converters is capture one and adobe camera raw): - as mentioned in previous posts raw files are already adjusted when opened with affinity photo. I think this might be a good thing when the settings of the adjustment would be visible in the specific categories of the develop persona, but as it is, the sliders are all in neutral. Also, it would be good to have the option to switch the auto adjustment on and off. - especially compared to capture one, but also compared to camera raw, the development of underexposed images contain much more noise (color noise that is) when being exposed to similar levels, and that in the end costs a lot of detail when being removed by the denoise tools - exposure control is lacking subtle steps in adjusting the exposure, - I'd love to have the option of double clicking on the sliders to go back to the original setting That's it for now, all the best to you guys and keep up the good work!! PS: I'd like to add that when I open the jpeg of the same underexposed image and use the Exposure adjustment layer the image quality is much better, much less noisy and comparable to what the exposure in Photoshop has to offer