[Using Affinity with DxO PhotoLab]

Thanks mrh2. Serif sent me some the settings and I should have posted them here sooner; my apologies everyone. In the Develop Assistant (shown in the second and third screen shots in my second post), I just needed to select the appropriate RAW engine: Apple (Core  Image Raw). I had Serif Labs selected earlier. This change did the trick.

[Using Affinity with DxO PhotoLab]

Thanks, wps. Boy, the software guys sure need some standardisation in development.

 

CedarHouse, wps, I finally found one setting that I needed to change: my RAW output format was set to 32-bit RGB in Assistant Options; should have been 16 bits. But I have to select "Apply tone curve" to get some semblance of sanity.

 

 

The screen shot above is the intent for output.

 

 

This screen shot (above) is with "Take no action" in the Tone curve selection.

 

The next is with the AP Tone curve applied.

 

 

Closer to the original intent but not quite. I'd still have to edit--I'd still need to boost Exposure, Saturation, Vibrance and possibly Contrast in AP.

 

Here are the colour space settings in Preferences... in case I've got something wrong there...

 

 

Thanks, again.

[Using Affinity with DxO PhotoLab]

Thanks again, CedarHouse. Will check that...

[Using Affinity with DxO PhotoLab]

9 hours ago, CedarHouse said:

Hi, I use DxO with Affinity Photo. As suggestion, one could check the Assitant Manager in Affinity Photo on the top right of the toolbar. Click on Assistant Manager and open the dialogue box and then bottom left corner click on Develop Assistant. Opens another box. Check whether the Tone Curve is set to 'take no action', similar with Lens Corrections set this to 'take no action' and try again to see whether this helps.

There is also Exposure Bias and also this can be set to 'take no action'.

Affinity will apply its own tone curve and presumably Lens Corrections to an image imported in to the the Develop Persona unless the command is changed to 'take no action'.

I edit images as PEF (Pentax RAW file) in DxO and then export as a .dng file that then opens in Affinity Photo Delevop Persona as a RAW image file for further or additional development. There is a slight difference in the tone and contrast but the images are not that much different between the two. DxO gives me a method of viewing images and sorting images in a way that is not possible to do in Affinity Photo.

 

Thanks, CedarHouse. This worked for lens correction but exposure and colour rendering are still quite different. If I export as a TIFF, no problem. But as DNG, I have to adjust exposure, saturation, vibrance and contrast to get the desired look I had previously achieved in DxO PhotoLab. Not sure if the new local corrections are making through to Affinity either... I'm not there yet but what you suggested is a big step forward for me.

 

There must be a way... I've attached screen shots below. The lighter skin is Affinity and the dark, DxO.

[Using Affinity with DxO PhotoLab]

I'm evaluating Affinity Photo in a work flow that uses DxO PhotoLab to apply lens as well as basic colour & exposure corrections. When I export from DxO into Affinity, photos look significantly different. Is there something I'm overlooking? Can someone please suggest how I can carry forward all of the work done in DxO before I begin more detailed work in Affinity Photo? Thanks.