James Ritson

Hey Ian, the best way to achieve this is to:
Use a Channel Mixer, Curves or Levels adjustment (depending on how you want to blend). On these adjustments, you can set the colour model to CMYK or LAB if you're working in RGB (and vice versa). So you could add a Curves adjustment, switch to LAB, then tweak the Lightness curve. This method is completely non-destructive. Alternatively, if you wanted to emulate the Photoshop approach, you could:
Edit>Copy, then File>New From Clipboard to duplicate the image into a new document. Document>Colour Format>LAB to convert to LAB16. On the Channels panel, ignore the Composite options and find the layer channels below them (usually Background Lightness, Background AOpponent etc). Right click Lightness>Create Greyscale Layer. Select this greyscale layer, Edit>Copy (or CMD+C), then paste it into your original RGB document (Edit>Paste or CMD+V).  
If you wanted the composite Lightness channel pixels (rather than the isolated greyscale channel), do the same as above, but look at Composite Lightness instead, right click it and choose Load to Pixel Selection. You can then Edit>Copy this and paste it into your original document.
 
Hope that helps!

Hi Andrej, you can do this in Photo using Snapshots and the Undo Brush. Photo's Snapshots panel is very similar to the History panel in Photoshop. There's a video that covers using Dust & Scratches and the Undo Brush, but it's not as in depth as the video you linked to:
 
 
It doesn't use Snapshots for one, so to emulate the workflow you're trying to follow, try this:
Go to View>Studio>Snapshots to expose the Snapshots panel. Click Add Snapshot (second camera button) and name it Sharp. Run the Dust & Scratches filter (under Filters>Noise) using appropriate settings. You can do this on a duplicated layer if you wish. Add another snapshot and call it D&S. Click and select the Sharp snapshot, then choose Restore Snapshot (first camera button). Select the Undo Brush from the Tools Panel on the left (it's just underneath the Clone Tool) and set your desired blend mode settings (she uses Darken and Lighten for example). In the Snapshots list, click the little grey camera icon to the left of the D&S snapshot. This will set it as the active snapshot. You should now find when you hover over the image that the Undo Brush reveals areas from the D&S snapshot, just like in the video. Now you can just paint away and retouch the image quickly.  
A couple of pointers:
The Undo Brush has a default Hardness of 80%. For smoother retouching you might consider setting this to 0%. You can always swap the layers for retouching. So you could work off the Dust & Scratches layer and instead choose to restore sharp areas from the Sharp snapshot. That might seem quicker and more intuitive depending on the image you're working on.  
Hope that helps! And it might also be time for an update to that tutorial

Hi Jens, I can address a couple of these points quickly:
 
 
I appreciate it's not a solution, but there are a plethora of video tutorials that will show you the interface in detail. You can check them out on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjZ7Y0kROWitLXsh6z4Z3qBYCS6xoIXHN and in particular there's a Discover video here which runs through the interface: https://youtu.be/_wwgo9Z9yYQ
 
 
If you open a JPEG or PNG straight into Photo, you'll be able to "write back" to them instantly based on edits you've made. If you've made purely destructive edits, using Save or CTRL+S will write back to the file instantly. If you've added non-destructive adjustments, filters, etc, then you'll get a prompt to either flatten and overwrite the initial file, or to save as an .afphoto document to retain the non-destructive edits.
 
You can also do this with PSD documents, but you need to enable write-back through Preferences.
 
I appreciate that having common file formats on a typical Save dialog would be useful; for now, though, you could quickly use the Export shortcut (Shift + Ctrl + Alt + S) and it will remember the last image format and preset you were using.
 
 
 
Photo has live filter layers, they're accessed from the Layer menu. They behave like adjustment layers, so you can indeed tweak filter settings and edit the filter's mask whenever you want. Bear in mind that although you can add separate mask layers to adjustments and filters, there's no need to. Just click on the layer's thumbnail - that's the mask. So you can invert it, paint on it using white/black to show/hide parts of it, Alt+click to isolate it, etc.
 
 
Hope that helps, that's all I've got time for this evening! (Got to go and play with the dogs )

Hi Jens, I can address a couple of these points quickly:
 
 
I appreciate it's not a solution, but there are a plethora of video tutorials that will show you the interface in detail. You can check them out on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjZ7Y0kROWitLXsh6z4Z3qBYCS6xoIXHN and in particular there's a Discover video here which runs through the interface: https://youtu.be/_wwgo9Z9yYQ
 
 
If you open a JPEG or PNG straight into Photo, you'll be able to "write back" to them instantly based on edits you've made. If you've made purely destructive edits, using Save or CTRL+S will write back to the file instantly. If you've added non-destructive adjustments, filters, etc, then you'll get a prompt to either flatten and overwrite the initial file, or to save as an .afphoto document to retain the non-destructive edits.
 
You can also do this with PSD documents, but you need to enable write-back through Preferences.
 
I appreciate that having common file formats on a typical Save dialog would be useful; for now, though, you could quickly use the Export shortcut (Shift + Ctrl + Alt + S) and it will remember the last image format and preset you were using.
 
 
 
Photo has live filter layers, they're accessed from the Layer menu. They behave like adjustment layers, so you can indeed tweak filter settings and edit the filter's mask whenever you want. Bear in mind that although you can add separate mask layers to adjustments and filters, there's no need to. Just click on the layer's thumbnail - that's the mask. So you can invert it, paint on it using white/black to show/hide parts of it, Alt+click to isolate it, etc.
 
 
Hope that helps, that's all I've got time for this evening! (Got to go and play with the dogs )

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Hi, we've currently got a tutorial on correcting equirectangular distortion that uses the mesh warp tool here: https://vimeo.com/170633074 - it should hopefully give you an idea of what the tool can be used for.
 
Hope that helps!

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Thanks for all the feedback so far, in response to the architecture workflow video posted above I've produced a portrait retouching workflow video which you can see here:
Portrait Retouching Workflow - YouTube / Vimeo It's 25 minutes long and covers a variety of techniques including:
Initial RAW development Working in a wider colour space Frequency Separation Retouching tools including Blemish Removal, Patch Tool, Healing Brush, Clone Brush and Inpainting Brush Selection Refinement Quick Mask mode Mask layers and tweaking matte spill with Curves/Levels Brush work to enhance tones Masking on adjustments/live filters Final sharpening Export and conversion to sRGB colour space  Hope you find it useful! I would hazard a guess that these more workflow-focused videos are quite useful, so I hope to produce more of them in the not-too-distant future. Thanks again.

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Hi, sorry for not replying sooner - that behaviour is expected since the adjustments behave differently to account for the (potentially) huge tonal range in 32-bit float. An image developed from RAW still contains a relatively small amount of tonal range compared to what 32-bit can hold, so the adjustments will seem very sensitive.
 
Things even out a bit if you're working with an HDR image or 3D render that has a large dynamic range. For all scenarios though, that's why you have Min and Max input options on the Curves dialog - these allow you to restrict the adjustment to particular areas of the tonal range (e.g. 0.2 to 0.8), and as a result the spline graph adjustments will be less sensitive.
 
I might just ask if there's a reason why you're working in 32-bit? (Your image doesn't look like an HDR merge). For most single-exposure imagery I'd argue the benefits of working in 32-bit as opposed to 16-bit are negligible, with the exception of some edge cases like astrophotography... hope that helps!

Hey Seamaster, I've just tried to emulate your approach using Lightroom CC Classic by creating an HDR Merge, choosing not to tone in Camera Raw, then exporting as original (which does indeed export it as a DNG).
 
In Affinity Photo, you can change the RAW Development from 16-bit to 32-bit unbounded by using the assistant (the little suit icon on the top toolbar), but this change only applies to images opened afterwards. This isn't a problem, simply:
Open Affinity Photo with no document open Click the suit (Assistant icon) Click Develop Assistant at the bottom of the dialog Set RAW output format to RGB (32bit HDR) Open your DNG file The 32-bit output option will avoid clipping or rounding the pixel values in the DNG file. I've attached a screenshot to show my result and the visible highlight detail from scrubbing the 32-bit exposure preview slider.
 
From a technical standpoint, the DNG exported from Lightroom will be in half-float, but you'll be temporarily importing and working in 32-bit within Photo. On the OpenEXR export dialog, you can always click the More option and set the Image pixels format to 16-bit (HALF) to save on file size  
 
Is there a feature that's tying you to do the merge in Lightroom mobile, e.g. does it stitch HDR 360x180 panoramas? (You mentioned using HDRIs) - If it's a single scene, I just wonder whether it would be easier to do the HDR merge in Photo (uncheck Tone Map on the dialog) and export straight to OpenEXR?
 
Hope that helps!

Thanks for all the feedback so far, in response to the architecture workflow video posted above I've produced a portrait retouching workflow video which you can see here:
Portrait Retouching Workflow - YouTube / Vimeo It's 25 minutes long and covers a variety of techniques including:
Initial RAW development Working in a wider colour space Frequency Separation Retouching tools including Blemish Removal, Patch Tool, Healing Brush, Clone Brush and Inpainting Brush Selection Refinement Quick Mask mode Mask layers and tweaking matte spill with Curves/Levels Brush work to enhance tones Masking on adjustments/live filters Final sharpening Export and conversion to sRGB colour space  Hope you find it useful! I would hazard a guess that these more workflow-focused videos are quite useful, so I hope to produce more of them in the not-too-distant future. Thanks again.

It sounds like Irfanview is showing you the embedded JPEG preview within the RAW file. As Merde said, Photo's RAW processing differs entirely to the processing that happens in-camera for the JPEG so it's natural for the result to look different. The point of RAW is to have more flexibility at the editing stage - rather than have it look the same, wouldn't you prefer to try and bring back some of the shadow and highlight detail? If you want them to match, it looks like the RAW version needs desaturating and perhaps a little reduction in contrast..
 
 
Some options only apply to RAW files, as Develop works in a completely non-destructive format where assistant options like the Tone Curve are applicable. Entering the Develop persona from an already opened file (e.g. JPEG) will limit your options because it's no longer working in that same format (as your image is already processed). Hope that helps!

Hi, sorry for not replying sooner - that behaviour is expected since the adjustments behave differently to account for the (potentially) huge tonal range in 32-bit float. An image developed from RAW still contains a relatively small amount of tonal range compared to what 32-bit can hold, so the adjustments will seem very sensitive.
 
Things even out a bit if you're working with an HDR image or 3D render that has a large dynamic range. For all scenarios though, that's why you have Min and Max input options on the Curves dialog - these allow you to restrict the adjustment to particular areas of the tonal range (e.g. 0.2 to 0.8), and as a result the spline graph adjustments will be less sensitive.
 
I might just ask if there's a reason why you're working in 32-bit? (Your image doesn't look like an HDR merge). For most single-exposure imagery I'd argue the benefits of working in 32-bit as opposed to 16-bit are negligible, with the exception of some edge cases like astrophotography... hope that helps!

Hi, sorry for not replying sooner - that behaviour is expected since the adjustments behave differently to account for the (potentially) huge tonal range in 32-bit float. An image developed from RAW still contains a relatively small amount of tonal range compared to what 32-bit can hold, so the adjustments will seem very sensitive.
 
Things even out a bit if you're working with an HDR image or 3D render that has a large dynamic range. For all scenarios though, that's why you have Min and Max input options on the Curves dialog - these allow you to restrict the adjustment to particular areas of the tonal range (e.g. 0.2 to 0.8), and as a result the spline graph adjustments will be less sensitive.
 
I might just ask if there's a reason why you're working in 32-bit? (Your image doesn't look like an HDR merge). For most single-exposure imagery I'd argue the benefits of working in 32-bit as opposed to 16-bit are negligible, with the exception of some edge cases like astrophotography... hope that helps!

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Basic Operations Advanced Corrective and Retouching Creative Tools Filters and Adjustments Export Persona Just some quick info about the new videos:
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Greetings all from Malta! Just dropping in to say I've put live three new videos and added them to the first post. They are Retouching, iOS 11 Drag & Drop and On-Screen Modifiers, and here they are for easy access:
 
Retouching (Frequency Separation & Retouching Tools) Discover Photo for iPad's range of retouching tools, including:
Automated Frequency Separation
Blemish Removal Tool
Healing Brush Tool
Patch Tool
Clone Tool
Inpainting Tool
Watch: Vimeo / YouTube iOS 11 Drag & Drop See how to use iOS 11's new Files browser and its drag-drop functionality to import images into Photo - including dropping multiple images in for stacking, HDR merge, panorama stitching and more. Watch: Vimeo / YouTube On-Screen Modifiers Learn how to enable and use on-screen modifiers with the iPad version of Affinity Photo. They behave the same way as traditional modifiers (Ctrl, CMD, Alt) but are touch-based. Watch: Vimeo / YouTube  
Since I recorded the iOS 11 Drag & Drop video, I'm aware that the developers have added several cool drag-drop additions, so once I return next week from holiday I'll look into re-recording the video and keep you updated when it's ready. Hope you find the videos useful!

Hey all, I've slowly been posting new videos over the last week, so here are three new ones for you!
Using Adjustment Layers on Masks - YouTube / Vimeo HSL Tonal Separation - YouTube / Vimeo Nighttime Architecture Workflow - YouTube / Vimeo The Nighttime Architecture video is a standout; it's a 17 minute complete walkthrough of an image edit from start to finish - I took the photo during a recent trip to Bern, Switzerland and got a few interesting shots, but this one came to life with a bit of editing and careful treatment of colour. Let me know if you find these workflow-focused videos useful!

Thanks for all the feedback so far, in response to the architecture workflow video posted above I've produced a portrait retouching workflow video which you can see here:
Portrait Retouching Workflow - YouTube / Vimeo It's 25 minutes long and covers a variety of techniques including:
Initial RAW development Working in a wider colour space Frequency Separation Retouching tools including Blemish Removal, Patch Tool, Healing Brush, Clone Brush and Inpainting Brush Selection Refinement Quick Mask mode Mask layers and tweaking matte spill with Curves/Levels Brush work to enhance tones Masking on adjustments/live filters Final sharpening Export and conversion to sRGB colour space  Hope you find it useful! I would hazard a guess that these more workflow-focused videos are quite useful, so I hope to produce more of them in the not-too-distant future. Thanks again.

Thanks for all the feedback so far, in response to the architecture workflow video posted above I've produced a portrait retouching workflow video which you can see here:
Portrait Retouching Workflow - YouTube / Vimeo It's 25 minutes long and covers a variety of techniques including:
Initial RAW development Working in a wider colour space Frequency Separation Retouching tools including Blemish Removal, Patch Tool, Healing Brush, Clone Brush and Inpainting Brush Selection Refinement Quick Mask mode Mask layers and tweaking matte spill with Curves/Levels Brush work to enhance tones Masking on adjustments/live filters Final sharpening Export and conversion to sRGB colour space  Hope you find it useful! I would hazard a guess that these more workflow-focused videos are quite useful, so I hope to produce more of them in the not-too-distant future. Thanks again.

Thanks for all the feedback so far, in response to the architecture workflow video posted above I've produced a portrait retouching workflow video which you can see here:
Portrait Retouching Workflow - YouTube / Vimeo It's 25 minutes long and covers a variety of techniques including:
Initial RAW development Working in a wider colour space Frequency Separation Retouching tools including Blemish Removal, Patch Tool, Healing Brush, Clone Brush and Inpainting Brush Selection Refinement Quick Mask mode Mask layers and tweaking matte spill with Curves/Levels Brush work to enhance tones Masking on adjustments/live filters Final sharpening Export and conversion to sRGB colour space  Hope you find it useful! I would hazard a guess that these more workflow-focused videos are quite useful, so I hope to produce more of them in the not-too-distant future. Thanks again.

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