RobinMcL Posted August 14, 2020 Share Posted August 14, 2020 I have searched but could not find any mention of using color charts for color correction in photos. I apologize if I have, inadvertently, overlooked one. I see that I can use a single white pixel or patch to help correct white balance and, indeed, this is helpful but I am wondering if I can do more. I have the Datacolor SpyderCHECKR 24 color patch and used to make test shots with this in the photo. I know that other software has a very simple way of using the entire chart to optimize white balance correction. Though tedious, I could enter a list of true colors and then select the corresponding pixels in the photo. Does anyone know of an add-on or separate software that would take this information and return the optimized color temperature and tint correction for Affinity Photo. Having such a tool would enable me to get a good starting point for my processing of RAW files. With thanks, Robin s_cream 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Dan C Posted August 15, 2020 Staff Share Posted August 15, 2020 Hi @RobinMcL Unfortunately I don't believe there's such a tool/plugin for Affinity currently, however our devs are working on an integration feature for Spyder devices currently and we hope to include this in a future release. In the meantime, I'll move this post to the feedback section of our forums for our devs to see and consider - I hope this helps! Quote Please note - I am currently out of the office for a short while whilst recovering from surgery (nothing serious!), therefore will not be available on the Forums during this time. Should you require a response from the team in a thread I have previously replied in - please Create a New Thread and our team will be sure to reply as soon as possible. Many thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinMcL Posted August 19, 2020 Author Share Posted August 19, 2020 Hello, Thanks for moving my comment to this forum. Here I will take the opportunity to give a better idea of the user interface I feel would be very helpful. I made a mistake. Since I had not used it for a while I got mixed up with which SyderCHECK I had. I have the 48 patch one. However, I think it would be nice to support both the 24 patch and 48 patch charts. BUt I would like much more flexibility. The ability to work with several common charts (Datacolors 24 and 48 but other too). The ability to select a subset of colors from the chart rather than them all. (I may have an image where certain tones are utterly critical but others are not.) The ability to design and store my own custom chart. That would be fantastic. In the meantime,... Great product. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClassicRider Posted August 20, 2020 Share Posted August 20, 2020 I would like to see them add support for the X-Rite color Checker as well. Mine is a paperweight since I switched from Photoshop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckryan Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 Any update on this from Serif/Affinity? I just aquired a Spyder Checker24 (and Spyder Cube). It would be great to be able to use these as intended within Photo. Thanks. mac. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TigerEye Posted April 22, 2021 Share Posted April 22, 2021 Ditto. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John D2 Posted October 10, 2021 Share Posted October 10, 2021 Another vote for Datacolor Spyder Checker24 in Affinity Photo. Please! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirk23 Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 Doesn't we have LUT adjustment layer that could do it? You take your photo with color charts, crop it to keep the chart only, save as pict1 , overpaint/fill your square color samples with their intended values as they intended to be ( I recall the value should be mentioned somewhere, on opposite side maybe or in some pdf doc) and save pic2. Now you have original chart pic and color accurate chart pic In LUT layer hit "Infer LUT" and it asks you for original image and supposed to be image . or in opposite order maybe. Done . You have a correcting LUT to accurate color rendition. Save as a preset and apply to big image and all other images done with same lighting conditions. That said I lost my x-rite chart long ago so have not tried it in Affinity Photo but I recall I did it similar way with other soft decades ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tokris Posted December 27, 2021 Share Posted December 27, 2021 Yes, Please! I would also like to use DataColor SpyderCheckr 24 with Affinity Photo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
logrunner Posted January 8, 2022 Share Posted January 8, 2022 A new year and another +1 for the datacolor SpyderCheckr 24 to be supported. 😄 Is this still being worked on / progressed by the developers? mac. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s_cream Posted July 10, 2022 Share Posted July 10, 2022 +1🥺🙏 mac. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
v_kyr Posted July 10, 2022 Share Posted July 10, 2022 Related hints to read ... CoCa – ICC Color Camera Calibrator (hugo rodriguez) CoCa – ICC Color Camera Calibrator (pacificspace) ... further ... How to Use ColorChecker Passport in Affinity Photo Using color checker passport CaptureOne, ColorChecker Passport & Affinity Photo Workflow-Webinar (en) CaptureOne, ColorChecker Passport & Affinity Photo Workflow-Webinar (de) "affinity photo" X-Rite color checker ... etc. Quote ☛ Affinity Designer 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Photo 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Publisher 1.10.8 ◆ OSX El Capitan ☛ Affinity V2.3 apps ◆ MacOS Sonoma 14.2 ◆ iPad OS 17.2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mac. Posted September 21, 2022 Share Posted September 21, 2022 +1 on this feature to be added. Ideally DataColor compatible for me personally. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarioCarnelutti Posted September 22, 2022 Share Posted September 22, 2022 I would lo have this feature added. I learned how to id manually but would be awesome to have it integrated Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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gonecamping75 Posted October 21, 2022 Share Posted October 21, 2022 I really want the spyder and the colour checker to be included i have been asking for ages. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swehunt Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 On 8/15/2020 at 2:22 PM, Dan C said: Hi @RobinMcL Unfortunately I don't believe there's such a tool/plugin for Affinity currently, however our devs are working on an integration feature for Spyder devices currently and we hope to include this in a future release. In the meantime, I'll move this post to the feedback section of our forums for our devs to see and consider - I hope this helps! Any updates about the progress of the integration ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Dan C Posted January 16, 2023 Staff Share Posted January 16, 2023 Unfortunately the Affinity apps still don't currently support direct integration of the Spyder colour calibrators and this is still with our development team to be considered, my apologies. As outlined in the below post, it's possible to use the generated ICC profiles within Affinity, without the need for direct integration: I hope this clears things up Quote Please note - I am currently out of the office for a short while whilst recovering from surgery (nothing serious!), therefore will not be available on the Forums during this time. Should you require a response from the team in a thread I have previously replied in - please Create a New Thread and our team will be sure to reply as soon as possible. Many thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swehunt Posted January 16, 2023 Share Posted January 16, 2023 4 hours ago, Dan C said: Unfortunately the Affinity apps still don't currently support direct integration of the Spyder colour calibrators and this is still with our development team to be considered, my apologies. As outlined in the below post, it's possible to use the generated ICC profiles within Affinity, without the need for direct integration: I hope this clears things up OK thank you Dan, I’ll try that workflow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToinoBiclas Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 +1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirk23 Posted March 20, 2023 Share Posted March 20, 2023 I use my homemade method. In LUT adjustment layer I hit "infer LUT" and select original photo of the color charts and secondly edited photo of same color charts where I edited all colors squares to their proper numeric ( target) values. Like spectral red be 255,0,0 etc. Those values is written on the back of charts card. DONE . You have LUT transforming layer/preset you can apply to all photos you did in same session/lighting setup you took your original image of color charts card. IMO it works no worse than automatted X-rite soft for image/camera profiling I used before . Before I misplaced my X-rite color "pasport" charts somewhere and bought non-name cheap charts card Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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