Hayden N Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 I'm relatively new to photos editing. I mostly use affinity photo for the built in focus merging and HDR merging. I'm tying to figure out how I can export DNG files to do photo for further editing? For example I'll merge my original raw files in affinity using the HDR merge function and then would like to export to dxo photolabs for further adjustments, such as optics modules and white balance adjustments, highlights,shadows etc. But I can only save as a Tiff files which when I open up in dxo already has baked in colours and I can't use the lens modules or prime denoise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 Welcome to the Serif Affinity forums. You cannot export from Affinity Photo as a RAW format, such as DNG. Hayden N 1 Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. Laptop 2: Windows 11 Pro 24H2, 16GB memory, Snapdragon(R) X Elite - X1E80100 - Qualcomm(R) Oryon(TM) 12 Core CPU 4.01 GHz, Qualcomm(R) Adreno(TM) X1-85 GPU iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 18.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sequoia 15.0.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hayden N Posted October 24, 2020 Author Share Posted October 24, 2020 47 minutes ago, walt.farrell said: Welcome to the Serif Affinity forums. You cannot export from Affinity Photo as a RAW format, such as DNG. Ok thanks So what's the best way to process a HDR merge from Affinity? I found the raw processing in Dxo to be superior to that of Affinity, the files just look better in Dxo. I'm a best to edit the photos in Dxo first then export as Tiff files to Affinity then do the HDR merge? This way seem like a more difficult and a time consuming process. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pšenda Posted October 24, 2020 Share Posted October 24, 2020 7 hours ago, Hayden N said: I'm a best to edit the photos in Dxo first then export as Tiff files to Affinity then do the HDR merge? Yes. Before HDR merge, RAW files must always be developed - because this is not the image data with which the merge operation could be performed. If you want to develop RAW data in dxo, you simply need to develop the individual RAW files first, transfer them to Affinity, and then merge them. https://affinityspotlight.com/article/raw-actually/ Quote Affinity Store (MSI/EXE): Affinity Suite (ADe, APh, APu) 2.5.5.2636 (Retail) Dell OptiPlex 7060, i5-8500 3.00 GHz, 16 GB, Intel UHD Graphics 630, Dell P2417H 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.4317. Dell Latitude E5570, i5-6440HQ 2.60 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics 530, 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.4317. Intel NUC5PGYH, Pentium N3700 2.40 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics, EIZO EV2456 1920 x 1200, Windows 10 Pro, Version 21H1, Build 19043.2130. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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