salim91 Posted June 17, 2021 Share Posted June 17, 2021 dear affinity management, i tried the affinity photo for 90 days.. it is a very good product.. kinda 9 on 10... id love to purchase it BUT.. everytime one makes changes on to a raw photo, adobe photoshop saves the changes into an xmp file ( simple <40kb notepad file ). this is not the case with affinity when dealing with raw files. we have to re-edit the raw pics again and again and again!!!!! if i hit "develop" and save-its massive 150 mb plus file size against xmp which is <50kb AND when i export the pic in .png we dont get the slider(quality and file size) like in jpeg... the png files are huge and have to use another software to reduce its size.. PLEASE do something about it.. the .xmp feature is the reason keeping most newbie photographers like me to not buy your superb product! Even free softwares like darktable does this somehow.. why not in AFFINITY PHOTO??? i see many people have been requesting it for quite sometime now.. atleast give an announcement regarding any update on it.. if its gonna be implemented or not in the upcoming version... on the whole, AFFINITY PHOTO is an awesome software.. no doubt about it! In a nutshell, the request to mgmt and devs is "xmp sidecar feature" to save the changes made onto a raw photo like Adobe PS does or darktable does asap and improve .png export (add file size/quality slider as in jpeg export) Appreciate the AFFINITY TEAM in making this product! Thanks you.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welcometotheinternet Posted June 20, 2021 Share Posted June 20, 2021 Completely agree. A way to save changes in develop persona is an absolute must. Please make it happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GubbelGubbel Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 Same from my side. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirk23 Posted August 1, 2021 Share Posted August 1, 2021 On 6/17/2021 at 8:50 AM, salim91 said: Even free softwares like darktable does this somehow.. why not in AFFINITY PHOTO??? I just think Aphinity Photo is not for raw development. There are gazilion other softs to do so. Some open source. So why waste time on it. You could just use linked file exported from Darktable or Raw therapy or export un-clipped 32/bit exr from Darktable with all same light range raw files comprise and open/edit in AP directly with adjustment layers as embedded doc. As of png I agree. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WMax70 Posted August 8, 2021 Share Posted August 8, 2021 Missing SideCar support Same from my side. Missing the ability to read sidecar files created by Adobe LR or Nikon NX Studio. This forces me to use the (old) Nikon Capture NXD to get clear and correct Raw to Tiff file handling. Imo, the raw import can be serious improved by accepting the SideCar files for Nikon Raw handling / LR file handling. I'm currently moved back to Adobe lightroom I'm work with from as main NEF editor. Tricky because with LR I also get Photoshop. I'm currenlty move my files from LR to Affinty, hower, the step using Photoshop again is small. All due to the fact I cannot use Studio NX. Please support the sidecars asap from Nikon Studio NX. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabriel Wolf Posted September 4, 2022 Share Posted September 4, 2022 Same here. Non-destructive editing is standard right now. If I want to stay in Affinity, I have to have 3 copies of a photo: 1. The big .cr2 <- for backup purposes 2. The big .afphoto <- for RAW processing (+ optional retouching) 3. The export .jpg <- for sharing A tiny xmp file is IMO ten times as good as than any 1-big-file-database-chunks that are created by these photo library apps today, because xmps easily can be copied, batch-processed and archived with the photos. Please add xmp support for RAW only processing! Doing a retouch is another beast... PS: Many people desperately search for something like Bridge for M1 Macs. A simple media asset app with RAW and Affinity file support. Adobe is a dead horse on this subject, and there is nothing else well done for Affinity files...! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WMax70 Posted September 4, 2022 Share Posted September 4, 2022 In meantime I added Capture One. They work with Sidecars and the programa is way faster than LR. However, these files are stored in the Capture One databases and does go along with the file. Nikon NX Studio instead saves XMP / SideCars with the image. But, capture One is serious more optimized for Mac and Windows processing. It is one of the fastest editing programs I have. Where many were enthousiast LR became way fasters since M1 performance updates, LR is still slower than Capture one. The benefit of good sidecar files and management are seen here. But, Capture one also works perfect together with Affinity. Would make sence since the Nikon XMP SideCar files are Nikon only, and Capture one supports many camera's. Drawback is tha capture one is not for free. Nikon NX-Studio is. I changed my current process for editing. I start in capture one, since the raw editor is way better than Affimity. There I do many edits including color corrections. Then I need to export to Tiff file from Capture one to get a proper edit in Affitity. Once all done in Affinity, I can save the edited layered Tiff file again where it is read in Capture One. All changes are taken in account and I can continue edit in Capture one. I can open the layered tiff file for adjustments again in affinity if needed and can see the total effect in capture one again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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