How to use objective correction in many photos?

[Jörg-321]

Hello, I have a question. 

 

Wehn i have 500 Photos made with a camera. (RAW). 

And i wanna made a photo objective correction. How I do this. When I made a marko the photos looks very often horrible. Or doing Affinity photo this automatically. ?

 

Please let me know. 

 

Thank you. 

[John Rostron]

Could you please give us more detail as to what you mean by 'photo objective correction'. I have not come across this term in image processing.  Is it a form of image correction? What lens are you using? Have you looked in the Lens Correction list in the Develop module? You could do a search for Lesnsfun' plus the name of the lens you are using.

John

[Jörg-321]

Ok. 

When you have a System Cam = like my old Sony NEX-5 than you see that in RAW the photos are not really perfect in angles etc. So Affinity photo has the objective correction.  When u open a RAW photo you can see what I mean. The first step is you can correct the angels with the parameter from the Objective. Affinity Photo has a catalog with many lenses from different manufacturers.  

 

But how that works in a Batch processing?

 

How must I do this there to get in one step great results.  I come from Lightroom. There it is very easy. But the price is much to expensive for people who use it only from time to time. 

[NotMyFault]

Assuming he means lens correction. In German, we use “Objektiv” for English “Lens”

[NotMyFault]

Unfortunately you found a weak spot in Photo. It is hardly possible out-of-the-box. 
 

Affinity has the ability to

• Create keyboard shortcuts for almost all functions
• Record Macros (with unfortunate limitations, e.g. about selecting layers or setting parameters of filters)
• Run batch jobs using pre-recorded macros applied to multiple images

But it does not reach the same level of automation compared to other apps.

Depending on OS (Mac or Win), you may use external Macro recorders to partially overcome this limitations.

 

 

[NotMyFault]

As a second recommendation, the Affinity RAW engine does not deliver identical results compared to camera vendor apps, especially in case of Canon, or new-to-market camera models.

I preference to use Canon DPP for tasks like batch lens correction and basic raw development. All later edit steps can be done in Affinity products. DPP far better supports batch processing.
 

In case of yourSony gear, you could check if using the Sony app (only for initial raw development including lens correction and exposure correction) is a viable workflow for you.

[carl123]

Affinity Photo has a batch function that can process many files and you can use a macro with it.

A macro can't record Les Correction in the Develop Persona but it can record Len Correction in the pixel persona, so try this...

1. Open one raw file and develop it. Do not apply any adjustments including Lens Correction (make sure that is turned off)

2. Start recording a macro

3. Apply Lens Correction manually and apply

4. Stop and save macro to library

5. Run batch job on your 500 Raw files using that macro

6. Make a cup of tea, whilst waiting

 

It may work, it may not but it's worth a try