SomeGadgetGuy Posted March 9, 2022 Posted March 9, 2022 I feel I'm probably missing something REALLY dumb, and I'm hoping someone can point me in the right direction. When I shoot RW2 files on my G9, and open them in Affinity, what really opens seems to be some kind of JPG preview, where exposure, contrast, and lens settings have already been adjusted. I'm assuming it's data baked into the RW2 from the camera. However, when i open the file in Windows Photos, I see a proper RAW file that doesn't have any of those edits baked in. I've dug through the forums and help topics here, but I can't for the life of me find a way to get Affinity to open the ACTUAL RAW image to work from. In the example I've attached, the highlights on the brick behind are blown out, and I can't recover them. Can anyone point me in the right direction? Quote
walt.farrell Posted March 9, 2022 Posted March 9, 2022 Welcome to the Serif Affinity forums. How are you Opening the files in Affinity? There are some pre-adjustments that Affinity can apply, which are controlled in the Assistant Manager. View > Assistant Manager, then (if you're not doing this from the Develop Persona) click on Develop at the bottom. Perhaps one of them is having the effect you're seeing? stokerg and SomeGadgetGuy 1 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 18.5, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sequoia 15.5
R C-R Posted March 9, 2022 Posted March 9, 2022 2 hours ago, SomeGadgetGuy said: I've dug through the forums and help topics here, but I can't for the life of me find a way to get Affinity to open the ACTUAL RAW image to work from. There is no actual image in a RAW file, just a lot of data that can be used to make ("develop") an image. This is explained in depth in the Affinity Spotlight article called, appropriately enough, RAW actually. stokerg 1 Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.6 Mac apps; 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7 All 3 V2 apps for iPad; 6th Generation iPad 32 GB; Apple Pencil; iPadOS 15.7
SomeGadgetGuy Posted March 9, 2022 Author Posted March 9, 2022 3 hours ago, walt.farrell said: Welcome to the Serif Affinity forums. How are you Opening the files in Affinity? There are some pre-adjustments that Affinity can apply, which are controlled in the Assistant Manager. View > Assistant Manager, then (if you're not doing this from the Develop Persona) click on Develop at the bottom. Perhaps one of them is having the effect you're seeing? Walt you nailed it! I knew it was probably something simple I was overlooking! I'd disabled the Assistant, and completely missed the Develop Assistant settings. I really appreciate the reply. I was smashing my face on my keyboard all morning. walt.farrell 1 Quote
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