RAW conversion problem

[rparmar]

I am often shooting under harsh stage light conditions. I've noticed that some photos convert very poorly in Affinity Photo 2 (using latest 2.2.1). These are Panasonic RW2 files shot using the Lumix S5 using the Natural profile (so no log exposure curve or any other shenanigans).

The images share the fact that the blue channel is saturated. When viewed in various image browsers, the images look fine. I imagine that these applications use the embedded thumbnail. I would hope that a RAW converter should be able to (at least) match this quality. However, during RAW development all settings blow out facial features into solid colours. There seems no way to stop this, short of completely desaturating the image.

My workaround is to develop such images in-camera. But then I am only editing from a JPG, which is of course not ideal.

I wonder if others have come across this problem. A search on these forums was not informative.

For the other 99% of images, Affinity Photo does a fine job. 

[RichardMH]

Suggest you post one of the problem files. Photo has had problems with high light recovery in the past. Seems none of the algorithms are perfect.

[Callum]

Hi Rparmar,

As Richard has mentioned above we will likely need a copy of the file in question in order to look into this further with you. If you would rather not post the image publicly you should be able to upload it to the following link.

https://www.dropbox.com/request/aOzEqK3SoMhsUgdYloJz

Thanks
C

[rparmar]

@Callum Thanks, uploading now. The performer's face highlights (ahem) the problem clearly. 

[rparmar]

@Callum I never heard back about this issue. Was there any resolution?