tomg35 Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 I shoot with a 850nm filter, which produces a monochrome output. Has anyone developed a workflow to edit in AF2? This isn't a conversion from a colour image. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 What problem do you have if you simply Open the file in Affinity Photo? 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...
tomg35 Posted January 23 Author Share Posted January 23 I'm not having a problem, there are workflows for images taken with a colour infrared filter and I'm just wondering if someone has a workflow for monochrome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 2 hours ago, tomg35 said: ... I'm just wondering if someone has a workflow for monochrome. Would not that depend entirely on what someone wanted to do with the image? So if you tell us what it is you want to do with them maybe someone can advise you about the best way to do that. Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.5.6 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 While not referencing Affinity directly, I think you might glean a few steps towards processing and developing a workflow that will achieve positive results in Affinity Photo from this link: https://www.photoartfromscience.com/single-post/2018/07/14/longer-wavelength-infrared-photography-using-850nm-filters Quote Please, please shoot in RAW format. This kind of photography is useless unless you do post-processing, and RAW formats will let you adjust your shot with the least collateral damage. If you’re unable to get a good white balance preset, RAW format will at least let you adjust the color balance in an editor after you take the shot. I will typically use noise reduction, alter highlights, shadows, increase contrast, convert to black-and-white, and also apply an un-sharp mask to each photo. You will need to make extensive use of your camera’s histogram feedback to arrive at the desired exposure. A typical exposure for this filter in mid-day sunshine is ISO 400, f/8 and 2 to 3 minutes. I set the camera on “time” exposure, which is only available in manual exposure mode on most cameras. Make sure you have plenty of battery power. tomg35 1 Quote iMac 27" 2019 Sequoia 15.0 (24A335), iMac 27" Affinity Designer, Photo & Publisher V1 & V2, Adobe, Inkscape, Vectorstyler, Blender, C4D, Sketchup + more... XP-Pen Artist-22E, - iPad Pro 12.9 (Please refrain from licking the screen while using this forum) Affinity Help - Affinity Desktop Tutorials - Feedback - FAQ - most asked questions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 Another good link that might be transferable with a bit of effort to Affinity Photo: https://kolarivision.com/process-black-white-infrared-photos-pt-1/ tomg35 1 Quote iMac 27" 2019 Sequoia 15.0 (24A335), iMac 27" Affinity Designer, Photo & Publisher V1 & V2, Adobe, Inkscape, Vectorstyler, Blender, C4D, Sketchup + more... XP-Pen Artist-22E, - iPad Pro 12.9 (Please refrain from licking the screen while using this forum) Affinity Help - Affinity Desktop Tutorials - Feedback - FAQ - most asked questions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomg35 Posted January 23 Author Share Posted January 23 Thank you, thats very helpful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 1 hour ago, tomg35 said: Thank you, thats very helpful. You're welcome, I might look into this aspect of photography as some of the images are beautiful and I love landscape photography, I also have several of the old nikkor lenses with the red dot. Quote iMac 27" 2019 Sequoia 15.0 (24A335), iMac 27" Affinity Designer, Photo & Publisher V1 & V2, Adobe, Inkscape, Vectorstyler, Blender, C4D, Sketchup + more... XP-Pen Artist-22E, - iPad Pro 12.9 (Please refrain from licking the screen while using this forum) Affinity Help - Affinity Desktop Tutorials - Feedback - FAQ - most asked questions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomg35 Posted January 23 Author Share Posted January 23 Have a look, on YouTube, at Rob Shea. He's literally just done a video on processing infrared using AP2. I've done some colour processing and, as you say, the results are very good. I'm now going to try IR monochrome firstdefence 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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