NiTOXide Posted June 18, 2024 Posted June 18, 2024 Hi all, Please forgive me for sounding like a broken-record-of-the-forums but I need to get this off my chest: Affinity needs a product for high-volume editing. The final chain that has me anchored to A**be is my workflow of using Bridge and A**be Camera Raw to quickly cull and basic-colour-correct a hundred photos in a short amount of time. Once the basics are complete, then take the files (that the client wants) over to Affinity Photo for final touch ups . I honestly look at the Develop Persona in Photo and go "darn it... this would be a great-and-swift editor for fast colour corrections if it could: give me a film-strip view of a file directory give me some basic labeling ability for each image (red, blue, green ... whatever is in a bag of Skittles) Sort images by file type and the basic labeling Do non-destructive edits to RAW files and Jpegs (yes, I said Jpegs) Saving those edits in a side-car file or in database (I can work with either) CTRL+C and CTRL+V changes across multiple images Select multiple images, adjust a variable, and have all those images update to the variable change (completely bypassing the copy-paste or "sync" steps found in other programs). The ability to export the selected files to: A custom-file name (going from xxxx.jpeg to Client's-name+Event-name+whatever-is-needed+xxxx.jpeg) Custom image settings and resizing. All selected images into an index sheet. Honestly, I would PAY or Subscribe (*gasp* blasphemy) for a standalone Affinity Program that can do the above, which is 60 to 80% of my photographic workload. Would I call this a DAM? Not really - I sort my images and projects using file directories and not databases. What I would call it is a lean-and-swift editing program to quickly colour correct and export images. I have tried, in the last two days, the latest of: On1 Luminar Neo Darktable RawTherapee (and ART) I find all of them slow, bloated, and not as swift as the Bridge+ACR combo. Is there an alternative that I am missing? Anyway, Affinity Developers, if you're reading this - I (along with others) would like to know how we can help to make such swift and light-weight program a possibility. Come on Affinity - break my last binding chain keeping me fettered to the A**be Sh*t Show. About Me, for those who care: Worked in Pro-Camera sales. Now a chief engineer of a power plant. Worked in pro photo lab where we edited every single photo by hand - didn't matter if it was a pro-wedding shooter or Grandma's weekend birthday party; all of it received the same attention and respect. Supporter of Affinity since the V1 Betas. bures 1 Quote
Gripsholm Lion Posted June 18, 2024 Posted June 18, 2024 A film-strip view of a directory… DxO Photolab. Sort images by file type… Yep, DxO. …and labelling… Colour labels, ratings, rejection, and filtering. Do non-destructive edits to RAW files and Jpegs… Still DxO. Saving those edits in a side-car file or database… Guess what? CTRL+C and CTRL+V changes across multiple images… Yeah, easy. There's even an option to pick and choose which adjustments to copy. Select multiple images, adjust a variable, and have all those images update to the variable change… Yep! A custom-file name… Check! Custom image settings and resizing… Done with presets. All selected images into an index sheet… Y... Well no to that one, but you can't have everything. Quote
NiTOXide Posted June 18, 2024 Author Posted June 18, 2024 Thank you @Gripsholm Lion for the reply. I gave DXO a try and it's pretty cool. Another program I came across is Exposure X7 which I will try tonight - I came across it here: My ultimate desire is to put money/support/investment into the hands of the Affinity team. If they can get something that can help swiftly edit images en masse, I will throw my wallet at them. @Gripsholm Lion, tell more about your workflow. What works for you? Quote
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