A few things needed for Affinity Photo develop persona

[RichiePhoto]

HSL adjustments, I know this has one on the Photo Persona. But this is needed on the Develop Persona as well

Batch Processing in the develop persona,  the ability to load more photos into the develop persona. This will greatly improve workflow and the ability to export all photos in the develop persona. I do a lot of batch editing with another software, but need this in Photo if I get a new camera

As I've said in a previous post before and I know that some have asked for this before me, Camera profile/calibration editing. This for me is a game changing feature

[Alfred]

9 minutes ago, RichiePhoto said:

HSL adjustments, I know this has one on the Photo Persona. But this is needed on the Develop Persona as well

There are many adjustments that could be added. Why have you singled out the HSL adjustment? Tone mapping is pretty basic, but I haven’t seen an argument supporting the inclusion of any other adjustments.

[RichiePhoto]

41 minutes ago, Alfred said:

There are many adjustments that could be added. Why have you singled out the HSL adjustment? Tone mapping is pretty basic, but I haven’t seen an argument supporting the inclusion of any other adjustments.

There isn't everything that needs to be added to the Develop persona, because there are people who need to edit faster than the average photographer, having the HSL adjustments to the Develop persona just adds a bit of speed to editing

Here's a 12 year old software version of their ACR editor

With split toning, you can't reduce the saturation of colours if its required to be needed

[Alfred]

1 hour ago, RichiePhoto said:

There isn't everything that needs to be added to the Develop persona, because there are people who need to edit faster than the average photographer, having the HSL adjustments to the Develop persona just adds a bit of speed to editing

There are people who need to edit faster than the average, and there are people who don’t. That’s just how averages work, and adding one particular adjustment to the Develop persona doesn’t change that fact. Why choose HSL as the one adjustment to include there? Why stop at one?

I don’t shoot Raw, but if I did I wouldn’t want everything to be piled into the Develop persona. Its purpose is quite specific, and I’d like to see it kept that way.

[carl123]

3 hours ago, RichiePhoto said:

Batch Processing in the develop persona

You can batch process RAW files using a macro and File > New Batch Job... not sure if that will assist your workflow

 

[RichiePhoto]

9 hours ago, Alfred said:

There are people who need to edit faster than the average, and there are people who don’t. That’s just how averages work, and adding one particular adjustment to the Develop persona doesn’t change that fact. Why choose HSL as the one adjustment to include there? Why stop at one?

I don’t shoot Raw, but if I did I wouldn’t want everything to be piled into the Develop persona. Its purpose is quite specific, and I’d like to see it kept that way.

Well, not everyone is a fast editor of photos. There are nuances like some of the lighting is not correct, otherwise it looks like a blob of red, purple, green or yellows. Not everyone does landscape, architectural, portrait photography, where the lighting isn't static or more or less static as regards to landscape

[Alfred]

8 minutes ago, RichiePhoto said:

Well, not everyone is a fast editor of photos. There are nuances like some of the lighting is not correct, otherwise it looks like a blob of red, purple, green or yellows. Not everyone does landscape, architectural, portrait photography, where the lighting isn't static or more or less static as regards to landscape

I understand that, but I can’t see how any of it advances the argument for (or against!) cramming a whole load of extra functionality into the Develop persona instead of keeping it separate.

[RichiePhoto]

4 minutes ago, Alfred said:

I understand that, but I can’t see how any of it advances the argument for (or against!) cramming a whole load of extra functionality into the Develop persona instead of keeping it separate.

You don't, but I do

[fde101]

On 7/28/2024 at 5:43 AM, RichiePhoto said:

there are people who need to edit faster than the average photographer,

Such people should be using a dedicated RAW developer / DAM - type application to start their work off and do the organization and "basic" stuff, then taking individual photos from there into Affinity Photo (after developing them) for finer work that requires the more precise tools.

Capture One, DxO PhotoLab, etc. are the better tools for this.  Affinity Photo is great for what it is, but it is entirely the wrong category of application for working fast across a large number of photos as is typical of the type of situation you seem to be describing.

[RichiePhoto]

2 hours ago, fde101 said:

Such people should be using a dedicated RAW developer / DAM - type application to start their work off and do the organization and "basic" stuff, then taking individual photos from there into Affinity Photo (after developing them) for finer work that requires the more precise tools.

Capture One, DxO PhotoLab, etc. are the better tools for this.  Affinity Photo is great for what it is, but it is entirely the wrong category of application for working fast across a large number of photos as is typical of the type of situation you seem to be describing.

Really? Name me one that does exactly that?

[fde101]

35 minutes ago, RichiePhoto said:

Name me one that does exactly that?

Random examples found with a quick Google search; these examples show Capture One, but while DxO PhotoLab and other similar apps are themselves obviously different, the basic concept of how the workflow would be organized between them and Affinity Photo would be about the same.

 

 

[RichiePhoto]

I feel I'm wasting my time asking questions on here