Vastly differing results by Affinity and Adobe Elements

[rddpozi8]

I am hoping to get similar post results from Affinity and Adobe Elements.

But they turn out vastly different through (what I thought to be) similar post steps as follows:

Affinity:

1-- Filters/Shadows/Highlights/Shadows Strength 60%

2-- Filters/Sharpen/Clarity 100%

3-- Filters/Haze Removal/Distance 3/4 of scale

4-- Google Photo pop, adjust light/dark points, crop

Adobe Elements:

1-- Enhance/Adjust lighting/Shadows/Lighten Shadows 60%

2-- Enhance/Adjust Sharpness/Amount 342% radius 1px

3-- Enhance/Auto Haze Removal twice

4-- Google Photos pop, adjust light/dark points, crop

Assuming the colors can be adjusted to be similar, the major difference is still that the Elements pic is a lot more detailed and sharper than the Affinity one.

I am including here the ORIGINAL file and the 2 results.

(The  ORIGINAL, 43,548KB, fails to upload)  

Edited August 19 by rddpozi8
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[PaulEC]

To be honest, I wouldn't say that these two images are "vastly" different, no more than I would expect when using two different "formulas", especially with the different sharpening methods used. Obviously, without the original file, I can't try it myself, but I would suggest playing around with the different sharpening filters and their settings in APhoto. (Maybe try High Pass sharpening, rather than Clarity.) You could also experiment with Detail Refinement in the Develop Persona. 

[rddpozi8]

PaulEC  Thanks for looking at them. I've redone the Affinity with high pass sharpening & adjusted the colors to make both pics look similar.  But the sharpness & detailing looks came out same as before.

I am uploading the ORIGINAL here, as well my new Affinity result in case you don't mind looking again.  

(The ORIGINAL now can load simply by the lower case jpg changed to JPG. No idea why.)

No it still did not load though the loading says "done". I am puting a link here instead.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/11JZge5uHbLEqwjs81mGdH_i_RmXSy4V5/view?usp=drive_link

[rddpozi8]

DSCF2276.RAF ORIGINAL .JPG

[thomaso]

Apart from the different editing methods (clarity ≠ sharpen / haze 3/4 of scale ≠ auto haze twice) also the different image sizes may matter if one gets edited in half size of the other (as the uploads seem to imply).

EDIT: Isn't it possible to save the 'Elements' as photoshop file and open that in Affinity for comparison of values or results?

Edited August 20 by thomaso

[rddpozi8]

thomaso Thanks for looking. Though the pixel counts are similar (because same original source was used), the file sizes came out as determined by each software respectively. 
My goal as you might guess is to batch-process with Macro in Affinity.  As it is so far, I have to do 1 photo at a time in Elements.

[thomaso]

6 hours ago, rddpozi8 said:

Though the pixel counts are similar (because same original source was used)

At least your uploaded results differ massively in their pixel counts: Elements 2879 px height | Affinity 5990 px height. And the first Affinity file not only has another size than the second but also varies slightly in its aspect ratio. Therefore, it is somewhat unclear what kind of results we are looking at in the forum and in which image sizes the tree images were edited. – Below two results compared at 100% zoom level.

[rddpozi8]

thomaso Thanks for checking them out.

I loaded the original file into each software by drag-drop. At saving, I let each software decide what pixel count & what file size. I want to minimize interference by me. But the qualities of the 2 results differ so significantly just by a superficial look-at, that it must be a lot more than matter of pixel counts or file sizes.  (Pics can be 4320 reduced to 2160 and still look same).  Just want to make them both look as sharp & detailed as possible.  Then, finally, make them look *similar* as evidence that no more can be done.