SeanBurgess Posted July 1, 2016 Share Posted July 1, 2016 I'm not sure if this is a new issue or something I'm just noticing, but when I pull RAW images into Photo, the quality is really bad when I zoom in compared to the same image opened in either Photoshop or even just Photos. Am I missing something with settings in Photo that are causing this degradation? I'm attaching screenshots of the same photo zoomed in to roughly the same level with both Photo and Photoshop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MattP Posted July 1, 2016 Staff Share Posted July 1, 2016 Hi Sean, The difference you can see if that Affinity is opening the file 'as is' whereas Photoshop has already applied some filtering to reduce the amount of noise/change exposure/white balance/etc. You are seeing exactly what was actually taken by your camera. You should be able to achieve the same effect as Photoshop when in the Develop persona (which opens by default when you open a RAW file) by removing colour noise in the Details panel and also increasing exposure slightly, from looking at your comparison images... Affinity Photo can also be set to use the OS's RAW interpreter which will automatically apply very similar rules to PhotoShop so if you did not want to see your camera's actual output, you can begin your process from this 'pre-adjusted' starting point if you would prefer :) Thanks, Matt R C-R 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff James Ritson Posted July 1, 2016 Staff Share Posted July 1, 2016 Hi Sean, coincidentally I have just put up a tutorial today that covers this! It might be worth a watch for you, it basically goes over what Matt has said above and walks through some basic settings to improve the quality so it's on par with Apple's Core Image converter - here's the video: Thanks, James MattP 1 Quote Product Expert (Affinity Photo) & Product Expert Team Leader @JamesR_Affinity for tutorial sneak peeks and more Official Affinity Photo tutorials Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeanBurgess Posted July 7, 2016 Author Share Posted July 7, 2016 Awesome... thanks to both Matt and James. Especially appreciate the tutorial. I'll definitely use your advice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeanBurgess Posted July 7, 2016 Author Share Posted July 7, 2016 Hmmm... well, I tried both the detailed instructions for using the Develop tools and also using the Assistant to simply switch to Apple's image converter, but I see virtually no change in the very Tetris-like patchwork of noise I'm seeing when I open the images in Photo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff James Ritson Posted July 7, 2016 Staff Share Posted July 7, 2016 That's odd, using noise reduction should remove that noise pattern - I know what you mean by Tetris-like, it's characteristic of the SerifLabs engine. If you bring the luminance and colour sliders up for noise reduction do you notice any difference? (Make sure to preview at 100%) Also, if you switch to Apple's Core Image engine, make sure you close and re-open the file, the change won't take place until then. Quote Product Expert (Affinity Photo) & Product Expert Team Leader @JamesR_Affinity for tutorial sneak peeks and more Official Affinity Photo tutorials Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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