[APh] Fringe removal in RAW Processing

[lilbuddha]

My default RAW processor is DXO, because it does the best I've used so far. I do like the RAW processor in Affinity and have used it for final images. However, it could use a few tweaks in my opinion. One is removing fringing. I do like that we can choose the colour, but it would be immensely helpful if we could use the eyedropper tool to grab the exact colour and if it could be additive that would be wonderful.

Not fair to compare to DXO, I realise as lens comparison and compensation is what they do.

[jorismak]

in my experience the (purple) fringe-removal from DxO is unmatched. Everytime I'm fiddling in ACR to set the correct width and color ranges or in AP to get the right parameters I always end up with the fringe gone but huge parts of the image affected which shouldn't, require me to go masking and fixing again.

 

Save the image as tif, go into DxO, chromatic + fringe removal. Two sliders to set at the 2/3rd mark and blam, fringe gone and none of the image affected which shouldn't. And this is with a scanned-in tif file, no lens data what so ever in that :).

 

I haven't tried yet, but if DxO's DNG-output files open correctly in APhoto I would stick with that. The lens profiles + noise removal + chromatic-issue removal is (by far) the top one out there. Use it for what it's good at, use AP or ACR for the rest :P.

 

(I've always had a DxO -> DNG -> ACR workflow)

[lilbuddha]

I think it better to open the RAW in DXO first and then export the resultant image. I did notice a difference between the DNG and the TIFF. A quick check in PS and I think this is how DXO exports, not how Affinity or PS import.

[jorismak]

Done tests once. My Raw files opened in ACR and then a VSCO preset applied as test-image-1.   My raw file opened in DxO, all lightning stuff disabled, export as DNG, open DNG in ACR with the same VSCO preset appled as test-image-2.  Test-image-1 and test-image-2 are identical. Once you start applying the DxO corrections stuff will differ of course.  This kinda proves that you can go from RAW -> DXO -> DNG -> raw-converter and get the output exactly the same as going RAW -> raw-converter... as long as the DNG processing is OK in the raw -converter. CaptureOne still doesn't do this properly, I'm guessing APhoto doesn't as well.

 

But DNG files are kinda tricky to get right from what I understand. Using the embedded color-data can help though.