darrenh Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 I'm looking to move away from Lightroom and try Affinity. As well as the photo editing Lightroom also gives a lot of features around photo management and browsing. Can anyone offer advice on a toolchain to look at alongside Affinity? Cheers, Darren Orm 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orm Posted February 7, 2017 Share Posted February 7, 2017 If you still have a version of Lightroom, you could still use that for DAM (Digital Access Management) for your photos. A problem might be if the version is older than the model of your camera(s) then it won't be able to build previews. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gjtoth Posted February 7, 2017 Share Posted February 7, 2017 I'm using ACDSee Pro 10. Works seemlessly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mairotto Posted February 8, 2017 Share Posted February 8, 2017 I have the same problem...I bought affinity photo but I haven't Lightroom, so where I can find a product to manage and browse raw files that work with affinity? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Reeder Posted February 8, 2017 Share Posted February 8, 2017 I'm looking to move away from Lightroom and try Affinity. If you can wait a (little?) while, Serif is working on its own DAM/cataloguing/file management solution. Orm 1 Quote Keith Reeder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mairotto Posted February 8, 2017 Share Posted February 8, 2017 I little while? 1 or 2 days ? :D Orm 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orm Posted February 8, 2017 Share Posted February 8, 2017 Another limitation with Lightroom If you still have a version of Lightroom, you could still use that for DAM (Digital Access Management) for your photos. A problem might be if the version is older than the model of your camera(s) then it won't be able to build previews. Played around this a bit more: Lightroom will only send a raw file to Photoshop or Elements. The best it will do for non-adobe products such as Affinity Photo is to convert and send a file with the following choices: File format: TIFF, PSD, JPEG Colour space: ProPhoto RGB, AdobeRGB (1998), Display P3, sRGB Bit depth: 8, 16 - JPEG is limited to 8 bit With TIFF there is a choice of compression if desired. So using a Lightroom/ Affinity Photo workflow, you would be doing RAW edits in Lightroom. I don't planned to renew my subscription when it ends in April, so hope Affinity has a DAM product by then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fixx Posted February 8, 2017 Share Posted February 8, 2017 I little while? 1 or 2 days ? :D days = years, I would think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Reeder Posted February 8, 2017 Share Posted February 8, 2017 I little while? 1 or 2 days ? :D Only Serif knows that. Quote Keith Reeder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Rostron Posted February 8, 2017 Share Posted February 8, 2017 I'm using ACDSee Pro 10. Works seemlessly. So am I with no problems. John Quote Windows 10, Affinity Photo 1.10.5 Designer 1.10.5 and Publisher 1.10.5 (mainly Photo), now ex-Adobe CC CPU: AMD A6-3670. RAM: 16 GB DDR3 @ 666MHz, Graphics: 2047MB NVIDIA GeForce GT 630 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mairotto Posted February 8, 2017 Share Posted February 8, 2017 What ? When I bought the software I asked before, here in the forum, if Serif would make a library, and then admin told me that in next update they make it possibile... and now someone tell in a couple of years...it's not correct I only bought this for library/raw files and I have only raw....not correct Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mairotto Posted February 8, 2017 Share Posted February 8, 2017 is there another way to have a DAM/Library that works with this software? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orm Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 There's been a couple of posts about using ACDsee Pro 10 as a DAM. I've just tried it but a drawback is that it does not appear to multitask. Possibly I have not set it up right although I cannot see any performance settings. For example, if I add a number of new images to its catalogue and have it build a preview, it will not allow me to do anything else (viewing, editing) until it has finished. Perhaps Lightroom has spoilt me with its ability to carry out one or several more tasks in the background while letting the user carry on viewing, editing or doing further cataloguing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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