dmstraker Posted October 24, 2017 Share Posted October 24, 2017 If you're in the UK, Practical Photography magazine (November issue) is giving away a free copy of DxO Optics (version 11). It's a decent RAW editor and it can export to Affinity, including in 16 bit tiff. I find it less wrestling than Lightroom and offers a simple browser. PaulAffinity, Imprex, dna.x and 1 other 4 Quote Dave Straker Cameras: Sony A7R2, RX100V Computers: Win10: Chillblast i9 Custom + Philips 40in 4K & Benq 23in; Surface Pro 4 i5; iPad Pro 11" Favourite word: Aha. For me and for others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger C Posted October 24, 2017 Share Posted October 24, 2017 Thanks for the info! That does seem a surprisingly generous offer. I may well take a stroll down the High Street for a quick glance tomorrow... dna.x 1 Quote Affinity Designer & Photo : Win 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smadell Posted October 24, 2017 Share Posted October 24, 2017 If you don't happen to live in the UK, you can click this link: http://www.dxo.com/us/practicalphotography My understanding is that this is a totally free copy of DxO Optics Pro version 11 (which is the current version), but is not the Elite version (which offers better noise reduction and some other features). A post on the DxO forum suggested that this may be a "loss leader" in anticipation of a soon-to-be-released version 12. That is evidently speculative, though. I am currently using DxO Optics Pro 11 as my raw developer (the Elite edition, though) and I find it easy to use, and quite good at its job. Aeternum, Imprex, maspick and 2 others 5 Quote Affinity Photo 2, Affinity Publisher 2, Affinity Designer 2 (latest retail versions) - desktop & iPad Culling - FastRawViewer; Raw Developer - Capture One Pro; Asset Management - Photo Supreme Mac Studio with M2 Max (2023}; 64 GB RAM; macOS 13 (Ventura); Mac Studio Display - iPad Air 4th Gen; iPadOS 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmstraker Posted October 24, 2017 Author Share Posted October 24, 2017 Yes, it's the latest version, but non-elite, which misses a few bits like the the super-duper noise reduction. Still a very kind offer. Quote Dave Straker Cameras: Sony A7R2, RX100V Computers: Win10: Chillblast i9 Custom + Philips 40in 4K & Benq 23in; Surface Pro 4 i5; iPad Pro 11" Favourite word: Aha. For me and for others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dna.x Posted October 24, 2017 Share Posted October 24, 2017 Thanks for posting this @dmstraker and @smadell! I'm downloading it now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paolo.limoncelli Posted October 25, 2017 Share Posted October 25, 2017 Thanks for posting. No Fujifilm support... Quote The white dog, making tools for artists, illustrators and doodlers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
v_kyr Posted October 31, 2017 Share Posted October 31, 2017 See: Why DxO OpticsPro doesn't support Fuji cameras with X-Trans sensors? Related: Why DxOMark Doesn’t Test Fujifilm Cameras? Quote ☛ Affinity Designer 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Photo 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Publisher 1.10.8 ◆ OSX El Capitan ☛ Affinity V2.3 apps ◆ MacOS Sonoma 14.2 ◆ iPad OS 17.2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankster69 Posted November 5, 2017 Share Posted November 5, 2017 Interesting, thanks, I'm installing as I write this So here I am, finally getting a camera that can do RAW (yah, ok, I know...), the Panasonic Lumix G6, and all of a sudden I find RAW processors around every corner! Obviously Affinity Photo has it, then I find out my trusted image viewer FastStone (excellent viewer and free) can do RAW conversion, a camera shop over here suddenly offers Corel Aftershot 3 Pro for only 25,- and not a day later I find this! With so much I'm almost tempted to do a comparison, perhaps I will! regards, Frank Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted November 6, 2017 Share Posted November 6, 2017 1 hour ago, frankster69 said: my trusted image viewer FastStone (excellent viewer and free) It should be noted that FastStone Image Viewer is only free for personal and educational use. A licence is required for commercial use. Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.4.1 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidD Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 On 11/5/2017 at 11:05 PM, frankster69 said: Interesting, thanks, I'm installing as I write this So here I am, finally getting a camera that can do RAW (yah, ok, I know...), the Panasonic Lumix G6, and all of a sudden I find RAW processors around every corner! Obviously Affinity Photo has it, then I find out my trusted image viewer FastStone (excellent viewer and free) can do RAW conversion, a camera shop over here suddenly offers Corel Aftershot 3 Pro for only 25,- and not a day later I find this! With so much I'm almost tempted to do a comparison, perhaps I will! regards, Frank I use Corel Aftershot Pro 3 (alongside of Affinity Photo, of course). I find it very good... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmstraker Posted November 16, 2017 Author Share Posted November 16, 2017 Later note... I'm now using DxO OpticsPro 11 as a front end rather than LR, partly because it seems to do a better job of RAW editing (and some smart stuff it does itself), and partly in rebellion about Adobe taking LR off the standalone shelf. One of the nice DxO things is that it exports very easily in 16 bit. Quote Dave Straker Cameras: Sony A7R2, RX100V Computers: Win10: Chillblast i9 Custom + Philips 40in 4K & Benq 23in; Surface Pro 4 i5; iPad Pro 11" Favourite word: Aha. For me and for others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smadell Posted November 16, 2017 Share Posted November 16, 2017 Hey, dmstraker... I was also using DxO OpticsPro 11 as a RAW processor. You must know that they upgraded to DxO PhotoLab (which is, for all intents and purposes, version 12 of OpticsPro). The new software has all the bells and whistles of version 11, but also includes local adjustments using Control Points and other stuff they gleaned from buying Nik software. I was skeptical, but I ended up buying the upgrade; the local adjustments feature was well worth the cost! I have also tried out a variety of products to do RAW development, and I like the results I get from DxO most of all. The user interface is friendly, and the end results are superb. The big thing missing when you move from Lightroom to DxO is the DAM component. I use Photo Supreme for this, but there are lots of software choices out there that keep you out of the Adobe-sphere. Quote Affinity Photo 2, Affinity Publisher 2, Affinity Designer 2 (latest retail versions) - desktop & iPad Culling - FastRawViewer; Raw Developer - Capture One Pro; Asset Management - Photo Supreme Mac Studio with M2 Max (2023}; 64 GB RAM; macOS 13 (Ventura); Mac Studio Display - iPad Air 4th Gen; iPadOS 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmstraker Posted November 20, 2017 Author Share Posted November 20, 2017 Thanks, smadell. Yes, I've tried all sorts and DxO is my favourite now. The dilemma about upgrading is that I've already go Nik (of course) and, as far as I can myopically see, there doesn't seem that much extra new stuff in PhotoLab. Quote Dave Straker Cameras: Sony A7R2, RX100V Computers: Win10: Chillblast i9 Custom + Philips 40in 4K & Benq 23in; Surface Pro 4 i5; iPad Pro 11" Favourite word: Aha. For me and for others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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