verdekiwi Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 Hi there I'm having the first look on the software, and till now look great. fast, things are easy to find, preset ready to go. That's good. Now, what I've notice is that the develop persona have some great capabilities, (like the easy to generate mask) that I cannot find the the photo persona. What I'm not sure if the develop is just a RAW editor to use before go to the standard or is a tool I can use later. If I might suggest, what it could be a great use (and not just a clone of photoshop) it will be to include a full editor of raw file fully integrated with the software. Just to explain, what is the main defect of the photoshop in raw file (using camera raw), is that first you set thing, then you enter photoshop. If you want to extract dark areas and lighter areas you have to open twice the image. Now, your masking system help, but still not having the full software doesn't make a real difference. To give you a clear example: I'm a architect photographer. Most of my works require manual HDR (shooting an interior with natural light can go easily with +2/-2 EV pics; while taking picture of a huge window could require a full bracket from +2EV to -8EV), but most of the time one single RAW file can do the job. As I mention, in the photoshop camera raw system, the best way to do it is the open twice (or 3 time) the image, place them one on top of the other, and then use the full photoshop (not just the camera raw) to set the masks. That means I'm working on a raster image and I've lost most of the RAW properties. Another tool that is mandatory my field is the lens correction. And this is the main clash with the camera raw system. To use I need a good tool (by the way, you definitely need to insert a guide-grid in the lens correction tool, or it is totally useless), so I end up to use a third party plugin (PTlens). Depending on the image I have 2 workflow: either i correct the lens distortion as first step, either as the last one (especially when I have 4-5 layer of different exposure images, doing the lens correction on all the layer became a very slow process). As it is now, I found no "lens correction tool" inside the software, that is basically the same mistake of the camera raw software. What I'm suggesting is to have a full integrated RAW system (basically how Aperture works), which allows you full edit a RAW preserving the RAW potential and parameter or, the possibility to go back to the RAW edit in any moment. Having the "first I set something - then I open and I set something else" system is totally pointless and makes RAW files useless. Hope this help to develop your software, I saw great potential, but still need many touches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronnyb Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 +1 for Aperture style non-destructive Raw workflow... Aperture got it right in so many areas, including non-destructive workflow, UI innovations and controls, view modes for comparison, rating and grouping of similar files, Database/key-wording, Round-tripping files, etc... I hope Affinity can pick up the many Aperture innovations and slick uses... Andmac 1 2021 16” Macbook Pro w/ M1 Max 10c cpu /24c gpu, 32 GB RAM, 1TB SSD, macOS Sequoia 15.1 2018 11" iPad Pro w/ A12X cpu/gpu, 256 GB, iPadOS 18.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ssq Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 +1 for Aperture-styled workflow and non-destructive raw editing. My ideal would be Aperture as a photo manager and APh as editor... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csp Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 the only thing needed is a sidecar file with the development settings stored in and a command - re-open raw instead of tiff when the file is already rendered in a layer document. this would almost work as open as smart-object in PS/ACR. after years of using aperture, i even made workshops for apple when they introduced it i ´m more than done with this kind of approach. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sapphie Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 Yes, I would love to be able to open RAW files in AP and return at a later date to see the same settings as those last set, regardless of whether I had 'developed' the image in AP or not. Also, are you planning on allowing us to save 'default' develop settings for each RAW file type or camera type? Foe my Fuji X-trans files I have to apply a lot of colour noise reduction - would be good to have that as a camera type default. Also, X-trans files take about 10 seconds to load - could we have some sort of progress bar whilst RAW files are loading into develop? Are you able to say what your RAW converter engine is? I don't think it is Apple RAW or is it? Thanks Lee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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