clfry Posted September 8, 2018 Share Posted September 8, 2018 I'm an architectural photographer and I like Affinity's HDR ability enough that I would really like to replace Oloneo with Affinity in my HDR in my workflow, but there are a few things that are preventing me from doing so: Most importantly, batch processing is absolutely critical; I see that batch processing is possible for developing individual images, but it doesn't appear to be an option for HDR. This the deal breaker for me. Chromatic aberration correction would be best applied automatically before the HDR processing. With that said, chromatic aberration correction doesn't appear to do anything; the defringe feature seems to make a little difference, but not enough, and is a bit cumbersome and imprecise (in photoshop I know exactly which value to type in for a given lens or focal length). The merging/tonemapping/etc process is very slow compared to some of my other HDR apps, however, this wouldn't be a deal breaker if batch processing was an option. There are some other minor improvements I'd like to see, but these are really what keep me from using or recommending Affinity. You really have a good start though; it pulls highlights that Oloneo, Photomatix, Nik HDR effects, etc can't, and does so cleanly without halos, "smoke damage", color casts, etc. What is also great is that it is so close to being an all-in-one tool, that would eliminate me having to rely on multiple applications for my workflow, so I really have high hopes for Affinity's progression... HemiHarz and 56_kruiser 2 Quote www.clfryphoto.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bent_4 Posted September 9, 2018 Share Posted September 9, 2018 I definately back you on this. I just realised there is no batch function for HDR but one for panoramas. Please include a batch function for HDR. 56_kruiser 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cosack Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 I also do not see the benefit of defringe or color tool when working with an HDR photo. I watched the Affinity youtube video and when I did it, the tools did almost nothing. Very little impact to the point it was worthless. Is there another resource to look at? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boehm_visuals Posted November 7, 2018 Share Posted November 7, 2018 Push! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saijin_Naib Posted November 14, 2018 Share Posted November 14, 2018 Agreed with all of the above. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martin.smekal Posted April 29, 2020 Share Posted April 29, 2020 Please, Affinity please!!! this a the feature that might push vfx people/studios to use more of Affinity apps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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