Capture One - Affinity Stacking Workflow?

[Dominatio]

Hi Folks - new here.

I use Capture One for my RAW work and have just dipped my toe into the Affinity waters.

I'd like to combine panorama stacking with focus stacking whilst using C1 for the initial RAW conversion and adjustments, then transfer to Affinity the entire stack for merging.

Is there a workflow already defined for a; transferring RAW with adjustments from C1 to Affinity (then hopefully back again at some point after stacking) and b; both focus stacking and panorama stacking in Affinity? Are these two mutually exclusive operations or can they be combined somehow?

Appreciate you looking and any advice on either question.

Cheers Ian

[Lee D]

Hi Dominatio,

Welcome to the forums.

I haven't had the chance to use Capture One, from the others I have used I don't think it's an easy workflow. You may need to export a copy of the RAW or to a TIFF file first, then open Affinity Photo and perform focus stacking or create a panorama as they are seperate processes . After this you'll need to save/export back to TIFF and more than likely import this back into Capture One.

 

Users that have used Capture One may have a better workflow they can suggest.

[Dominatio]

Thanks Lee

Any experience on doing double stacking, for example, focus stacking a panorama. I'm imagining having to focus stack each shot of the panorama, say 4 focus points, for each of a 5 shot panorama, then stacking these 5 shots! Sounds messy but not sure of Affinity will be able to handle the focus changes across the panorama?

Guess I just need to try it out. I'll see what I can capture tomorrow whilst I'm out shooting some craggs for a trial panorama.

Cheers Ian