Haugh Photography Posted October 13, 2018 Share Posted October 13, 2018 Hi, When I open a raw file taken with my Nikon D810, the photos look very flat and dull. Is this normal behavior with RAW files or am I doing something wrong? When I open them in other applications, they look as I would expect them to. I've attached a screenshot and a copy of the RAW file to help troublshoot my quesiton. Left is a different application (whose name shall not be mentioned) and Affinity Photo is on the right. Any assistance is greatly appreciated. I'm using Affinity Photo for Windows version 1.6.5.123 and my computer is on Windows 10 with 32gigs of memory. Chris Copy of the original raw file. Fall-2018-photoshoot-1056 - Copy.NEF Seweryn 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnobelix Posted October 13, 2018 Share Posted October 13, 2018 Hello, turn on the assistant manager, and the picture looks more alive similar to ARC. Cheers Quote Affinity Photo 2.4: Affinity Photo 1.10.6: Affinity Designer 2.4: Affinity Designer 1.10.6: Affinity Publisher 2.4: Affinity Publisher 1.10.6: Windows 11 Pro (Version 23H2 Build (22631.3447) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haugh Photography Posted October 13, 2018 Author Share Posted October 13, 2018 How about that... So I guess I was doing something wrong. Thank you for assisting me with this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pawel Chonya Posted May 28, 2021 Share Posted May 28, 2021 Hi @Gnobelix Does the iPad version of AP have a similar tool to improve the default corrections of raw files? I moved from macOS to iPad and can’t use Nikon NX-D for NEF files anymore. I noticed that Serif labs raw engine doesn’t work on iPad (if I change to serif engine, raw files are opened without any data), so not sure how to avoid wasting time on basic corrections for each single file to get better results (eg. colors, shadows, highlights). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnobelix Posted May 28, 2021 Share Posted May 28, 2021 1 hour ago, Pawel Chonya said: Hi @Gnobelix Does the iPad version of AP have a similar tool to improve the default corrections of raw files? I moved from macOS to iPad and can’t use Nikon NX-D for NEF files anymore. I noticed that Serif labs raw engine doesn’t work on iPad (if I change to serif engine, raw files are opened without any data), so not sure how to avoid wasting time on basic corrections for each single file to get better results (eg. colors, shadows, highlights). Hello Pavel, Welcome to this forum. Unfortunately, I am not familiar with Mac systems. I had a similar problem with PEF-Files. Set disenable, the Option Exposure bias in Develop-Assistant. It has helped with me. Cheers Quote Affinity Photo 2.4: Affinity Photo 1.10.6: Affinity Designer 2.4: Affinity Designer 1.10.6: Affinity Publisher 2.4: Affinity Publisher 1.10.6: Windows 11 Pro (Version 23H2 Build (22631.3447) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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