Affinity Luminance \ Noise reduction. ?!

[Nesteroff 0]

here is an example of photo from lightroom on PC:

 

here is the same photo imported into Ipad pro 12.9 and opend in Affinity photo.

 

on the both photos i have pulled up the shadows to the 100%.

the question is: why affinity photo automatically applied Luminance \ noise reduction on my photo?

I bought ipad pro 12.9 512GB for $ 1000 to edit photos on it.
But now I understand that this is impossible.

Why do you automatically apply any settings to RAW photos?

 

 

[Nesteroff 0]

20 hours ago in Bugs on iPad 

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[MEB 6,837]

Hi Nesteroff,
Welcome to Affinity Forums
Affinity Photo for iPad relies on iOS system level support - Apple (Core Image RAW) - to convert/process RAW's. We don't have much control over noise reduction or other processing done here. The only thing you can do is turn off the RAW Tone Curve applied to the image (in Photo Persona tap the Document icon and select Assistant - check the two bottom rows for available settings/options).

[Nesteroff 0]

no difference. 

i gonna sell my ipad. better will take a new macbook

[DM1 412]

@Nesteroff Do you get the same result with Lightroom on the iPad?

[Nesteroff 0]

i dont use lightroom on ipad yet. it cost 10$ and i refuse to pay for that.

i will try to crack it and replace their servers with my own and use it for free like common russian person. after that i will tell you.

 

[Nesteroff 0]

holy shit! affinity on ipad is a scam.

i cant retouch photos on ipad lying on the couch

because ipad breaks RAW photos.

[DM1 412]

Uhmmm....., is your camera supported by apple's raw engine. Nothing to do with Serif.

 

[Nesteroff 0]

My camera is supported.

• Sony Alpha ILCE-7R III

same results i get in Snapseed.

[DM1 412]

Can you upload a raw file that won't open. Mods can test and or get devs to check what is happening.

[Nesteroff 0]

Ok later will be at home

[Nesteroff 0]

9 hours ago, DM1 said:

Can you upload a raw file that won't open. Mods can test and or get devs to check what is happening.

 

Lets do it!

Look: : this photo i took from under my bed.
there was really dark place.

 

Options which i use in lightroom:

• TEMP: 2300
• TINT: -13
• EXPOSURE: +3
• SHADOWS: +100

that what i see in lightroom on PC:

 

 

 

and here is a ZOOm in screenshot:

you can see that little tiny pieces of hairs on my slippers, and a lot of details.

 

 

AND HERE IS WHAT I SAW ON IPAD PRO:

full image with the same settings:

 

 

 

ZOOM in pic with less shadows:

 

 

A little difference, right?

 

AFFINITY ON PC WITH THE SAME SETTINGS:

 

 

i was trying to synchronize the output view of the photo and here is affinity vs lightroom on pc:

 

 

RAW DOWNLOAD

 

[DM1 412]

Is affinity on pc set to using Apple raw engine or serifs raw engine? I agree it looks crap on iPad with Apple raw engine.

[walt.farrell 770]

1 hour ago, DM1 said:

Is affinity on pc set to using Apple raw engine or serifs raw engine? I agree it looks crap on iPad with Apple raw engine.

The screenshots seem to show the PC is running Windows, and for the desktop applications the Apple raw engine is available only on MacOS.

[Nesteroff 0]

Quote

Is affinity on pc set to using Apple raw engine or serifs raw

- i dont know i have windows on macbook

 

here is lightroom ipad with the same settings

and zoom-in

 

 

 

 

[Nesteroff 0]

when I started my investigation, I didn’t know that it would all end in confrontation lightroom and affinity.

but as we can see, lightroom on pc and ipad shows better results than affinity.

 

PC AND IPAD LIGHTROOM - almost the same result.

AFFINITY - very bad.

 

 

 

so the conclusion is: 

1. ipad can be used like a PRO instrument for raw editing.

2. affinity not for pro it is a marketing bubble.

 

 

 

// for russian-speaking followers:

1. ipad можно использовать как про инструмент для редактирования raw файлов.

2. affinity как мы видим, показал ужасные результаты и является не более чем маркетинговым пузырём.

[Lefteyeshooter 15]

Hm, this is in many ways an  'extreme' picture: 2300 kelvin, and as far as I can tell, taken in almost complete darkness. LR does a better job here, but does not mean Affinity Photo is a 'scam'.

Instead of copying LR settings to Affinity, I would tweak optimum settings in Affinity Photo for optimal result. Don't compare apples with pears, pun intended...

[Nesteroff 0]

Lol, i can compare canera raw with lightroom but cant compare affinity with it right?)

[DM1 412]

Apples raw conversion engine (used by affinity) is the issue here. You should be complaining to Apple to improve their handling of raw in these extreme examples. Affinity might also consider providing option to use a raw converter as used in Lightroom?

[Nesteroff 0]

17 minutes ago, DM1 said:

Apples raw conversion engine (used by affinity) is the issue here. You should be complaining to Apple to improve their handling of raw in these extreme examples. Affinity might also consider providing option to use a raw converter as used in Lightroom?

but what about the affinity for PC ?

[DM1 412]

Not sure what raw engine is used in PC but the output is much better that Apple raw on iPad.

[Nesteroff 0]

Can you tell me, will you update your product and do it better read raw?

[Nesteroff 0]

your product can be great, but only if it will not destroy raw photos...

at this moment i dont know how to edit photos on ipad.

lightroom on ipad does not have a CURVES OMFG.

[James Zsigmond 3]

This issue is specific to Sony A7-A9 series raw files. I’ve also brought this issue up several months back, and it has still not been addressed. Affinity photo is useless for Sony Alpha camera users who wish to edit raw photos, it’s simply broken.