Color Issues in Affinity Photo

[Jkizew]

Hey y'all!

So, I don't even know where to begin how to describe this, so I'll attach some pictures. 
Everything I bring in to develop on Affinity photo, the colors are off. If I open the images in any other software, the colors are more rich and vibrant (see in particular the grass in these images). Is there a setting I can adjust in affinity to make this adjustment? 

 

[Callum]

Hi Jkizew,

Welcome to the forums

Please could you open the image in Affinity Photo then go to View > Assistant Manager and try unticking Enable Assistant then restart the app and try re opening the image to see if it matches your second image.

Thanks

Callum

[cfyckt]

I'm having the exact same issue. I tried the option you suggested and had no effect on the image colors.

I think I understand why you suggested because of the "Apply color reduction" but did not help.

Any other suggestions?
Camera RAW development is has much brighter colors, once I open the RAW file it has dimmed faded colors without making ANY adjustment.

FYI: Lumix G9

Thank you

[Jkizew]

Unfortunately it actually looks significantly worse after doing that. The colors aren't just off but rather desaturated now as well

[Jkizew]

Solved: I changed the RAW engine from Serif Labs to Apple

[cfyckt]

Jkizew, where did you make the change of the RAW engine? I'm running a Windows 10 machine but still can't find an option for raw engine.

Thank you

[Madame]

 

[cfyckt]

Thanks for the info on changing the Raw Engine; I don't seem to have any other option than 'Serif Labs' on my machine. 

Am I missing something here? 
 

[cfyckt]

Never mind.. I see this is an issue that has been going on for quite some time and it has not been corrected.

Raw File issues related to Panasonic DC G9 within this forum.

Having a Windows machine I am unable to change Raw Engine format so I'm basically stuck here.

Any suggestions on other software? It's a shame because I have been a long time Affinity user but this definitely stops me from using it.

As it is the monitor needs to render colors as close as possible and now having Affinity Photo subdue the entire image makes it very difficult to do anything but edit jpg's.

 

[R C-R]

2 hours ago, cfyckt said:

Any suggestions on other software?

Have you tried the latest Affinity Photo customer beta, as suggested by @Woodkopf in the reply here to the topic you linked to in your last post above?

[cfyckt]

Sure haven't but I would love to try it. Thanks for the suggestion!!

Downloading it now; hope it works.

[Callum]

6 hours ago, cfyckt said:

Sure haven't but I would love to try it. Thanks for the suggestion!!

Downloading it now; hope it works.

Please let us know how you get on

[Woodkopf]

8 hours ago, R C-R said:

Have you tried the latest Affinity Photo customer beta, as suggested by @Woodkopf in the reply here to the topic you linked to in your last post above?

Hi RC-R, Thanks for the link to the older correspondence.

[Woodkopf]

8 hours ago, cfyckt said:

Sure haven't but I would love to try it. Thanks for the suggestion!!

Downloading it now; hope it works.

I have two colour managed, (Xrite i1 Display Pro), Dell screens, U2415 & 2412M. I have taken a photo, with a 'Panasonic Lumix G9' of the two screens with the same image displayed at the same size.

The image is a RAW file, (taken with a 'Panasonic Lumix G9'), opened into both programs, without any further adjustment.

The left image is using Affinity Photo Beta 1.7.0.333 and the right is using version 1.6.5.123.  It actually looks more pronounced on the live screens, the right screen (1.6) is very dull, de-saturated.  The left hand photo displays better, however it would be useful to know how much the "Assistant Manager" has been altered between the two versions of software.

[I have reduced the size of the jpg file to enable uploading].

[cfyckt]

Yes; that's exactly what is happening to me, I can open the RAW files with no issue but the colors are way subdued in the 1.6v. I have downloaded the Beta now and the image is much 'closer' in vivid colors to the original processed from RAW in the G9 although it still looks underexposed compared to the original but I can at least export files correctly.

 

 

[Woodkopf]

14 minutes ago, cfyckt said:

Yes; that's exactly what is happening to me, I can open the RAW files with no issue but the colors are way subdued in the 1.6v. I have downloaded the Beta now and the image is much 'closer' in vivid colors to the original processed from RAW in the G9 although it still looks underexposed compared to the original but I can at least export files correctly.

 

 

The problem is knowing what the original RAW file looks like.  Most RAW editors will alter the image to 'improve' the basic look of it, otherwise users compare it to PS, PSE etc. which alter the basic RAW file.  Also photos viewed on the camera only show a JPG image, even if you have set your camera to RAW only,  (the jpg being part of the RAW file).

If the "Tone curve" is disabled in the 'Develop Assistant', the resulting image is dull & flat, but the colours are certainly improved from the 1.6 version, please see two images attached.

I hope that at least you will persevere with APh. and there are a lot of good people here willing to help.

 

 

[davidfriehauf]

I was having the same issue where my green grass was yellow and also pics being very dark. i switched to the new customer beta or whatever and it seemed to fix the problem.....

[anna.r]

hey Guys!

Ive been struggling with this in Affinity Photo for a while, looked through different threads and discussions and didnt find the solution

the Windows (10) preview of the Raw image is much more clear, and hmm fuller with details than the one loaded in Affinity. See the images attached - the one on the left is the Windows preivew one. 

Checked my settings and looks like Affinity by default matches what Windows has set up (screenshot attached). 

And too me its something that must be with Affinity, as the Windows preview looks much better..

any clue? Im close to giving up :(((

I use a Samsung laptop, Windows 10. 

thanks in advance!