Probably the most important thing for landscape photographers is the ability to use luminosity masks to selectively control the adjustments at the beginning I was quite worried to loose them, working in Affinity Photo. I did another test with my Parrot Anafi DNG, and even in this case Affinity was not able to set a profile (Lightroom is able to get it).
But Affinity does not have a drop down field to manually select a profile. This is quite obvious because Laowa does not have a chip. Affinity was able to identify my Sony SEL lenses (and to apply a correct profile), but not my Laowa. The only thing I was not able to test is the availability of lens profiles. There are some little tweaks you will have to do, in order to re-gain the interface you are used to, but really minor issues (for example, move some panels).Īffinity for landscape photographers Raw developmentĭo not worry, you won't miss the friendly sliders of Camera Raw, that we are used to!Īs soon as you open a raw file, Affinity Photo shows a window with the typical settings we have to apply to a file before switching to the "real" post production. So, you will find more or less the same keyboard shortcuts (not exactly all of them, but let's say 95% of the most used ones), very similar names, panel disposition, filters, etcĮven the icons are similar, probably a bit nicer (even if Photoshop icons seems to be more "professional"). This is a great simple concept, isn't it? but I'm not an R&D department, so I have to make choices based on a costs/benefits approach.Īffinity Photo seems to be developed with a clear idea: not to frighten curious Photoshop users. For example, I have to admit that in the past I tested DxO Photolab and Capture One, but the initial effort was so high that I gave up immediately. Usually, switching from a well-known software to a completely new one is a nightmare.
Now, after more than 4 years, I went back to see how things are going. I tested Affinity Photo when it was in beta version, and I found it a great and visionary piece of software. so the total cost is getting even higher! But in the end, it is quite expensive last but not least, Photoshop is working great, but I need more and more external plugins. Moreover, the (obvious) perfect integration between Lightroom and Photoshop make the Photography suite a great choice for creatives. It's been a while since I started using the whole Adobe Photography plan I really love to use Lightroom to create a searchable catalogue of all my shots, and then make the first adjustments on the raw files.
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