The coders just adds tons of technologies with many options to RT and DT - while fx Capture One has fewer sliders, but they do magic things with a few clicks. But they should stop adding advanced, complex, meaningless features and focus on how to get great image quality with HELP from the software itself. Both also matured a lot in just a few years. I do, however, think that hobbyists can use them. They can never replace any of the commercial RAW converters for me. It was interesting monkeying around with them both. Also, the crop tool and the lack of selections are two other deterrents.ĭT, on the other hand, I like it very much. I find RT packed with good tools, but its UI doesn't work for me. I'm curious, how did it go with RT and DT?

Would be really nice to have an embedded process!Īlternatively, a good cooperation with raw engines as DT and RT to get a seamless integration would be a great progress. However, images as the one uploaded, need special yep, I guess I go with hope, that AP will catch up with other raw editors. Often they are so excelent, that I am not able to reproduce them by using ACR & PS. However, I suppose, Darktable and ACR/LR deliver better For way over 90% I am happy with the JPGs that the built-in raw engine of my Lumix cameras produce. They propose flat development and then working with tone You did a far better job than I did, so this is a proof, that it lacks me on experience. Thanx all together for participating in this thread!ĭuring the day I had to do something for my salary, but now I am back Yes, I disabled the automatic curve. That is what you get with these programs. DxO will correct the image according to a GX-7 camera colour profile AND a lens profile. I see you have a Panasonic GX-7 and probably not a Panasonic RAW converter (I don't think it exists). You don't get the benefits of RAW at all.ĪF could eventually replace Photoshop for me - but never, ever a dedicated RAW converter. I have ten years of experience with tens of thousands of RAW images converted in LR, ACR, Capture One, DxO Photolab and Capture NX (Nikon), and I really really gave Rawtherapee and Darktable a lot of chances. You could also purchase dedicated programs like DxO Photolab that ships with camera (colour!) and lens profiles for every great camera on the market and with cutting edge technologies built right in. If possible use the RAW converter made by the manufacturer of your camera. You should never replace the specialized camera RAW to JPG engine with a generic one like the one in Affinity Photo.

However, there should be a convenient way to develop an image in Darktable and then changing to Affinity as a transparent process (without saving and re-importing).Ĭan this be done? Any idea? What is the easiest process? I bought Affinity as a replacement for the Adobe stuff and in combination with Darktable this could become a good solution. Also far behind Darktable.Īffinity does a bad job, ACR a realy good one and Darktable a reasonable good one. Well, and there is the catch where Affinity Raw falls far behind ACR (&LR).

So my main application is getting around with hi dynamics, which means getting a reasonable image out of the shadow without noise. I often go hiking and early in the morning sometimes one half of a valley is lighted by the sun and the opposite is still in dark shadow. Most time (for my way of taking pictures) this is the case when there is to much dynamics in the image. I only develop out of raw, when the camera engine didn't do a good job. For 90%+ the jpg pictures are doing fine for me.

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