Tim Sewell Posted December 22, 2016 Share Posted December 22, 2016 So here's a thing - I can't justify an Adobe CC subscription just for Photoshop (I use FCPX and/or Resolve for video) as I wouldn't use it enough, but thought there was no other software that would allow me to utilise my large-ish LUTs collection for stills. Just discovered that Affinity Photo (https://affinity.serif.com/en-gb/photo/) - that's not too shabby as an editor - allows just this - for just GBP29.99! Very happy and looking forward to a lot of processing over Christmas. Dustin, Don Kotlos, jase and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dustin Posted December 22, 2016 Share Posted December 22, 2016 From what I read it's basically a much cheaper, full-fledged photo editor like Photoshop. If I ever got off the adobe suite I would probably get this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff CB Posted December 22, 2016 Share Posted December 22, 2016 For open source, there is always GIMP as well tupp 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benymypony Posted December 22, 2016 Share Posted December 22, 2016 2 hours ago, Geoff CB said: For open source, there is always GIMP as well From what I know GIMP doesn't support LUTs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davey Posted December 22, 2016 Share Posted December 22, 2016 Been using Affinity for ten months but switched to Capture One Pro 9 when finally getting around to shooting RAW. After all this time (though I might have missed an update) I haven't seen any support for Sony ARW files. I tend to do the base work on Capture One and then export as TIFFs, before doing the finer adjustments in Affinity. Both are very good but I'll have to get Lightroom next summer when editing Milky Way images - nothing compares to it and the complete lack of tutorials for my two platforms reflects the lack of interest in them from serious astrophotograhers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Kotlos Posted December 22, 2016 Share Posted December 22, 2016 38 minutes ago, Davey said: After all this time (though I might have missed an update) I haven't seen any support for Sony ARW files. Most sony raw files are supported (including the A7rii). Here is an older list form 2015: https://affinity.serif.com/forum/index.php?/topic/4630-supported-develop-raw-cameras/ 12 hours ago, Tim Sewell said: I can't justify an Adobe CC subscription just for Photoshop (I use FCPX and/or Resolve for video) as I wouldn't use it enough, but thought there was no other software that would allow me to utilise my large-ish LUTs collection for stills. Adobe's subscription scheme, the constant round-tripping between Lightroom & Photoshop for just using LUTs and the shitty performance during the last few versions will definitely force me to try out this program. Thanks for this. Davey 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davey Posted December 23, 2016 Share Posted December 23, 2016 26 minutes ago, Don Kotlos said: Most sony raw files are supported (including the A7rii). Here is an older list form 2015: https://affinity.serif.com/forum/index.php?/topic/4630-supported-develop-raw-cameras/ Adobe's subscription scheme, the constant round-tripping between Lightroom & Photoshop for just using LUTs and the shitty performance during the last few versions will definitely force me to try out this program. Thanks for this. I'll check for updates - A7sii RAW (uncompressed) files were not supported a month ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davey Posted December 23, 2016 Share Posted December 23, 2016 4 hours ago, Don Kotlos said: Most sony raw files are supported (including the A7rii). Here is an older list form 2015: https://affinity.serif.com/forum/index.php?/topic/4630-supported-develop-raw-cameras/ Adobe's subscription scheme, the constant round-tripping between Lightroom & Photoshop for just using LUTs and the shitty performance during the last few versions will definitely force me to try out this program. Thanks for this. Just updated to 1.5.1 and my Sony A7sii AWR files are importing - cheers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tupp Posted December 23, 2016 Share Posted December 23, 2016 8 hours ago, benymypony said: From what I know GIMP doesn't support LUTs. I use mostly open-source (free) software, and GIMP is my main image editor. I don't use LUTs, so I cannot give details, but I do know that GIMP supports LUTs through the G'MIC plug-in. I have heard of another GIMP LUT plug-in, but I can't remember its name. There is also an open-source LUT converter called LUT_TO_LUT. I use open-source Darktable as my image "developer," and I am fairly sure that it also accepts LUTs Liam 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jase Posted December 23, 2016 Share Posted December 23, 2016 Thanks for this! Wasnt even aware of this possibility, will give it a try Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Kotlos Posted December 24, 2016 Share Posted December 24, 2016 After giving this program a try for a couple of days, I can say that it is more a Photoshop alternative than a Lightroom. Performance wise it is also very similar to Lightroom/Photoshop, but a bit on the rough side since it processes the image in chunks and it is visible. While it does allow the use of 3D LUTs and actually much easier than in Photoshop, I can't see an easy way of processing many photos the way Lightroom does. Of course it is much cheaper that the adobe bundle, but unfortunately for the volume of images that I am processing Lightroom is still the easiest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cary Knoop Posted December 24, 2016 Share Posted December 24, 2016 On 12/22/2016 at 3:05 AM, Tim Sewell said: So here's a thing - I can't justify an Adobe CC subscription just for Photoshop In the USA Adobe offers a Photoshop only subscription for $9.99 / month. That is the price of three Starbucks Cafe Lattes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Andrew Reid Posted December 25, 2016 Administrators Share Posted December 25, 2016 Just tried the EOSHD Pro Color for Panasonic LUT in Affinity with a raw still from my GH4... works! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Sewell Posted December 26, 2016 Author Share Posted December 26, 2016 Quote In the USA Adobe offers a Photoshop only subscription for $9.99 / month. That is the price of three Starbucks Cafe Lattes. Unfortunately, with all the other calls on my time, some months I don't get a chance to take any stills, let alone play around with them. And I would never dream of insulting my digestive canal with anything sold by Starbucks. Davey, Don Kotlos and Cary Knoop 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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