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How do you deal with X3F files ?

Started Nov 3, 2021 | Questions thread
Michael Everett Senior Member • Posts: 2,054
Re: How do you deal with X3F files ?

Yes SPP is clunky if by that you mean slow. It also lacks a lot of features that it should have, such as vertically aligning an image or local adjustments.. I have found, however, that it does a good job of basic converting and editing a RAW file. I have been saving the best images as 16-bit TIFF files, thinking that would best save information, and then completing the editing in either LR or Photoshop, depending on what's needed. I am glad to hear about Affinity, and will try that. I also wonder if there is an advantage to saving as DNG rather than TIFF?

What I have found with Merrill and Quattro files is the OOC Jpegs are considerably inferior to what you can get out of editing RAW files.

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