Affinity Photo 2 has improved Raw processing

[CAcreeks]

I had a hunch that my Raw (DNG) cellphone pictures looked better out of Photo 2 than before, and the hunch seems to have been correct. DxO PhotoLab doesn't support phones, so Affinity was my go-to option because it develops better than old-ish Topaz.

Perhaps it's mostly a matter of spreading out the histogram, but Photo 2 has much better defaults for Raw development. Here's a comparison with the Panasonic G90. All sliders were left as they were after file open. Then I clicked Develop and selected Export as JPEG.





RW2 photo from DPreview gallery.

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[John Zeman]

I agree with you.

As much as I liked PhotoLab a few months ago I finally gave it up, mostly because it doesn't support the newer iPhones.

AP2 does support my iPhone 14 Pro raw DNGs and I have been pleasantly surprised at just how good my raw images turn out when processed by AP2.

 

[CAcreeks]

I agree with you.

As much as I liked PhotoLab a few months ago I finally gave it up, mostly because it doesn't support the newer iPhones.

AP2 does support my iPhone 14 Pro raw DNGs and I have been pleasantly surprised at just how good my raw images turn out when processed by AP2.

I guess Affinity will be handling new camera models by releasing updates. It's not as bad a business model as it used to be when cameras were more popular than they are now. There aren't many new models and most of them are just the same internals in a different body.

For example, the Nikon Z6iii is not yet supported, but the Z6ii is. Nice colors! From DPreview gallery. I presume Affinity uses the lens info in metadata, unlike DxO.