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Affinity photo for Win available!
#1
Posted 10 November 2016 - 09:28 AM
Been waiting for this release and they go and release it while I'm on hols with no laptop 😗. It's free while in beta so enjoy!.
https://affinity.ser...-available-now/
Steve
#2
Posted 12 November 2016 - 03:23 PM
Thanks for the Heads-up: Loaded onto Win7.
They implemented Linear DNG correctly, including 16-bit pixels. My Leica M Monochrom uses Linear mode for 14 significant bits stored as 16-bits. I wrote some code that applies a gamma curve and remaps it to full 16 significant bits/pixel. Several software packages "choke" when it comes to implementing the DNG standard without camera-specific shortcuts. This company got it right.
#3
Posted 12 November 2016 - 05:59 PM
Linear-DNG file, 16-Bit monochrome. Processed using my custom Fortran program to convert the 14-bit pixels to 16-bits using a gamma curve. Basically, bring out the shadows, reset the black-level, overall increase contrast. The values in each pixel are modified and the DNG header is modified for black-level and bits/pixel. Photoshop has a hard time with the true 16-bit pixels.
G1008962 by fiftyonepointsix, on Flickr
One from the Nikon Df-
DSC_9369 by fiftyonepointsix, on Flickr
Uncompressed-NEF. This is not as easy and straight forward of a RAW file to read as one might think. .NEF is essentially TIFF format, but the number of strips and SUB-IFD within each file take some good parsing.
I'll be using this software, watching to see when it's released. It handles the M Monochrom- several other Non-Adobe packages cannot.
To add- opening 20 images at once locked up the machine, this is an operation that Lightroom can do easily. Working with a few images at a time is best- this software uses a lot of memory, more than most. This is probably the Beta nature, or just "modern programming practices".
#4
Posted 13 November 2016 - 08:11 AM
Steve
#5
Posted 13 November 2016 - 09:42 AM
I drove by the memorial on Thursday afternoon! Very nice shot of it especially with it being Veteran's Day weekend here...