PHOTOMATOR review 3 months later. CAN you TRUST Apple RAW engine?

[@javi_camaju]

“With the new 3.3 version, they took a significant step forward in the good direction... I didn’t want to use the Apple Photos library, but now it’s possible, and the annoying message has disappeared! Thanks for the review.”

[@ZombieRofl]

I wish Adobe LR Classic was available for a one time purchase. This editor is pretty good, but of course it lacks massively compared.

[@amritsidhu8657]

Photomator's amazing, appreciate your insights

[@martynas1]

It really is amazing software, thanks for watching!

[@amritsidhu8657]

@@martynas1 🙏👍

[@ColdCoffeePhotography]

Hi, thanks for giving your thoughts - couple of things firstly the apple photos issue /should/ be fixed come November so you can open any file without photos like pixelmator pro, secondly wondering if you've used Affinity Photo 2 & if so how you feel this compares in both features/raw processing & price please?

[@martynas1]

Hi, you can open image in Photomator from any source - it is not required to upload to Photos first (same with Pixelmator), but hopefully pop up window will be resolved. As for Affinity, I have briefly tried Photo 2 and it could not be more different. It is more like Photoshop and is loaded with various tools that are similar in Photoshop. Raw engine approach looks more or less same as Luminar - it preserves details and doe not try to apply some sort of noise reduction. However, the whole editing approach is rather different. You won't have quick and convenient access to filters or quick adjustments. Learning curve is a lot higher and if you are on the go, Photomator is way better. Afiinity costs even less which is impressive considering package you get but I would rather have it as complementary software in case I need something more advanced (like panorama stiching, extended transformations or else) instead of one and only editing app. It's simply tries to do a lot rather than focusing on a single mission - quick and fun photo editing which Photomator excels at (most of the time).

[@k16e]

I'm still noticing this "wash out, blow out" thing in the latest version, in fact, just today photo taken is natural viewed in Apple Photos, but over-exposed, washed out when viewed in Photomator...

[@chingqh]

Same here, but mine always looks darker and color shift. Sometimes I prefer the preview/non fully loaded color of the RAW, but it’s so hard to achieve the same color😢

[@blakeabernathy4051]

@@chingqhi just starting using Photomator and was noticing the same thing. Thought I was losing it. When I look at a raw photo on the film strip I like the colors and contrast of the image. But when I open it to edit, that look is gone and the image is more washed with less contrast and saturation. And I can never get it back to look like the preview. 😢has to be a fix for this somehow.

[@chingqh]

@@blakeabernathy4051 I figured it's how the Raw engine works, it's better if they have a similar camera profile feature in lightroom to mimick the original colors

[@HudShot]

Great summary of using the app so far. Thanks. I'm looking at Photomator when I get my new camera because I'm not planning on doing a lot of post processing (not to begin with at least) and after playing with LR and Capture One, I felt they were too complicated and had a pretty steep learning curve. This app seems much simpler. That popup annoyance... is that due to it being 'linked' to Photos? Can you not open images from a folder without going via Photos?

[@martynas1]

Hey, thanks for watching. Yes, Photomator is connected with Photos as a primary album and from there you can make adjustments or revert it to original as well. Speaking of opening images - you absolutely can open any image straight from your memory card but that image will be added to photos gallery as well. So you don't have to import first photos to Photos.

[@lol-vq8dh]

The apple raw engine is just bad. I always wondered why my photos looked so bad (talking about picture quality) compared to others. In comparison lightroom is way better

[@martynas1]

Yeah, I made a video about RAW engines and apple RAW engine is clearly destructing quality.