Using DxO PureRaw with Affinity Photo

[@mlevesque33]

How did you link DxO PureRaw4 with Affinity Photo 2? I tried and I get an error saying the system can't access the file (AffinityPhoto2.exe).

[@tunsteadmoor]

Run affinity and open task manager.. copy and paste the location of the exe into dx0

[@williamdavies6958]

Hi James, I tried dxo pr earlier in the year when 3 was released. Thanks for sharing about problems on sharpening that was one of my complaints, the other is magenta highlights from fuji raw conversions, has this now been resolved?

[@JamesRitson]

Hi William, sorry for the late reply, do you mean magenta highlights when opening the DNG files in Affinity Photo? If so, this has been fixed as of 2.1-if there’s a separate issue with highlights when using Fuji cameras in PureRAW I’m afraid I don’t know about that, apologies!

[@ightenhillsim]

Cant understand why in win 11 when pure raw4 passes the completed dng over to linked affinity on my system it doesnt actually open it like your showing.. I have to manually file-open .. Which seems to defeat the point

[@thomastuorto9929]

Wondering why a DNG over a TIFF? Thank you for any replies. I'm still using LR6 & AP V1.8.?? & usually use a TIFF file. I'll probably upgrade my software when & if I purchase a new camera or forced to because it not working on the OS. = probably means a new computer also! Man photography is expensive!

[@renee-claudetanguay9738]

Great video. Is DxO available for iPad Pro?

[@JamesRitson]

I'm afraid not it seems! Looks like you would have to process your RAW files on desktop, then transfer them to iPad...

[@FHB71]

Interesting! I am using DxO PhotoLab together with Affinity Photo for years. I however have CR2 Raw files from my Canon and use 32 Bit Tiffs as an intermediate format. I wonder whether there is a way to use raws as well in AP. Why do I do this? DxO has a really good intelligent noise correction.

[@JamesRitson]

Hi, I think (don't quote me on this) you can export linear DNGs from PhotoLab, so you could feasibly use the same workflow as PureRAW here. I may have been confusing it with Capture One, but if you try an export menu somewhere and choose RAW/DNG it should export a corrected version of the RAW data for you to open and develop in other software. Worth a try! [Edit] Yes, it does, see userguides.dxo.com/photolab/en/exporting-images/ Quote: "Export to DNG (denoising & optical corrections only): The linear DNG created here includes only DxO noise reduction and lens flaw correction using a DxO Optics Module. You can choose this option if you want to take advantage of the best of DxO technologies while processing and cataloguing your images in Adobe Lightroom Classic.*"

[@FHB71]

@@JamesRitson Just looked it up. Yes, PhotoLab can export DNGs in two versions. I still need to find out, if there is a difference to the tiffs I usually use.

[@sebastienmorere6925]

Hi , Affinity had an update recently, nobody talks about it, is it a minor update?

[@cmeluzzi]

Does this mean that developing RAW files with DxO is better than using Affinity's native RAW development?

[@JamesRitson]

Yes, but not just Affinity Photo's: DxO's ML debayering and noise reduction is very good compared to other RAW developers as well. It's a great pre-processing solution. Some images can be slightly lacking in 'texture', but it's very useful for smaller sensor cameras (I shoot on micro four thirds).

[@cmeluzzi]

@@JamesRitson Thank you for sharing the video and this information, James. I noticed that sometimes Canon's DPP4 develops certain RAW files better than Affinity, but it depends on the nature of the image. In other cases, I do prefer to do everything straight in Affinity. I'm currently shooting mostly full frame so I suppose I don't need to invest in DxO for pre-developing files.

[@stephenhunt7655]

Hi James. I have been using Affinity Photo for years and as of last year DxO Pureraw 2. I had no problem sending my images from DxO to Affinity photo. I just picked up Affinity Photo 2 and I can't find any info or videos on how to set up DxO with Affinity Photo 2. Do yoy have a video on how you did this? Or can you point me in the right direction so I can get this to work. Thanks 👍

[@Alex-rq4ec]

I find sharpening in PureRaw a lot more natural than Affinity.