Nik Bhatt


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  • in reply to: Sliders #129214
    Nik Bhatt
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    Yes, I can see the value of that. I’ll put it on the list, but can’t make any promises.

    in reply to: Auto Enhance not for RAW -processing- section ? #129212
    Nik Bhatt
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    Auto Enhance looks at the image and adjusts parameters based on what it thinks is the best way to improve the image. Which sliders it moves varies from image to image. Sometimes the RAW Processing adjustment is modified, sometimes not.

    in reply to: The Future Is Bright #129211
    Nik Bhatt
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    Nope. Working hard every day.

    in reply to: Raw Power/Apple Photos/Affinity Photos workflow help #129210
    Nik Bhatt
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    Affinity is incorrectly handling the output from the RAW Power extension. It should be using the image made by RAW Power (which is a JPEG). I don’t know why Affinity can’t just follow the guidelines for extensions. It’s not hard!

    If you are using the RAW Power Photos Extension (or any extension, for that matter), the extension must send a JPEG (not a HEIF or TIFF) back to Photos. So, if you then export a TIFF from Photos, you will be getting a TIFF made from a JPEG (this is mentioned in the article cited above). Your best bet is to use the Export button in the RAW Power extension, which will make a TIFF that you can store on your local hard disk.

    in reply to: Raw Power/Apple Photos/Affinity Photos workflow help #129209
    Nik Bhatt
    Keymaster

    If you are using the RAW Power Photos Extension (or any extension, for that matter), the extension must send a JPEG (not a HEIF or TIFF) back to Photos. So, if you then export a TIFF from Photos, you will be getting a TIFF made from a JPEG (this is mentioned in the article cited above). Your best bet is to use the Export button in the RAW Power extension, which will make a TIFF that you can store on your local hard disk.

    in reply to: Reconnecting Referenced files in Photos. #129192
    Nik Bhatt
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    Sadly, the Photos referenced file feature is just as poorly implemented as the one in iPhoto. iPhoto also couldn’t handle moving files to a new drive. It’s rather shocking.

    One crazy idea – what if you name the new drive the same as the old drive, and copy the files to the exact same locations on the new drive, might that work?

    I suggest doing this:
    1) Copy the files from old to new
    2) Eject the old
    3) Rename the new drive = the old drive

    Those steps are important otherwise, you might get a “-2” or something appended invisibly to the drive name.

    in reply to: Auto Enhance not for RAW -processing- section ? #129179
    Nik Bhatt
    Keymaster

    That’s not what I would expect either. If you want to send me a couple of images you can.

    Email
    support@gentlemencoders.com

    and I can send you an upload link (I don’t want to put the link in the forum, which is public)

    in reply to: Auto Enhance not for RAW -processing- section ? #129170
    Nik Bhatt
    Keymaster

    Auto Enhance rarely modifies the fields in RAW Processing, except when images are overexposed or underexposed. It tends to use things in Tone, Enhance, and Curves / Levels (and white balance).

    in reply to: sidecar file location #129156
    Nik Bhatt
    Keymaster

    The app supports synching between devices only through iCloud Photo Library. I’d like to do something more powerful in the future, but nothing to report at this point.

    in reply to: Raw Files & XDR Display #129153
    Nik Bhatt
    Keymaster

    It’s something I plan to look at more at some point. The app generally supports wide gamut, but when saving files, it uses standard color profiles and formats (like JPEG) that don’t generally look different on XDR.

    in reply to: First image in folder is sometimes corrupted #129128
    Nik Bhatt
    Keymaster

    That’s definitely strange, though some of it is explainable. Affinity doesn’t use Apple’s RAW, while Preview, Pixelmator, and RAW Power all do. So the corruption part is at least consistent. I cannot begin to guess why opening the photo in Affinity fixes the corruption problem.

    in reply to: Custom cropping sizes in the boxes #129094
    Nik Bhatt
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    If you want a literal crop to inches, then there are two ways:
    Enter a large pixel value (6000 x 6000) for example which would be 20×20 at 300 dpi
    Or, use a square crop and then export at a custom size, which is actually the same thing.

    in reply to: Custom cropping sizes in the boxes #129088
    Nik Bhatt
    Keymaster

    The crop numbers are unit-less. They are a ratio, in the way that a camera may shoot 3×2 or 4×3 – those are also not in mm or pixels.

    6″x9″ is not well defined either, because it depends on the ppi and images are simply in pixels.

    If you want a 6×9, which is also 2×3, then set the crop to 2×3 and when you export, specify the size you want in pixels.

    in reply to: Trashing of edited finder files and sandbox entries #129087
    Nik Bhatt
    Keymaster

    It’s by design, because Move to Trash is undoable. The app could conceivably move the sidecar and the preview to the trash and then undo them, but it doesn’t right now.

    in reply to: How to use split toning #129074
    Nik Bhatt
    Keymaster

    Right. That’s saturation control. And yes, it’s overall, not midtones. Sorry.

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