Lens: Canon EF-S 55~250mm, IS, STM Lens Camera: Canon EOS 80 D Photo Location: My Backyard ISO: 400 Shutter Speed: 1/50s Aperture: F5.6 Focal Length 227mm, Manual Exposure Mode, No Fill Flash With Spot Metering. Many thanks for viewing. TT
Many thanks to you, youngster. Actually, I am still experiencing some difficulties in replicating the real colors of flowers that are of a Wine/Burgundy or Maroon. Even with the use of a gray card, I'm falling short again. cheers, Tony
It's a hard ask to get colours true when we are working with digital cameras and photo editing software Tony. Reds seem be a difficult shade to reproduce on digital camera sensors. All we can do is try - always try to shade the reds to limit reflections and stop down a bit to reduce clipping in the red channel and also keep important details. With a massive colour gamut available these days and many different computer systems, it's virtually impossible to recreate identical colours as we see them through our own eyes - and even those are not perfect as we slide into our autumn years!). I'm lucky, in that I use an IPS panel for my computing and/or Photoshop work. So much better than normal LCD creens (TNs). This is my monitor HERE. With Photoshop (and other software), we can always get close to the original colours or even change them completely - like red to blue! Makes for an interesting image but perfectly OK to do because once you open a photograph and edit it, it becomes a created image, so you can do whatever you feel like doing to get your desired result. Cheers, Greg
I understand completely. However, there are some cameras (the Pentax K-3ii) which does not have this problem with reds, or maroon or burgundy colors. It does have a 24MP sensor, but somehow it is supposedly smaller than other 24MP sensors such as in my Canon 80d. Also, I am aware that you are a Photoshop Master. I did purchase Affinity Photo back in October of last year and I must admit, I find it very cumbersome to use. For example: There are so many hoops to jump through just to sharpen an image. In addition, one cannot delete an image in Affinity Photo. That is something I do have a problem getting my mind around and even went several rounds with their tech support which I found to be very arrogant and rude. Not atypical of the British. Affinity Photo is a knock off of Photoshop, so I had expected it to be a much more comfortable editing software program. Truthfully, I find it distasteful that after many years, I may have to leave Canon. With my Canon 80d, I now have to carry a gray card with me everywhere I go and then have to shoot the card in the proper light in order to obtain the real time, actual colors of my subjects. All of these problems with digital photography and it is one thing after another. A seemingly endless plethora of issues continue to plague me. I really miss my film days. Never had any of these problems then. Thanks again for your taking the time to be of assistance. I truly appreciate it. Cheers, Tony
I don't use anything but Photoshop Tony which I consider essential for serious editing. I played with Affinity and found it pretty useful. After having Photoshop for many years, I find it difficult to use other editors which to me don't seem up to par, but I always have a play with them to see what they offer. I'm not getting why you can't delete an image. Where do you want to delete it from? Sharpening is as easy in Affinity as it is in PS. You can even record macros to save going through all the steps to get things done. If you check out the tutorials on youtube it will make things easier for you.
There is no way in Affinity Photo to delete an image in Affinity Photo. This was confirmed to me by Affinity's Tech Support. They could not understand why I would want to delete an image. Thanks for the tips, I will certainly look into them. Many thnx, Tony
I'm still in the dark about deleting an image So I open an image in Affinity, make some adjustments, save it as an Affinity Project (.afphoto extension). then I EXPORT as a JPG. At what point do you want to delete the image? what is your workflow?
I am not sure why you would be in the dark on this. In all of the other software editing programs I have, each one has a delete feature. Prior to my editing an image, I do make it a point to save a copy, sometimes two copies. Just insurance in case I flub up the copy I am editing and am unable to reverse my flubbing, I will not want to keep the offending image allowing it to take up space, so I will delete it. I assume that is why the delete feature is offered in the other programs. I suppose one good example would be if I were to use the Noise Reduction feature to the point where the image is ruined and appears like a Salvador Dali melted clocks painting. At that point, I would elect to get rid of it. The fact is, Affinity Photo just does not provide a delete feature. Does Photoshop provide a delete feature? Thanks again, TT
No it doesn't. I'm reading your remarks as though you want to delete an image from your hard drive? In Photoshop, if I want to get rid of an image (I might have a few open), I just Close it without saving. Here's a small tut for Affinity. HERE
