I processed and printed all of my own monochrome and colour film as a professional film photographer for all formats from 8 x 10 inches down to subminiature since about 1970. I have been processing RAW image files as a professional digital photographer since 2001. The interesting question for me is do I think that Serif would find making a RAW processor that matches my expectations too complex a task. I already use the storage and filing provided extensively with DxO Optics Pro. I will not be using another RAW file processor anytime soon because I am more than happy with the one I do use. It turns out that they also provide outstanding RAW file processing and include all of the lens correction files necessary. You will have noted that DxO provide adequate filing, sorting and batch processing. I am happy to have separate applications and having used many different RAW processing softwares, often with pre, inter and post sharpening provided as separate applications, I am not in need of a DAM.
It appeared to me that people were wanting Serif to include the DAM and the RAW processor within Affinity Photo. Do you think a RAW Editor which matches your expectations would be too complex a task for Serif? Some would be content with just a competent media management tool, others would wish RAW development to take place in this environment, for possible later compositing inside Affinity Photo. Most people would expect a DAM to be a separate piece of software. We may be in for a longggg wait for something with which most of us are happy. But Adobe's 20+ years of history in this department shows just how tough it can be to deliver something polished. Another reason I moved on to Capture One Pro, which is overall superior in a number of ways, albeit not so much as a DAM.Īll of that to say: I'm eager for Serif to deliver on their own DAM. But missing native RAW support would continue to be a bummer. I could convert to DNG and pull them in that way. And since I haven't updated to Photoshop CC, I can't use Adobe Camera Raw anyway.Īs for Lightroom v6, this was the last standalone version offered by Adobe, but it will not recognize native raw files from newer cameras. In my case, other than as a simple file browser, it does little else for me. Despite my current use of Bridge CC 2019, I'm eager to move away from even that little bit of connection with Adobe. My hope is simply that they deliver a tool that's at least as capable and flexible as those in the Affinity suite of software. Text transmission of ideas is sometimes difficult.īut despite difference in overall workflow, we're probably asking Serif for similar things. Sorry, I probably misinterpreted your perception of Lightroom as I got the impression you considered Lightroom to be an awesome DAM as well given your description of your non-Lightroom workflow being an awesome DAM option that is at least equal to that of Lightroom.
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