Good move on the Affinity thing! My only annoyance with the Affinity/Bridge combo is that you have to save out a JPG of each file and group it with the Affinity file because Bridge won't show you a thumbnail of the file, which is just Adobe being proprietary. There's been a lot of requests for Affinity to get it's own file manager, so maybe that will happen at some point ... 🤞
Happy new year and thanks for your support over the years. I’m also going to have a bit of a tidy up, don’t worry you’re safe! Will be interesting to see how this year pans out
All the best to you, too, for the coming year. Funnily enough I've been doing a little 'tidying', too, along similar lines. Nothing personal toward anyone, just folks that, for whatever reason, haven't interacted in any way for the last year or more.
I, too, maybe changing computers soon, but hopefully not as big a jump as yours sounds like. I may be taking on my wife's old machine. It's a bit newer than mine and hasn't seen so much use. It does mean moving on from Windows 8 to 10, though and I've not checked yet if there are suitable drivers available for my old Epson 4870 flatbed. I will carry over my old version of LR and PSE6 if they'll run or not, though I'm tempted to try and make better use of Raw Therapee either way (I already use it for processing the raw files from my main scanning rig as it's the only software I have that 'sees' the files from my Fuji X-A3). Having said all that, maybe I should take a look at Affinity, too.. 🤔🤓
I've barely scratched the surface of what RT is capable of. Up to now it's been a case of keeping it as simple as possible with settings and just adding one of it's default film profiles and converting the raw file into a tiff to be edited elsewhere. I really ought to try and make more of it as all the tools are there (and then, some). You can even choose which de-mosaicing algorithm you want from a drop down menu.
hmmm, on my old mac i had installed lightroom4 and photoshop cs5. the problem with them was they were so old that they couldn't read the new raw file formats from modern camera. my escape was to plug in the card reader and than using "adobe convertor" convert all the files from the card into dng files which can be read by all softwares including affinity. i have no problem with my scanner - scans are saved in tiff format which is enough for me.
didn't connect the scanner with the new computer yet but for the moment i'm not worried
Thanks for your posts. I appreciate your perspective.
Like you, I won't pay a subscription for post (at least, not yet). I use a custom-built, 10 years old, standalone PC, that isn't connected to the internet, for Lightroom 6 and I print from that, as well (Epson SC800). So far, so good but I will be watching your posts for updates and such about your experience with Affinity.
Happy New Year (again)! For better or worse, I seem to be married to Adobe. I tried to ditch it for Capture One 6-7 years ago, but ended coming back to Lightroom after a few years. I’m glad that you will continue doing collaborations this year because the results are always so interesting, and are a fun way to build community here.
Happy, Happy! We are at a time where Substack may well be the only constant. It is a mad, mad World. When I was in the army, we counted down the days until it was over with a tape measure. A tailors tape measure. We cut off one centimetre per day. At time of writing, we need a tape 11 metres and 8 centimetres long. Hopefully, we will all still be here to celebrate. I have said so before, perfectlight - all one word and all lower case - you are the anchor, which keeps our boat where it is supposed to be. Happy New Year!
Consistency and continuity sounds like a good plan. All the best for the new year!
thank you!
If we’re consistent and we continue, it will be already very good. And very good is more than better!
thank you!
Yeah, I think continuity is what we need most these days. Happy New Year!
All the best to you, keep up the good work!
same to you! enjoyed it every weekend
Good move on the Affinity thing! My only annoyance with the Affinity/Bridge combo is that you have to save out a JPG of each file and group it with the Affinity file because Bridge won't show you a thumbnail of the file, which is just Adobe being proprietary. There's been a lot of requests for Affinity to get it's own file manager, so maybe that will happen at some point ... 🤞
i am trying to figure out what is the best way (for me) to deal with this. don't know yet but probably save the work as tiff with incorporated layers
Happy new year and thanks for your support over the years. I’m also going to have a bit of a tidy up, don’t worry you’re safe! Will be interesting to see how this year pans out
i am not worried at all and actually i found it beneficial if people unsubscribe: it is no longer a time waste.
Happy New Year to you, too!
Happy New Year...!
happy new year to you as well
And a super Happy New Year for you too.
All the best to you, too, for the coming year. Funnily enough I've been doing a little 'tidying', too, along similar lines. Nothing personal toward anyone, just folks that, for whatever reason, haven't interacted in any way for the last year or more.
I, too, maybe changing computers soon, but hopefully not as big a jump as yours sounds like. I may be taking on my wife's old machine. It's a bit newer than mine and hasn't seen so much use. It does mean moving on from Windows 8 to 10, though and I've not checked yet if there are suitable drivers available for my old Epson 4870 flatbed. I will carry over my old version of LR and PSE6 if they'll run or not, though I'm tempted to try and make better use of Raw Therapee either way (I already use it for processing the raw files from my main scanning rig as it's the only software I have that 'sees' the files from my Fuji X-A3). Having said all that, maybe I should take a look at Affinity, too.. 🤔🤓
hmmm, you gave me something to think about: look at raw therapee
I've barely scratched the surface of what RT is capable of. Up to now it's been a case of keeping it as simple as possible with settings and just adding one of it's default film profiles and converting the raw file into a tiff to be edited elsewhere. I really ought to try and make more of it as all the tools are there (and then, some). You can even choose which de-mosaicing algorithm you want from a drop down menu.
hmmm, on my old mac i had installed lightroom4 and photoshop cs5. the problem with them was they were so old that they couldn't read the new raw file formats from modern camera. my escape was to plug in the card reader and than using "adobe convertor" convert all the files from the card into dng files which can be read by all softwares including affinity. i have no problem with my scanner - scans are saved in tiff format which is enough for me.
didn't connect the scanner with the new computer yet but for the moment i'm not worried
Thanks for your posts. I appreciate your perspective.
Like you, I won't pay a subscription for post (at least, not yet). I use a custom-built, 10 years old, standalone PC, that isn't connected to the internet, for Lightroom 6 and I print from that, as well (Epson SC800). So far, so good but I will be watching your posts for updates and such about your experience with Affinity.
Thanks again!
pst, don't tell anybody: for the moment i didn't throw away my old mac. not just yet 😉
Happy New Year, perfectlight. Looking forward to hearing what you think of Affinity.
Happy New Year (again)! For better or worse, I seem to be married to Adobe. I tried to ditch it for Capture One 6-7 years ago, but ended coming back to Lightroom after a few years. I’m glad that you will continue doing collaborations this year because the results are always so interesting, and are a fun way to build community here.
thank you!
Happy, Happy! We are at a time where Substack may well be the only constant. It is a mad, mad World. When I was in the army, we counted down the days until it was over with a tape measure. A tailors tape measure. We cut off one centimetre per day. At time of writing, we need a tape 11 metres and 8 centimetres long. Hopefully, we will all still be here to celebrate. I have said so before, perfectlight - all one word and all lower case - you are the anchor, which keeps our boat where it is supposed to be. Happy New Year!
thank you very much!
i remember cutting measuring tape was the way to go for many things
All the best to you in 2026!
and to you, sir!