RAW Development/RAW Editing with Affinity Photo

Basic RAW development walkthrough using Affinity Photo.
0:00 Introduction
0:27 Develop Assistant Settings
1:00 Exposure, Blackpoint and Brightness
1:11 How to reset an adjustment or section to default values
1:50 Contrast and clarity
3:03 Saturation and vibrance
3:20 White balance
3:43 Shadows and highlights
4:35 Straightening the image
4:48 Cropping the image
5:27 Detail refinement/Sharpening
6:08 Applying a tone curve
6:25 Black and white
6:38 Adjusting specific areas of an image
7:00 Adding a gradient overlay
8:11 Adding a brush overlay
8:40 Edge Aware setting
9:10 Correcting an overlay mistake
11:03 Final notes about overlays
11:45 Getting a before and after view
12:15 Enabling non-destructive RAW
13:30 How to maintain non-destructive RAW capability
13:58 Using non-destructive RAW
14:30 Enabling and disabling adjustment and filter layers
15:08 Conclusion

[@johnchilver536]

After many years of watching tutorials your approach is very clear and at the right speed. I will watch for more of your work.

[@billblakely]

Thank you very much! I appreciate it.

[@2alexandervideo]

Excellent tutorial, thank you. Explanations are to the point and the pace perfect.

[@billblakely]

Thanks very much! Appreciate it.

[@neoanderson5027]

This is one of the better tutorials I’ve seen. I’m new to post processing.
I’m looking fwd to delving into your other videos and exploring the rest of the program.

[@billblakely]

Thank you very much! Appreciate it.

[@kencox4535]

Thank you for such a clear and concise introduction to RAW editing. I have already learned so much in just a single video! Looking forward to more.

[@billblakely]

You're welcome! Good to hear you found it helpful. Much appreciated.

[@luiseliasrodriguez4327]

It is the best teaching of raw processing in affinity photo, keep doing videos, thanks.

[@billblakely]

Thank you very much and you're welcome! Glad you liked the video.

[@charliewinkie6990]

This is decent. A nice unhurried pace.
I managed to keep up until near the end! Baked in rasterised unchangeable things, thru me into the vacant void…
Well done. ❤

[@billblakely]

Ha ha! Sorry about the ending. To keep the non-destructive raw option available don't do anything directly on the bacground image layer. For example, don't take the paint brush and paint on it or don't use the inpainting brush directly on it. Simply put, don't touch the background image layer. Leave it alone and you'll always have non-destructive raw capability. You may have given me an idea for another video. Anyway, I'm glad you liked the video. Thanks for the comment.

[@theoldfarmerguy1238]

Bill...thanks for the tutorial on the "why's" of adjustments and method you used. I find all of your tutorial videos to be very good and informative. I look forward to more. Thank you.

[@billblakely]

Thank you very much! I appreciate it. All the best.

[@billingalls1940]

I just subscribed after watching this very fine explanation of using the develop personna. Thank you.

[@billblakely]

You're welcome and thank you! Very much appreciated.

[@jacobj7980]

Nice detail, as always.

[@billblakely]

Thanks very much! Appreciate it.

[@ChrisPinCornwall]

This taught me so much in such a short time, thank you, thank you...!

[@billblakely]

Thanks so much! Glad it helped.

[@terrygaume]

Thank you for this information, you provided many helpful details. I like most things about Affinity 2. Hopefully you will have some videos that will change my mind about the things I don’t like about Affinity.

[@billblakely]

You're very welcome! Happy you found it helpful.

[@tjefferies8563]

It seems so odd that some settings are unavailable when using overlays in develop persona.

[@billblakely]

It is odd. I don't know why it is. I'm pretty certain some other editors don't have this limitation.