Master RAW Editing in Affinity Photo

Explore how histograms reveal lighting in raw photos, identify blown out highlights and crushed shadows, and learn why raw editing preserves detail with Affinity Photo.

Explore the benefits of shooting in raw by unlocking secret information in the histogram. Learn how editing raw photos shifts lighting to recover shadow and highlight detail.

Discover when to edit in photo persona versus develop persona in Affinity Photo. Use the develop persona to recover information from raw files, then finish in the photo persona.

Open a raw photo in Affinity Photo's develop persona, check histogram, adjust exposure to recover highlights, refine contrast with curves, and boost colors with HSL saturation.

Learn to adjust the develop persona sliders by dragging, typing a number, or using arrows for exposure, reset with a double-click, and toggle sections to compare before and after.

Master exposure and brightness to shift the histogram, manage shadows and highlights with white balance, contrast, and high pass filter, and tweak saturation and vibrance.

Master turning off the default tone curve in Affinity Photo to edit raw images with full control. Compare before and after to see how histogram-based development guides edits.

Enable clipping indicators to identify clipped highlights, shadows, and tones, interpret the histogram, and adjust exposure and black point in Affinity Photo to guide lighting as an artist.

Apply a clipping-based editing trick in Affinity Photo by turning on highlight and shadow indicators, lowering highlights, raising exposure, and lifting the black point to brighten the image.

Master the before and after in Affinity Photo raw editing using split view and mirror view to compare edits, then return to single view.

Master the lens panel in affinity photo to apply lens correction, adjust distortion, perspective (horizontal/vertical), rotation, and scale, and learn when to use develop persona for faster edits.

Clean up the develop workspace by removing unused panels. Reset the studio, keep histogram, basic, and lens panels, and hide advanced numbers for more slider space.

Explore three develop output options in Affinity Photo: pixel layer, embedded raw layer, and linked raw layer, and learn how each affects editing flexibility and file size.

Begin two practice projects with a waterfall portrait, adjust highlights and shadows, raise exposure via the histogram, and press develop in the photo persona.

Master raw editing in affinity photo demonstrates cleaning up a waterfall portrait with an inpainting brush on a new layer, then refining lighting and color with curves and hsl.

Edit a portrait in the develop persona by adjusting the histogram, refining shadows and highlights, tweaking exposure and the black point to balance red and blue spots.

Learn to clean distractions in a sunglasses portrait using inpainting, enhance the subject with curves and masks on a raw image, adjust color with hsl, and prepare for batch processing.

Learn how to speed up batch raw editing in Affinity Photo using the preset method, adjusting lighting, shadows, highlights, exposure, and black point, then apply the preset to multiple photos.

Master the macro method for batch processing raw photos in Affinity Photo by recording edits with the macro panel and applying them via a batch job.

You can edit raw photos like a professional after completing this course in Affinity Photo. Look forward to the next Affinity Revolution tutorial.