ON1 Photo RAW 2018: In case you didn't see or hear about it already, ON1 released the first non-beta version of the "ON1 Photo RAW 2018" program yesterday. I downloaded and installed...

jamesl Loc: Pennsylvania

In case you didn't see or hear about it already, ON1 released the first non-beta version of the "ON1 Photo RAW 2018" program yesterday. I downloaded and installed it yesterday and it is running very well.

photodoc16

James,
Perfect timing. Does OM1 force all of my photos from Picasa into OM1 or can I just open OM1 as a stand alone and proceed as usual to PP them and still have the original group on my hard drive like with Elements?
Thanks,
Photodoc16

jamesl Loc: Pennsylvania

photodoc16 wrote:

James,
Perfect timing. Does OM1 force all of my photos from Picasa into OM1 or can I just open OM1 as a stand alone and proceed as usual to PP them and still have the original group on my hard drive like with Elements?
Thanks,
Photodoc16

No ON1 doesn't force all your pictures over. You can use it as a stand-alone, which is what I normally do and all your pictures stay grouped however you want them and whereevr you like to keep them. I keep mine are on my hard drive but if you wanted you can store them anywhere you choose. You can work with it like you would in Elements.

photodoc16

James,
Thank you for the info. I'm testing the waters among Luminar, ON1, Affinity and even P/L CC, not to mention Aurora v. Photomatix. Its a tough job but someone has to do it.
Again, thanks for the help.
Richard

jamesl Loc: Pennsylvania

photodoc16 wrote:

James,
Thank you for the info. I'm testing the waters among Luminar, ON1, Affinity and even P/L CC, not to mention Aurora v. Photomatix. Its a tough job but someone has to do it.
Again, thanks for the help.
Richard

I know what you mean, I checked all that you mentioned except for Luminar. I may take a look at a trial version of it if one is available to run on Windows. I bought "ON1 Photo RAW 2018" and"Affinity Photo". I normally used Photomatix 5 for HDR (I think the newest version is 6). I tried Aurora HDR and really liked it a little better than the Photomatix so I bought it too. Either one of these two will do a good job on HDR work. The ON1 pretty much does most everything and I now use it the most, especially since the release of the 2018 version. Affinity is a really good program too and it is what I use for a replacement for Photoshop. Affinity Photo just updated to version 1.6 this week too.

photodoc16

Hi James,
Could you tell me if both Affinity and ON1 perform focus stacking and panorama stitching? I take it that if they do HDR you still prefer Aurora or Photomatix.
Thanks,
Richard

jamesl Loc: Pennsylvania

photodoc16 wrote:

Hi James,
Could you tell me if both Affinity and ON1 perform focus stacking and panorama stitching? I take it that if they do HDR you still prefer Aurora or Photomatix.
Thanks,
Richard

I don't believe ON1 has focus stacking right now but it is in the list of suggested updates so I imagine it will be there but not at this time. Affinity Photo does have focus stacking and also includes HDR and panorama stitching too. When it comes to the HDR I use both the ON1 and Aurora HDR mostly now. The ON1 HDR module works well and so does the Panorama module. Both modules are new in the "ON1 Photo RAW 2018" version.

photodoc16

James,
I promise not to be a noodge but I did have one other question. Thank you for indulging me this far.
I checked on Luminar, ON-1 and Affinity for user manuals. Affinity manuals are in German, ON-1 has none and Luminar does have an on line manual but doesn't even mention HDR, stacking or panorama stitching. It is frustrating but it may have something to do with the newness perhaps of the programs. I am spoiled by Elements with 2 manuals. You Tube videos are very variable in quality. I can get just so far with intuition. What is a guy to do?
Thank you so much,
Richard

hpucker99 Loc: Anchorage, Alaska

photodoc16 wrote:

James, br I promise not to be a noodge but I did h... (show quote)

Here is a link to the Affinity manual in English.

hpucker99 Loc: Anchorage, Alaska

https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/34556-affinity-photo-pdf-manual-for-your-enjoyment/

hpucker99 wrote:

Here is a link to the Affinity manual in English.

hpucker99 Loc: Anchorage, Alaska

Here is a link for Affinity Photo in English.

https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/34556-affinity-photo-pdf-manual-for-your-enjoyment/

hpucker99 Loc: Anchorage, Alaska

photodoc16 wrote:

James, br I promise not to be a noodge but I did h... (show quote)

Here is a link for the Affinity Photo manual in English.

https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/34556-affinity-photo-pdf-manual-for-your-enjoyment/

jamesl Loc: Pennsylvania

photodoc16 wrote:

James, br I promise not to be a noodge but I did h... (show quote)

Here is the link to the ON1 Photo RAW 2018 User Manual https://on1help.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/206373527-ON1-USER-GUIDES
The user guide can be downloaded as html or as a PDF.

photodoc16

To jamesl and hpucker99,
I don't know where you guys came up with this stuff but I am very grateful that you found these manuals for me. I don't think I ever would have found them any other way. When I make a decision I will let you know.
Richard

hpucker99 Loc: Anchorage, Alaska

photodoc16 wrote:

To jamesl and hpucker99,
I don't know where you guys came up with this stuff but I am very grateful that you found these manuals for me. I don't think I ever would have found them any other way. When I make a decision I will let you know.
Richard

The interesting thing about the Affinity manual is that it was not done by the publisher, Serif, but by an individual who made it from the online html files. In one of the Serif forum threads, there is a post from Serif warning the manual compiler that there are copyright concerns. Seems like Serif would thank the individual instead of saber rattling. Serif also promised a year ago that the PDF manual would be forthcoming....