Several months ago and during a discussion about RAW data editing I sustained that the reason I was using proprietary software was because it made a difference when printing the files. Proprietary software PRESERVES the original colors of the file. This is not something that came from me, it was what my lab technician told me when I gave him for printing a RAW data converted to JPEG in Affinity Photo.

Several members of the forum argued that my technician was not correct. I keep on using proprietary software to edit my RAW data, Studio NX for Nikon and OM Workspace for Olympus. I sent an email to ON-1 about their RAW data software inquiring if I would get the true color of my files and this was the answer they gave me "We use our own RAW engine, so there will be differences between what you will get in either NX or Olympus software." I got a similar response from Affinity Photo. Nikon told me that their files are not compatible with Affinity Photo. I made no inquiries about Photoshop because I do not use it to edit my files anyways.

I rest my case.