crosspost from: https://lemmy.world/post/5033285

Hullo together! I finally got to order my first iPad (Pro 11")! I’m a long time MacBook and iPhone user and do a little photography now and then. On the Mac, I use Olympus OM Workspace to import and decode the RAW files. They go as TIFF files in Affinity Photo for the actual editing - I find the ORF engine in Affinity much worse than the “official” Olympus one.

Affinity Photo for iPad is a thing, but:

  • importing directly could mean use an inferior RAW engine (I don’t think Olympus has native iPad software for that - can the iPad even handle ORF files?)
  • The V2 release was really lukewarm and I still use the V1 on my Mac. I am a bit skeptical of the software house in the long run, but I’d love to be proven wrong!

Now, do you have suggestions on how to handle an editing routine on iPad and which software to use, ideally without subscription costs?

The edited and finished photos are usually saved in Files and imported in Apple Photos for iCloud storage.

Thanks in advance!

  • 9point6@lemmy.world
    2·
    1 year ago

    Ah, I came into the thread about to suggest affinity

    A quick Google suggests iOS supports olympus raw natively as of the last major version (though without looking into it further I’m not sure which apps use this functionality). And a skim of a forum post suggests affinity is still doing it though their own engine, unfortunately

    However, if you’re okay with living with a bit of a bodge, I’ve just seen someone suggest Adobe Lightroom for iPad with no subscription supports converting ORF to DNG and exporting again for free. This probably opens you up to a wider selection of apps given its a better supported format. And if your issue with the affinity processing is specifically with Olympus raw processing, that could be your solution there

    • Etnaphele@lemmy.worldOP
      2·
      1 year ago

      Thanks for the detailed answer! The use of Lightroom as a middle step could be a good solution if the ORF codec is better handled than in Affinity. I’ll for sure give it a go!