Infrared Image Processing (Affinity Photo)

See how Affinity Photo can be used for editing infrared photography, from initial RAW development to channel manipulation, powerful colour work and final retouching, all whilst maintaining a non-destructive workflow.
Photography by James Ritson.

[@RodolfoVanzini]

Hi James, I wanted to thank you for your valuable and precious contribution to building my learning curve on Affinity Photo. I really appreciate your teaching. Thank you very much.

[@zoltanpuskas4722]

Thank you, James, very well done. Vey well explained and detailed.

[@johnhaynes9910]

Another excellent session James so thanks for that. I had one of my digital cameras converted for infrared a few months back, true not the best season perhaps but I have the Spring and Summer to lookforward to so very timely.

[@fraufuchs9555]

This was really helpful. Thanks a lot.

[@imzaazmi]

Wow.. 👀 Amazing.. Thank you for this tutorial 🙏👍

[@pete-c]

Very good tutorial, thanks for sharing

[@jorgecarloscaballero]

wow, excelente, tengo un par de ellas que me gustaría editar en Affinity en iPad. Además de hacer más y seguir el flujo de trabajo en el dispositivo.

[@richardwebber6051]

Great video. Do you recommend creating a custom white balance as a first step?

[@rolandrick]

Hi James, awesome, many thanks for that. Pls may I ask, how you got 32 bit HDR images out of an alpha 6000? And what do I do wrong in the develop persona? Shifting shadows and highlights like you do here end up in total loss of any structure, raws getting kinda “muddy”.

[@tomgardner9963]

I have a camera with a 850nm filter fitted, is there a suggested B&W Workflow I can use?

[@lawrencediggs7957]

Thanks for the tutorial James. I was given some .dcp file by the company I bought my IR camera from. How do I install them? What should I do with them?

[@JamesRitson]

Hi Lawrence, unfortunately Photo doesn’t support DCP files at the moment (I’m assuming it’s a camera input file that you apply during RAW processing?). It will just be a transform matrix that provides a starting point, possibly to correct white balance among other things. It won’t do anything that isn’t possible to tweak natively in Photo I don’t think..

[@fabriziocanale9768]

Hello James, may I ask you which 590 filter you use?
I have some issues with my full spectrum camera and a Hoya orange filter YA3 that allows green light pass through.
I’d like to buy another filter for false colors.
I have also the Hoya IR72.
Thanks,
Fabrizio