Batch Job: How does AP handle RAWs?

[Soenke]

Hello everyone!
I would like to know what AP is doing with RAW photos which are going through a batch job.
There is a quite obvious difference between a RAW photo that is converted as a single photo through the develop persona and a RAW photo that is converted via a job batch.

My workflow for single photos:

Preferences:
32bit working space: sRGB (linear)

Develop assistant:
RAW engine: Apple
RAW output: 32bit
Tone curve: take no action

 

Develop.
Export as 16bit half float Open EXR with ZIP compression

For the batch job:
add the RAW photo
Save as Open EXR 16bit half float ZIP compression.

I would expect that the results are matching, but obviously they are not.
Could anyone explain that to me?

Thanks,
Sönke

[Soenke]

To push this topic again:
My main concern with the batch process is to use Affinity for creating ACEScg EXRs.
How Affinity converts single frames to ACEScg is super useful for us.
If the batch job would do the same thing that Affinity is doing with single frames, it would help a lot of people I guess.
Over at the acescentral forum there is a big interest in converting RAW still frames to ACES.

http://acescentral.com/t/canon-cr2-stills-in-aces/206

[Leigh]

I'm going to speak with our devs to see what's happening and why this happens. Leave it with me and I'll reply once I get a reply :)

[omega_vfx]

As someone currently working on Game of Thrones, this would be SUPER helpful for us too. In addition to wat Sönke requested, it would also be nice if you add full EXR format customization (16bit, compression etc) in the batch job interface. Currently, nothing happens when you press the 3-dotted button.

[Leigh]

So, it appears that when you process RAW images through Batch they don't go through any of the adjustments specified in the Develop Assistant. This would explain why your images look different. Hopefully our developers will improve this part of the app to take into account the settings specified in the Developer Assistant or give the user the ability to specify the settings before running batch.