rpaul

So, maybe I didn't search hard enough but, I didn't see a reference to anything like this. I have Affinity Photo 2.x running on my Windows 11 tablet. I'm wanting to undock it from it's keyboard and take it outside for some fresh air and use it like I used my older iPad. One thing that I liked on Affinity for the iPad was the ease in which I could hide most of the tools and open up the screen for actual image manipulation. With the keyboard attached, I could just hit the tab key. Without it I have to go to "view" menu and drag down to "toggle UI", which seems cumbersome to me. I realize that if there was a customizable option placed on the toolbar, it would go away when "toggle UI" was enabled. Is there anything I can do to make this option more tablet friendly?

I've been experimenting with the Deform filter a lot recently. Although its a bit buggy, it seems to have some versatility that I've never been able to achieve with Liquify or Mesh Warp. First, as with the Mesh warp, you can go back and re-edit a deformation arbitrarily, which you can't really do with Liquify. But it also seems to be a bit more targeted than the Mesh warp. So, I feel it works best when I am trying to re-map an image on to another with precision and with fewer steps in the long run.

Five years later, I agree. This is a very useful tool for many situations. It would be nice to see it polished up and maybe reimagined to some degree. The above video is only a crude example of what can be done with it.

I second these two

It's been a while since I've posted anything here. Just curious what the status is for address this particular bug. Reinstalling didn't last long before the problem came back for me. Thanks

I managed to get it to work. Can't remember what I did but since it involved making a very large selection, I think I broke the process down somehow.

Okay I understand this, thanks. But it was my understanding that the beta had "expired", which is what it says if I try to launch it. So, is there a way that I can reanimate my copy of 1.9? Continuing to use 1.9 would be perfectly fine.

Is there a planned release date for 1.9 retail for iOS? I'm hoping to open the files I saved in the beta version

I'm looking for version 1.8.5 of AP for iOS. Is there a way that I can get it? I read that I can open files that were saved from the 1.9 beta in this version.

Um, is it actually possible to revert to a previous version of Photo in iOS? I guess I'm looking for 1.8.4 or 1.8.5.

I would say that I'm am an inexperienced beta tester. So, I'm just looking for some advice on the testing process. I did read the bold disclaimer on doing 'real work' before I downloaded the new beta. However, the only way that I am going to put the new beta through its paces is to do 'real work' with it. And I have. My iPad says that I logged an average of 6 hours and 20 mins daily on this app, which I assume includes weekends too. I have reported some issues through testflight messaging. I'm assuming (and maybe this isn't so), that any crash that I experience gets logged and adds to some data set. I see my voluntary test of this application as a contribution to the development of a very important and unique resource for the iPad. And I am happy to do this but I'm never really sure that my contribution is that helpful since I don't really get any feedback when I do report something or if the application self-reports when an error occurs. Also, I've been continuing to use the 1.9 beta until yesterday since keeping it in the app history allowed it to be accessible. But, I somehow lost the link last night. So now, foolishly, I am in the same predicament as some of the other users who posted here, not able to open many of my .aphoto files. Fortunately, no contracts are riding on this since I'm just a hobbyist. I will see if I can reinstall 1.8.5 or wait for the 1.9 retail release. So, in the future, I may leave the beta testing to the more experienced professionals and just complain when I have an issue with the retail version Thanks

I realize the beta phase is over but I'm still using 1.9.0.199 since my files don't seem to open in my non-beta version. I'm having trouble selecting a sharp precision rectangle out of an image without it pasting it on a new layer with a feathered edge. (See video) Also, when I use the transform studio to alter the marque I have to select the arrow tool and then go back to the marque tool in order for it to work. Not in the video, I rasterized the image before making the selection. Paul Tompkins FullSizeRender.mov

Actually, it still doesn't work the way that I expected. I was under the impression that raising the low end of the alpha curve would allow any virtually invisible pixel would show up. Instead it just brightens the rgb values. Right?

Hi, I'm happy to see that the alpha channel control in the curves tool works better now. However, shouldn't it work whether or not it is located above the bitmap vs nested within the bitmap? It seems that when nested it has no influence on the graphic. Thanks

Im not a professional, but have spent several months on AP. What seens to work best for me is to find a way to break the project down into separate files, do a merge-visible and assemble the merged images into a final version.