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Thank you for your additional content. I'll be watching the video. Jason

Thank you Walt - that is exactly what I needed to help me get through this problem. Much appreciated.

I amended the brightness in Persona, only because I realised it was still too bright after RAW editing

Im a beginner at this so please bear with me. I merely did some editing in RAW straight from the camera, (including Overlay paint tool for the sky), then in Persona, amended the brightness, and then exported it to JPEG and moved the slider so the JPEG file size was around 1MB.

Ive attached the RAW file too, if that might help. I used the Overlay Paint tool on the sky to darken it. Jason _DSF9718.RAF

Thank you. I do appreciate your help. I attach the file. However, I am finding that with many files, I have the same compression issues. _DSF9718StonegateWoods.afphoto

I recently presented this topic, but I need to re-post it, since I am not happy with JPEG compression on affinity, and need some advice please. I attach two images, one has been exported and compressed to JPEG at around 1mb (its now a screenshot PNG image, but it replicates exactly how the JPEG turned out), the other is the affinity version. The JPEG image is clearly unusable. 1MB should be absolutely ample for a very good quality JPEG image. Is this an Affinity software issue? Like most people, I do need to send small JPEG files to friends and family, and at 1MB, and indeed smaller, they should look fine. Can anyone help on this? Thank you. Jason

I compressed to around 1mb. I believe you have got it right, it must be that. Ive increased the quality of the file and the issue has gone away. I was very surprised that 1mb was too small !! Thank you for helping me identify the issue. Jason

I need help please - when exporting the affinity file to JPEG, the result is as shown in the attachment. Does anyone know why this is happening and how to rectify it? Thank you. Jason

Thanks again. I will give that a try. Jason

Yes !! Thank you. Thats a real shame that happens. You wouldn't be aware of a way to use the gradient overlay effect without this happening, or a simple alternative approach to create the same effect without using the gradient overlay effect? Thank you again Leigh. Jason

Hi. I am finding that increasing Radius in Unsharp Mask and when using other applications (eg perspective) - grid lines appear. This is happening for pictures taken from different cameras, so I dont believe it can be the cameras. Does anyone know what this is? Please see the attached screenshot to see what I mean. Thank you for helping. Jason