[Benchmark 1920 Results]

AMD 5950X, Nvidia 3080, 64gb RAM.

[Can't add any plugins anymore(new computer)]

It was just human error, had to restart every time when adding plugins.  And I had some paths wrong...

 

[Can't add any plugins anymore(new computer)]

After new computer Affinity Photo is not seeing any of my plugins, allow "Unknown" is used.

Plugins are: DxO NIK 3, Luminar 4, Luminar Flex, Topaz Denoise AI.

The same is happening with latest official and beta.

[NEW Vrs Affinity Photo seems very slow]

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I am using Affinity Photo 1.7.3.481 on Windows 10, all operating system updates done, 32Gb RAM, relatively good graphic card (4Gb) and what I've noticed compared to previous versions is that Affinity photo is sometimes really slow for zooming and especially for export function. Even simple move of quality slider takes time and mouse will change jumpy and hard to control, system sort of freezes for a moment and then returns back. Same with the layers, for example live unsharp mask, sliders comes sluggish and slow and mouse is jumpy. I can't find similar behavior from any other software I am using. Out of the curiosity I tried old PS I do still have and it does work perfectly fine for similar

I have/had the same problem.  I am using 144 hz monitor and when I set vertical sync from Nividia control panel to: adaptive half resfresh rate it's smooth.

But still problem when exorting some pictures, really slow.

[Question about blend ranges and blend modes.]

Did another, with normal selection brush tool + refine, one bird flying.  Good practicing :D.  https://flic.kr/p/2gKzksX 

 

[Question about blend ranges and blend modes.]

Thanks for help, it's easy when you know how to do it! 

[Question about blend ranges and blend modes.]

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Some of my editing "high"lights Learning to master "Photoshop"

[Question about blend ranges and blend modes.]

It's 800M file .

[Question about blend ranges and blend modes.]

I made the following picture from sequence of 2 bird flying.

I used rectangular marquee tool + Select-Smooth to blend them a little better to the picture, just to show that autofocus is working.

Is there a way to use blend ranges or blend modes to get faster/better blending?, I am total noob with using them.