rikkarlo2

I agree that the channel manipulation workflow needs improvements. It would be great if it was possible to simply paste pixels copied from RGB layer into any channel or mask when selected, this would simplify greatly any interaction with channels, alpha channels and masks too.

I've found a bug in the maximum/minimum filters in affinity photo V2 for windows in case of png with alpha channel. The first image is how affinity apply the maximum filter onto a PNG image with an alpha channel. The second one is how it should work. I realized the second image by filling the background with black and merging the original image with it, then I applied the maximum filter to the image. This solves the coloured glitches at the edges of the leaves however it loses the alpha channel, so to reintegrate the alpha I reapplied the filter to the original png with the same radius, and then I've imported the alpha channel to the image with black background.

Thanks all for the additional info, Exactly this is how I did it! Maybe I should add a feature request to propose to simply add the possibility to copy and paste pixels from raster layer into the selected channel/alpha mask (with autoconversion in black and white if needed)?

I meant how to convert a specific black and white raster layer into a channel or a alpha mask for another layer. In other software packages I was used to just select the black and white layer, select the pixels with CTRL A, copy with CTRL C and paste them into the selected alpha mask or channel of choice with CTRL V, however in Affinity photo this workflow does not work. But I think I figured it out by myself, the process is much more complex than this it requires duplicating channels and loading new channels from the channel panel, to me it's unnecessarily complex, it could have just been a simple copy-paste action, but we got what we got, at least it's doable even if a but cubersome. I'm planning to do a video and post it here to help others that might be in the same situation.

Never mind I just found the first piece of the problem in this thread: what I was missing was selecting a layer to show the channels (and masks) of individual layers. However I still can't figure out how to bring back the edited layer into channels and masks.

How to rasterize a mask or a channel (red, green, blue or alpha) and make them into individual pixel layers so that I can edit them? Bonus question: how can I do the inverse process as well? (I mean import a specific black and white raster layer into a channel or a mask)

I've found this thread which talks about it, however this does not give a good solution, does anyone know a better way to apply padding around an area of pixels? Basically what I would like to do is selecting the last loop of pixel around a colored area and offset it owtwards, this is very useful in texture making. Attached there is an image that explains well what I would like to achieve automatically with one click. R

BTW, if you decide to start working on it and you need my help in any way or you need me to clarify what is the problem I'm available, feel free to contact me also privately. best, Riccardo

Thanks for your fast answer, I'm sorry if I sounded rude, but after three years from the first bug report on this we still don't have any clue about when it could be fixed or if it will be fixed at all, and I'm starting losing hopes :).

2.4 still not fixed.... I'd really like to know how the dev team/management decides priorities... They already have the correct code to make it work since the same tool works in the develop persona for raw files... it's just a matter of copy pasting the same code into the photo persona and in the develop persona for non-raw files... I can't understand a single reason why every new feature they included in the 2.4 is more important than the bugged white balance tool... who cares about sorting stuff XD if I can't make my photos look good.

Not fixed yet in 2.4. I'm really loosing my hopes here...

Dear Affinity team: I'd like to bring back this topic again: the white balance feature should be the FIRST PRIORITY in the bug fixes list. How is this not fixed yet after more than 2 years!? White balance is literally the first step in any photo editing workflow... I started thinking that maybe you didn't understand what to fix, because the other thread was a mess, let me synthesise the problem, maybe this helps, this is what the white balance tool should do: - open the white balance tool -click on the colour picker -click on any pixel in the raster image -the chosen pixel RGB should be equalized to the average value (for example RGB before = 120, 130, 140 ---> RGB after = 130, 130, 130) -the same RGB shift should be applied to all the other pixel in the image

Thanks! Sorry for the late response, I just figured out that I read the comment through my cellphone and I didn't answer at the time, but I indeed used your method thanks!

Hi everyone, is it possible to apply a directional blurr to an image according to curved patsh given by the orientation of greyscale gradients? attached there is an example image. The image is meant to be the vector mask that hould give the blur directions example image