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  1. DonatoF
    Are you looking for something like this:
  2. DonatoF
    At the moment, you have two choices to produce large tiffs: 1) use the 1.5 beta, abandoning the 1.4.2 version and hope you don't run into any issues 2) do all your work in 1.4.2 and save the .afphoto file, open the .afphoto file in the 1.5 beta and export the tiff from there. I'm using the second as my current workflow, making sure to work on a duplicate of the .afphoto file or not make any changes to it in the beta. I will say the betas are pretty stable, and you may not run into issues.
  3. DonatoF
    See this topic: https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/22829-tiff-files-not-displayed-by-os-x-10116/ Basically, a change in the Mac OS broke the way AP was exporting tiffs, they fixed it in the 1.5 beta but not (yet?) in the production Apple Store version. I really wish they would release a fix for the production version since 1.5 will be in beta for a while and I prefer to use the production version rather than beta.
  4. DonatoF
    The grid is specified under the "Overlay" dropdown in the crop tool options, it may be set to "none". Options are none, thirds grid, golden spiral, and diagonals.
  5. DonatoF
    Don't use the paint brush, use the pixel tool. It is in the same place as the paint brush tool.
  6. DonatoF
    Just to further expand on what MBd said, it can get confusing as to what exactly is being concealed/revealed - in the example above, painting in black on the adjustment layer mask conceals the black and white adjustment, painting in white reveals the adjustment. So the net effect is that painting in black conceals the adjustment but reveals the underlying color. Painting with white reveals the adjustment, hiding the color.
  7. DonatoF
    Various way to do this, the easiest is to just add a live black and white adjustment layer, set the black and white settings to your liking. Then, since the adjustment layer has a built-in mask, just select the adjustment layer and use the eraser tool on it where you want the underlying color to show through. Instead of the eraser, you can also use the paint brush tool with black to erase, and white to add the adjustment back in.
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    Hi James - Well done as usual, very nice intro to the program and concepts. Just one note for someone opening Photo for the first time, they will get the splash screen first by default, not the "blank interface" that you have in the first video. I had finally turned it off myself, although I do miss it a bit....
  9. DonatoF
    By the way, I know the result wasn't exactly the same as the hand drawn, but you can start with the B&W adjustment first, increase the contrast or play with other things to get what you are after, there are many ways to go about it in Photo.
  10. DonatoF
    Here's a quick go - 1. Filter>Detect>Detect Edges 2. Layer>Invert 3. Layer>New Adjustment Layer>Black& White Adjustment
  11. DonatoF
    Hi Alex- Affinity Photo runs fine on my early 2008 Macbook Pro (2.4 GHz Core 2 Duo, 4GB Ram, El Capitan 10.11.5), so with double the memory it should be even better. Dan
  12. DonatoF
    Great to hear Mike, my slow loading is probably due to my (almost) antique early 2008 MacBook Pro.
  13. DonatoF
    hmm, just as an additional data point, my DxO OP 9 recognizes and opens both .tif and .tiff files regardless of the setting of that menu item. I do get the "?" icon sometimes for them like in your screen capture, but if I wait a while it loads a preview eventually and will open the file. Have you checked the DxO forums for any issue in OP 10? But I agree, you should be able to create whichever extension fits your workflow better.
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    Mike- was just in Dxo OP 9, and under the Preferences>Process menu, there is a dropdown to select the the tif or tiff extension you wish to use, not sure if that helps. Also, at least DxO OP 9 seems to open .tiff files fine - maybe they changed that in 10, but see if changing the pref helps.
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    James - Thanks for the tip on editing the adjustment layer mask, I wasn't aware of that and had been creating a separate mask when I could have used the built-in. One thing I do notice is that if you create a new mask layer you have the "refine mask", "edit mask", and "release mask" commands available via the contextual (right-click) menu, while the built-in one for the adjustment layer doesn't have them. Ah - just found that at least "refine mask" is available under the main layer menu for the adjustment layer built-in mask, just not under the contextual menu. In this instance "release mask" may not be applicable, but "edit mask" still could be.
  16. DonatoF
    Another useful troubleshooting trick is to create a new user account with no modifications and see if you have the same problem there, that will tell you if it is a system-wide problem or is specific to your normal user account (corrupt preferences, or other odd things with your account).
  17. DonatoF
    Hi - downloaded your photo and using the inpainting tool on an area took about ten seconds on my Early 2008 MacBook Pro, 2.4 GHz Core2 Duo, 4 Gigs Ram. Earlier threads have pointed to corrupt fonts possibly causing issues like this, try using the Font Book app to check your fonts.
  18. DonatoF
    Excellent tutorial, thank you. Plan to apply this with other hues to simulate other toning processes.
  19. DonatoF
    Hi Simon, an excellent start and a big service to new users of Photo and image processing. Obviously a huge challenge to present just enough information without being overwhelming. A few suggestions: In the first video, you must have the "splash" screen (the one with samples to download) turned off, new users might find that confusing because they will see that screen first. Also in first video, a brief mention of the Personas, so in case they accidentally click on another one they will know to go back to the Photo Persona. For color balancing, I think beginners might find the "white balance" adjustment easier than the "colour balance" or "channel mixer", especially using the white balance picker. Or, even easier, the Auto White Balance filter. Not sure which video, but it would be a good idea to include how to save or export the changes. Keep up the good work, and thanks for sharing these.
  20. DonatoF
    Liked and shared on Facebook, congrats on winning App of the year!
  21. DonatoF
    @Trial&Error, have a look at the "Placing Documents" video, I believe that will be a good start for what you want to do
  22. DonatoF
    I do remember reading in another thread that this may be related to a font problem, have you tried running the Font Book app and validating your fonts?
  23. DonatoF
    Unfortunately those videos are embedded from Vimeo also. I did find a Youtube channel from Affinity: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAYTwFk4xCES4-AaYus9yZA It only seems to contain some of the tutorials, but see if that works. If it does, try to get Serif to load the rest of the tutorials there.
  24. DonatoF
    Yes. The Affinity tutorials are hosted on Vimeo. Indonesian anti-pornography laws probably block Vimeo because some of the videos on there contain nudity (not the Affinity tutorials). You could explore using a Virtual Private Network (VPN) to circumvent those restrictions, try using an alternate name server (like the free Google ones, 8.8.8.8, 8.8.8.4 ) or see if Serif can point you to an alternate location for the videos (the preferred solution). I have no idea if trying to circumvent the restrictions could get you into trouble since the Affinity tutorials themselves wouldn't be banned, but research that before doing anything. See this article: http://www.quora.com/Why-is-reddit-and-Vimeo-blocked-on-some-ISPs-in-Indonesia
  25. DonatoF
    Just a note on the forums The bugs forum is open, the "closed" you see is a sub-forum where they move the closed items. Confused me too at first.
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