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Have changed this to an Epub for 1.5 (Updated Dec 7, 2016 with Gold Master Help File)
 
Here is a link to the Affinity Photo Help File in Epub Format for Version 1.5  (December 7, 2016) - works great in Ibooks. 

Very convenient to have in a portable format - or to use side by side with Affinity Photo on your computer.

    Link: https://app.box.com/s/bjv07ey7ryvqbg16zh4yjazcd65uw85c
 
    Alternate Link:  https://1drv.ms/u/s!AjuKWjfPlktwgfoEGfpoz65qzzsz_A
 
 
Just download it to your ipad and pick "open in IBooks"  or download it to your computer and email it to yourself and then pick "open in iBooks" from your iPad.

Its a spectacular resource on an iPad Pro.  If you have an android tablet, go to Google Play and search for "epub reader"
 

Have changed this to an Epub for 1.5 (Updated Dec 7, 2016 with Gold Master Help File)
 
Here is a link to the Affinity Photo Help File in Epub Format for Version 1.5  (December 7, 2016) - works great in Ibooks. 

Very convenient to have in a portable format - or to use side by side with Affinity Photo on your computer.

    Link: https://app.box.com/s/bjv07ey7ryvqbg16zh4yjazcd65uw85c
 
    Alternate Link:  https://1drv.ms/u/s!AjuKWjfPlktwgfoEGfpoz65qzzsz_A
 
 
Just download it to your ipad and pick "open in IBooks"  or download it to your computer and email it to yourself and then pick "open in iBooks" from your iPad.

Its a spectacular resource on an iPad Pro.  If you have an android tablet, go to Google Play and search for "epub reader"
 

Have changed this to an Epub for 1.5 (Updated Dec 7, 2016 with Gold Master Help File)
 
Here is a link to the Affinity Photo Help File in Epub Format for Version 1.5  (December 7, 2016) - works great in Ibooks. 

Very convenient to have in a portable format - or to use side by side with Affinity Photo on your computer.

    Link: https://app.box.com/s/bjv07ey7ryvqbg16zh4yjazcd65uw85c
 
    Alternate Link:  https://1drv.ms/u/s!AjuKWjfPlktwgfoEGfpoz65qzzsz_A
 
 
Just download it to your ipad and pick "open in IBooks"  or download it to your computer and email it to yourself and then pick "open in iBooks" from your iPad.

Its a spectacular resource on an iPad Pro.  If you have an android tablet, go to Google Play and search for "epub reader"
 

I have produced a pdf version of the Affinity Photo manual that you can read without starting the program. It can be interesting to put it on your phone or tablet to read when you have some time to spare. Since the file is too big to upload here, I have put it on Dropbox for you to download. It is current for the last version of Affinity Photo. Comments welcomed. Here is the link:
 
https://dropbox.com/s/d3uxmmypdx9ruzw/Affinity%20Photo%20Manual.pdf?dl=0
 
 

Have changed this to an Epub for 1.5 (Updated Dec 7, 2016 with Gold Master Help File)
 
Here is a link to the Affinity Photo Help File in Epub Format for Version 1.5  (December 7, 2016) - works great in Ibooks. 

Very convenient to have in a portable format - or to use side by side with Affinity Photo on your computer.

    Link: https://app.box.com/s/bjv07ey7ryvqbg16zh4yjazcd65uw85c
 
    Alternate Link:  https://1drv.ms/u/s!AjuKWjfPlktwgfoEGfpoz65qzzsz_A
 
 
Just download it to your ipad and pick "open in IBooks"  or download it to your computer and email it to yourself and then pick "open in iBooks" from your iPad.

Its a spectacular resource on an iPad Pro.  If you have an android tablet, go to Google Play and search for "epub reader"
 

Thank you for the update.  This makes getting the most out of new features so much easier for those of us who are print-oriented.

Have changed this to an Epub for 1.5 (Updated Dec 7, 2016 with Gold Master Help File)
 
Here is a link to the Affinity Photo Help File in Epub Format for Version 1.5  (December 7, 2016) - works great in Ibooks. 

Very convenient to have in a portable format - or to use side by side with Affinity Photo on your computer.

    Link: https://app.box.com/s/bjv07ey7ryvqbg16zh4yjazcd65uw85c
 
    Alternate Link:  https://1drv.ms/u/s!AjuKWjfPlktwgfoEGfpoz65qzzsz_A
 
 
Just download it to your ipad and pick "open in IBooks"  or download it to your computer and email it to yourself and then pick "open in iBooks" from your iPad.

Its a spectacular resource on an iPad Pro.  If you have an android tablet, go to Google Play and search for "epub reader"
 

About a month ago, I posted a number of macros for creating Luminosity Selections. These macros acted only on Pixel and Image layers, and could be used to create masks, adjustment layers, filters, etc. Today’s macros are a follow-up set, and are created to act on Adjustment Layers and Live Filter Layers.

These macros apply Blend Options to the adjustment and filter layers to produce the same results you would get with traditional luminosity selections and masks. However, these changes can be viewed in real time.

Instructions (see attached pictures):

1) Create an adjustment layer or a live filter layer like you normally would.

2) Apply the effect that the layer provides.

3) Now, click one of the Luminosity Blend Options macros to restrict the adjustment or filter effect to a luminosity range.


Notes:

1) Each macro restricts an Adjustment Layer or a Live Filter Layer based on the luminosity of the underlying composition - that is, the visible pixels in layers below the one being restricted.

2) NO additional channels are created, so files don’t become bloated.

3) Once you apply a macro to an adjustment or filter, you can change the luminosity restriction by choosing a different one, AND you can see the updates in real time. (For instance, if you want to darken an overexposed sky by applying a Levels layer, create the Levels adjustment layer and apply the “Lights 1 for Adjustments & Filters” macro. If you have affected too many of the midtones and darks, select “Lights 2 (or 3, or 4) for Adjustments & Filters” to restrict the adjustment toward lighter and lighter pixels.)

4) There is an additional macro called “Reset Blend Options to Normal” that will undo any changes the other macros have created, and return the Adjustment or Filter layer to its normal function.

Caveats:

5) Do not apply these macros to your baseline photo. They will not have the desired effect. These macros should be applied to Adjustment and Live Filter layers that are situated above the photo they are modifying.

6) As with my previous set of macros, I am one person with one computer. Obviously, I have not tested these macros in every possible situation. Use them if you like them. No guarantees are made.

7) If you like them, they are yours. Consider this to be “pay it forward” software. Enjoy it.
 
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Edit (Dec 7, 2016) - The afmacros zip file below has been replaced with a new file, named differently. This is in response to the post which follows this one. The edited attachment should work better (or, should I say, it should simply work).
 



Luminosity Blend Options for Adjustments.afmacros.zip

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— following and completing this thread:
https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/27639-no-ap-•-first-snow-—picture-heavy/
 
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Very heavy clouds and fog were not helping me in this but
the equation remains and should be completed:
I got the gear + here is the challenge = I'm gonna do what?
 
By law (physics laws that is!), birds will fly at the same speed
(flight is flight!) in good or bad lighting conditions. I should try
to get good results and the solution resides in tweaking the
shooting settings accordingly,  accepting to compromise here
and/or there: higher ISO, same ƒ stop, and, when possible,
slower SS.
 
Every time it is different and, today, some Great Egrets really
outperformed all the others birds show wise.
The light was alien somehow but that did not bother the birds.
 
Have a look, have a good time… C&C welcomed!
 
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It was also breakfast time for
what we call a "Blue Heron"!

 
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This Great Egret is getting dangerously close
to the Heron which is a much stronger bird.

 
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This hybrid Goose (Greylag + ???) brought
a rather modest contribution to the show!

 
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"Clear the runway, here I come"!

Have changed this to an Epub for 1.5 (Updated Dec 7, 2016 with Gold Master Help File)
 
Here is a link to the Affinity Photo Help File in Epub Format for Version 1.5  (December 7, 2016) - works great in Ibooks. 

Very convenient to have in a portable format - or to use side by side with Affinity Photo on your computer.

    Link: https://app.box.com/s/bjv07ey7ryvqbg16zh4yjazcd65uw85c
 
    Alternate Link:  https://1drv.ms/u/s!AjuKWjfPlktwgfoEGfpoz65qzzsz_A
 
 
Just download it to your ipad and pick "open in IBooks"  or download it to your computer and email it to yourself and then pick "open in iBooks" from your iPad.

Its a spectacular resource on an iPad Pro.  If you have an android tablet, go to Google Play and search for "epub reader"
 

Here is a link to the Affinity Photo Help File in Epub Format for Version 1.5 (Updated December 7, 2016) works great in Ibooks.
 
Very convenient to have in a portable format - or to use side by side with Affinity on your computer.
 
 Link: https://app.box.com/s/bjv07ey7ryvqbg16zh4yjazcd65uw85c

Alternate Link:  https://1drv.ms/u/s!AjuKWjfPlktwgfoEGfpoz65qzzsz_A

 
Just download it to your ipad and pick "open in Ibooks"  or download it to your computer and email it to yourself and then pick "open in iBooks" from your iPad. 
 
The "un-named" entry at the top is the table of contents as in the help file and it scrolls on my iPad.  However it does block the screen content.  If you choose to scroll the "table of contents" from Ibooks it is not hierarchically organized - but the screen is full.  Best way to find something after that is to do a search.  Its very comprehensive.   (My continuing love/hate relationship with technology.)
 
Its a spectacular resource on an iPad Pro.   If you have an android tablet, go to Google Play and search for "epub reader".

I am pretty sure this version is in GERMAN. 
 
EPUB version of German Help Affinity Photo 1.4.2 Links:

Box Link:  https://app.box.com/s/trg67q8w77qsu27cq32ijybiwrogiuy3

One Drive Link:  https://1drv.ms/u/s!AjuKWjfPlktwgfdS_9Tmdcl38uF5kw
 

Here is a link to the Affinity Photo Help File in Epub Format for Version 1.5 (Updated December 7, 2016) works great in Ibooks.
 
Very convenient to have in a portable format - or to use side by side with Affinity on your computer.
 
 Link: https://app.box.com/s/bjv07ey7ryvqbg16zh4yjazcd65uw85c

Alternate Link:  https://1drv.ms/u/s!AjuKWjfPlktwgfoEGfpoz65qzzsz_A

 
Just download it to your ipad and pick "open in Ibooks"  or download it to your computer and email it to yourself and then pick "open in iBooks" from your iPad. 
 
The "un-named" entry at the top is the table of contents as in the help file and it scrolls on my iPad.  However it does block the screen content.  If you choose to scroll the "table of contents" from Ibooks it is not hierarchically organized - but the screen is full.  Best way to find something after that is to do a search.  Its very comprehensive.   (My continuing love/hate relationship with technology.)
 
Its a spectacular resource on an iPad Pro.   If you have an android tablet, go to Google Play and search for "epub reader".

Have changed this to an Epub for 1.5 (Updated Dec 7, 2016 with Gold Master Help File)
 
Here is a link to the Affinity Photo Help File in Epub Format for Version 1.5  (December 7, 2016) - works great in Ibooks. 

Very convenient to have in a portable format - or to use side by side with Affinity Photo on your computer.

    Link: https://app.box.com/s/bjv07ey7ryvqbg16zh4yjazcd65uw85c
 
    Alternate Link:  https://1drv.ms/u/s!AjuKWjfPlktwgfoEGfpoz65qzzsz_A
 
 
Just download it to your ipad and pick "open in IBooks"  or download it to your computer and email it to yourself and then pick "open in iBooks" from your iPad.

Its a spectacular resource on an iPad Pro.  If you have an android tablet, go to Google Play and search for "epub reader"
 

Have changed this to an Epub for 1.5 (Updated Dec 7, 2016 with Gold Master Help File)
 
Here is a link to the Affinity Photo Help File in Epub Format for Version 1.5  (December 7, 2016) - works great in Ibooks. 

Very convenient to have in a portable format - or to use side by side with Affinity Photo on your computer.

    Link: https://app.box.com/s/bjv07ey7ryvqbg16zh4yjazcd65uw85c
 
    Alternate Link:  https://1drv.ms/u/s!AjuKWjfPlktwgfoEGfpoz65qzzsz_A
 
 
Just download it to your ipad and pick "open in IBooks"  or download it to your computer and email it to yourself and then pick "open in iBooks" from your iPad.

Its a spectacular resource on an iPad Pro.  If you have an android tablet, go to Google Play and search for "epub reader"
 

I have just posted what I think is the German EPUB file in a separate posting.  But the links are here as well:
 
Epub German Help 1.4.2 Links:

Box Link:  https://app.box.com/s/trg67q8w77qsu27cq32ijybiwrogiuy3

One Drive Link:  https://1drv.ms/u/s!AjuKWjfPlktwgfdS_9Tmdcl38uF5kw
 

Have changed this to an Epub for 1.5 (Updated Dec 7, 2016 with Gold Master Help File)
 
Here is a link to the Affinity Photo Help File in Epub Format for Version 1.5  (December 7, 2016) - works great in Ibooks. 

Very convenient to have in a portable format - or to use side by side with Affinity Photo on your computer.

    Link: https://app.box.com/s/bjv07ey7ryvqbg16zh4yjazcd65uw85c
 
    Alternate Link:  https://1drv.ms/u/s!AjuKWjfPlktwgfoEGfpoz65qzzsz_A
 
 
Just download it to your ipad and pick "open in IBooks"  or download it to your computer and email it to yourself and then pick "open in iBooks" from your iPad.

Its a spectacular resource on an iPad Pro.  If you have an android tablet, go to Google Play and search for "epub reader"
 

I have just converted the help file to an ePub for 1.4.2 in French:
 
French Help 1.4.2 Links
 
One Drive Link:   https://onedrive.live.com/redir?resid=704B96CF375A8A3B!31696&authkey=!AD2a7RGZPOocnwo&ithint=file%2cepub
 
Box Link:  https://app.box.com/s/3p98wf8yibh1tcmjwi530u4n8qvuojaw

Here are links to Affinity Photo Help in Epub in French as requested  (I think its correct but I don't speak or read French).
 
French Help EPUB 1.4.2 Links
 
One Drive Link:   https://onedrive.live.com/redir?resid=704B96CF375A8A3B!31696&authkey=!AD2a7RGZPOocnwo&ithint=file%2cepub
 
Box Link:  https://app.box.com/s/3p98wf8yibh1tcmjwi530u4n8qvuojaw
 

Links should now be live again - there are two posts - have updated to 1.4.2

I didn't discover it.  I built it using calibre to convert the help file inside the affinity program to an epub.  A bit of trial and error to get it to work reasonably well.  The links are to my Box and OneDrive Cloud drives.  I have put it in two places so one of them would always work.  (There are transfer caps per month on the free ones).

Here is a link to the Affinity Photo Help File in Epub Format for Version 1.5 (Updated December 7, 2016) works great in Ibooks.
 
Very convenient to have in a portable format - or to use side by side with Affinity on your computer.
 
 Link: https://app.box.com/s/bjv07ey7ryvqbg16zh4yjazcd65uw85c

Alternate Link:  https://1drv.ms/u/s!AjuKWjfPlktwgfoEGfpoz65qzzsz_A

 
Just download it to your ipad and pick "open in Ibooks"  or download it to your computer and email it to yourself and then pick "open in iBooks" from your iPad. 
 
The "un-named" entry at the top is the table of contents as in the help file and it scrolls on my iPad.  However it does block the screen content.  If you choose to scroll the "table of contents" from Ibooks it is not hierarchically organized - but the screen is full.  Best way to find something after that is to do a search.  Its very comprehensive.   (My continuing love/hate relationship with technology.)
 
Its a spectacular resource on an iPad Pro.   If you have an android tablet, go to Google Play and search for "epub reader".

Here is a link to the Affinity Photo Help File in Epub Format for Version 1.5 (Updated December 7, 2016) works great in Ibooks.
 
Very convenient to have in a portable format - or to use side by side with Affinity on your computer.
 
 Link: https://app.box.com/s/bjv07ey7ryvqbg16zh4yjazcd65uw85c

Alternate Link:  https://1drv.ms/u/s!AjuKWjfPlktwgfoEGfpoz65qzzsz_A

 
Just download it to your ipad and pick "open in Ibooks"  or download it to your computer and email it to yourself and then pick "open in iBooks" from your iPad. 
 
The "un-named" entry at the top is the table of contents as in the help file and it scrolls on my iPad.  However it does block the screen content.  If you choose to scroll the "table of contents" from Ibooks it is not hierarchically organized - but the screen is full.  Best way to find something after that is to do a search.  Its very comprehensive.   (My continuing love/hate relationship with technology.)
 
Its a spectacular resource on an iPad Pro.   If you have an android tablet, go to Google Play and search for "epub reader".

I didn't discover it.  I built it using calibre to convert the help file inside the affinity program to an epub.  A bit of trial and error to get it to work reasonably well.  The links are to my Box and OneDrive Cloud drives.  I have put it in two places so one of them would always work.  (There are transfer caps per month on the free ones).

Here is a link to the Affinity Photo Help File in Epub Format for Version 1.5 (Updated December 7, 2016) works great in Ibooks.
 
Very convenient to have in a portable format - or to use side by side with Affinity on your computer.
 
 Link: https://app.box.com/s/bjv07ey7ryvqbg16zh4yjazcd65uw85c

Alternate Link:  https://1drv.ms/u/s!AjuKWjfPlktwgfoEGfpoz65qzzsz_A

 
Just download it to your ipad and pick "open in Ibooks"  or download it to your computer and email it to yourself and then pick "open in iBooks" from your iPad. 
 
The "un-named" entry at the top is the table of contents as in the help file and it scrolls on my iPad.  However it does block the screen content.  If you choose to scroll the "table of contents" from Ibooks it is not hierarchically organized - but the screen is full.  Best way to find something after that is to do a search.  Its very comprehensive.   (My continuing love/hate relationship with technology.)
 
Its a spectacular resource on an iPad Pro.   If you have an android tablet, go to Google Play and search for "epub reader".