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    What is the optimum file size for storage and viewing on screen only?

    in Pre-V2 Archive of Affinity on Desktop Questions (macOS and Windows)

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    Using Tiff file @ 16bit RGB creates a huge file size.

    I am storing picture files for viewing on screen only and not for printing.

    Jpegs tend to loose resolution after each edit or save. The file size is much smaller!

    Any suggestions on how to obtain best minimum file size for storage and viewing without loosing resolution?

    Currently using AP as external editor in Aperture.

    When using AP in Aperture, it copies & increases the file size of the selected pic for edit in AP and saves back to Aperture after flatten/save.

     

    Thanks,

     

    Chris :(

    AP1.4 very slow and crashes often when used as editor in Aperture

    in Pre-V2 Archive of Affinity on Desktop Questions (macOS and Windows)

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    Hi Andy,

     

    Each time Ap crashed, a report was sent to Apple or AP?

    Never bothered to recover the crashed images.

    Will test it out more after few weeks, when either EI Capitan or AP is more stabilized.

     

    The extensions do work in Apple Photos.

    Haze removal does wonders to Landscape pics.

    Only problem encountered was when in develop, noise reduction to image when applied do not seem to save.

     

    Regards,

     

    Chris

     

    Chris

     

     

     

    Chris

    AP1.4 very slow and crashes often when used as editor in Aperture

    in Pre-V2 Archive of Affinity on Desktop Questions (macOS and Windows)

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    Ever since the AP1.4 update with OS X EI Capitan 10.11.2 on iMac 27, AP very slow and often times crashes when used as external editor in Aperture. When save as flatten, it either takes a few minutes to save back in Aperture or just crashes.

     

    When used as extension in Apple Photos, no effective changes seem to happen after save.

     

     

    AP: Aperture - AP - Aperture

    in Pre-V2 Archive of Affinity on Desktop Questions (macOS and Windows)

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    I am using AP as external editor in Aperture.

    Each time I right click to use AP, it duplicates the image for use in AP.

    This save back to Aperture sometimes work and sometime just do not.

    Edited pictures look fantastic in AP vs Aperture after save in same tiff file size and format.....???

     

    Ap seems to be faster in rendering images and have much more editing tools compared with Aperture.

    LEGACY: Official Affinity Photo (Desktop) Video Tutorials

    in Tutorials (Staff and Customer Created Tutorials)

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    Hi Andy,

     

    I have watched all the Affinity Photo Video Tutorials, they have such a smooth flow to how each edit is done.

    Looks very simple, yet when I go into AP to replicate, I seem to be for ever at a loss on how I should go about it.

    Totally lost and exasperated!

     

    Your Tutorials are excellent for experienced folks with knowledgeable background on layers.

    I migrated over from Aperture and by comparison -

    AP has much more to offer, but definitely not as simple as Aperture.

     

    Thanks 

     

     

    LEGACY: Official Affinity Photo (Desktop) Video Tutorials

    in Tutorials (Staff and Customer Created Tutorials)

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    I feel the same. I think Affinity is the best software i purchased since long and i do want to try and learn to work with this program.

     

    But i am also a very beginner - have never worked with PS or some kind. And i get stuck a lot of times trying to follow the tutorials...  :o and i can't always figure out what i am missing out exactly.

     

    So my tactic is to follow all the tutorials and try to reproduce them. What happens most of the time is that even if i follow the steps very closely, the magic happening in the tut vid's do not happen on my photo :( .

     

    For instance, i am now trying to reproduce the Frequency Separation tutorial with a photo of my own. Around 1:50 in the video the healing brush is used, in the low frequency filter. The spots i see on the skin of the person on my photo just don't go away?! I even don't see anything happening. No spot is being removed, no change at all.... 

     

    My question is: can i download the used photos in the tutorials to use those to try to reproduce the tutorials.

    So i know the problem is not that i am using an inadequate photo?  :)

     

    Any ideas to enhance my beginners tactic?  :rolleyes:

     

    I am with you all the way! You are not alone.

    Certainly look forward to a more detailed step by step tutorial.

    LEGACY: Official Affinity Photo (Desktop) Video Tutorials

    in Tutorials (Staff and Customer Created Tutorials)

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    Hi chrisw, I understand your concern but to re-assure you a little - it is taking me a while also to adjust from using Photoshop which I have used for a very long time (about 15 years I think) and learning Photoshop for the first time it really did my head in when I first started using it. Just try to be patient with this and you will most definitely be rewarded I would concentrate on learning about one thing at a time and you won't stop learning for years afterwards - the scope of this software is immense. First up try to start to understand how useful layers are and working on layers - it will get you started and you will not wreck the original photo if just work on the layer copy. See if you can find someone that is interested in photography in your area and you will probably find that they do some editing - it might help some. Experiment with a layer (copy of the photo) and see how it works is a good start.

     

    Best regards

    Wow! 15 Years to master PS. Wonder how long it will take me to learn use layers & tools efficiently/effectively in AP. Have watched all the great tutorials but when going into AP to replicate, the flow is just not there. I must have missed out on some minor details on actual tool selection.

    Thanks for re-assuring me....the software is fantastic for those who know.

    Importing raw file from Aperture with media viewer

    in Pre-V2 Archive of Affinity on Desktop Questions (macOS and Windows)

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    Hi Chris,

    Welcome to Affinity Forums .
    If you open it from the Media Browser inside Affinity, yes (if i'm not wrong).
    But you can send the image directly from Aperture to an external editor going to menu Photos ▹ Edit with External Editor...
    To use this feature you must set it up first in Aperture's Preferences, Export tab (section on top). You can also choose the preferred File Format and Colour Space there.
     
     
    If you want to export the original RAW format instead, select the image in Aperture and go to Aperture's menu File ▹ Export ▹ Original...

     

     

    Thanks! Now I know that the settings are to do done in Aperture as well as export original to AP. Nothing to do with settings in AP. :)

    1. - How do I make Affinity Media Browser recognize an Aperture Library located elsewhere but in the "blessed" Pictures folder?

    in Pre-V2 Archive of Affinity on Desktop Questions (macOS and Windows)

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    Hi Cesar, it does not appear the media browser allows you too look elsewhere besides the default Aperture/iPhoto/Pictures or dragging in a folder.

     

    Regarding your workflow, I have already made a few posts on this forum for those wanting to Keep Aperture for managing their pictures but edit in Affinity Photo

     

    Not sure why your choosing save as rather than just save. 

     

     In Aperture in the menu bar go to Aperture - Preferences - Export - External Photo Editor and choose Affinity Photo and choose your file format and colour space, once done and inside Aperture you can right click on a picture and tell it edit with Affinity Photo (I take it from you post you already know how to do this) Once inside Affinity photo and you make you edit and you press save it will save back to Aperture for you.  

     

    Out of interest what is the .PDS file? that sounds like a Power Director Video file. 

     

     

     

    Allan

    Thanks a million...now I can use Aperture for file organization & edit with Affinity Photo if needed.

    Frequency Separation

    in Pre-V2 Archive of Affinity on Desktop Questions (macOS and Windows)

    Posted

    Been using PS since 192 and Affinity Photo is looking great guys. Well done :)

    Trying to get my head round FS (frequency Separation). It creates two layers, but I'm not sure what to do with them?

    I've tried making a mask on the top layer and painting-in (or out) the areas I want affected, but nothing is happenning.

    Checked all the brushes are correct, ie 100percent, black, normal blend etc. Nothing :(

    any clues how I get my image to actually show what the filter has done?

    Obviously missing something obvious :)

    I have exactly the same problem. 

    LEGACY: Official Affinity Photo (Desktop) Video Tutorials

    in Tutorials (Staff and Customer Created Tutorials)

    Posted

    :blink:

    In-house Affinity Photo Video Tutorials seems more catered to professionals & Photo Shop users.

    Very difficult for amateurs, totally new to photo editing software.

    I purchased this 2 weeks back and still not able grasp one single bit of your quick tutorials!

    Look forward to some more intuitive/detailed step by step tutorials for biginners.

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