[Desperately seeking Lightroom replacement]

NeoFinder/abeMeda seems another option for image management. Think I looked at it in the past.

[Upgrading Apple Imac to what?]

I found I could get a higher spec pc than a mac for the same money. Low end gaming PC's were competitively priced so maybe look around.

[Desperately seeking Lightroom replacement]

3 hours ago, Marshalleq said:

Hey, thanks for this - I have a number of topaz products, are you sure this is a photo library management tool?  When looking it up on google, the first thing I'm met with is the below picture stating it's only purpose is photo editing.  Then browsing through this (albeit rather quickly), I didn't find a single entry, screenshot or otherwise saying anything about managing photo libraries, though lots about editing photos.  Perhaps this is my problem, the management part is taken for granted and not advertised?  Do you have screenshots or otherwise of it actually managing a library i.e. photo tiles etc?  I've downloaded a trial anyway and will get to the above mentioned ones and relook at them again also.  Thanks.

 

Edit: I've now downloaded and used it and I can't see any way that I can use it as a manager, only an editor.  Somehow I was already licensed for it, so I guess I'll keep it and have a play later, but I can only edit individual photos, not manage a library.  If you could explain what I'm doing wrong or what our difference might be in what we think a library manager is that might be useful.  Thanks.

 

Sorry I may have been confused as to what you were after. I use Capture One Express as I don't have a huge number of images. Just send tiffs to Affinity Photo. I know some people use Photo Mechanic to manage images.

[moving an item after paste]

Do you have the selection on its own layer? If so try the Move tool. 

I make a selection, hit Ctrl J to get it on a layer then use Move.

[Desperately seeking Lightroom replacement]

Topaz Studio 2 is another option.

[Desperately seeking Lightroom replacement]

If you're after photo management, Capture One Express has some functionality for RAW,DNG and TIFF files(Catalogue but no sessions) and is free for Sony, Nikon and Fuji. Editing is along the lines of AP Develop Persona. FastRawViewer is fast and works with RAW files but no editing. Adobe Bridge is also free.

[Exporting to .tiff destroys image]

Do you have hardware acceleration on? If so, try with it off. Edit->Preferences->Performance. It can do truly weird things with some GPU.

[Affinity Photo]

Are you on Windows?

[Affinity photo shutting down by it self while working on pictures]

Are your graphics drivers up to date?

[Affinity photo shutting down by it self while working on pictures]

Try with hardware acceleration off. Edit->Preferences->Performance

[Failed to save document - Save failed because the file could not be written to]

Can you export as psd?

[Failed to save document - Save failed because the file could not be written to]

Can you export as psd?

[Crashed with big file]

I don't think I kept it. I'll have a look. Maybe try again.

[Affinity photo crashes all the time when:]

First thing to try is turn off hardware acceleration. Edit->Preferences->Performance

[AP, Windows, set color panel to color space ?]

When you change monitors are you dragging AP across? Or are you restarting it on the new monitor?

[High pass filter will not will not apply]

Maybe try with hardware acceleration turned off, if you have it on. Edit->Preferences->Performance. It can cause all sorts of odd problems.

[Frequently crashes when refining a selection]

Try turning off hardware acceleration. Edit->Preferences->Performance. 

[Purchasing New Computer Help]

I have 16Gb RAM, reasonable storage (500gb ssd + 1TB HDD built in and several external drives), a reasonable graphics card with  4GB RAM (I would have got a better card if I'd known how much hardware acceleration was going to be used) and an i7 processor. Serviceable rather than spectacular. Mine is a DELL XPS Desktop. Possibly could have done better at a local computer store but I find it confusing and it was easier to get one ready made. If you're not doing a lot of photos could probably get away with less storage. Lower end gaming PCs can be good.

[Simple blending mode question.]

That makes sense. I think you'll need blend ranges or luminosity masks but come back here if you get stuck.

[Simple blending mode question.]

A bit confused about your percentages. If 25% of the shadows is C200, what is the other 75%? 

To save as a tiff, I use File->Export and its one of the export options.

[Affinity Photo keeps crashing on Windows 11]

13 hours ago, LMH said:

I'm having problems too. Updated laptop because mine was old and slow but no problems with Affinity. New laptop came with windows 11. Affinity keeps freezing and the screen just keeps breaking up. Any help would be great thanks.

Is hardware acceleration on? Maybe try turning it off if it is. (Edit->Preferences->Performance). It fights with some GPU. Are your graphics drivers up to date? And

 

 

[Color matching problems]

Do you have a local Department store that prints? If so, print them through them. Usually only costs a few cents for a 4X6. If the colours are OK its your printer. If the colours are still bad its something else.

[Affinity Photo Crashing a Lot in the Last Few Days (Crashlog Attached)]

Nvidia has a clean install option. Might be worth trying that before Display Driver Uninstaller.

[Affinity Photo, how can I thicken some thin line-like features in an insect photo?]

Not sure if it will give you enough, but create a B&W layer with Overlay blend mode and mask so its just covers the wings. Play with the Yellow and Green sliders in B&W to help contrast. But may not be enough.

[Lens calibration in Affinity]

If you look around you might find Adobe's lens profile creator. They stopped making it available for download a few years ago. From memory its pretty easy to use.

 

Adobe still have it on their web site but the links don't work.

https://helpx.adobe.com/au/photoshop/digital-negative.html#Adobe_Lens_Profile_Creator