Dennis Schmitz

Going to check that out. Just got my 48 inch OLED which I calibrated directly/internally, so will see what happens if I leave the calibration on or off on the other screen.

The only "solution" I found is to set the display profile to sRGB before I start AP and set to the calibrated profile after so I get correct colors. Tried Matrix+Lut or Matrix+Curves based profiles using Displaycal/Argyll set to 2.2 gamma (native gamma of my screen) but that didn't help either. The only way to make AP work correctly seems to have a screen supporting proper hardware calibration.

I'm also running into the very same issue. Decided to take another look at Affinity Photo with version 1.9 and still can't get it to display photos correctly unlike any other program: Davinci Resolve Studio, Premiere, After Effects, Microsoft Office, Chrome/Firefox, Gimp, Photoshop (soft proof set to Monitor RGB), Windows Photo Viewer, various video players etc. Everything I open inside AP - screenshots included - looks washed out with raised shadow levels and saturation - but looks "fine" if I use the standard sRGB profile for monitor instead of the calibrated one I did for my LG 27" IPS monitor with 99% sRGB. Why is AP allergic to software-calibrated sRGB displays? A hint: My screen is calibrated to 2.2 gamma as recommended for LG flat screens using a native 2.2 gamma instead of sRGB gamma. Gamut is sRGB still. If I calibrate my screen for sRGB gamma inside Displaycal instead, every single program mentioned earlier - the whole desktop basically - looks as washed out as Affinity Photo.

Sure, and I don't have the issue in any other program. I'm also working as a colorist using Davinci Resolve and my monitor calibrated to sRGB/Gamma 2.2 using Displaycal always delivers correct results, the video/graphics/photo out- and input looks the same in Davinci Resolve, media players and web browsers etc. on my external Rec709 calibrated TV as well as GPU-connected calibrated 4K 27inch LG display. The issue is super weird, but will try on some other windows machines, too. Wondering if there's no other way to make sure that my pictures look the same as in any other program? In Photoshop I also have to make use of the proof color (monitor RGB) tool, but it actually adjusts the whole image with each new layer and not just the very first layer like Assign ICC profile does in Affinity photo. I'm also not doing any printing, my output is almost entirely sRGB/web-delivery or VFX linear EXR clean plates - which I didn't test yet inside AP. Have been using Gimp for that purpose in the past since Photoshop doesn't deal correctly with these files.

Same question here. In Photoshop I can use the Proof Colors -> Monitor RGB setting and everything will look exactly like it should do. Without this option in either Photoshop or Affinity Photo my images look slightly too bright, looking like the gamma is too low. My displays are calibrated to 2.2 gamma, 120nits, 6500K using displaycal. The profile is assigned to the screen via DisplayCal Profile Loader. Using Windows 10. Every program - but Photoshop (Proof Colors workaround fixes it) or Affinity Photo - is working correctly like Davinci Resolve Studio, Premiere, Fusion, AE, Gimp, Windows Photo Viewer, Edge, Video players (Rec709 to sRGB conversion) etc. In Affinity Photo I can assign the monitor profile to the document itself, but each new layer on top suffers from the same issue again. As a possible workaround, is it possible to assign the ICC profile to each layer?