chillywilly
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Poor export quality of PNG and JPG.
chillywilly replied to Designer1's topic in V2 Bugs found on Windows
I have found that I get much better results if I flatten my artwork before exporting. I'll attach an example. Both versions were made from a 3000 pixel file that was reduced to 400px in the export window and saved as a JPG format using Bicubic and 70% quality. Dear Affinity Developers — A simple improvement you can make is to automatically flatten artwork before compressing to export formats that don't support vector layers. This would easily improve the resolution of the curves, such as with fonts. The user should not be forced to flatten the .afphoto file before exporting to JPG in order to get the best results. It should be done by the software as it creates the JPG.
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Artistic text + perspective looks pixelated upon export
chillywilly replied to will_barbo's topic in V2 Bugs found on macOS
I have found that I get much better results if I flatten my artwork before exporting. I'll attach an example. Both versions were made from a 3000 pixel file that was reduced to 400px in the export window and saved as a JPG format using Bicubic and 70% quality. Dear Affinity Developers — A simple improvement you can make is to automatically flatten artwork before compressing to export formats that don't support vector layers. This would easily improve the resolution of the curves, such as with fonts. The user should not be forced to flatten the .afphoto file before exporting to JPG in order to get the best results. It should be done by the software as it creates the JPG.
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It seems silly not to apply the basics like crop, rotation, white balance, exposure adjustments, etc. They aren't that wild. Lightroom is so common that for a competitor to be able to read XMP from Lightroom and apply the settings, it seems a compelling feature.
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By the way, in the post you provided, it says DxO PhotoLab 6 stores corrections from Lightroom in XMP. https://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/66715331
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I see. That seems like a wasted opportunity, but if that's how it is, then OK. Thanks for the information!
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Sure. Different applications will have their own way of interpreting the values in an XMP file. But also, XMP is an ISO standard, and I think all photo editing software tries to get similar results from similar values. Therefore, reading values from XMP files would get me very close. Consider white balance. OK, one program’s interpretation of 6700° won't match exactly as another’s... but if the image was shot at 6000°, I'd rather start with Affinity's interpretation of 6700° if that's what the photographer set in the XMP. I imagine it would be very close to Lightroom’s interpretation of 6700°.
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We disagree on this. Affinity Photo 2 offers RAW editing, and a sidecar file makes perfect sense to me. It is industry standard, and interchangeability with other RAW editors is a workflow improvement. It wasn't that long ago that I received a batch of RAW images from a photographer who had taken the time to make adjustments. I wanted to use those adjustments, but I couldn't because AP doesn't understand XMP files. It meant I had to start from scratch with each image. If a feature would improve the product for the way I use it, then it gets my vote.
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Thank you Walt! I'm happy to read that.
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I think I just figured out how this works. After I click "Develop," I need to save the .afphoto file in the same directory. What I'm saving is a much smaller file than the RAW image. I can close everything, and when I reopen the .afphoto file, the full resolution image is there. If I go to the Develop persona I see that all my previous adjustments were retained.
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I think I just figured out how this works. After I click "Develop," I need to save the .afphoto file in the same directory. What I'm saving is a much smaller file than the RAW image. I can close everything, and when I reopen the .afphoto file, the full resolution image is there. If I go to the Develop persona I see that all my previous adjustments were retained.
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I basically posted the same question because I didn't find this when I searched for "linked." I don't understand. In v2.2.1, the Develop persona has an output setting called "RAW Layer (Linked)." What is this, if it is not to save a sidecar file?
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I searched the forums and haven't found that this question has been asked... I made changes to a CR2 RAW image with the output format set to RAW Layer (Linked). I'm expecting a sidecar file to appear next to the RAW image, but it doesn't show up. If I click the blue "Develop" button I can then come back to the Develop persona, as long as I haven't closed the file, and my changes are still there. But if I close the file without saving anything and then I reopen the RAW image, the changes I made are lost. What I want is to make adjustments in the Develop persona, export a JPG for sharing, and close the RAW image. I expect Affinity Photo 2 to save a sidecar file with the adjustments so they are preserved. How do I do this please? I feel like a dummy for asking, but I have not been able to figure this out.
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Center locked cropping
chillywilly replied to Lemons's topic in Feedback for Affinity Photo V1 on Desktop
@walt.farrell Thank you for sharing this news with us! -
convert donut to circle
chillywilly replied to chillywilly's topic in Affinity on Desktop Questions (macOS and Windows)
Thanks for your replies. Looks like the answer is no, but we can simulate it. -
Is there a way to change a donut back into an ellipse shape in Designer 2 (not by converting to curves)?
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You guys are hilarious. Thanks!
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I must be doing something wrong because I can't select nodes in Designer 2 using the node tool by dragging to create a marque selection. What's the problem? cannot-select.mov
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OK, so the answer is... Affinity Photo cannot apply the adjustments saved in an XMP file. That sucks. Thanks for answering my questions.
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I'm not understanding. What do you mean "other photos?" I'm wanting to see the settings applied to "the photo" with the same name as the XMP file. The sidecar file was created by the photographer for that specific photo.
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That page says, "When importing metadata, only fields for which the XMP file contains data are overwritten..." Yet it's not overwriting the white balance, which is data in the XMP file as you can see in the screenshot I presented.
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I'm afraid it's not working as expected. I checked the box in Preferences and restarted Affinity Photo V2. Then I opened the RAW file. When I did not see changes, I also tried importing the XMP file. When I click on "Detail" in the Metadata panel, I can see the photographer's settings from the XMP (e.g., white balance, changes to blacks, etc)... but these changes are not applied to the RAW image in the Affinity Basic panels. I'm expecting the image to open with all of the photographer's RAW adjustments applied.
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Thank you very much!
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I just received RAW files from a photographer in CR2 format, and they came with XMP sidecar files. How do I import the settings from the XMP file as a starting point for my non-destructive editing in Affinity Photo V2? The photographer already saved me a lot of effort if I can just access their settings.
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Thanks for the discount on VS. I tried it out and found that its feature set is much closer to Illustrator, so I bought it. Between these two apps I think I'll be covered for my vector needs. Thank you so much!
