I'm hoping to move my workflow from Photoshop to Affinity, though one frequently needed feature isn't working for me: focus stacking. I watched the "official" tutorial video to be sure I'm using the feature correctly.
I'm using a set of 3 raw files from my Olympus camera, all at differing focus points. The blend function in Photoshop produces a beautiful and sharp image throughout. The same raw files produce a soft mess in Affinity. I've had the same result with several different images. The odd thing is that even the individual imported layers look softer than their original counterpart from the camera, though I admit the little preview button seems to be slow to respond.
I did see a bug report about open CL graphics, though I don't think that applies to me. I toggled the function in preferences, just to check and it made no difference.
Here's my system info; any help appreciated. Thank you! ~Bill A.
Model Name: iMac
Model Identifier: iMac18,3
Processor Name: Quad-Core Intel Core i5
Processor Speed: 3.8 GHz
Number of Processors: 1
Total Number of Cores: 4
L2 Cache (per Core): 256 KB
L3 Cache: 6 MB
Memory: 24 GB
System Firmware Version: 429.100.7.0.0
SMC Version (system): 2.41f2
Serial Number (system): D25X41ULJ1GQ
Hardware UUID: E1F22018-FE77-50DD-AED6-9F23CE7A6919
Provisioning UDID: E1F22018-FE77-50DD-AED6-9F23CE7A6919