Bill Alpert

Not sure why we didn't get a full size image; trying again, thanks!

@James Ritson Thank you for the explanation. Clearly, the workflow in APhoto would differ from Photoshop. I've attached a jpeg that is essentially unedited beyond whatever default processing performed during a Photoshop alignment and blend. Certainly, evaluating the results is a matter of personal preference but if you open the two jpegs side by side I'd make the argument that the Photoshop version is a bit more nuanced and natural looking.

Hi John, The images were carefully hand focussed at three separate depth points, and look razor sharp in Mac Preview, Lightroom or Photoshop before any processing that I'm aware of. I doubt that any amount of "pre sharpening" could have made the change that I am seeing. I've attached a 3 file stack which worked well in Photoshop. As a side note, I've noticed the very same problem when trying to use Helicon to produce the stack: the ORF files already seem a lot softer upon their initial import and before any stacking operations have been completed. Wondering if there's some kind of bug related to ORF. Thanks for your help! ~Bill A. WoodsWorld20210430_1216260009.ORF WoodsWorld20210430_1218470010.ORF WoodsWorld20210430_1218570011.ORF

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