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50MB is probably too large for this forum. Create a free account on something like https://www.dropbox.com/ then you can upload your file and share it via a URL created on the same site

@Dooblaque I know you sent a sample DNG to Serif but can you upload one here (or provide a link to one, if too big to upload) Then others can test the loading time and if any have the same times as yours, then comparisons of the OS, software and hardware specs may provide pointers to the cause of the "problem"

London Zoo visit , 4th Jan 2017 Nice to see the animal rides have been updated. Last time I was there (back in 1973) I only got to sit on a stationary donkey for a few minutes .

You can create a macro to record and subsequently replay those adjustments on new images View> Studio> Macro

The inpainting tool is used to remove objects from a picture Instead, use the Selection Brush to make a selection of the snowman and then copy / paste that into the new image This video may help, with the basics https://vimeo.com/134729670

Not sure I understand exactly what you 3D guys do but this video shows repeating patterns using symbols, which may (or not) be useful PS It's for AD not AP https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsSmx1XcB8A

For the Exposure adjustment... Highlight the number next to the slider then the up/down arrow keys will work in increments of "1" For increments of "0.1" hold the shift key when using the up/down arrow keys

Yup +1 Anyone that wants to improve their work will always be open to suggestions, especially me, so I have no problems with someone offering alternative or additional advice on how they would have done what I did.

I think we all need to bear in mind that these forums are international and English may not be the mother tongue of a lot of users. Because of this friendly advice or short comments may be misinterpreted in a way that they were not intended to be.

Nice photo but without seeing the original it's hard to see how much Affinity has improved it

If you look at the edges of the couple in the picture you can see it is jaggy in places, like the lady's left arm and her hair. A simple and quick trick to fix this is to select the Blur brush and using a small size brush just run the brush along the jaggy edges of the couple, which helps the image blend in to the background better.

Like Mike said it can be a number of reasons. The best way to get better advice on something like this is to attach the picture in question

Try Filters> Colours> Erase White Paper

There have been a few posts in the past where users have obviously been confused with this There is simply no reason for the words "Affinity Files" to be in that particular export dialogue box, it should just say *.jpg, *.tiff or whatever format the user has selected. By adding the words "Affinity Files" it looks like you are about to save in some form of proprietary Affinity file format Mucho confusion the first time you encounter it

The picture you have attached shows the bottom row of 4 pictures with uneven horizontal spacing. I assumed you wanted to know how to align the 4 pictures with equal spacing. If so, you just select all 4 pictures and use the Align Horizontally command (space horizontally) to do so. If not, can you elaborate on what it is you want to do?

AD has built in commands to align objects horizontally or vertically, with equal spacing between objects Search the built-in help for.. aligning objects post again if you still need more help on this

There is no need to do it another way if you have already done the 1 - 5 steps previously given by mac_heibu. Just continue with steps 6 - 9 below 1. Select the layer you want to re-color. 2. Click onto the small icon at the bottom of the "Layers" section named "Adjustments". 3. Choose "Black and White". -> An (non destructive) adjustment layer is placed on top of your image layer and the image turns black and white. 4. Drag this adjustment layer onto your image layer. -> An adjustment layer mask is created. 5. Select this layer mask and paint onto it. -> Black restores the colours. Continue here 6. Select the Black and White adjustment layer mask on its own 7. From the menus, Select > Selection From Layer 8. Then select the background layer 9. From the menus, Filters > Blur > Gaussian Blur and adjust the blur as required

@squeezer All the videos are shown running on a Mac computer The so called "traffic lights" will only show on a Mac computer On Windows you will just have a simple "X" on the top right of the dialog box. Pressing the red traffic light on a Mac dialog box is the same as pressing the "X" on a Windows PC and simply closes the dialog box

Don't use a selection, use a quick shape instead, like a rectangle or circle and put that where you would have put the selection. Then with the quick shape selected use Edit > Paste Inside That should give you the same result as PSE's "Paste in selection"

There is no new option for the selection brush, are you sure you have the right tool? A screenshot of your screen or a video of what you are doing may be useful

I believe artistic filters will be added to Affinity Photo later but for now using Posterise and a Median Blur live filter layer is a good starting point to achieve a cartoon like effect natively in AP.

Yes single click seems to work But in the video https://vimeo.com/192599318 at around 1:20 - 1:25 he says double click, which is why I did it that way initially

There are some Youtube videos for teeth whitening using affinity photo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsfq43N42Ak https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kv7o2EDve90 (part 1) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GM_lI0o5rwY (part 2)

Ah, I see what it does now - could be useful in Inpainting some tricky selections. you're right though Alt+Backspace seems inactive Another one to add to the bugs list?

The Global Cloning video here (https://vimeo.com/149628411) does not even mention the Sources Panel and following the instructions it does not work until you go into the sources panel and double click your source (It may have been made for an earlier version of AP) This later video on Global Cloning is much, much more informative https://vimeo.com/192599318