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toyotadesigner

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  1. @billtils: Thank you very much for your update, I appreciate it!
  2. Preview (as well as any other RAW developer) already modifies the image with algorithms. There are only two alternatives with no algorithm: DCRaw and RawTherapee (deselect 'auto'). Both are free.
  3. Dies ist eine Beta-Version. Mahnen oder Anmahnen kann man bei nicht bezahlten Rechnungen oder wenn man einen rechtlichen Anspruch hat, aber bitte nicht hier. Ein Hinweis, Wunsch oder eine Fehlermeldung wäre angebrachter.
  4. @RKTodd Resize canvas with +100 px at each side. Add new layer. Add a rectangle, no fill, stroke i.e. 2 pt and any color you want, 100px smaller in width and height of your new canvas size, switch to Move tool (V), center your rectangle, done.
  5. This is on the todo list of the developers. Currently no exif data are written in the final output, not even the copyright notice.
  6. Check here: The purpose should be clear to everybody, and the status says it all. Don't complain, use a common format for your files. I've heard there are - among others - PDF, EPS, TIFF BTW, for images I always favor TIFF. For some two decades now. It really works!
  7. For huge areas you can use the marquee tool and set the soft edge to 1024 pixels. If you are working on 'compositions', you can use Affinity Designer with vector tools. The advantage of vector drawings is the you can scale them as large as you want.
  8. Thank you Andy! 2048 should be sufficient, even for PhaseOne IQ180 back owners.
  9. Just installed the latest Beta this morning. The Paint Brush tool is limited to a size of max. 1024 pixels diameter. Any reason for this? When I want to lighten some shadow areas in my images i.e. with the Levels tool, a size of 1024 pixels is a joke for images of 13.200 x 8.800 pixel dimensions. I mean I can make a mask for it, but there is a difference in the softness compared to a larger brush size. A large brush size of 2048 pixels does have a softer edges (hardness set to 0) than painting with 1024 brush size, where the soft edge is only 50% compared to the soft edge of the larger brush. Makes sense what I mean?
  10. @ronnyb Old wisdom: Never use a beta version for commercial projects. Installed the new beta this morning - the memory management improved considerably.
  11. At least for me the media browser is pretty useless: I can't add a folder from my external HD. As soon as I pull up Finder, grab a folder to move it into the media browser, the media browser window disappeared and nothing happens. It would be better to have a normal open dialog here. In addition I am missing an option to get rid of images or folders in the media browser. OK, I know this is a beta version, but the drag and drop thingie doesn't always work as intended.
  12. Hi MEB, that's what I've also tried. No success, same wheel spinning forever without presenting any result. But don't panic, I don't need all features for my images, I'm just curious and sometimes start playing with the features. To be honest, in most cases all I need is the clone tool to remove dust on scanned images, curve to slightly modify specific areas and resize image so agency or customer staff won't get a heart attack when opening the monsters.
  13. I'm on Mavericks and the Affinity Photo Help search function doesn't work. The wheel starts spinning and nothing happens. No, wrong, the CPU starts heating up und Help doesn't respond anymore. So basically I've learned AP from the Videos or some posts or questions here.
  14. Yes Mr. Always-Know-It-Better. And now we wait for your Epson advertising here.
  15. I know the information I've given is for many members very useful. And no, I did not force you to buy a RIP! Yes, I am talking about 8 c printing. Using a RIP is not a mess, it doesn't mean all the fuzz you mention. Most HP large format printers do feature a built in i1 for profiling and calibration, that means together with a RIP and a monitor calibration you'll be up and running in less than 10 minutes. BTW, I didn't even mention pre press. Just plain vanilla high quality results in photo printing.
  16. Ah yes. And how can you explain this experience: Besides this, a normal printer driver doesn't offer the option for under color removal, ink flow management for max or optimal inking. A good RIP pays for itself by saving around 25% of ink. A set of cartridges for the HP Z2100 costs around 400 Euro, for the HP Pro B9180 around 280 Euro. After replacing 2 sets of cartridges, the RIP amortized itself, plus it delivers a much higher quality. Not to mention that a good RIP can print Postscript files, which a normal printer driver for standard ink jet printers definitely can't do.
  17. Sorry if I open up this topic again, but it is definitely necessary. Last night I installed the latest WD +Turbo drivers (WD_1394_64_109HPDriver) on my system (Mavericks). Writing and especially reading files was considerably faster with the +Turbo drivers. Peak reading was ~100MB/s, peak writing ~80MB/s. Let's say that the average speed meets the FireWire tech specs of 60MB/s it would mean that a file of 648 MB should need no more than 11 seconds to be loaded. But - chirp, chirp - it took 40 seconds to be displayed in AP. As a non-coder I'd say: seems the file needs to be converted before it is displayed - at least the time needed could suggest this idea. And yes, AP was already up and running before I clicked to load the file, and no other image had been opened with AP. Now it's getting scary: AP is still running, no image loaded. Started Affinity Designer. Pulled up Finder, right click the same file, open with AD. And guess what happened: the image is displayed in 16 seconds! What a difference! So there must be something weird going on in Affinity Photo that it needs 24 seconds more to load and display the same image. Last check: Saved the file as a *.afphoto file on the same external FW drive. Loaded it with AP - 40 seconds. Loaded it with AD - 15 seconds. Question: could you take a deep look into this inexplicable behavior? Because I can not submit a 648 MB file, you can blow up a 48 bit file to a size of 12.900 x 8.600 pixel, save it, and then open it. Any TIFF with 16/48 bit depth will do the trick. BTW, the TIFFs are either with ProPhoto or ECI V2 icc profile, I did not select to convert the icc when loading a file.
  18. It will be solved soon: https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/8513-exif-data-lost/
  19. This morning I used my large Wacom tablet with AP for the first time. I tried my very best to find an option for the pen pressure, but didn't find anything. Yes, I have added AP Beta to the app list in the Wacom module. Is there any trick to apply pen pressure when painting masks, using the clone tool or the eraser? BTW, the standard eraser always erases to a transparent background... Any tips, tricks or information is welcome...
  20. Enjoy your new life in printing! You should listen to 'old fashioned' professional photographers with more than 40 years experience if you strive for perfect results
  21. Hi Alan, for small or home printers you don't need a shiny big $$$ RIP. You might check http://www.printfab.net. It comes with all the features the RIP for large format offers, but is limited to A4 or letter size and delivers fantastic prints. Check which printers are supported: http://www.printfab.net/printers.html
  22. The UI is just an interface, no matter how it 'performs'. It won't do more than the printer driver can do. A RIP is a totally different world - it is a printer driver in its own, comes with settings you'll never get in a standard printer driver, interprets PostScript, takes into account paper profiles, color profiles, resolution, drop size, ink usage of any color cartridge (ink control), color space, color mode, under color removal, it can sort different images to reduce paper waste, etc. In addition it is considerably faster than a standard printer driver.
  23. You can print, then Open Print in Preview and continue there with fantastic results. For best quality prints you should consider to invest into a RIP (Raster Image Processor), then profile your monitor and paper.
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