
Big_Stan
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Masking based on a color selection
Big_Stan replied to Big_Stan's topic in Affinity on Desktop Questions (Mac and Windows)
I tried your suggestion and it works. However, I was trying to mask based on color. In my Photoshop days I used Imagenonic Noiseware to selectively apply denoise to a specific part (color) of an image. According to Imagenonic, Noiseware will not work correctly with any other product than PS. My goal is the create a “backdoor” that will replicate the color selection capability in AP. -
Masking based on a color selection
Big_Stan replied to Big_Stan's topic in Affinity on Desktop Questions (Mac and Windows)
Thank you for your response. I am using a method that was outlined by James Rittson earlier this year, "Selecting Samples Colors", (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQZHM5W-uEg) -
I am trying to use the “Color Picker Tool” in order to make a mask of a specific part of an image. When I select a sample and then adjust the Tolerance slider to include all of the desired tints I also end up having much more area in the mask than I want (from other parts of the image). For example, in the attached image I selected the green background and increased the Tolerance slider to 35% in order to include most of the background (there is still a small spot to the left of the beak that was not included). As you can see the bird (and a bunch of other stuff) is now included in the mask.
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Stokerg, Thank you for your response, even though it arrived three weeks after I posted the problem. While I was trying to get Affinity Photo to stitch a satisfactory pano, I rediscovered Hugin for Mac. Hugin has a problem with a routine called "PTBatcherGUI", but when I posted the problem on the Hugin forum, I received immediate "fix" suggestions and now, "all is well in pano land". I use C1 for my raw processing, and since neither AP nor Hugin automatically round trip with C1, there is no advantage to using either stitcher; except Hugin produces a better pano. If AP produ
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I have started doing panos again. In the past I used Lightroom and Hugin to create my panos and I was generally pleased with the resulting images. Now that I have dumped Lightroom and since I am having problems getting Hugin to play nicely with C1, I decide to give AP a try. Fortunately Thomas Fitzgerald published a tutorial yesterday on how to create a pano using C1 and AP. However I am not happy with the resulting pano, the image seam boundaries have very noticeable luminance problems. The C1 part of the process seems to be working fine, but when I stitch the panorama with AP I s
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Adobe acrobat replacement?
Big_Stan replied to barnabyr's topic in Affinity on Desktop Questions (Mac and Windows)
I use PDFelement. The good news: I am able to digitally sign document, it has a very good OCR, and I have used it to create downloadable pdf forms. The bad news, their tutorials are amateurish and they omit many steps. By trial and error and with much frustration I have created a few "Crib Notes" as reminders. I have also used Foxit tutorials (much better) to help me get over some of the rough spots The best news, I believe that are running good sales now.. -
Thank you!! Unfortunately, I am not particularly effective with layers and to add to my problem, I have been in the house too long. I need a "cook book". While I was able to get the moon into the image, I was unable to get it in the desired location nor was I able to shrink the moon to correct for the different focal lengths.
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I have been reworking some of my old images to improve my skills and keep my spirits up and I think that this isolation in place has finally fried my brain. I have an old image of a night skyline of Washington, DC and I want to insert a full moon into the image above and to the left of the foreground building (Lincoln Memorial). Back in my CS-6 days this was not rocket science, but doing it in AP is driving me crazy. Can somebody out there point me to an AP tutorial on inserting a moon into an image. I would like to accomplish this before our Governor rescinds his "stay home order".
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AP 1.8.1 is not being nice to me
Big_Stan replied to Big_Stan's topic in Affinity on Desktop Questions (Mac and Windows)
In order to avoid exacerbating my confusion, I sent old brush to the machine that Thomas Crapper invented in 1880. -
AP 1.8.1 is not being nice to me
Big_Stan replied to Big_Stan's topic in Affinity on Desktop Questions (Mac and Windows)
I gave up!! Rather than banging my head against the wall trying to figure out what happened, I said the heck with it and created a new brush. I am happy to say that there is goodness in the world again; the watermark brush is working. -
AP 1.8.1 is not being nice to me
Big_Stan replied to Big_Stan's topic in Affinity on Desktop Questions (Mac and Windows)
Thank you Dan, I was beginning to think that my brain slipped a cog. Do you mean Intensity Brush vs Image Brush? Since it previously work for 3 years with no problem, I cannot image how it changed to an Image Brush. Where do I find the brush category information? -
AP 1.8.1 is not being nice to me
Big_Stan replied to Big_Stan's topic in Affinity on Desktop Questions (Mac and Windows)
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Several years ago I created a watermark brush and I was very pleased with the result. I was able to change size, opacity and color. Since 1.8.1, I can still change size and opacity, but I can no longer change color (black to white) regardless of what I do the watermark is black. If I go to the color tab and select the white circle and then paint the watermark on the image, the resulting watermark is still black. Blend mode is set to normal. There is a little circle just to the lower left of the color selection and it has a red diagonal line through it and no matter what I push, the red di
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Does anybody have experience with Neat Image Version 8.5? Back in my PS days, Noiseware was my "go to" noise reduction plugin. Using Noiseware I could denoise by preset, tonal range & color range, as well as by noise frequency. I have Noiseware, sort of working with AP, but the preview window looks weird. Since Imagenomic explicitly states the they do not support AP, I am in the market for a good Noise Reduction plugin. I shoot at fairly low ISOs and my shots are not too noisy. Up til now I have not been particularly impressed with the Topaz AI products ( I like to do my own t
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Affinity vs Photoshop
Big_Stan replied to schmety's topic in Affinity on Desktop Questions (Mac and Windows)
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I just switched from a 5,1 Mac Pro to a 2019 iMac with Catalina. I am using C1, AP and other common S/W and I am not experiencing any problems. In fact, I have found that my post processing seems to be running smoother and faster. I did have an issue getting Noiseware installed as an AP plugin, but that is a known problem (Imagenomic told me that they do not support AP and while it may seem to be "working", it may not be fully functional.)
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Imagenomic Noiseware with AP
Big_Stan replied to Big_Stan's topic in Affinity on Desktop Questions (Mac and Windows)
Spoke too soon, I was finally able to install it using the method you described. And wonder of wonders, IT WORKED!!! -
Imagenomic Noiseware with AP
Big_Stan replied to Big_Stan's topic in Affinity on Desktop Questions (Mac and Windows)
Interesting. How did you get it to point "to the folder the plugin is installed"? Every time I try it, it goes directly to the actual plugin. -
I have been unsuccessfully chasing this topic for several weeks. Is it possible to use Noiseware with Affinity Photo on a Mac (10.15.1)? Prior to going to Catalina, I successfully used Noiseware and Affinity Photo with Mojave , the preview colors were a little squirrelly but Noiseware worked. However, now that I have gone to Catalina, I am unable to get AP to recognize Noiseware. I downloaded the Noiseware installer and Noiseware was successfully loaded into my Applications folder (see screen shot 1). I then went to AP Preferences and, as you can see, Noiseware is in the “Plu
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Topaz & Affinity acting strangely
Big_Stan replied to Big_Stan's topic in Affinity on Desktop Questions (Mac and Windows)
Thank you for your suggestion, however, I did look there first. -
Topaz & Affinity acting strangely
Big_Stan replied to Big_Stan's topic in Affinity on Desktop Questions (Mac and Windows)
Thank you, that worked. -
Topaz & Affinity acting strangely
Big_Stan replied to Big_Stan's topic in Affinity on Desktop Questions (Mac and Windows)
Thank you. Unfortunately, I tried that before I posted, same result. -
This morning I opened an AP photo and selected Filter > Plugins > Topaz Labs > Topaz DeNoise AI. At that point I received a "pop-up" that said "Updates Available", I clicked "Yes". At that point I expected to see the update downloading on my Mac., but I did not, see screen shot 2, followed by screen shot 3. This is likely a Topaz Issue, but because they are so slow to reply to requests for help (my last request took 14 days before I received an answer), I am hoping that somebody on AP forum has a suggestion.