[Can I use PTLENS]

On 11/25/2016 at 5:35 PM, MEB said:

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I am running into problems with the PTLens plugin, too. It's in Affinity's own default plugin folder (the one that opens when you click the button in the preferences), but it doesn't show up in the list of installed plugins. Please refer to the attached screenshot. Help is appreciated.

[Lack of metadata support]

To change copyright information, etc. you should really test exiftool. With one single command you can change the copyright information of thousands of files - all you have stored in the same folder as your RAW files:

 

exiftool -progress -tagsfromfile %d%f.[your_raw_file_extent] -copyright=[your_name etc] --Orientation -overwrite_original_in_place -q -q -ext tiff 

 

Thanks a lot, I will try this.

[Lack of metadata support]

Or you can run RPP (RawPhotoProcessor) which is the best RAW converter and includes Exiftool, writing all Exif data to the TIFF.

 

I agree that RPP is the best for RAW development; I use it daily. But though it reads and writes all EXIF data, it won't allow me to change or add IPTC data (specifically, copyright information), and that's what I was looking for. 

[Automation - Actions and/or Presets]

Hi HMandemaker,

You can find the preset in the Adjustements panel, almost on the bottom (by default on the left of the Layers panel).

The Macro Persona will return at some point. It wasn't ready for release at the time.

 

 

Hi again,

That button opens the list of adjustments, but opening the Soft Proof item doesn't activate my preset. Am I overlooking it?

[Automation - Actions and/or Presets]

It seems the Macro persona didn't make the 1.x cut... too bad, as I would really like to automate certain tasks. I ended up on this page looking for ways to use presets. I saved a preset in the soft proofing adjustment, but I can't find it anywhere now. How does one apply a preset? I am likely overlooking the obvious... hint appreciated.

[Lens correction tool and RAW upload]

I would very much like to see the lens correction funtions outside the Develop persona as well. I use RAW Photo Processor for developing (and that won't change), but I do need distortion correction.

[Export automation]

I find myself having to spend too much time filling out export options. Here's a scenario that is likely familiar: you need to develop a number of images and they all need to end up as, say, 95% quality sRGB jpegs with a maximum width of 2500px. I'd like to either be able to choose a preset directly from the File > Export menu item or (and) have a command "Export again" that uses the previous export settings for the new image. Right now, one can't specify maximum width (etc.) in the export presets, so that's an additional problem. 

 

Incidentally, I find that setting export parameters causes Affinity Photo to use up all of my CPU, and this slows down the appearance of pull down menus and suchlike. I am not used to this, working on a late 2015 iMac with impressive specs (3.3 GHz Intel Core i5, 24 GB 1867 MHz DDR3, AMD Radeon R9 M395 2048 MB, 2TB Fusion drive).

[IPTC]

I would very much like this, too. Having to launch another application just to add my copyright information when exporting an image seems an unnecessary chore.

[Lack of metadata support]

Just spent half an hour trying to find a free Mac app that will allow me to batch add IPTC data to my images... it would be very convenient if Affinity Photo could do this.