[Applying an Astronomical process to a terrestrial Image]

18 hours ago, John Rostron said:

I will  show you mine if you will show me yours.

Definitely the most interesting offer I've had this week!

[Stained Glass Windows]

Hi John - you beat me to it! This was taken in Winchester Cathedral with my GX80, set to a 7 shot HDR bracket, focussing on the altar.

Similar thing here, but I made a number of attempts to get the window properly exposed / focussed,  and completely failed!  Given the short fl I was using, the focussing should have been almost foolproof!   Post processing for both was to use a tone mapped HDR image and apply a bit of dodging to bring out some of the shadow detail.

[Applying an Astronomical process to a terrestrial Image]

I've been doing some HDR in churches recently and found stained glass windows surprisingly difficult to autofocus on.  I'll use manual focus next time, but is this something you've experienced?  FWIW, I think there's a significant difference in the window - thanks for sharing!

[Saving files using trial version]

4 hours ago, Pete D said:

1. How would I browse my photos as thumnails?

Go to Edit / Preferences / General and tick the "Save thumbnails with documents" box.  Your file manager (Explorer or whatever Macs have) will now display .afphoto files just like other image formats.

[Saving Custom Crops?]

Hi Chris

Thanks for that - I'd completely missed the Preferences button! 

[Saving Custom Crops?]

Apologies if I've missed something, but how do I save a custom crop preset?  The help says it can be done, but it doesn't say how.

[DNG FILES]

15 hours ago, MGBJAY said:

You are gutsy to do that all at once.

Thank you, but I tried a few files first, and the originals have been backed up!  That said, I now use the DNG converter to upload my SD cards, so I no longer keep the originals.

[DNG FILES]

2 hours ago, MGBJAY said:

I prefer the native CR2 file format that it produces, and am simply curious about the DNG format, and want to see how it functions.

Again, Thanks.

MGBJAY

I recently converted all my Pentax  DNG, Canon CR2 and Panasonic RW2 files to Pentax DNG - it saved quite a lot of disk space, but I didn't notice any other changes.  I'd be interested to hear if your results are different.

[DNG FILES]

14 hours ago, MGBJAY said:

OK ... I've tried to find this answer to no specific avail ... If I choose to convert a few of my CR2 RAW images to the DNG format, will I then be able to open them into APHOTO and edit to my hearts content? I have been unable to find a straight answer to that question?

Straight answer - yes!  However (!) I'm assuming you're using Adobe's DNG converter - there may be other converters that don't produce a "real" DNG file.  

[INSERT a picture Problem]

Are you sure you're looking for the right file type?  The latest Win 10 update seems to have changed the selection behaviour (though I might be misremembering how it's expected to work!).

[Importing In Camera HDR Files]

10 hours ago, Wanderer3 said:

As best I can tell in this case FastStone is working with a DNG 121 MB file.  Since each of the three files used in the merge was about 40 MB I believe it is the merged file.  But, I am not an expert in using these programs and haven't used FastStone in several years and don't recall much about using it at this point.  But when I look at the image in FastStone and look at the listed file properties DNG and 121 MB are what it says.  Thanks again for your help.

I've just had a look at some of my K-5 DNGs with Fastone - it's displaying / editing the embedded JPEG.  If you type <ctrl> R it displays the image / file size of the image it's using.   The properties of the DNG files themselves are also correctly displayed, but that's not the data that's being edited.

[Importing In Camera HDR Files]

7 hours ago, Wanderer3 said:

In FastStone however the image was the merged HDR one! 

Are you sure it's working with a merged RAW image and not an embedded JPEG?

[Assistant Manager Grayed Out]

Under 1.6 the Assistant Manager could be started and changes made to the RAW development options before an image was loaded - this can't be done now.

[Crashes in Refine Edges]

This no longer happens with V1.7.0,231 - the selection brush is noticeably more responsive, too!

[Multiple HDR Processing Issues]

6 hours ago, gabrielecoppi said:

Indeed, after the first merge the time increase exponentially

I did a load of HDR merges a couple of days ago and didn't see anything like that. Were you closing each image before starting the next one?

[Crashes in Refine Edges]

1 hour ago, IanSG said:

This is only happening with the attached file,

Sorry, I was wrong - it's happening with other images!  They're all HDR merges.  I've tried it on 2 other images that were developed using 32 bit RAW output - one crashes, the other doesn't.

[Crashes in Refine Edges]

If a brush selection is made and then Refine Edges, the program crashes every time.  This is only happening with the attached file, created with v1.6. 

Cathedral2.afphoto

[Importing In Camera HDR Files]

This is worth a look too.

[Importing In Camera HDR Files]

I'm not a K-1 user but I've read that the in-camera HDR merge only works for JPEG.  If you're shooting in RAW you get the bracketted images but the merging has to be done on a computer.  You also have the option of discarding the over & under exposed images.

[Will there ever be an Affinity Video?]

re Davinci Resolve

On 1/31/2019 at 2:08 AM, Funn4Lo said:

It requires way to much horse power even for my higher end system 

That's surprising - I've got a lower end i7 and it handles 4K without any problems.  Is there something specific you need to do?

[Free Trial of Affinity Photo]

It's 10 days from when you first open the program.

[Raw and Photo Persona Developing]

2 hours ago, tonyt said:

Also, if I have sharpened in Develop, do I sharpen again for print?

I like to be selective about what I sharpen (e.g. I like fluffy clouds and sharp trees) so rarely do any sharpening in Develop.  On the other hand, I find the shadows and highlights adjustment  in Develop does what I need, so I rarely use the Photo version.  As @GabrielM  said, it's down to personal preference.  It's worth reviewing them from time to time though - the way individual tools behave changes as AP evolves.

[Affinity Photo not working with Huion Graphics Drawing Display Tablet?]

51 minutes ago, LadyBillieBoo said:

Hi everyone,

 

I have not long managed to get a Huion GT220V2 Graphics Drawing Display Tablet/Monitor. I have gone to use Affinity Photo (on windows latest os, and affinity version 1.6.5.135). When I put the pen to the display affinity photo changes the tool instantly to the background eraser tool. I cannot use any tool with my pen and display as when I try it just change the tool back to the background eraser tool? Has anyone else had this? I have even tried the beta version and the same thing happens! Anyone got a fix?

 

Thanks!

 

Billie

I've had the same problem with a different Huion tablet.  I eventually fixed it while playing with the Windows Ink settings and deleting / reinstalling the tablet drivers.  Frustratingly, I've tried to replicate what I did but can't get back to the original problem!  The only thing I can think of that might help is to make sure that old drivers are deleted and don't hang around in memory  (they can be tenacious!).

[Draw customized mugs on PagePlus]

This forum is for Serif's Affinity range - PagePlus is a legacy product, and the forum's here.

[Affinity on Steam?]

1 hour ago, chakko007 said:

The Windows store never took off

Is there any reason to think that Steam would do any better (for Serif)?  If I remember rightly, the people advocating that Affinity apps should be available via the MS Store were also using the one stop shop / simplified updates argument.  I genuinely don't know why those would be an issue unless people need to reinstall their OS frequently.