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Photo of water flowing slowly from our kitchen faucet, shot with a 100mm macro lens, using a strobe from the side. I placed an LP Album Cover (I forget which album) in the background for color, which was made sharp by the flowing water, which acted as a lens. Shallow DOF threw most of the background album completely out of focus, except that part which was "focused" by the water. The camera was mounted on a tripod, but I had to take many exposures, since the water was weaving back and forth, some in focus, some not, plus the shape kept changing as the water flowed. I liked this one the best of this series. Fun shoot. The attached is an sRGB image exported from AfPhoto, but the original DCI-P3 export is much more vibrant and dramatic. 

Here the old original photo by Dan Samuelsson, as yo see I skipped the big shadow, my right to do  

One more I just finished, a Shell gas station in the year of 1965, and a hardware store (yellow house), and two VWs:

It got quite nice I think
 

has been a while since my last post . . . 

Banc YPPERLIG IKEA :
Modélisation Blender ,texture Affinity Photo, rendu Blender Cycle sans subdivision pour temps réel.
Utilisation du Lineart Blender pour faire la notice, correction sous Affinity Designer et mise en page sous Affinity Publisher.

https://www.artstation.com/artwork/K3V0AX

Black & Gold 01
Done in Affinity Photo using my new 'Black & Gold' brushes.

Any bugs and regressions introduced so yes, fixing some issues reported earlier than 2.6

No I want the 2.6.4 beta to start early this month and to be released when we have confidence it has not introduced new regressions

Hello Affinity Forum!
I am super excited to be joining the conversation here as the new Head of Enablement in Affinity, having officially stepped into the role around six weeks ago. It’s been a fantastic whirlwind getting to know the team, the processes, and most importantly, the Affinity community.
As many of you know, things on the release and update front have been a little quiet lately. But now that I’m in this new and exciting seat, I’m really looking forward to helping get the momentum rolling again and making sure the amazing work we are doing with Affinity, and our end users, shines as brightly as it deserves to. 

Please bear with me as I get up to speed properly with comments, requests and issues. I am looking forward to sharing updates, insights, and highlights as we go. Affinity is very much here to stay - It is great to be part of this company and community! 
My background is in delivering Training to a wide network of users as well as running webinars, and events. I am happy to connect and chat to you ALL.  

I live by a simply phrase - It is nice to be nice. So let's have some fun and creative some amazing things together.

Very best 
Ian Sayers

We're also planning a 2.6.4 patch starting soon, to address a number of things reported by customers in earlier releases.

Hey folks, 
Let me start by introducing myself...

Hello, I am Ian Sayers and have recently just started with Affinity as Head of Enablement. - check this link i have literally just posted.

I can assure you 100% that Affinity is not only still here but growing and thriving. I am only in a few weeks so give me a little more time to get my feet under the table and into the processes and working methods, then we can all have some proper fun!

In the meantime, I am happy to connect and chat (as much as possible with the million things to learn and do while joining an amazing company). reach out and connect on my social media accounts or here on the forum. Most things are found under iwsayers or just my name.

I greatly appreciate this forum and everyone that contributes in a helpful manner. 

Very best
Ian
 
 

Thought I would try something a little different this time.

We don't know what's going to happen ...
What if this? What if that? You doom mongers are exhausting!!! Do you have nothing better to think about all day?
The forum is mainly about user-to-user support. Stop flooding it with this apocaplyptic nonsense!!!

That's an opinion and an assumption, which is fine, but you state it as if it were a confirmed fact. That benefits no-one. Unless you have solid insider information, you can't know, so it's merely speculation on your part. Lack of communication and slower updates lead to fear, uncertainty and doubt. Corporate buyouts take time to digest, which I know from direct experience (at a fairly high corporate level, I might add). That's why I keep an open mind, and take a 'wait and see' attitude. 
In the meantime, the software does what I need it to do, so I use it (without an additional costly, monthly subscription). If it doesn't fit others' needs, they have a harder choice — wait and see, or look for something that does. Better communication and reassurance from Serif would certainly help, and I hope that is forthcoming. Time will tell. 
 

Since the acquisition, we have only seen minor things, like native Windows Arm64 support, variable fonts, QR codes, AI selection, multi-page spreads, preliminary work for ePub export, improvements in pencil and stroke drawing… Development is clearly dead!
 

I must admit I quite don't understand the anxiety.  Maybe I was too used in the very distant past (90s) to no other option than Adobe (not even abandonware, I'd have been happy with that!) And then so many years of stagnation (or just no adaptation to professional needs) of multiple open source alternatives. As much as I love and use them.  I mostly use Affinity Photo of the suite, and it serves me greatly (Designer too, but lately I am doing less design stuff). I really like it (Photo) for painting and editing. It has been updated recently, several times. So.. I really don't get it, honestly. Just no news or no forum activity? (the reason of the worries).

Also that I remember how many years a large portion of the digital painting community just used a never updated beta version of SAI or OpenCanvas. People only cared about if they could paint with the thing, no matter how arcane and never updated.

Between open source and other alternatives, I have always installed a bunch of tools. I mean, gonna push pixels  (and vectors) one way or the other, lol...
(Plus...the tools are imo the smallest problem right now for creative fields...)

I must admit I quite don't understand the anxiety.  Maybe I was too used in the very distant past (90s) to no other option than Adobe (not even abandonware, I'd have been happy with that!) And then so many years of stagnation (or just no adaptation to professional needs) of multiple open source alternatives. As much as I love and use them.  I mostly use Affinity Photo of the suite, and it serves me greatly (Designer too, but lately I am doing less design stuff). I really like it (Photo) for painting and editing. It has been updated recently, several times. So.. I really don't get it, honestly. Just no news or no forum activity? (the reason of the worries).

Also that I remember how many years a large portion of the digital painting community just used a never updated beta version of SAI or OpenCanvas. People only cared about if they could paint with the thing, no matter how arcane and never updated.

Between open source and other alternatives, I have always installed a bunch of tools. I mean, gonna push pixels  (and vectors) one way or the other, lol...
(Plus...the tools are imo the smallest problem right now for creative fields...)

I must admit I quite don't understand the anxiety.  Maybe I was too used in the very distant past (90s) to no other option than Adobe (not even abandonware, I'd have been happy with that!) And then so many years of stagnation (or just no adaptation to professional needs) of multiple open source alternatives. As much as I love and use them.  I mostly use Affinity Photo of the suite, and it serves me greatly (Designer too, but lately I am doing less design stuff). I really like it (Photo) for painting and editing. It has been updated recently, several times. So.. I really don't get it, honestly. Just no news or no forum activity? (the reason of the worries).

Also that I remember how many years a large portion of the digital painting community just used a never updated beta version of SAI or OpenCanvas. People only cared about if they could paint with the thing, no matter how arcane and never updated.

Between open source and other alternatives, I have always installed a bunch of tools. I mean, gonna push pixels  (and vectors) one way or the other, lol...
(Plus...the tools are imo the smallest problem right now for creative fields...)

I must admit I quite don't understand the anxiety.  Maybe I was too used in the very distant past (90s) to no other option than Adobe (not even abandonware, I'd have been happy with that!) And then so many years of stagnation (or just no adaptation to professional needs) of multiple open source alternatives. As much as I love and use them.  I mostly use Affinity Photo of the suite, and it serves me greatly (Designer too, but lately I am doing less design stuff). I really like it (Photo) for painting and editing. It has been updated recently, several times. So.. I really don't get it, honestly. Just no news or no forum activity? (the reason of the worries).

Also that I remember how many years a large portion of the digital painting community just used a never updated beta version of SAI or OpenCanvas. People only cared about if they could paint with the thing, no matter how arcane and never updated.

Between open source and other alternatives, I have always installed a bunch of tools. I mean, gonna push pixels  (and vectors) one way or the other, lol...
(Plus...the tools are imo the smallest problem right now for creative fields...)

I took a photo restoration class a while ago. Class used photoshop, but I did all my work with Affinity Photo v1. I have a damaged image provided in the class here. I did my restoration work on it and then I tried colorizing it on my own (not an assignment for this image). I have been restoring quite a few old family photos. Some are too damaged for me to do anything with. 
 

Respectfully, I disagree with your skills assessment. Take it in bits and pieces. Tackle what you know first. Clean up the obvious and then slowly rebuild. Some photos I've work on for hours, stretching across days and even weeks. The sample below I worked on for a client over the course of a month. The plaid wasn't easy, especially where it creased and folded. Could probably do a little more evening out of some bits but the client was happy so. . . .

Sample Pages 01
based on 210 x 210 Zine template with bleed to edge borders
Tank


Balloon

Eyes

Road

Ring

Some recent butterfly illustrations, done in Affinity Designer.