Sharkey

Not victim blaming. Just seeing something going wrong for which there seems no obvious fix. Then an OP continuing (accidentally or not) to try the same operation more than is necessary to confirm the problem under some misapprehension that doing the same thing will eventually get a different outcome! Until there is an answer do the job a different way. Blaming - no. Logic -yes.

Thank you all (again) for your help and enjoy this summer.

With every request/demand for new, better, faster for more pixels etc. the further behind the hobbyist will slip. Sad but true. Despite the learning curve I did learn to enjoy some of what Affinity offered. The advances made the less intelligible the language seemed and now I might as well be on another planet as far as photography is concerned. Many people have helped me over the years and to them I offer my true thanks. If I am still taking the odd photograph in years to come I think just the basics will suffice and Photo will fill that need (always in step with the OS it belongs in). I covered a wedding recently for a very old friend caught between jobs. It was small and personal with 30 guests. One Fuji X-t4 plus10/24, 18/55 and 55/200 and no flash produced 478 images. Culled, edited and uploaded before I arrived home. My friend gave them the once over (his name after-all) and released in to the wild that evening. I don't know the sales figures but a bottle of Gin arrived this morning so a win win for this simple old soul. Get it right first time and the rest is a lot simpler (a bit slower in my case) but a good result that made me smile. Good shooting,

I have no intension of buying V2 for Mac.. Never got the most out of V1 and am tired of learning instead of using. How long before I am on my own with no tech. or creative backup??

May I suggest you fix the problem yourself. If it is that important 'stop doing' it and find something that works. Continually doing the same thing WILL result in the same outcome. I am sure your employer/ customer will also benefit knowing you are providing a reliable service and in time, you never know, the problem might not matter anymore.

If any of my external drives are not reachable (for whatever reason) and with the exception of all cloud stuff, then I do not save to them. How do I know there are not reachable? They do not appear on my display-so I check. Glitches have been part of my workflow for 30+ years. It does not matter whose software you are using. It is your business/money. Do what is necessary to safeguard your work to the maximum of your ability because it is you that has to field the complaints, redo the work and explain to the bank manager why all the earnings just went 'poof'. My office system was not expensive because it saved me a lot over the years. Now retired I don't see any real reason to recommend anything newton those still at it. Use 'raids', at least two set ups. One on site permanently and the other removable (to take with you). Ensure they are big enough, fast enough and have historically reliable reports. Permanently on, backed up to simultaneously. When you have a problem STOP! Find the problem and fix it. If you cannot do that and your tech just whistles. Change your kit and count yourself lucky that it is only money and nothing terminal.🦈

DM1 - thank you for that. With your permission I will contact you after the wedding as I am sure to muck up somewhere!!!😩😩😩🦈

Brilliant. Thank you especially for the preferences way. Just as with all ‘apps’ I find the obvious things the hardest to find and keep in my memory. I don’t suppose you know how to create a montage of a bunch of wedding photos. Big sister expects from her retired and tired young brother some sort of gift. I thought just a beautiful dual port rate but getting everyone snapped on one picture might save me a lot of dosh. No probs if its to much to ask. In my working days I had a montage creator plugin for PS but that is long gone😂

Please ignore this frustrated appeal. What is left of my brain finally dug up the answer. Sorry to bother.

I had this question answered by the ‘YouTube’ videos. Unfortunately and erroneously just “following” did not allow me just to go back when needed to check the answer. So. How do I “do & undo “?? I am using an m2 iPad Pro & V2 Photo. The simplest things are those that should be the easiest to find. Thank you (grovel grovel)

So simply posting this information as an answer to my question was possible. Who would have thought it.

Thank you for that. It may take me a while to understand it all but I really do appreciate the effort made to answer the question.

Perhaps, unlike yourself; a well read, highly intelligent master of both internet and photographic nomenclature, I am simply asking a question of a group of people who might know the answer. The words and language of todays techno-crap photography are a shield behind which un-talented, egocentric, self important humans may hide. By all means accept this as an apology for just sayin'.

As the title suggests. Does HEIF have advantages and can they be taken advantage of in AF?

This is frustrating. Why is it these simulations cannot just be added to plugins?

It now being 2022, have any new or updated versions come to light. Running Monterey on M1 Mac mini might make some changes needed - I do not know anywhere near enough to guess. The web is awash with 'recipes' built ,'I believe', in camera and I have no inclination to use them. The use of simulations must be a simple thing by now?

Is it possible to add Fuji Film Simulations as a plugin to AF Photo? My online research says yes, but I cannot follow the suggested method and it comes from a blog rather than a known company website. I recognise this mayn't be the first time this has been asked but a search has not revealed it.

Does anyone print from AP with their own inkjet printer (mine is Canon 100 Pro). At the moment resorting to Apple Photo just to get a print the size I want but this is not good enough control for my purposes. ICC profile, ppi, exact size, paper type. None seem to be available from AP.. There is a large selection of ICC profiles in ColorSync (Mac mini) but nothing seems to work from the AP print menu.??

My Pixma 100 Pro (just acquired) does not play well at all with AF.. What is the AF work flow to achieve a quality print (correct size, psi, ICC profile etc.) So far I have been unable to print anything from AF other than 3"x2" that appear on the A3 paper no matter what settings I try to use. The canon driver is the latest and ICC profiles are in the ColorSync folder but setup just does not make any sense at all.

Very Happy with this way of doing things - seems to be a solution. My thanks.

Can we see the original as well please?

Liquify & In-painting good suggestion plus high/low frequency edit. Beware the neck stretch with liquify especially if there is a clothing neckline. Cloning from the original image to replace neckline as a rescue. Bring the jawline in with liquify to keep balance .

Yup. I know. Still good idea. Think the lack of support may be a matter of number. eg. Not enough users to justify three streams on the site. Certainly, I would visit a bit more but I don't suppose there are enough Affinity users on the site committed to posting their work.

No idea what this is about. Yes - thank you - we are the only ones though.

I asked for "My Work" to be split AP/AD and now A/Pub. Just can't be bothered to scroll /search etc etc etc just to find a photo. worked in AP.. Lazy - who cares just not bothered. Other sites available.