Maybe I oversaw something. I really like the new Stacking (HDR & Focus) options in Affinity Photo 1.5. However, I find it a bit counterintuitive that I cannot select photos I have already opened in Affinity Photo, but I need to look for them in the Finder. This is not simply a matter of convenience, though. Right now there is no control over adjustments etc. on an individual picture level, right? The HDR/Focus pulls the originals from the drive (I use RAW). What if I need to make adjustments to perfect the stacking?
E.g. I have two pictures which should be focus stacked, but one is slightly brighter than the other. I can clone, but I would see a shift in brightness in these areas. Right now I have to open both, adjust them and save them as TIFF's (losing some information), only to reopen them again within Focus Merge. Of course, there are many other adjustments which might be useful. It might also be an idea to start from "New Stack" and then after making the adjustments transform this stack into an HDR or Focus merged composite.
Does this make sense?
Kind Regards,
Stefan