harrym
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This has turned into just the best interesting topic read!
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That's common behaviour in windows and not 'ridiculous' actually it fits my workflow very well. Options are always good though.
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If your going to run a licensed copy of MSOS anyway VM or not what's the point?
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I disagree with the inference that serf devs don't care i think that's disrespectful. I also don't like users continually wanting AP to work like PS it has and should find its own way.
Having said that it's clear that having a wander through these threads there are a relatively small number of long standing valid issues and feature requests, like the OPs, that do on the surface seem to be reasonably easy to implement, low hanging fruit if you will (I accept that is a dangerous assumption though!)
Meanwhile how many hours were burnt on that astro module.
I get the wish/need to widen the apps appeal to a wider audience, new sales. We all benefit from this even if we don't use a particular new feature but there is a danger that maintenance/improvement and addition of functionality to older features gets left behind.
It's not just about driving new sales you need to keep existing users happy too. I'm 100% sure serf know their business better than me but as an outsider it does feel like the balance isn't quite right at times.
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16 minutes ago, DeepDesertPhoto said:
I did find a bug, however, that I reported.
The program crashes when I try to export LUT.
Although I don't normally use LUT sometimes I accidentally hit that tab when I try to export to other formats.Are you on a windows box using graphics acceleration? I'm not convinced it's stable i had it shut down on me today, first time that's happened in literally years
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Yeah, at last!
Here's hoping the pano dialogue gets some love and an upgrade at some point too!
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45 minutes ago, StevenC2020 said:
That's right, those are helpful sharpening tips. In terms of noise reduction, does it seem like I've gone through all the options for preventing noise reduction from happening during processing?
Try turning off in camera jpg sharpening and compare like for like. Some cameras have strongly cooked jpg output
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So I'm having exactly the same issues as you, the image is what I would call a bit of a doozy!
Having processed the CR2 file several different ways I have no doubts it's a 16-8 bit issue which basically everyone on the thread worked out already but I do wonder if that 50f/1.8 is contributing to the problem as you can see faint radial 'shadows' on the CR2
The best I could I could come up with is to export as PNG in RGB-8-bit Pixel format (Export Persona) which gives you a 13MG file so not quite as bad as 80. No help if your print service only accepts jpgs though!
(I didn't bother with adjustments as that's not the issue)
Regards
H
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15 minutes ago, FedericoAimar said:
Hello Harrym and thank you!
Absolutely, I'll upload the raw file here and the project so you can try it! I've noticed that the bands appear in other images too, but they are much less visible. The thing that leaves me doubtful is that I didn't notice them when I used photoshop, but I don't think there can be a big difference. Let me know! Ah accurate and I admit I use a MacBook Pro 13 but the screen has never been calibrated so it's like factory._MG_9817.CR2 19.39 MB · 0 downloads Alba.afphoto 133.19 MB · 0 downloads
Cheers! I'll give it a go and get back to you
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Hi Frederico, welcome to the forum!
Does this only happen with this image or all images? Looks like a fairly high dr situation.
Would you be willing to upload the project file you have taken those screen shots of?
The reason I'm asking is that I use canon too and export jpgs to print a lot, I've not had banding like that.
Actually just for fun the original cr2 file would also be good so i could run it through my workflow and see what happens.
Please excuse my Scottish! 😁
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3 hours ago, Old Bruce said:
You can use masks in Photo to achieve the same thing.
Exactly there is absolutely nothing in elements that you can't do in AF and as a photographer good luck with start to end 16bit non destructive workflow and embedded ICC print profiles.
Have to say it does feel like there is a certain amount of baiting going on here.
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4 hours ago, It123 said:
Hi Old Bruce. If you can forget the plan images. With the ‘light painting’ process of still life setups. You will typically end up with up to 10+ images of the setup but each will a different part painted in using a touch. The next process is to blend the part you want from each of the images onto a single base layer. So it involves bringing in stack of photos and ungrouping them . So far so go as each has been aligned in AF and layer is given a mask. You should be able to work through the stack putting only the parts of each layer you need onto the base layer and this build a type of composite image. I’ve seen this done in PS with no problem but it seems to be a problem in AF. Hope this make it clear what i’m planning to do. Regards Terry.
Why do you want to put each part onto the base layer? That's destructive editing, very inefficient. I wouldn't build an image like that even in PS. Maybe I'm misunderstanding, forums can be quite frustrating at times when trying to explain things!
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Not at my computer at the moment but normal select brush to edges with refine doesn't work?
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Hi it123
I think it might be better if you stack your layers the other way round. Start with b&w as your base layer at the bottom of the stack then make your first layer visible and paint out what you don't want on it's mask. Then make your second layer visible and paint out what you don't want on its mask revealing what you want to see below. Keep doing that as you work up the stack.
If you need a reference to the original layer as you edit it toggle the mask off and on.
Remember the beauty of AP is just how much you can do non destructively.
Anyway good luck with your light painting project!
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38 minutes ago, Lawrence Urdiales said:
I have been using photoshop to open multiple images as layers. I work on each layer individually, then combine them at the end. I do this specifically for light painting at night.
mid it possible to do this in Affinity photo?You could try
File - New Stack
Add images
Untick Automatically Aliign Images (although you may want to play with that setting)
Untick Live Alignment
In the layers panel ungroup the live stack group
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Great to hear everyone is getting a well deserved rest.
Hope you all have a relaxing safe holiday and good new year. 🥳
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20 hours ago, Jonah9000 said:
Who is the main user group?
I don't know but going by the show your work off section graphic designers seem to have a big if not main influence in the direction of this software.
I'm not saying I'm correct just throwing a thought into the mix.
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Just want to throw another thought into the mix on this. I'm not sure that photographers (the majority that seem to be calling for DAM) are the main users of AP. Actually I'm not sure serf see that user group as their main sales target. (Ref develop module) Maybe it's just not worth the effort.
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On 3/5/2017 at 2:28 PM, John Rostron said:
I would support this (but not retreating to Photoshop).
John
Totally agree!
(Blimey 2017!)
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On 11/26/2020 at 6:16 PM, fde101 said:
Small amounts of color like that probably won't make a massive difference, and the color can help make them more easily recognized in some cases. I do like a small amount of color there as opposed to the other provided option (monochromatic iconography as per your screenshot on the right), but I would actually prefer many of them (along with the controls) to have small amounts of color, but to be less saturated than they are.
Granted that the tabs won't be as significant either this than the entire frame of the window, but they also (particularly if rulers are hidden) can be closer to parts of the document than are some of the other UI elements which tend to have more of a frame/border around them.
In fact, with the rulers hidden, the tabs are right up against the document - the icons and the like are not and at least have some of the gray between them and the document.
Plus they would typically be on a different monitor for the type of artists you describe in your previous post.
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I like how the tab sizing works as is.
Don't agree with changing the colour of the active tab, adding a white/black, depending on app scheme selected, accentuation line to the top edge of the tab would do the job and be less distracting.
I'm sure this has been discussed before.
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On 10/17/2020 at 12:35 PM, Frozen Death Knight said:
Why not make this a separate program with the StudioLink feature instead of cramming a DAM into Photo? Last I checked Photoshop is not Lightroom and to me it sounds a bit absurd to increase the pricing of Photo by forcing it to become Lightroom as well, especially since I am not a photographer who would be the only ones that benefit from such a system.
By all means, Serif should make a DAM program eventually after they have developed their current three programs some more, but please don't cram all of these things into Photo and up the pricing.
Good point, given the current cost the fact I don't use the develop module is really of no importance to me, my current workflow works.
Change the default measurement of pixels in Units
in Feedback for Affinity Photo V1 on Desktop
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Yet another example of where sticky settings or preferences would resolve a usability issue.