dke

I can confirm the problem for nef files of my D7200. Show AF Focus is always greyed out in the latest beta and in the latest productive version too.
Regards, dke

With the free Google Nik plugin Viveza 2 I need 100% zoom to get correct colors for 16-bit tiff files. For 8-bit tiff files and jpeg files 33% zoom are sufficient to get correct colors.

Skylum Luminar Flex and Skylum Aurora 2019 (for single shot HDR images) are working now in AP beta 1.7.2.414. Thanks a lot.
Regards, dke
 

Skylum Luminar Flex and Skylum Aurora 2019 (for single shot HDR images) are working now in AP beta 1.7.2.414. Thanks a lot.
Regards, dke
 

Skylum Luminar Flex and Skylum Aurora 2019 (for single shot HDR images) are working now in AP beta 1.7.2.414. Thanks a lot.
Regards, dke
 

Hi Chris,
the problem has nothing to do with bit depth.
In Affinity Photo you can use Skylum Aurora 2019 to create single shot HDR images from 16-bit or 8-bit images.
It is a very useful plugin because it is very easy to get great results with Aurora.
When you try to start Aurora 2019 in beta 1.7.0.367 nothing happens not even with small jpeg files as input. You see a plugin entry in the protocol and that is all.
Regards, dke
 

@pefunk: Thanks for the information.
It would be fine to have an 'export to external editor' option like in On1 Photo Raw in Affinita Photo too.
I made a feature request: https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/86103-affinity-photo-should-allow-to-export-images-to-external-editors/&tab=comments#comment-455729
Regards, dke

Many Photoshop plugins do not work correctly in Affinita Photo. With an option to send files from Affinity Photo to other external editors we could work around  problems with standalone working plugins very comfortable.
Regards, dke

Thanks a lot Patrick. I can use my preferred (user defined) dpi setting of 115% now and HSL works.
Regards, dke

I use only one screen and a DPI setting of 120%.
Regards, dke

I tried different images (jpg and tiff) from different cameras and softwares. The problem is not image specific. As soon as I try to use HSL beta 1.7.0.284 freezes and doesn't respond. Even when I develop a raw image in beta 1.7.0.284 and click on HSL afterwards AP freezes. 
 

Tiff files from my D7200 that are saved by DxO Photolab are also accepted by Beta 1.7.0.284 now.
Good job.
 

The Highlights Strength slider has no effect in the 'normal' Shadows /Highlights filter and in the live filter. In the live filter there is a strange preview (see attached image). My system is Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit.
 
 
 
 

Hi mykee,
I suppose that only plugins with format 8bf can work with Affinity Photo. Black and White Projects 5 works in AP with the plugin from the CC folder. Older versions of Black & White Projects don't work as a plugin in Affinity Photo.  To test if a plugin works in AP, just copy its folder somewhere on your disk, add the path of this folder in AP's Photoshop Plugins configuration, allow there the usage of unknown plugins and restart AP.      

Franzis HDR Projects Professional 2018 is already working as a plugin in the latest Windows Beta 1.6.3.103 to create a single shot HDR from a single image. It would be fine if the Affinity Photo developers could implement the possibility to load a sequence of different exposures into the plugin.  
 

Good news, thanks for the info 

Thanks a lot, much appreciated
Regards, dke

Thanks a lot, ve2cjw :)

In the release version Viveza has correct colors with 8-bit sRGB for me only when I use 33%, 50% or 100% preview size inside Viveza.
When I see the full image in Viveza it is desaturated.
With 16-bit sRGB files I have correct colors in Viveza only when I set the preview size in Viveza to 100%.