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TLDR; To combine HDR and Panorama I'd first do HDR merging and then stitching. Because stitching will not be exact the same from two different sets of photos, even if it's the same subject. 1. Shoot exposure bracketed (-1/0/+1 or so) 2. Make an HDR merge of each bracketed set 3. Stitch the Panorama. This should give you a flawless panorama and will also have the least amount of difference of cloud movement between the exposures. Edit: Or shoot in-camera HDRs if it is capable of doing that.

As long as Affinity continues to be a stand alone product with an affordable perpetual license, I’m fine.

The only way I got the zoom to work reliably is by using pinch-to-zoom via the trackpad on my MacBook.

For masking a colourful background isn't ideal because the colour reflects on the subjects. If you want a soft edge on your selection or mask, use the refine feature. (Verfeinern). When the selection is active, click the Refine (Verfeinern) button. There you have different options to make the best selection. This also works for both selections and Masks. See the video. Bildschirmaufnahme 2023-12-11 um 21.44.35.mov

For anyone finding this as well, turning Hardware Acceleration off and turning it back on again might work. The app needs to be-started each time. It worked for me.

I was looking for a similar thing, basically to create a mask from the brightness values of an image. Or convert a live luminosity mask to a non-live mask. Following the above steps I got to another solution without needing to go to the channels panel. Add a live luminosity Mask on top with your settings as needed. Merge visible – Keyboard shortcut ⇧⎇⌘E The merged layer is partially transparent. Make a selection from it – Keyboard shortcut ⌘Enter Click on Mask icon to create a mask The merged layer can then be removed again. Step 3 alternatively could be "Rasterise to mask" which is even faster. But that makes a different result. I don't know why.

Yes, that makes sense. I thought about that, too. Then I realised that I never open documents from within an app via ⌘O but only from finder using the mouse or ⌘↓. The exception is Photo 2 since I discovered the new panel which I find really useful. 😄

Nice, I wasn't aware of the menu item File > Open Recent > More... and set it to CMD+O. 👍

Is it possible to set a keyboard shortcut to the "Recent" panel?

I'd like to bring up another finding. By just Adding the HSL adjustment, there is a colour shift in red. No need to do anything else, just add the default HSL adjustment layer. As far as I am aware, this happens when a new 32-bit document is created. Converting to another color space fixes it somehow, for example from Adobe RGB to ROMM RGB. How to reproduce: 1. Create a new 32-bit document. 2. Add anything of red colour, for example a shape or brush stroke. 3. Add an HSL adjustment layer on top. When I create a 32-bit document form raw via the develop persona, the existing reds from the raw file ("Background" layer) aren't affected, only the ones that are added later. Setting the adjustment layer to "Invert contrast" at 50% opacity should make everything grey. But in this case it doesn't. That's why I think it might be a part of the current HSL funkyness. Please see the attached screen capture. Bildschirmaufnahme 2023-10-11 um 18.55.53.mov

A short follow-up: The aggressive ramp does also apply when opening files that were previously edited in V1. Using V2, the image looks different, depending how much of the HSL adjustment was used. It doesn't need much to get the unwanted funky look. Here a screen capture how it impacts opening a file that was created with V1 and is now opened in V2. First is Photo V1 where I turn the HSL adjustment on/off. Then I open that file in V2 where the colours are "rather different". HSL V1 V2.mov

Interesting, thanks a lot!

I'd be interested in this too. The non-active preset is still there in Photo 2. When editing several raw files from a series, I also use presets and I have to re-select it as you describe it. Are you willing to share how you scripted it?

Hi, Perhaps I'm the only one working this way, but I'd like to give this feedback anyway. When working with groups (or sub-layers in general), I often click on the top layer to see which of the layers are included in the group to have better orientation. In that moment, I usually focus on working just in side the group and I want to see what's going on in there. However, clicking on the top layer (for example the "Group" icon) doesn't highlight that little sidebar indicator. Only if I select a member inside the group, it gets highlighted. In other words: Selecting a "Group" layer can be confused as a single individual layer. The sidebar next to the group members is there, but not "activated". I've attached screenshots to better explain it. Note the grey bars on the left side. For me, work would be easier if the sidebar would be highlighted when clicking on the top Group layer – the same way as if any group member is selected. Thanks!

Sure. IMGP6863.PEF