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Tablet issues
pixelrain replied to Mouse's topic in Pre-V2 Archive of Affinity on Desktop Questions (macOS and Windows)
If you frequently work with 8000 x 8000 image sizes you mentioned, you really need more RAM (lots of it) for a smooth experience; also, Krita doesn't work very well with integrated Intel graphics. -
Tablet issues
pixelrain replied to Mouse's topic in Pre-V2 Archive of Affinity on Desktop Questions (macOS and Windows)
You can test your tablet with old windows Paint. If you ask me, I'm more inclined to think there is some issue in .net or visual c++ as this issues seem to love apps that use those things. :) -
@Engine44 The examples you attached are called "photo manipulations" ( picture it as various images or parts of an image arranged together on a page then each one is modified in order to "fit" one general atmosphere / theme; if you are curious about the process you can search that term on youtube where you'll find lots of examples videos; the workflow is the same even if they use another software ). Affinity Photo is the tool you would want use for this, as it has more image/raster based tools, filters and adjustments. You have some examples of works like this in Affinity Photo's welcome screen (in the view samples tab). @dutchshader Those examples are of digital paintings, that implies a little different approach; where you create the image with just the brush tool and layers; closer to how you would work with traditional media on a canvas; showing that AP/AD are decent at doing both. :lol: Of course there is no rule that stops you from combining both techniques in one.
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Affinity Photo Customer Beta - 1.5.2.62
pixelrain replied to Mark Ingram's topic in [ARCHIVE] Photo beta on Windows threads
Is it just me or brushes / drawing with them just feels slower compared to non beta build ? -
Realistic shadow
pixelrain replied to Engine44's topic in Pre-V2 Archive of Affinity on Desktop Questions (macOS and Windows)
Short answer, yes. Long answer, you can either create it by using a vector shape ( manually tracing the girls contour ) or as a selection which you extract from the girls image and then color it gray or with a slight gray - darker gray gradient then skew and transform the shadow layer and place it behind the layer with the girl. You can then blend it or airbrush the shadows as you desire to give it more realism. -
You can click and drag on on "width","opacity", etc (on the name not slider) in the context toolbar and adjust those settings.
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If you need an color profile aware application to test images; you can use the portable Fullscreen Photo Viewer; just unzip and run it. The color management toggle is the F12 key. If the yellow tint is there too = color profile problems. :)
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Your monitor has a broken/improper color profile supplied by its manufacturer. Aim for this in control panel / color management settings.
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Another similar software is FontViewOK. :)
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Computer upgrade
pixelrain replied to DGM40's topic in Pre-V2 Archive of Affinity on Desktop Questions (macOS and Windows)
Oh, oh, i have 6 cores, that would be me, what did I win ? B) Strictly in my case, compared to other similar apps, AP/AD do seem to like to max all my cores. I can easily get 99% percent CPU usage with simple tasks; the only apps that manage to approach the same CPU utilization percentage are video encoders and CPU stress test apps. With other similarish software it's rare to see more than 35-40% CPU usage, and in that scenario a faster core will provide more performance, one of the reasons why Intel's do good in PS. Less cores = higher Mhz vs more cores = lower Mhz per core. Blame it on size, power and temperature targets :P If you have a 4core CPU with 5ghz and a 16 core with 2,5ghz, and a software that only uses 2 cores; its not rocket science to determine which one will have an advantage in that app. The situation will change 180 degrees if the application does know how to use 16 cores; that does not make one or the other a bad CPU just unsuited for that specific scenario. -
Computer upgrade
pixelrain replied to DGM40's topic in Pre-V2 Archive of Affinity on Desktop Questions (macOS and Windows)
With memory its pretty simple, if your stuff fits in it you're good, if not, it will access the storage disks and you will experience slowdowns and thus should buy more of it; "more" has never been "too much" with computers. ;) 16gb of decent 3000mhz ddr4 goes for ~120 bucks so there is no reason for less especially with content creation applications in these 4K / soon 8K times. If your data does not fit in RAM it will use the internal disk and things like file read/write, history, backup, saves also use it often, so its also important that what you have there is fast both in speed and access times. So, basically, what I'm saying is that you have to decide which combo (CPU/RAM/DISK/GPU) you think it will suite your usage best for your budget; and that purchase should be something that is balanced performance wise in all important areas; because the "slowest" part in your setup will be the cause the performance "bottleneck". :rolleyes: -
Computer upgrade
pixelrain replied to DGM40's topic in Pre-V2 Archive of Affinity on Desktop Questions (macOS and Windows)
You're scaring the OP off Ryzens, not such a big deal; just typical new platform / architecture growing pains that are going to be remedied soon. -
Computer upgrade
pixelrain replied to DGM40's topic in Pre-V2 Archive of Affinity on Desktop Questions (macOS and Windows)
I would go with a Ryzen 7 1700 +overclock a bit, B350, 16 or 32gb 2 dimms 3000/3200mhz ram, plus a fast and reliable M.2 PCIe SSD. You can keep the GTX560 or if you really must change it; a GTX1050Ti or bigger (if you need the horsepower elsewhere) will do; AP doesn't need gpu that much. -
Yes, blurry exports are a thing. But it requires some steps to reproduce. Let's take TonyB's post as an example :P 1. Web page screenshot of his post (a print screen cropped to .png, 24bit, no compression) 2. Screenshot opened and added a little raster brush play (see end of post) and exported to .png with default settings. All is well. 3. Created a blank new larger document and dragged the screenshot in it, then, exported to .png with default settings. All is well, again. 4. Same document but this time we crop the document to a smaller size around the screenshot layer, and export it to .png again with default settings. And now we have Mr.Blurry Export ! Notes: - Done with Photo 1.5.1.54, simple document export, not export "Persona". - This is just how I've come across this; exports might also appear blurry in other scenarios. - It does not matter if image layer is rasterized or not. - Different export resample algorithms do not help. - Image layer import reads dpi instead of resolution !? :blink:
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affinity designer Work in progress but need a little help
pixelrain replied to Mvdarbs's topic in Share your work
Maybe it would be better if you would separate shading/lighting for each part individually: top wings, bottom wings, wheels, fuselage. -
Looking at title and description I think Matias wants to create a collage with all the shots, not a panorama stitch into one large photo. Don't think you can do that automatically in Affinity, so you'll have to rely on snapping and manual transforms. Or you could also check out the combine function of Photoscape.
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Scanning
pixelrain replied to ygoe's topic in Pre-V2 Archive of Affinity on Desktop Questions (macOS and Windows)
Say no more ... :P I've asked because usually manufacturer's own apps use the hardware better, or have more options for scanning; which is a big plus if you ask me. There is also NAPS2, which is open source, there is also a portable version if you prefer this; maybe you will find it useful.
