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Vestapol

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  1. A great image,really made me laugh. A little King Arthur who's lost his sword in the lake. My only major criticism would be that I don't think the vignette, if that's what you used is at all necessary and the picture was far better without it. If it were me I'd clone out the yellow buoys,the mechanical digger way off on the far bank and the electricity pylon ,tidy up the few artifacts and bingo!..... But then ooooh I'd be sorely tempted to get in there with a curves adjustment and I'd be wondering what sort of processing I could try out for different atmospherics.
  2. Rather than start a new thread this seems like the appropriate place to suggest this. First I'd like to second what Here's Johnny suggests plus- an option for a choice of thumbnail sizes in the layers palette. It would be a small change to the Ui but I think it would make a big difference to everyday working with the program. I for one find the size of the thumbnails at present quite a strain to see and very little use as a guide to what is on a layer particularly if the image is a complex one with many composite elements and layers. Ive been trialing Affinity Photo for a few days now and would eventually like to leave Photoshop behind for Affinity but this is a missing feature that's really putting me off what I think is overall a fantastic program.
  3. Thanks Alfred, Maybe it'll get added as a feature at some point, though I've no doubt the Affinity Folk have a new features list longer than all their arms put together! These things all take time I know.
  4. R C-R , if I understand you correctly, the preference setting that's similar to auto select layer in Photoshop yes? Yes,thank you I have found it , A very handy feature in both programs, though I've also found it has it's limits in Ps and tends to get snagged on adjustment layers or layers where I've added some subtle brushstrokes on a layer somewhere above the layer I'm after. I always make a point of naming layers of course but still, when there's a high stack of them, a good sized thumbnail helps. I'm very new to Infinity Photo and enjoying it immensely but since I am so new to it I can't really comment as yet on how well the "Show Selection in Layers Panel," feature works as a way of selecting layers. I'll no doubt discover how well it works for me as I test it out on multi layer files. I guess I've just become very accustomed to glancing across at a nice big thumbnail in the Ps layers panel and being able to see what's what.
  5. Hi R C-R and Alfred, I quite often work with a large number of layers, often between a 100 and 200 in Photoshop and many of these condensed into folders I can expand if needed (Affinity seems to have a similar grouping option). (I'm trying to ween myself off CS6 rather than move onto Adobe's monthly milking coercion programme and think Affinity Photo will be just the ticket once I get used to it) Photoshop as you may or may not know has a layers palette option of four possibilities from no thumbnail, followed by one around the size of the Affinity one, one roughly around twice that and finally one around maybe 9 times the Affinity one. A very handy option I've found. I've no problem with scrolling, it seems the better option, since I at least, find it easier to scroll to find something that's a good viewing size while seated with a good posture than leaning in to the screen to make out the content of a layer . Below a certain size it becomes far less easy to give a quick glance as to where you are and more of a ponderous squint if that makes sense. The layer thumbnail size option wasn't always in Photoshop, I forget now when it appeared but I know it came as a relief when it did and I'm guessing it came as a result of user feedback. A mouse over would certainly be handy Alfred but I think just a simple choice of thumbnail sizes would be the simplest option. Another option might be a layer content viewing option on the navigator window. As it is now to view the whole file image but with a setting to view the contents of the individual layers as you click on a layer in the palette or highlight them as you move through them using the keyboard command. My personal preference would still be for a simple choice of thumbnail sizes.
  6. Ack! I was really hoping I wouldn't find this answer to the question I was about to ask. Why are they soooo small? They really are a struggle to see sitting at a comfortable distance from the screen. Is there any chance of a choice of thumbnail sizes at some point? I don't think I'd be the only one to find that useful.
  7. Hello everyone. I downloaded a trial version of Infinity Photo last night. I'm an artist and sometime illustrator and have been using Photoshop on and off since way back in the 20th Century (where did the time go eh?) Anyway, I'm yet another one of the Adobe Cloud refuseniks holding on to my CS6 with a line drawn in the sand; this far and no further.I found myself fishing around for alternatives the other evening and saw a reference to Affinity. Well after a morning of playing around with APhoto and getting used to the similarities and the differences between AP and Ps I've got to say I'm blown away by AP. I certainly wouldn't call myself a Photoshop heavy hitter so I can't compare the two at that level but I've certainly put together a shed load of multilayered montages over the years and so far I don't see any reason not to slowly migrate from Photoshop to Affinity Photo and tag along with the upgrades as they come along. Sure, if I was on a commission right now, I'd use Photoshop for the sake of the speed of familiarity but I can see myself jumping the Adobe ship altogether eventually, especially since there's Designer too and better still Affinity Publisher in the offing ... and no monthly subs :D Cheers Affinity, I'm a very happy bunny!
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