Zoli1989

Thank you! I'll make a nice and "easy" reference picture, so I'll be able to check all the details and values I need to compare the looks, then I'll play with the settings
 

Welcome to the Affinity Forums @smandrus 
I can confirm this issue is still logged with our team currently, our apologies.
I'll be sure to raise this with them now, to bring it to their attention once again.

You should be able to create the same appearance using Affinity Photo, but it will involve more manual work and a learning curve of what changes you need to make.
 

Well the difference is due to the fact that Nikon knows very well how to showup and interpret all of it's camera settings inside/from NEF files, like Active D-Lighting, Picture Control, Scene modes, ... etc. Even all of the difficult for other vendors to interpret specific Nikon EXIF Maker Notes. So what a cams internal screen and Nikon Studio do as default show here is pretty identical, as they can and know to deal with the same NEF & JPG data.
Affinity Photo on the other side in contrast here, doesn't apply any default presettings like brightness/contrast, sharpening, ... etc. It also doesn't have any clue about interpreting any Active D-Lighting, Picture Control settings and the like. Thus it's default image looks much more dull, flatter and unsharp here. - For APh you would have to setup some own presettings which deal with those things here, in order to get similar looking results.
Some of the big guys in the commercial field of RAW-Converters (Lightroom/ACR, C1, DxO, ...) can and do interpret more out of NEF settings here, they do apply some more cam presettings here so the images come closer to what Nikon Studio would as default show up.
IN SHORT: that's normal for Affinity Photo here.

Would it be possible for you to provide a copy of one of the files this is happening with so I can test on our systems?

I've been making a nuisance of myself of this forum seeking advice on how to ensure the color of my prints match the color of my designs. This is particularly important to me because I want to mass produce a board game and would like it to look exactly how I designed it. According to print shops and manufacturers, CMYK at 300dpi is preferred for professional printing, so the following focuses on that requirement.
The issue I have faced is my prints are much darker than my images on screen. Notwithstanding that screens tend to be brighter than paper, this was not the issue I was trying to solve. What I needed was to solve how to improve the brightness of my design so it appeared bright on the paper. I discovered that 'soft proofing' helped me put the issue into context by playing with the various color profiles, but I did not understand what any of the listed color profiles actually meant. I tried contacting local print shops in Tampa, FL but they had no idea what an ICC color profile is (very concerning). I asked a board game manufacturer in China, and they didn't know either. Nonetheless, what was important to me was to have at least a basic understanding of what the color profiles mean so I can at least apply them with some surety that the color of prints will be close to what I want. So here's a summary, which I hope someone other than me benefits from.
By reference to the International Color Consortium (ICC) I will focus on three characterization data sets for color management found by Affinity software in my Windows 10 operating system, namely CGATS, FOGRA, and TC130 . Without writing an essay, these can be summarized as:
CGATS is registered by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) and is most commonly used in USA. You can find the following ANSI registered CMYK color profiles in Affinity products.
US Web Coated (SWOP) v2 - I understand this standard is now obsolete and should not be used, despite software using it as a default.
US Web Uncoated v2 - this is for uncoated paper. Uncoated means it isn't gloss, matte, satin or any other treatment. It is probably like the multipurpose paper you might use at home.
Coated GRACoL 2006 (ISO 12647-2:2004) is suitable for Grade #1 paper, which is the highest quality white paper.
Web Coated SWOP Grade #3 Paper is a bright glossy paper similar to most magazines.
Web Coated SWOP Grade #5 Paper is a low quality paper that might be slightly dull and yellow.
FOGRA is a Germany based institute for graphic arts, and its color standards are mainly adopted in UK and Europe. The following profiles are in Affinity products:
Coated FOGRA27 (ISO 12647-2:2004) - this has been superseded by FOGRA39 so should not be used.
Web Coated FOGRA28 (ISO 12647-2:2004) for offset commercial and specialty printing with paper type 3 (coated web, 60 gsm)
Uncoated FOGRA29 (ISO 12647-2:2004) for offset commercial and specialty printing with paper type 4 (uncoated white offset, 120 gsm)
Coated FOGRA39 (ISO 12647-2:2004) represents commercial offset lithography on gloss or matte coated paper of 115 gsm.
ISO TC130 is registered by the Japan National Committee and is adopted by ICC as an international standard as it is consistent with ISO 12647-2 and -3. The following profiles are in Affinity products:
Japan Web Coated (Ad) is for sheet-fed offset printing Paper type 1, premium coated, 127.9 gsm
Japan Color 2001 Coated is for sheet-fed offset printing, with paper type 1, (coated, 105 gsm), 
Japan Color 2001 Uncoated is as above but for uncoated paper.
Japan Color 2002 Newspaper is for coldset offset printing for printing newspapers.
Japan Color 2003 Web Coated is for heat-set web offset printing,with paper type 3, (coated, 70 gsm)

Hi everyone! 

I'm following the projects in the workbook and one introduces as last step the save as package feature... It says go to File-Save as Package... I have version 1.8.6. (last now) and there is no Save as Package under file menu... Is it removed or places somewhere else, or...? 

Thanks, 

Z. 

Thank you for your quick reply and a solution! Frankly I am a bit relieved it's not because I'm lame, and If I meet this again I'll know an alternative solution to fix it! 

Thank you very much! Awesome! 

A more recent set of tutorials for 1.7 (and above) is available via affinity.serif.com or from Designer's Welcome screen.
The legacy tutorial set, also available on YouTube, includes:
1. Getting Started
•        Discover Affinity Designer
•        For Beginners
•        For Beginners Too
•        Using the Help System
•        CMYK Setup
•        Designing from a Sketch
•        New from Clipboard
•        Actual Size Zoom
•        Editing PDF Text
•        Using the Grade UI Kit
2. Artboards
•        Artboards: Basics
•        Artboards: Exporting and Printing
•        Artboards: Colour and Opacity
•        Artboards: From Content
•        Artboards: Design Aids
3. Drawing Lines and Shapes
•        Pen Power
•        Shapes
•        Convert to Curves
•        Corner Tool
•        Drawing Perfect Triangles
•        Stylish Strokes: Textured Lines
•        Stylish Strokes: Dashed Lines
4. Colour and Opacity
•        Complex Gradients
•        Adjusting Noise and Opacity in Fills
•        Transparency Tool
•        Changing Colours
•        Blend Modes
•        Colour Picker Tool
•        Colour Palette from Document
•        Colour Palette from Image
•        Pantone Colours
•        Global, Spot and Overprint Colours
•        Quick Opacity Setting
5. Layer control
•        Layers Panel
•        Lock Children
6. Object control
•        Selecting, Finding and Isolating Objects
•        Rotation Point: Overview
•        Rotation Point: Worked Example
•        Vector Scaling Options
7. Symbols and Assets
•        Symbols (1.5)
•        Assets (1.5)
8. Painting
•        Shading Using Raster Brushes
•        Adding Raster Texture
9. Text
•        Artistic, Frame and Shape Text
•        Text on a Path: Overview
•        Text on a Path: Worked Example
•        OpenType Typography
10. Media
•        Using Raster Images in a Composition
•        Film Noir Style Illustration
11. Saving, exporting and sharing
•        Save History
•        Soft Proofing
•        Exporting
•        Exporting: Layers
•        Exporting: Slices
•        Exporting: Continuous
•        Exporting: Automatic Directory/Folder Creation
•        Exporting: Multiple Outputs from a Single Slice
•        Exporting: Transparent and Coloured Backgrounds
•        Exporting User Settings and Keyboard Shortcuts
12. Design Aids
•        Constraints: Overview
•        Constraints: Worked Example for Web Design
•        Snapping and Dynamic Guides •        Snapping: Candidates
•        Snapping: Object Creation
•        Snapping: UI and Web Design
•        View Modes and Split View
•        New View
•        View Points
•        Grids: Icon Design
•        Grids: Floor Plans
•        Isometric Grid Drawings: Part 1 (Single Planes)
•        Isometric Grid Drawings: Part 2 (Multiple Planes)
•        Isometric Grid Drawings: Part 3 (Layers and Compounds)
•        Grids: Coloured Lines