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    For people who have an eye for Nostalgia.
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    I was trying to create a retro-style test card for the Retro Recipes Nostalgia Channel. These are wallpapers for computer desktops. The reflection maps were provided by DrawPlus, the test card image was provided by Pixabay. The rest of the effects were done using GMIC CRT Subpixels filter and a few colour enhancements from Affinity Photo and Nik Filters. These are my results.
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    I remember in the old days of coding on 8-bit and using such venerable tools as GWBASIC in DOS on 16-bit PCs, debugging complex applications, particularly written by others, what an arduous process. Often requiring a listing and dry running by the programmer to identify the issues. With today's more complex OSes and Applications, I would imagine that the process has become much more complicated. However, one would hope that advanced debugging applications would have been developed to ease the process. Now, if algorithms are documented first (even better displayed in a flow diagram) and worked on, and the code is developed from those algorithms in the language of choice, then there is usually a helpful resource to locate the procedural bugs as written. However, the time spent developing has massively increased. So, smaller software companies tend to write programs directly in code in their preferred language. This speeds up production but makes debugging a little more complex as algorithms need to be reverse-engineered to understand the code on a more human level.
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    Here is an example design created in Affinity Photo using one of my enhanced parchment textures. I have shared it with you in PNG and Affinity Photo format. Drawplus X8 was used to create the reflection maps on the lettering, but everything else was done in Affinity Photo. A simple yet striking wallpaper design, MilleniGem 04 RR Data.afphoto
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    Alternative textures: Parchment variants Chalk, Wax, Silver Woodetch, and Woodetch.
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    I just found the social posting sizes in Affinity Designer so I grabbed a bit of clipart placed it in the document and added text in the using the Mainframe Opto font with added layer effects of emboss and outer shadow. I think it's quite a useful feature. This could be fun. I hope you enjoy the result.
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    Yeah, these are metallicized versions for more creative applications. The first lot is probably the best for you.
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    And an assortment of parchment texture variants, in JPG. The Zip contains all four. Parchment texture variants.zip
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    Here is a JXL metalicized version for a metal scroll variant texture. It is quite large but hopefully, you will find it useful. Parchment texture for old documents soft gold Gold.jxl
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    Here is a texture I created by mixing AI texture generation and resizing and editing. PNG format Parchment recreated.zip
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    Thank you for these. Is there any way you would be able to share what you did to make these? If you even remember. @NMS I'm pleased you like these. Many of them were collated and created over 20 years ago. Created on a lot of tools that have long disappeared into the night. One was scanned into the computer and resized using PhotoZoom Pro 7 to enlarge it for use in publications at a higher resolution. So more than that I cannot say. Some filters may be available to add functionality to Affinity Photo which can add those textures to your arsenal. Pixaby may also be a good source for such textures. When you have amassed some of them you might want to try blending them to achieve the results you need. I believe someone uploaded parchment styles onto the forum which may be of use.
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    Perhaps a variant of FreeBASIC would be a useful addition. Particularly for writing plugins.
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    I created this Retro Recipes Wallpaper based on the Doctor Who style titles from the Eleventh Doctor era. This was my first experimentation with the vector perspective warp function. I'm not sure it actually worked well enough. But it seems to almost do the Job. Note that the lens flare effect was added using GIMP and reflection maps added in Draw Plus X8. Everything else was done in Affinity Photo and using the GMIC and Nik Filters.
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    Here is a slightly festive version of desktop wallpapers I created in honour of the Retro Recipes channel on YouTube. DrawPlus is used for the reflection maps and GIMP for the supernova and lens flare facilities. The rest is done in Affinity Photo 2 with the GMIC, Reactor Player, and Nik Filters 4 plugins. I used layer effects for glows and shadows, and snow added from assets by Vkyr. Happy Festive Season to all.
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    Have you tried using the CTRL loading method to clear user data? Hold CTRL whilst opening the application.
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    I was continuing my RR Wallpapers. I have experimented with CRT phosphors and sub-pixels in G'MIC, Night and day filters in Photo Reactor, and tweaking in Develop persona to finish off the effects. Sadly the supernova and lens flare effects had to be edited in GIMP. Affinity Photo does not yet support these tools.
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    Yes, I had to use GIMP to achieve the supernova effect with lens flare.The rest is done in Affinity Photo with GMIC and Photo Reactor.
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    It's okay. I solved the issue as it seemed a single pixel line had crept into my design which had been transparent. Conversion merely highlighted the problem.
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    When batch converting a number of desktop wallpapers from PNG to JPEG I noticed a slight discrepencey in the output. These are images I created in Affinity Photo and saved successfully in PNG format. However when converting to a new directory in JPEG format with 100% quality there appears to be a line of pixels added to the left of these images when viewed in Ifranview. I do not know why. It also happens when saving as a JPEG from the main program export interface. Any ideas?
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    Some final wallpapers were created in Affinity Photo based on a 4K design. Drawplus provided the reflection maps. The reset was Affinity, GMIC, Mediachance Reactor, and Nik Filters 4. Slideshow put together in Powerpoint and audio track added in Moviemaker Classic. Sadly, I couldn't embed the video directly in the forum. I kept getting error 200.
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    I was working on desktop wallpapers for my computer in honour of the Retro Recipes channel on YouTube. I think I have peaked with this image. AFPHOTO file is I am working on desktop wallpapers for my computer in honour of the included for you to examine. Drawplus image was exported as a PDF and imported into Affinity Photo. This allows me to keep the layer objects separate to work on them separately. Even add-ons such as GMIC, Media Chance, and Nik Filters can edit the objects separately. You may need to Raster them first. Retro Recipes Royale 72dpi.afphoto
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    20 wallpapers designed by me using Drawplus, Affinity Photo, Affinity Designer, G'MIC plugins, Media Chance Plugin, Nik Filters, Slideshow created in Windows Movie Maker and Videoproc Converter AI. Music provided using Open MPT and Goldwave. Childhood Dreams_3.mp4
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    Hopefully, this version will play in your browser. Recipes Countdown_2_2.mp4
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