jenkm

Yes, like Linear Burn, Divide mode was also lost.

In Photoshop everything works in an obvious way:
if a group is in the Passthrough mode it is as if there is no group, the blending order is not changed if a group mode is Normal, first blended all layers in this group (nothing interacts with the layers outside of the group) then group is considered as a single layer in Normal mode if a group mode is Multiply (for example), also the layers in this group are not interacts with the layers outside of the group, group is considered as a single layer and blend down in Multiply mode That is, if the group mode is not Passthrough, for example adjustment layers in the group do not affect the layers below the group.
 
In Affinity there is two difference:
If a group contains both adjustments and pixel layers, these adjustments only affect layers in the group. Adjustments would like to ignore Passthrough mode, how would masking by layers. And if a group has only adjustments in it (so it shows the folder icon) it will affect the elements outside the group.  
 
If you have a group not in Passthrough, the layers inside the group are not interact with the layers outside of the group. If the bottom layer in the group has its own blending mode it just ignores.

To be precise, SVG (for the web) is not an option, it is a Preset (set of export options). Click the More button to see options.
 
For example, without Flatten transforms:
<g transform="matrix(0.922466,-0.386079,0.386079,0.922466,-87.7666,149.969)"> <rect x="256" y="256" width="128" height="128" style="fill:#ffffff;"/> </g> With this option, the transformation will be applied to the rectangle:
<path d="M360.879,216.95l-107.929,45.171l45.171,107.929l107.929,-45.171l-45.171,-107.929Z" style="fill:#ffffff;"/>  

There are two ways to work around this limitation:
just place all adjustments layers into an additional group add fill layer which does not change the image (white in Darken mode)

The HSL’s Reds has a maximum effect only on pure red. That is, darker or lighter colors, or red colors with less saturation will have a smaller impact.
 
To understand the logic (in my opinion) of this, take for example a photo of a man in red clothes:
in the case when you are using HSL’s Reds you operate only on bright (saturated) clothing, keeping the skin and deep shadows untouched when you create a mask of all the red colors (Select > Colour Range > Reds) and then use HSL’s Master, it will also affect skin color and will bleach the shadow

Yes, they work quite differently. (I think this is intentional.)
 

 
It seems like Photoshop’s Lightness also desaturates color, while the Affinity’s Luminosity trying to keep the color saturation unchanged.

The HSL’s Reds has a maximum effect only on pure red. That is, darker or lighter colors, or red colors with less saturation will have a smaller impact.
 
To understand the logic (in my opinion) of this, take for example a photo of a man in red clothes:
in the case when you are using HSL’s Reds you operate only on bright (saturated) clothing, keeping the skin and deep shadows untouched when you create a mask of all the red colors (Select > Colour Range > Reds) and then use HSL’s Master, it will also affect skin color and will bleach the shadow

Yes, they work quite differently. (I think this is intentional.)
 

 
It seems like Photoshop’s Lightness also desaturates color, while the Affinity’s Luminosity trying to keep the color saturation unchanged.

I miss an item in File menu to "Close All" files.
 
Or maybe also a contextual menu over the file tabs to "Close", "Close All", "Close Other", "Close right tabs",...
 
 
Thanks.

Hi all, I don't know about everyone else but I sometimes get confused with posts that don't mention whether its Affinity Designer or Affinity Photo. I really think there should be sub forums under Questions for Affinity Designer and Affinity Photo or make a tag or label that indicates which of the programs is being discussed, as it is I think its a bit of a mess.
Another option would be to replace the bullet point with the appropriate programs logo or at least change the colour of the bullet so that posts with pink bullet points are for Affinity Photo?
what do you all think?
Got an idea yourself?

If blend color Luminosity > 50% then:
 
All pixels with Luminosity values less 50% are replaced by the blend color,
and the pixels with Luminosity greater 50% are replaced by inverted blend color.
 
If blend color Luminosity < 50% then opposite:
 
All pixels with Luminosity values less 50% are replaced by the inverted blend color, 
and the pixels with Luminosity greater 50% are replaced by blend color.
 
So this Contrast Negate mode is some kind of two-tone Posterization.
 

It would be a lot easier to use the blend modes if there were separator bars between the various groups (light, dark etc.)
A small cosmetic tweak
Thanks