francwoods

I can try on my 4k laptop once it's done updating itself. It could be the screen size then as I work from a 4k 27" monitor. 

Hey All
Thanks for the input.  Thought you'd all like to see the final result.  Taken with my Note 10+ phone.

Hey All
Thanks for the input.  Thought you'd all like to see the final result.  Taken with my Note 10+ phone.

James,
Thanks for these new tutorials.
I find that I'm still not clear what I should do in the Develop persona that could also be done later in the Photo persona, as there is considerable overlap between the tools provided in the former and the more basic adjustment and live filter layers in the latter.
For a time I was just concentrating on flattening the image, having opened the RAW file without applying curves, e.g. pushing the black point a bit away from the left edge of the histogram, pushing the midtones toward the center, and recovering highlights, opening up shadows, etc.  Sharpening, clarifying, increasing contrast, etc.could be done in the Photo persona, after all.  But then I discovered haze removal.  It requires a pixel layer to work on, so it seemed to make sense to do some of the things in the Develop persona that I had intended to do later.  So now I am thinking that I should perhaps do some sharpening and perhaps introduce a curve during development.
I would find a tutorial on the theme, what should I consider doing in the Develop persona and what might I want to postpone for later, extremely helpful.

Thanks... but this was not to "select" the layer but to double click on the layer icon to use it as a "Selection" (i.e. the marching ants).  In the video the instructor double clicked on the icon and the macro recorded the action (using it as a "selection").

I was watching a video course on Lynda.com (Advanced Affinity Photo for Desktop) and the video for creating your own macros. The video shows recording a macro where the first step is to create a selection from a layer.  When I try that, I get Macro Recorder - Cannot record "Selection From Layer".
Am I missing some setting that I need to change to allow this or is it not available on the Windows version?  The course appears to be recorded on a Mac version of Affinity.

For years I have struggled with various releases of Photoshop...just when you think you have mastered it, Adobe comes up with more useless overkill features and now insist that everything goes to the Cloud (I hate it) along with this, you can never own the product but "rent it'...as night follows day the 'rent' increases every year.   AND THEN......
enter, Serif Affinity Photo - what a welcome breath of fresh air to we fledgling Photographers on a budget. I was going to purchase the Product after my PS subscription ran out some months hence, but after seeing some of the Affinity Tutorials on Youtube, I couldn't wait, so purchased it and use it many times a day, never returning to that 'Other' product (despite still paying my monthly dues until my contract is finished)
Accolades to Serif for Affinity Photo and please don't go down the path of annual subscriptions or uploading to the 'Cloud'
My only request is that you make available a written manual in pdf format so that ready reference can be easily accessed.
Chinderah.