annaisabel

@dansky @annaisabel If exporting your  LUT as a .cube there is a bug that translates the RGB data columns to BGR. We've been waiting a long time for a fix for this but it seems to be low priority. If you experience this issue, a workaround is to reimport the exported LUT file and then export the imported file again. The double translation should put the data columns back in the correct location. Eg.Export( RGB to BGR), Import, Export (GBR to RGB) should fix the file.

Hi @dansky
If you look in the Document menu (top left, just after the arrow) there is an Export LUT option.
There is a video (for the desktop version) but it should work the same.
 

Delving into the raw processor on Photo ang liking what I am getting though I do have some queries...
 
Is there a "picker" (like an eyedropper tool) to sample an area for the white balance, rather than setting white balance purely by the Kelvin sliding scale?
 
I ask because the initial shot, of a product shoot for instance, may include a colour checker in the frame which can be used as a reference for the white balance/colour i.e. sampling a grey/white or black swatch on the checker for the correct initial white balance. This would be useful in Photo as it stands for an initial preset could be created to apply on other shots from that shoot and, I think, essential for future batch processing of a shoot.
 
Anybody agree/disagree?

Here's the picker button:

Well APh as default opens RAWs in a let's say more neutral way (thus more dull looking), meaning here it doesn't apply any auto levels, brightness, contrast and presharpening to RAW images as other RAW converters do for certain vendor cams RAW files. You have to adjust these yourself (for a series of images under the same or similar lighting conditions) and make a preset for your cam for later reuse.
If you apply some adjustments you will get similar results.

For applying LUTs see ...
Affinity Photo - LUTs for Tonal Adjustments

Hey guys......so I was working on my new course...and got the the lesson on making brushes.....sooooo I had to amek some brushes. 
 
I made a set of fog/ smoke brushes in raster and a set of silky smooth stroke brushes for your vector applications. 
 
I have learned so much from the people on the site....I wanted to give back, so here ya go . I am working on new blog post and some new art using them....so I will keep you in the loop 
 
Feedback on them is always appreciated, I love making these sorts of tools 
 
Jeremy , www.7thseasonstudios.com
Stroke brushes -7th season studios .afbrushes
Smoke and fog brushes -7th season studios.afbrushes

This Affinity Spotlight article has PDFs and souce files for the latest Affinity Designer and Affinity Photo Desktop keyboard shortcuts. 
https://affinityspotlight.com/article/downloadable-affinity-keyboard-shortcut-cheat-sheets/
 
It is part of the Learning category that compliment the video tutorials  

My first successful sky replacement. An abbey in England, courtesy of Pixabay, and a morning sky, from an Osprey Cam, in Maine. 

One of my first vector works in Designer... and what I imagine when I misread "planetarium" (which is often).
Your comments, feedback, and most of all, time, are much appreciated!

i am so very tickled with af photo!!!! it's sooo much easier than ps and much more intuitive. everything is where you need it! this is a simple illustration i am working on for a book cover, nothing fancy. i'm just thrilled at how easy it was for me to cut, separate and color!
jen

All that you need to do is duplicate the layer, and apply whatever effect you want to the (upper) duplicate - blurring, embossing, etc. Select both layers and run the macro. Frequency separation generates the LP and HP layers in proper order setting linear light, and the high pass macro simply replaces the blurred (or otherwise) layer with the HP layer, blend set to normal.
Custom.afmacros

Today, let’s have fun with Gradient Maps…
Gradient Maps are a great way to color grade photos, since they map dark, light, and midtone values according to a pre-defined gradient. This can easily define a “look” for photos that might otherwise be hard to accomplish.
Although I am not a user of Photoshop, our “arch rival” has a wonderful group of gradient maps called “Photographic Toning” that are specifically designed to color grade photos. Although you have to drill down through a few panels and dialog boxes to find them (and you sort of have to know they’re there in the first place) they are a truly nice addition. Also, they are easily obtained by anyone.
But, as they say, there’s the rub. Affinity Photo cannot import Photoshop gradient maps. Affinity Photo can store pre-defined gradients in the Swatches studio, but for some unknown reason the stored gradients are not available from the Gradient Map studio panel. Gradient Maps can be stored as presets, and can be chosen from the Adjustments panel, but I don’t believe they can be easily exported from one computer and brought into a different one.
So… after a long couple of days of transcription, I have created a set of Macros that apply each of the 38 Photographic Toning gradient maps. Since macros are easy to store, and to share, I am making them available for anyone who wants them.
There are actually 2 sets of Macros included - each as an easy-to-import Category from the Library panel. The first group of Macros is called “Photographic Toning Gradients” and these are named according to the gradient map they apply. Each macro creates a Gradient Map layer, applies the appropriate color values, and names the layer according to the gradient map it applied. The second set of macros is called “Photographic Toning Gradients - reduced.” This category also applies the gradient maps in a similar fashion, but then reduces the opacity of the layer to 30%. This reduces the effect of the Gradient Map, and produces a much subtler effect.
Here is an image that shows the full-strength versions of all 38 gradient maps.

And here is a photo to which I’ve applied a full-strength gradient map, and also a reduced-strength gradient map.

These macro categories are included in the ZIP file attached to this post, along with a Letter sized JPG that includes samples of the gradient maps. Also included in the ZIP file is another macro category that includes one more macro. It’s called “Obama Hope Poster” and, as you might have guessed, it turns any photo into an Obama Hope-style poster. Just because…
Please enjoy them!
Photographic Toning Gradient Maps.zip

Once you have downloaded the file, open Photo (or Designer)
Click on Swatches, then on the little lined-square icon at the far right
Scroll down to Import Palette and select Application, Document, or System, depending on where you want to use it.
Locate the file in your Downloads folder (or wherever you have it)
Select it and click on Open
And you're done.

Hi Annaisabel

There are a few members who have shared some downloadable tone map presets in our Resources section of the forum.
See this and this post for example!

@annaisabel I just downloaded, expanded the zip file, works great! Very nice assortment of presets.
check your Preferences>General>File download location  if you are using Safari.
or open a finder window, select All My Files and sort by Date Added.
hope this helps,

Hello, today I've been having fun with the Tone Mapping Persona and I wanted to share these 20 portrait presets with you.
Of course, you can use them on anything that is not a portrait, too.
 
Enjoy!
 
Antonio Santos 20 Portrait Presets.aftonemap

I have produced a pdf version of the Affinity Photo manual that you can read without starting the program. It can be interesting to put it on your phone or tablet to read when you have some time to spare. Since the file is too big to upload here, I have put it on Dropbox for you to download. It is current for the last version of Affinity Photo. Comments welcomed. Here is the link:
 
https://dropbox.com/s/d3uxmmypdx9ruzw/Affinity%20Photo%20Manual.pdf?dl=0
 
 

I made a set of gradients for Affinity Designer. 
My first attempt at AD gradient set! Tada!  :D
I originally created the set to be used at work (using Illustrator) and I made this to share with the nice folks here at Affinity Forum.
 
Hope you guys find this useful.
 
Thanks!
 
- Maya

MAYA-GRADIENT-VOL-1.zip

Hi Everyone,
 
I have created a color palette based on Google's material design (https://material.io/guidelines/style/color.html). Attaching the palette file for AD. Hope it would help.
 
Regards,
Anupam Bordoloi
Material Design Palette.afpalette

I have made 10 free tone mapping presets. I have not seen any tone mapping presets for affinity photo so I made some for anybody who might want them. Of course they will not all work with every photo like all presets but I hope someone finds them useful : ) To upload them just click on the zip. file, then in the tone mapping persona on the presets menu; click "Import Presets", Enjoy! 
Thanks! 
Hanan Edwards Presets.zip