ianrb

Thank you #NotMyFault -- that was very helpful

BTW; if not your fault who do I blame 'cause it's Not My Fault :lol:
Wish I had thought of an online name like that 
Keep safe

Thanks Dan, likely one of those little rattles in a car that never rattles when paying a mechanic to find it .
I did ask the same question on Olivio's Fb page with one saying it has happened to them. 
I will do some more "watching" and get back to you
Would have an JPG from a DNG from an ORF . DNG because Lr5 doesn't read the newer raw ORF. I open DNG as a JPG in Affinity >save as a TIF/layers in windows as a backup ----  that is so much faster than saving the Tiff in Lr5 . I'm past the days of needing BIG files/images/photos --- it's all gone rather over kill in my older opinion .
Cheers
 

Hi @ianrb 
I've tried replicating this issue here and I'm not seeing the same behaviour, does this occur in any file for you, or only certain ones?
Could you possibly please provide a screen recording showing the workflow you are taking when this issue occurs?
Do you have OpenCL Hardware Acceleration enabled under Edit > Preferences > Performance?
As Walt has confirmed, you can find the option here on the context toolbar -

I hope this helps!

One way: There's an option in the Context Toolbar.
I think the Help describes the others.

We often look for the BIG picture -- that grand landscape  or sea scape that few of us have close by . But inside every not so grand picture are 100s or even 1000s of little pictures that are just as good to practise photography and photo editing  
Example  -- the first two are under 3" / 75mm 


From those raw files I was able to make this --


--1] twisted brain  2] ring of steel 3] moon abstract . Each name was thought of when taking the photo; 1] taken (all 3) on a block of land my son just bought ; 2] ring of steel is term often used in Australia to isolate covid19 ; 3] moon on the rusted incinerator  . I find naming the subject when/before taking the photo (I never "shoot" a subject to make a "shot") give more reason for the actual photo 

I find that collage far more rewarding than a BIG picture the same as 1000s others have photographed 
How and why questions welcome 

work in progress

 

We often look for the BIG picture -- that grand landscape  or sea scape that few of us have close by . But inside every not so grand picture are 100s or even 1000s of little pictures that are just as good to practise photography and photo editing  
Example  -- the first two are under 3" / 75mm 


From those raw files I was able to make this --


--1] twisted brain  2] ring of steel 3] moon abstract . Each name was thought of when taking the photo; 1] taken (all 3) on a block of land my son just bought ; 2] ring of steel is term often used in Australia to isolate covid19 ; 3] moon on the rusted incinerator  . I find naming the subject when/before taking the photo (I never "shoot" a subject to make a "shot") give more reason for the actual photo 

I find that collage far more rewarding than a BIG picture the same as 1000s others have photographed 
How and why questions welcome 

work in progress

 

Not sure a full coarse is need if you PS experience
Olivio has lots of easy to understand videos
https://www.facebook.com/groups/oliviotutorials.superfan/
TIP: Affinity is just like PS; however similar tools are often hiding in different places with different names -- now can be frustrating at times but it's worth it in the end 
TIP: if you share a photo considering adding the original photo also
TIP: if you want to improve; always ask for honest comments (CC) and always give permission to re-work your photo --- a photo is worth a 1000 word (10000 to those who cannot read well :lol: 
 

thanks so far everybody!

i already followed olivio Sarikas at youtube, but didnt get to watch many of his videos yet. 

@Julia04 this is the course im doing right now i made use of the udemy sale. Thanks @Alfred for the hint on the sale! I grabbed another one from the same guy about compositing too. 
 
@ianrbthe pic above is more or less the original. just developed the raw file (lifted the shadows, saturated and sharpened). no massive edits. 
good to know. i was thinking that honest comments are the usual thing... why should i join a forum, if i dont want input to get better anyway, ill make sure to mention it in the future

Not sure a full coarse is need if you PS experience
Olivio has lots of easy to understand videos
https://www.facebook.com/groups/oliviotutorials.superfan/
TIP: Affinity is just like PS; however similar tools are often hiding in different places with different names -- now can be frustrating at times but it's worth it in the end 
TIP: if you share a photo considering adding the original photo also
TIP: if you want to improve; always ask for honest comments (CC) and always give permission to re-work your photo --- a photo is worth a 1000 word (10000 to those who cannot read well :lol: 
 

We often look for the BIG picture -- that grand landscape  or sea scape that few of us have close by . But inside every not so grand picture are 100s or even 1000s of little pictures that are just as good to practise photography and photo editing  
Example  -- the first two are under 3" / 75mm 


From those raw files I was able to make this --


--1] twisted brain  2] ring of steel 3] moon abstract . Each name was thought of when taking the photo; 1] taken (all 3) on a block of land my son just bought ; 2] ring of steel is term often used in Australia to isolate covid19 ; 3] moon on the rusted incinerator  . I find naming the subject when/before taking the photo (I never "shoot" a subject to make a "shot") give more reason for the actual photo 

I find that collage far more rewarding than a BIG picture the same as 1000s others have photographed 
How and why questions welcome 

work in progress

 

We often look for the BIG picture -- that grand landscape  or sea scape that few of us have close by . But inside every not so grand picture are 100s or even 1000s of little pictures that are just as good to practise photography and photo editing  
Example  -- the first two are under 3" / 75mm 


From those raw files I was able to make this --


--1] twisted brain  2] ring of steel 3] moon abstract . Each name was thought of when taking the photo; 1] taken (all 3) on a block of land my son just bought ; 2] ring of steel is term often used in Australia to isolate covid19 ; 3] moon on the rusted incinerator  . I find naming the subject when/before taking the photo (I never "shoot" a subject to make a "shot") give more reason for the actual photo 

I find that collage far more rewarding than a BIG picture the same as 1000s others have photographed 
How and why questions welcome 

work in progress

 

We often look for the BIG picture -- that grand landscape  or sea scape that few of us have close by . But inside every not so grand picture are 100s or even 1000s of little pictures that are just as good to practise photography and photo editing  
Example  -- the first two are under 3" / 75mm 


From those raw files I was able to make this --


--1] twisted brain  2] ring of steel 3] moon abstract . Each name was thought of when taking the photo; 1] taken (all 3) on a block of land my son just bought ; 2] ring of steel is term often used in Australia to isolate covid19 ; 3] moon on the rusted incinerator  . I find naming the subject when/before taking the photo (I never "shoot" a subject to make a "shot") give more reason for the actual photo 

I find that collage far more rewarding than a BIG picture the same as 1000s others have photographed 
How and why questions welcome 

work in progress

 

We often look for the BIG picture -- that grand landscape  or sea scape that few of us have close by . But inside every not so grand picture are 100s or even 1000s of little pictures that are just as good to practise photography and photo editing  
Example  -- the first two are under 3" / 75mm 


From those raw files I was able to make this --


--1] twisted brain  2] ring of steel 3] moon abstract . Each name was thought of when taking the photo; 1] taken (all 3) on a block of land my son just bought ; 2] ring of steel is term often used in Australia to isolate covid19 ; 3] moon on the rusted incinerator  . I find naming the subject when/before taking the photo (I never "shoot" a subject to make a "shot") give more reason for the actual photo 

I find that collage far more rewarding than a BIG picture the same as 1000s others have photographed 
How and why questions welcome 

work in progress

 

We often look for the BIG picture -- that grand landscape  or sea scape that few of us have close by . But inside every not so grand picture are 100s or even 1000s of little pictures that are just as good to practise photography and photo editing  
Example  -- the first two are under 3" / 75mm 


From those raw files I was able to make this --


--1] twisted brain  2] ring of steel 3] moon abstract . Each name was thought of when taking the photo; 1] taken (all 3) on a block of land my son just bought ; 2] ring of steel is term often used in Australia to isolate covid19 ; 3] moon on the rusted incinerator  . I find naming the subject when/before taking the photo (I never "shoot" a subject to make a "shot") give more reason for the actual photo 

I find that collage far more rewarding than a BIG picture the same as 1000s others have photographed 
How and why questions welcome 

work in progress

 

We often look for the BIG picture -- that grand landscape  or sea scape that few of us have close by . But inside every not so grand picture are 100s or even 1000s of little pictures that are just as good to practise photography and photo editing  
Example  -- the first two are under 3" / 75mm 


From those raw files I was able to make this --


--1] twisted brain  2] ring of steel 3] moon abstract . Each name was thought of when taking the photo; 1] taken (all 3) on a block of land my son just bought ; 2] ring of steel is term often used in Australia to isolate covid19 ; 3] moon on the rusted incinerator  . I find naming the subject when/before taking the photo (I never "shoot" a subject to make a "shot") give more reason for the actual photo 

I find that collage far more rewarding than a BIG picture the same as 1000s others have photographed 
How and why questions welcome 

work in progress

 

noticing the picture is often the harder part of photography 1] original raw file

2] sort of as I saw it near the door

We often seem to wander widely looking for a subject when there can be so much in the extended backyards never noticed . how and why questions welcome

That proves if one doesn't ask they may never know even if everyone does ---- Thank you for the answer Walt. 
I'm off back to school to learn more about the whys and hows 
 

The newest Beta for Photo on Mac (v. 1.9.2.227) has included "Sort by Name" for the Brushes Panel.   It works!!!   This won't help with changing things within a category, or moving a single category somewhere within the entire list, but alphabetical order is a huge start!!   😄

Yup, Lots of fixes at the moment, one step forward half a step back. 
Make a category for the duplicate brushes you make and edit, rename the new category to "Ians Epic Brush Set" lol!. If you want to edit a brush think duplicate first, then edit the duplicate brush, this way you keep the original (base brush) and can mess around with the duplicate to your hearts content. Once you have the brush as you want it, you can right-click and move it to the category you made earlier.
Don't forget to periodically export that category for backup purposes.

??? Try read part "To save your workspace arrangement as a preset:"
https://affinity.help/photo/en-US.lproj/pages/Workspace/customizingWorkspace.html

You're welcome.
I can also recommend, for each major release:
Reading the Release Notes. E.g., for Photo 1.9 on Windows: https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/132728-affinity-photo-for-windows-190/ Checking the Help, in the New Features in This Version (part of the Introduction section): https://affinity.help/photo/English.lproj/pages/Introduction/keyFeatures.html?list=newFeatures

That proves if one doesn't ask they may never know even if everyone does ---- Thank you for the answer Walt. 
I'm off back to school to learn more about the whys and hows 
 

Hello whiz kids, an upgrade to organize brushes, and brush categories better --- perhaps with some colour coding also . 
Cheers 

Hello; the new facebook is annoying me no end so I popped over  here to annoy you
This was originally shared in facebook to help the newbies 
Not sure how this will work out for you ---- hopefully you will pick up a tip or trick ; or pass a tip onto me
First SS is how affinity photo stretched the three hand held 24mm vertical files . The camera was basically pointing overhead from the back yard to record this cloud that stretched from the western horizon to around 1/3 from the to eastern horizon.

1-4 screen shots shows how the affinity mesh warp tool was used to save most of the data rather than cropping it off. The more I use the tool the more I learn and find other ways to often fix bad photography


5] making the tree and clouds bigger


"finished" (never really finished)

one of the original files
 
Small warning: not suitable for every photo and you cannot go totally crazy as the image will look real weird. I had to redo this photo as the tree was starting to distort too much.
Tip: click on the icon >you can make square inside the photo and that part of the photo is protected. Doing it will explain it best .
your questions, honest comments/CC, and tips or tricks are welcome
JAMES!! I would love someone to make an advanced ''mesh warp tool'' video as I have not been able to find one so it's been all trial and error 
Yep; I agree -- the amount of work done and time spent to this point of typing was not really worth it but all good practise
Cheers

PS Long time since I used a forum and added photos 
 

 
 

Hello; the new facebook is annoying me no end so I popped over  here to annoy you
This was originally shared in facebook to help the newbies 
Not sure how this will work out for you ---- hopefully you will pick up a tip or trick ; or pass a tip onto me
First SS is how affinity photo stretched the three hand held 24mm vertical files . The camera was basically pointing overhead from the back yard to record this cloud that stretched from the western horizon to around 1/3 from the to eastern horizon.

1-4 screen shots shows how the affinity mesh warp tool was used to save most of the data rather than cropping it off. The more I use the tool the more I learn and find other ways to often fix bad photography


5] making the tree and clouds bigger


"finished" (never really finished)

one of the original files
 
Small warning: not suitable for every photo and you cannot go totally crazy as the image will look real weird. I had to redo this photo as the tree was starting to distort too much.
Tip: click on the icon >you can make square inside the photo and that part of the photo is protected. Doing it will explain it best .
your questions, honest comments/CC, and tips or tricks are welcome
JAMES!! I would love someone to make an advanced ''mesh warp tool'' video as I have not been able to find one so it's been all trial and error 
Yep; I agree -- the amount of work done and time spent to this point of typing was not really worth it but all good practise
Cheers

PS Long time since I used a forum and added photos