Antony parks

That's solved it. Thank you all so much. Much appreciated. All Best, Antony

OK; will try that a bit later. Thanks; never thought of checking that! Will let you know if that in the problem.

Please provide that again, but Zip it before you upload it to ensure the forum software does not modify it. Here is the output file "zipped". The file lookes fine in preview: it is only when I put it on a USB key and take it to the projector that it goes negative. (I have tried it on two different USB keys. Same result.) sticks and stones.jpg.zip

Using a Mac Retina 5k 27 inch 2017 with Ventura 13.6.6. Affinity Designer 2.5.3 Little hickup that maybe because I have an old projector. Made a simple file that is an art board, a photo and a frame that is a rectangle with a hole in it.....see first screen shot. Output this to Jpeg. And take it to the Projector and I get this strange negative that will project but takes a long time to load, see photo 2..... The third shot is the exported jpeg itself called "Sticks and stones" I have no Info on the projector......but made in 2014 and labelled OBPOWER. Output to PNG works so I am using that. Otherwise, I love Ve 2 Cheers Antony Parks

Love the "depth" of field. Very good work.

Good morning, I'm back with a variation on the theme; japanese wave patterns. The first one is indeed a "wave " pattern; it shows the nearly traditional form of the Japanese wave repeat: This one is uses autumn grass: Have good day Antony

And another......it's endless! Let's stop.

Yes, less gloomy than the trees. Will be away from the computer for the weekend. Next week? Have a good weekend, Antony

Hers goes, Rose Petals this time:

Love the Colours. Continue the hard, great, work. Antony

Yes, A Designer. Started making rectangular tile repeats.....with drawn elements. Tried Photographs to make endless repeats. Then went towards Hexagonal repeats. Got that working with drawn elements. Then simply added a photo (flipped and unflipped) in the six triangles of the hexagon. Going to try and explain this in a blog on my site. But don't hold your breath! This one is easier to see what's going on: Have a good day, Antony

Here's another tree repeat:

Yes, he's a bit Grumpy with his down turned mouth.

The file I uploaded was very big and it takes for ever to zoom. Here's a detail: Here's a clearer shot of the face:

"Strange creatures everywhere 😁 I will delete my post soon so as not to clutter up your thread unnecessarily" Wow, don't delete, this is exactly what I'm talking about. Love it.

Here's another hexagonal repeat this time done with a shot of an old olive tree: The detail is well worth zooming on.....I had not expected the complex and, for me, fascinating result. All best wishes Antony

Christmas drawing for one of the grandchildren: It is drawn from a photo of the first landrover that was rebuilt in in the "Land Rover Reborn" project, so yes, it is meant to be a bit battered and beaten up, this is before the restoration. The restored picture will take some time.

An illustration for a Christmas mug for one of the grandchildren.......

Great colour considering the original is in black and white.

Just magic, so much grit, WOW!

Adding to the collection Still loving it. Have a good evening Antony

Good evening everyone, I have now got a hexagonal repeat working...... Still loving it Antony

Hi cyberian, Sorry not to get back to you quicker; trying to finish a project. Camera is doing its job; no problems. Plenty of detail, all sharp. Tripod essential, good. Avoid road bridges as they vibrate. (You can hang a weight from a tripod that is vibrating and, sometimes, steady it.) Shot in RAW. Good. Shoot this kind of landscape at f8 or f11. f16 or f22 tend to go a bit softer, try them out and look carefully at the image but in general avoid using them. If necessary go as far as 800 or 1600 iso Bracket the exposure: keep the same aperture and use a 1/4, then a 1/2, then exposure meter speed reading, then twice and four times the recomended exposure. There is almost no correct exposure....the correct one is the one you like. Don't worry about being too "dark" as you can use these to recover high lights. And conversely too light can be used to give details in the shadows You can batch develope these to get the max out of the source pictures and then import them into Affinity Photo as a "stack" keeping "alignment" on. Now you can use the sky from one exposure and the river from another. You can replace windows with burnt out whites by "under exposed" windows from another shot......etc, etc. This not the same as HDR which, of course, you should also try. When using a wide angle lens try and get something into the foreground and then a curve that leads you to the center of interest. Read / view articles on composition. If neccessary hang the camera upside down from the tripod and get it close to the ground. You then take a series of pictures focused on the near foreground, the foreground, midground and background. Bring these into Affinity as a focus stack. Try shooting in the rain or when its wet at night, also cloudy skies usually reflect the city lights and so give some drama to the sky. Or in twilight at dawn or in the evening. And practice, practice practice. The most important thing is to carry the camera and use it and your softwares! At your lunch break, on the bus, in the pub, after the pub, everywhere. Have fun, keep going, Yours Antony

Good evening (at least here) cyberian, What camera, lens, ISO, aperture, shutter speed, raw or JPEG, tripod, taken from a road bridge etc, etc? What size was the original and what size the download? And then what did you do in post production editing? Can't really help unless we know what's going on. And also what do you like about the shot? Yours ever Antony