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Within AF is there a way to duplicate Photoshop's "Sections" capability? Specifically, I want to create a mask in an area where there is minimal tonal contrast in order to apply adjustments to the masked area.

THAT WORKED!!!!! THANK YOU. THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!! DANKE SEHR !!!!

I am having the same problem as John above. I’m running 2.5.5 and the brush tool does not alter the mask layer at all. I’ve included a screen shot of a test set up where I want to remove parts of the vibrance layer that is pushed to 100%. I have watched numerous Youtube videos on the subject, but duplicating the steps in the vides has no effect on my set up. I’m running Sonoma 14.6.1 on a Macbook Air M3. Please help. Paul

Upon further investigating Im pretty sure is a simplification for soft proofing. Admittedly it’s in its early stages of release/use, but it seems to be initially oriented to users of smaller epson and canon printers, eg pixma pro 100, and a very limited selection of papers ( none of which I use). It also does not support my monitor model. So, not interested unless major enhancements are included.

I will update here if I can figure it out. The download dialog doesn't seem to allow for anything other than PS and LR. I will ping benq and see if anything is in the works wrt AP.

Walt, thank you. I'm self taught, so there are a lot of gaps in my knowledge. I use Red River paper and their various paper-related ICCs, but I haven't been satisfied when soft proofing on my former Mac desktop. I'm hoping that this new benq photo monitor will allow me to better soft proof. If so, I'll save a lot on paper and pigments. The benq app looks like an enhanced soft proofing, but not worth switching off AP.

I just bought an SW272Q. I'm driving it with a Macbook Air M3. I'm intrigued by this app and wonder if anyone has figured out how to use it with Afinity Photo. Any help/advice would be appreciated.

I'm trying to install DXO Photolab 5 in AF 2. Followed instructions in AF Help under Using Plugins. I run MacOs Monterey. Here were my steps: 1. Installed NIK plugins in my Applications Folder, then followed instruction to manually install in AF2. 2. The attached 2 screenshots show the results. The third shows changes to color preferences just in case this is the cause. Not sure. 3. I've done something wrong, but can't figure out what. Please advise

To All. Thank you! The apps are installed and all seem to work. A NOTE TO SERIF: I use Affinity Photo almost every day. I perform Mac OS administrative functions MAYBE a few times a year. So, it would be infinitely less frustrating if your installation instructions were a bit more robust, more detailed, even to the point of including an additional screenshot or two (picture's worth a thousand words, many of which are expletives) similar to MikeTO's inclusion above. Your products are peerless, your instructions leave a bit to be desired...

I'm having an installation goat parade! Can you send me a screenshot of this step ... "Then unmount the DMG (by clicking .... delete the DMGs." I am totally flummoxed and am left with disk images on my desktop. Cant remember ever having this much trouble installing software. BTW, after dragging the app icon into my Applications folder,m the icons in the folder display a small arrow on the lower left corner, and disk images appear in the upper right corner of my desktop.

I'm using Mac OS Monterey 12.6. I purchased and downloaded V2 suite. I followed directions and placed the downloaded files in my Applications folder. In the folder they appear as disk images. When click on the image, the double click on the app icon, I'm welcomed to a 30 day trial and taken thru an initial setup sequence...each time I try to bring up the app. Help!

I'm a bit of a novice, so my terminology may not be entirely correct. I'm recently started editing pretty large image files. They are compositions for print that range up to 24"x48" and often contain 12 to 15 adjustment layers layers spread over 2 to 3 pixel layer images. They are NOT videos. I have a 2019 6 core iMac fully updated. I'm experiencing very long process times--the beachball stays on "forever". A tech friend just helped me with a system performance analysis and it appears my CPU is running upwards of 400+% frequently. Memory and disk do not seem to be impacting performance at this point. He recommended I look at more powerful--faster process speed, many more cores--Windows-based work stations from Dell because of their price-performance in comparison to Apple. So, my question(s). 1. Anyone have experience switching from Apple-base Affinity Photo to Windows-based Affinity Photo? Any recommendations, cautions, etc. 2. What configuration Windows-based machine have you found is optimal for heavy CPU-oriented workloads? 3. Is there a optimal balance between CPU and GPU features such as number of cores, memory, etc. Thanks for helping.

I'm photographing still life in a studio using strobe lighting against a photo white background. The objects are vegetables and rocks. When I attempt to extract the the image in the form of a new layer with mask, portions within the image are left out, they are colored pink. No amount of re-brushing includes them in the mask. What am I doing wrong?

Same problem with soft proof. Confirmed ICCs in Library same as under Catalina. I was able to load selected ICCs into Softproof dialod window using AF's File/Import ICC. Also, my Canon Pro 100 print window lacks all paper choices as well as access to colorsync ICCs. Anyone have a solution to get things back to how they worked under Catalina?