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Hello! I am trying to recreate the Photoshop feature "Create clipping mask". When I go to the help section in the program it self it won't load any links... Is there a tutorial anywhere on how to do this? Thanks, Paul :)

I wish be able to rotate at 90 ° the images before they are stitched as a panorama.

Since these programs are available at a one off cost and NOT on subscription, does that mean anyone who buys it would also get all future updates? Your prices are great but not if I have to pay that every few months for the latest version.

Hello, I have just bought Affinity Photo, so please let me know if this feature already exists. What I'd like is a feature that Photoshop has where you can change the shape and rotation of round brushes to be ellipses in any direction or degree. The reason I ask for this is that I do some concept art and this feature allows me to have easy and time saving control over the perspective of the things I'm drawing. Although I think the Photoshop version could do with a lot of improvements, it's still very useful. I would also like to see the 'More' brush options appear if the RMB is tapped as this would save time, particularly if it incorporated the feature asked for here and I find it odd that nothing seems to be attached to the RMB tap. Am I missing something? Very neat software so far, I will continue to work around the issues until I find some solution. Thank you, Berbank

It would be very nice if Zoom to fit actually used all the available space. Right now it leaves a very large border around the image to the edges of the workspace. Maybe a preference. Zoom to fit with no border.

Hi all, I'm using Affinity Photo for a few days. It's outstanding for editing and retouching, but I've some problems with the raw developing where the biggest is the white balance: is there a way to have the scale in Kelvin? Thanks!

I love Affinity Photo but there is a tool that would make my life simpler. In the new Batch job you allow me to resize an image to the longest dimension when I convert it to JPG, PNG etc. I would like a new tool similar to the Document Resize that would allow me to adjust the size based on the longest dimension and also choose the resample method. This tool could then be recorded with other fix-ups to prep images for the web or printing.

You've created this great compare feature called splitview which is a tremendous help when altering the parameters of a filter as it gives you live feedback as the settings change. The problem? It only works with the "old" method of adding filters and not the live filters. The way AP works at the moment it means you have to either miss out on live filters or miss out on the compare features when applying filters. Please enable splitview and mirror compare options for the live filters so we don't have to miss out. Thanks

May be a silly question - I brought in three images to edit and wanted to switch one to landscape. Is there a quick way to rotate the canvas including image without using the doc settings?

When correcting or adjusting colours, for instance when you made a shot with a colour checker, it would be very helpful to separate a skin tone colour or any other colour in the passport or photo and line up that skin tone with the axis on the vector scope. Might even be helpful when not editing RAW.

I would like to see a feature in Hue, Saturation & Luminosity sliders where the tolerances to the selected colours can be adjusted similar to how Photoshop & Capture One Pro do. Currently, it's impossible to make smooth adjustments making it impossible to do more extreme corrections to difficult photos.

Can we have new from clipboard? In other words, I make a selection in one file, copy it to the clipboard, then create a New file>paste from clipboard. That way new file is the exact size and file type (tiff, jpeg, etc) of my copied selection. Thanks!

As a long-time user of Photoshop (boo down with the cloud) and Corel painter, one key feature that Affinity designer would benefit from is the “lock layer transparency” tick box option. I have only played around with Affinity Designer for a day – there is probably a way of doing this with masks, however, I use lock transparency layer alll the time for blocking out silhouettes then paint within the layer. Also there is no support for TGA’s format – still widely used in the games Industry for texture creation.

Will Affinity Photo ever be able to handle curves in the way that Photoshop does? For example in PS I can add different input and output on eachof the nodes on the curve Affinity Photo doesn't seem to have this function. Neither does it seem to have any way of importing .acv curve files into AP curves. It seems odd that AP doesn't have these functions as the freely available Gimp does. If you look at the attached Screen Grab from PS each of the nodes on the curve has separate in and out values and previously saved curves can be imported and applied.

I brought Affinity Photo for retouching and drawing illustrations. I think it would be awesome that AP got brush stabilizer feature. Photoshop doesn't have such feature and it make AP special, I think. Best regards.

Hi, I am trying to slowly replace PS with AP, but there are still some features I miss from the dominant PS. One of the example is drag the mouse to quickly select or deselect layers. Right now, when i try to drag select/deselect on the layers panel, AP will try to drag change the order of the layers/groups. Is there an option to configure a key-modifier like pressing down CTRL will allow me drag select?

Affinity Photo has a very nice Histogram so far, I can switch between each channel All, R, G + B All, C, M, Y + K All, L, A + B and I can activate layers and selections optional which is totally great! Thanks for that feature. But I think a luminance channel or option is needed in RGB and CMYK too, for minimum of two reasons: - I could only see and use the white and black tone spreading over the whole image - I could work without colors (incl. greyscaled icons) which confusing the eyes at work

Is export crippled on the Photo Windows beta? I just want to check that that is indeed the problem and not something else before I spend my money on the proper version. What is happening is that I go through the export dialogue, but when the save dialogue comes up, Affinity is the only file format offered.

Is it possible to apply an adjustment to a layer without having the adjustment apply to the layers beneath? For instance I often create cutouts as part of my composite images and want to adjust their hue, contrast, etc., but I don't want the adjustments applied to the background below. In Photoshop this is the standard behaviour. How can I achieve this in Photo?

AFFINITY PHOTO WISH LIST (NOT in order of importance - just a list that I hope would be considered at some stage in the future) Hi, After playing with Affinity Photo some more, here is my list of possible improvements / features which hopefully will be considered for future versions :) The ability to snap the "Tools" panel onto the side of other panels. At the moment it seems that you can only undock it from the left-hand-side? Display a blue line when snapping 2 panels side-by-side (just as an indicator that snapping / docking is about to take place). The ability to display ANY panel in any persona. Example - be able to display the "Export Options" and "Slices" panels in the main Photo persona (without having to change personas). The ability to display the pixel distances between objects on the canvas, when dragging an object. This helps to ensure equidistant spacing of objects. The ability to save a shape on the canvas as a brush. This affords the ability to easily create grunge / dust effects. The ability to create and save patterns, which can then be used as fills. Some kind of "Looks" panel, which affords the ability to add specific looks to compositions, such as "Light Leaks", or B&W presets. Users could then share self created presets. The ability to dock / snap collapsed palettes to the underside of the horizontal ruler (or the "Context Toolbar") - thus allowing the right-hand-side of the UI to display more of the actual image. A "Filters" browser - which displays a preview of each filter, and the effect it will have on the image. Rename the menu option "Layer > Merge Visible" to "Layer > Merge Visible to New Layer", as I presumed that option simply merged all layers. Inclusion of the "Assets Panel" in order to have quick access to regularly used composition objects. Improved Macro capability, so as to be able to export images or open guide manager windows etc. The ability to increase thumbnail size in the layers panel. The ability to set a "colour tag" to individual layers in the layers panel. The ability to export multiple layers as separate files (without having to create slices). Create a separate slider for the "noise" option at the bottom of the Colours panel. I never even realised the dot to the left toggled between opacity and noise :( The ability to move the assistant popup window from it's fixed top right position, as it is hidden by all of my panels. The ability to use the Macro function to record keyboard shortcuts. Noise slider added to the global colour panel.​ The ability to record a macro which simply opens up a filter's dialogue window without having to apply the actual settings (basically - just display the dialogue) The ability to remember the Library's collapsed / uncollapsed state upon reopening.​ The ability to have a specified macro autorun upon the startup of AP These are just a few personal preferences, which I feel would be beneficial to a lot of users, and also help to improve the already great Affinity Photo software. My intention is to help make this software the best possible, so should any staff / developers like more detailed information regarding my ideas - please do not hesitate to contact me :) Thank you. See Also my list of Designer Improvements / Features

I have acquired quite a few really solid photoshop brush tool presets over the years but I haven't found a way to use them either Affinity product. Is there something I am missing or is this not currently supported? Any plans to add compatibility? Thanks!

Hi Affinity! I'd like to give Affinity Photo Windows as a gift. Can I use the e-mail address of the one I'm sending the gift to when I'm on the purchasing page (the part where they ask me about the e-mail address) so the details could be sent to him and be linked directly to his account (he has an existing Designer account)? I'll use my card for it. Thanks! Hope you can help me with this. :)

A mod(persona) that would make affinity photo look like Procreate or Sketchable? For fast and easy drawing on a tablet? Also if possible a version for ARM windows version in the future :)

https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/30168-cropping-staying-within-the-boundaries-of-the-image/ is the post that first refers to this. As explained there, the necessity to make at least four additional move-and-click actions, one for each "edge", could be avoided if the crop marks always "automatically" stayed within the boundaries of the image.

I hope you'll reconsider adding a mirror painting feature on affinity photo :D