Eric5 Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 I'm referring to this plug-in, FITSplug v2... does it work in AP without issues? (Please note that the link brings you to the main page. FITSplug can be clicked on the left side). Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Rostron Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 The FITSplug files listed are all 8bi files. Affinity will only work with 8bf files (and not all 8bf files). John Quote Windows 10, Affinity Photo 1.10.5 Designer 1.10.5 and Publisher 1.10.5 (mainly Photo), now ex-Adobe CC CPU: AMD A6-3670. RAM: 16 GB DDR3 @ 666MHz, Graphics: 2047MB NVIDIA GeForce GT 630 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric5 Posted March 12, 2020 Author Share Posted March 12, 2020 Thanks for responding. I actually came across some discussion earlier today during my search and found that you were using Astra Image. I purchased it today myself. One thing I like about it is the fact that it will export in a wide variety of image types. One thing I don't like though is that 32 bit exports of HDR or TIFF don't appear correctly in Affinity for further work, unless there is a workaround. I went with the standalone version because I wasn't sure whether or not the plug-in would work with Affinity and also not have display issues like I mention. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Rostron Posted March 13, 2020 Share Posted March 13, 2020 @Eric5, I have not used Astra Image much recently, and certainly not the new version, nor with AP 1.8. I used it for photomicrographs and for scanned slides. It did the job, but I found it slow (because of the iterations). Since retiring, I have had less need for this software. I do not recall seeing the problems you mention though. John Quote Windows 10, Affinity Photo 1.10.5 Designer 1.10.5 and Publisher 1.10.5 (mainly Photo), now ex-Adobe CC CPU: AMD A6-3670. RAM: 16 GB DDR3 @ 666MHz, Graphics: 2047MB NVIDIA GeForce GT 630 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Rostron Posted March 14, 2020 Share Posted March 14, 2020 @Eric5, I have just downloaded and installed the demo versions of Astra Image 5.5.7. The standalone works well (simple deconvolution) on a scanned microscope slide. I tried the older and new plugins, but get the same error message: the plugin will not work on an image with transparency, and it needs a Pixel file (not an Image). Neither of these were the case. I am tempted to buy the standalone. I will also post this problem in the Photo forum. John Quote Windows 10, Affinity Photo 1.10.5 Designer 1.10.5 and Publisher 1.10.5 (mainly Photo), now ex-Adobe CC CPU: AMD A6-3670. RAM: 16 GB DDR3 @ 666MHz, Graphics: 2047MB NVIDIA GeForce GT 630 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric5 Posted March 14, 2020 Author Share Posted March 14, 2020 @John Rostron, thanks. I guess I'll just stick with the standalone then. It's really not that big of a deal, but still wish some form of 32 bit file could be transferred between AI and AP without having issues. John Rostron 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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