Tamara T Posted February 25, 2021 Share Posted February 25, 2021 Hi everyone, I hope someone can help me with this.. So I'm new in the Affinity Photo world and I started editing my photos and they look great in the Affinity App, but as soon as I export them to my laptop they don't look as sharp anymore. I already watched the Youtube Tutorial about exporting in Affinity (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTkWrSTirus), which was very useful, but unfortunately didn't solve my problem... Is there anything I'm missing? Thanks! Tamara Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cutout3 Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 Hey Tamara, welcome to Forum! Sounds a bit similar to 'decrease focus and clarity' I was having. Start by viewing response made to me by @GarryP, here, post #2 in thread. Make sure the Force Pixel alignment is turned on. That might be a great start. Affinity I think needs to get better at the really simple things, for us beginners. Sometimes the tutorials and workbook, are a bit much for some of us. Leaning curve. Simple sometimes better. Hope this helps. [Edit: Keep posting until someone here 'nails your answer'. ] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pšenda Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 4 hours ago, cutout3 said: Make sure the Force Pixel alignment is turned on. ... and "Move by whole pixels" is off. cutout3 1 Quote Affinity Store (MSI/EXE): Affinity Suite (ADe, APh, APu) 2.4.0.2301 Dell OptiPlex 7060, i5-8500 3.00 GHz, 16 GB, Intel UHD Graphics 630, Dell P2417H 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.3155. Dell Latitude E5570, i5-6440HQ 2.60 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics 530, 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.3155. Intel NUC5PGYH, Pentium N3700 2.40 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics, EIZO EV2456 1920 x 1200, Windows 10 Pro, Version 21H1, Build 19043.2130. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamara T Posted February 26, 2021 Author Share Posted February 26, 2021 Hello you two, thank you so much for your quick response! Could you just tell me... where do I find "Force Pixel alignment" and "Move by whole pixels"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Bruce Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 Just now, Tamara T said: Could you just tell me... where do I find "Force Pixel alignment" and "Move by whole pixels"? In the Snapping Candidates and / or on the Tool bar, two weird looking icons next to the horseshoe magnet icon (for turning snapping on/off). cutout3 1 Quote Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.4 Affinity Designer 2.4.1 | Affinity Photo 2.4.1 | Affinity Publisher 2.4.1 | Beta versions as they appear. I have never mastered color management, period, so I cannot help with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamara T Posted February 26, 2021 Author Share Posted February 26, 2021 Thank you Old Bruce! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pšenda Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 https://affinity.help/photo/en-US.lproj/pages/DesignAids/pixelAlign.html cutout3 1 Quote Affinity Store (MSI/EXE): Affinity Suite (ADe, APh, APu) 2.4.0.2301 Dell OptiPlex 7060, i5-8500 3.00 GHz, 16 GB, Intel UHD Graphics 630, Dell P2417H 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.3155. Dell Latitude E5570, i5-6440HQ 2.60 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics 530, 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.3155. Intel NUC5PGYH, Pentium N3700 2.40 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics, EIZO EV2456 1920 x 1200, Windows 10 Pro, Version 21H1, Build 19043.2130. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cutout3 Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 15 hours ago, cutout3 said: Make sure the Force Pixel alignment is turned on. 10 hours ago, Pšenda said: ... and "Move by whole pixels" is off. Interesting! I'll have to experiment w that. In your opinion when should you keep 'Move by whole pixels' off? From my limited experience, since I discovered it, I'm just keeping both on (Force pixel align and Move by whole pixels). For that matter why would you ever want to turn either off? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cutout3 Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 6 hours ago, Tamara T said: Hello you two, thank you so much for your quick response! Could you just tell me... where do I find "Force Pixel alignment" and "Move by whole pixels"? 6 hours ago, Old Bruce said: In the Snapping Candidates and / or on the Tool bar, two weird looking icons next to the horseshoe magnet icon (for turning snapping on/off). View this, a silent , short video from @GarryP here on this forum, explaining how to turn on/off 'Force pixel alignment' and diffenence w/ each (best watched in full-screen). a1 2021-02-20_12-29-43.mp4.a9e152e7872f39d60eab6f17204b846d fromGarryP.mp4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamara T Posted February 26, 2021 Author Share Posted February 26, 2021 Thanks everyone for the help. Unfortunately the "Force Pixel Alignment" didn't help, as it was already automatically selected and the picture is not as sharp after exporting... Any other idea what it might be...? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pšenda Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 2 hours ago, cutout3 said: Force pixel align and Move by whole pixels Move by whole pixels has priority before Force pixel alignment. Therefore, if you require strict alignment for entire pixels, you must turn this option off, otherwise it will shift from 0.5 to 1.5 not to the required 1.0 or 2.0. Edit: cutout3 1 Quote Affinity Store (MSI/EXE): Affinity Suite (ADe, APh, APu) 2.4.0.2301 Dell OptiPlex 7060, i5-8500 3.00 GHz, 16 GB, Intel UHD Graphics 630, Dell P2417H 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.3155. Dell Latitude E5570, i5-6440HQ 2.60 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics 530, 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.3155. Intel NUC5PGYH, Pentium N3700 2.40 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics, EIZO EV2456 1920 x 1200, Windows 10 Pro, Version 21H1, Build 19043.2130. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamara T Posted February 26, 2021 Author Share Posted February 26, 2021 So I think I find a solution I doubled the high pass filter that I used to sharpen certain parts of the portrait which made it look way too much on Affinity, but great when it was exported Is probably not the way it was supposed to be, but it worked for my picture Thank you all so much for your quick help! cutout3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cutout3 Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 On 2/26/2021 at 4:38 PM, Pšenda said: Move by whole pixels has priority before Force pixel alignment. Therefore, if you require strict alignment for entire pixels, you must turn this option off, otherwise it will shift from 0.5 to 1.5 not to the required 1.0 or 2.0. Edit: Good explanation! Thx Psenda! And thx @MEB! Pšenda 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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