koantoon Posted March 28, 2021 Share Posted March 28, 2021 Colour to greyscale question using Affinity Photo and placing into Affinity Publisher document. I have been trying to create greyscale jpegs in Affinity Photo. While I have worked out how to get a greyscale jpeg it seems to be a lot lighter in tone once I place it inside Affinity Publisher document. Attached a screenshot to show what I mean. The Bear on the far left was created using adobe photoshop and saved as greyscale jpeg. The Bear I have place next to it on the right I created in Affinity Photo and saved as a greyscale jpeg. The placed file seems much lighter than the image I created in Affinity Photo? What am I doing wrong? Thanks for any help! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmergingFresh Posted March 28, 2021 Share Posted March 28, 2021 Have you tried making the original even darker to compensate for the change, just to see if it would work. It could aslo have something to do with the color space you're using. Or the way you are getting to greyscale. Try making it greayscale before saving. Then just save it. It could also have something to do with the file type, try saving as png or other if you don't absolutely need jpeg. koantoon 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catshill Posted March 28, 2021 Share Posted March 28, 2021 You might want to check out these ways of changing to grey scale... koantoon 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
koantoon Posted March 28, 2021 Author Share Posted March 28, 2021 Thanks for this info. I will give the ideas a tryout. Much appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
koantoon Posted March 28, 2021 Author Share Posted March 28, 2021 Thanks for the feedback info I went with this method. "1) Go to Document > Colour Format > Greyscale." Open photo in Affinity Photo Resize Document 300dpi Convert format/ICC Profile - Gray/8 (check blackpoint compensation) Grayscale D50 Levels GRAY blacklevel 25% . SAVE Export: Jpeg Best quality. Bear on the right hand side is the result. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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