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Having more than 2 samplers in the Info Panel (Affinity Photo).


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In the Info panel of Affinity Photo, there are by default 2 samplers. It is possible to add more samplers.

But, as soon as a document is closed, the application always returns to 2 samplers. Without open documents, all samplers are removed.

Is there a way to enforce that extra added samplers are persistent across multiple documents, and across consecutive AP sessions?

Many thanks.

Windows 10 Pro - 21H1 | AMD Ryzen 9 3900X - 12 core - 3.8 GHz | 32GB DDR4 - 3.6 GHz RAM | Nvidia RTX 3060 - 12GB VRAM | 2TB SSD Samsung 970 EVO Plus | Wacom Intuos 4M

Full Affinity Suite (Photo, Designer & Publisher): all version 1.10.5.1342 with HW acceleration ON, Nvidia Studio drivers up-to-date (511.65)

Capture One for Sony v.22 (build 15.1.1.2) | Nik Collection (DXO version 4.3.3) | Topaz AI (Denoise 3.6.1, Sharpen 4.1.0 & Gigapixel 5.8.0)

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Not to my knowledge. I have never had any real persistent need for more than two to start with. 

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.

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Oh, I find 2 samplers a bit limited. I don't know why, but I very much like to have always 2 color models in parallel for each sampler point (RGB and LAB, the latter especially for the luminance). If I want to bring two areas 'in balance' with local filters and/or dodge & burn brushes (e.g. after having done some inpainting, which often results in some unwanted color/luminance differences), I want to compare the values of both color models for a couple of points (at least 2), which necessitates to have at least 4 samplers. 

If I could have more than 2 by default in a persistent way, I would setup my system with at least 4, or even 6 samplers, and thus avoiding the need to recreate them all the time.

Just one of my use cases for (multiple) samplers...

Windows 10 Pro - 21H1 | AMD Ryzen 9 3900X - 12 core - 3.8 GHz | 32GB DDR4 - 3.6 GHz RAM | Nvidia RTX 3060 - 12GB VRAM | 2TB SSD Samsung 970 EVO Plus | Wacom Intuos 4M

Full Affinity Suite (Photo, Designer & Publisher): all version 1.10.5.1342 with HW acceleration ON, Nvidia Studio drivers up-to-date (511.65)

Capture One for Sony v.22 (build 15.1.1.2) | Nik Collection (DXO version 4.3.3) | Topaz AI (Denoise 3.6.1, Sharpen 4.1.0 & Gigapixel 5.8.0)

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I've moved this thread to the Photo Feedback section of the forums for our devs to see and consider adding this in a future update :)

Please note -

I am currently out of the office for a short while whilst recovering from surgery (nothing serious!), therefore will not be available on the Forums during this time.

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Many thanks!

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