AFP Adjustment Preset Desktop can it Transferred to the iPad APP ?

[augustya]

I have just made a Curves Adjustment Preset on the Desktop APP of Affinity Photo. Can the same Preset be exported/transferred to the iPad APP to use ? Or Will Have to create a new Preset in the iPad APP ?

[R C-R]

AFAIK, it can't be exported but as a (clumsy!) workaround, you can try adding your Curves Adjustment Preset to a document (a simple 1 layer pixel image will do), saving that to iCloud (or wherever else you can save afphoto files & access them on your iPad), open the file on the iPad, select the Curves Adjustment layer, tap the Curves icon to bring up the Curves menu, & tap that menu's Add Preset button, to add the preset to the iPad.

It won't have a name so you will have to add that.

[augustya]

39 minutes ago, R C-R said:

AFAIK, it can't be exported but as a (clumsy!) workaround, you can try adding your Curves Adjustment Preset to a document (a simple 1 layer pixel image will do), saving that to iCloud (or wherever else you can save afphoto files & access them on your iPad), open the file on the iPad, select the Curves Adjustment layer, tap the Curves icon to bring up the Curves menu, & tap that menu's Add Preset button, to add the preset to the iPad.

It won't have a name so you will have to add that.

Cool ! Let me try this ASAP !!

[R C-R]

15 minutes ago, augustya said:

Cool ! Let me try this ASAP !!

I hope it works OK for you. TBH, I don't use AP on my iPad much & it took me much longer than it should have to figure out how to make that work! For me, the thing I kept missing was the Curves icon at the bottom of the tools strip, used to open the Curves menu.

I much prefer working with the desktop apps, but since my only Macs that will run Affinity are all iMacs, the iPad is my only portable choice.

[augustya]

12 hours ago, R C-R said:

I hope it works OK for you. TBH, I don't use AP on my iPad much & it took me much longer than it should have to figure out how to make that work! For me, the thing I kept missing was the Curves icon at the bottom of the tools strip, used to open the Curves menu.

I much prefer working with the desktop apps, but since my only Macs that will run Affinity are all iMacs, the iPad is my only portable choice.

Hey Hi !

Just wanted to report back, yes your suggestion, trick worked. But there is one problem, now that since it has added a Preset to the Affinity Photo APP on my iPad, even when I want to use a Normal Curves Adjustment Layer it opens with that Preset. I want to have a situation where I can decide and get to choose if in a particular Project I want to use that Preset or I want to use a New Normal Curves Adjustment.

Why cannot I open a Normal Curves Adjustment Layer without the Preset ?

Will it every time open only with that preset ?

[Ron P.]

3 hours ago, augustya said:

when I want to use a Normal Curves Adjustment Layer it opens with that Preset

I'm not familiar with iPad's Adjustment Panel. Is it different than the desktop? If not, there should be a preset named Default. Just select it. From your description, it seems that in the iPad, the adjustments act like there's a sticky. In other words, the last setting used, will remain until changed by you. This doesn't happen on my Windows Desktop. So if that's what's happening, just click on the Default preset, and if it is remembering the last used preset, it should provide the default to start with.

[walt.farrell]

16 hours ago, R C-R said:

the thing I kept missing was the Curves icon at the bottom of the tools strip, used to open the Curves menu.

You can also double-tap the adjustment layer in the Layers panel to get the context menu to open.

[walt.farrell]

4 hours ago, augustya said:

But there is one problem, now that since it has added a Preset to the Affinity Photo APP on my iPad, even when I want to use a Normal Curves Adjustment Layer it opens with that Preset.

When you open the Adjustments Studio, the Studio has a header that says Adjustments and a single column of adjustment previews below it. In that set of previews, you will see a preview of the last Preset you added. But if you click on it, you will still get the Default adjustment for that kind of adjustment. 

If you want to see and apply the other Presets, scroll the header to the adjustment category you want, or tap on it to get the pulldown, and then you'll see the other presets for that category and their previews.

[augustya]

48 minutes ago, walt.farrell said:

When you open the Adjustments Studio, the Studio has a header that says Adjustments and a single column of adjustment previews below it. In that set of previews, you will see a preview of the last Preset you added. But if you click on it, you will still get the Default adjustment for that kind of adjustment. 

If you want to see and apply the other Presets, scroll the header to the adjustment category you want, or tap on it to get the pulldown, and then you'll see the other presets for that category and their previews.

Can you please post a screenshot ? If possible ? Cannot figure out what you are referring to ?

[augustya]

53 minutes ago, walt.farrell said:

When you open the Adjustments Studio, the Studio has a header that says Adjustments and a single column of adjustment previews below it. In that set of previews, you will see a preview of the last Preset you added. But if you click on it, you will still get the Default adjustment for that kind of adjustment. 

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When I click on the Adjustment Studio I do get a column of the Preset Added but If I click on it I get that Preset. There is no other place there where I can tap to get a default adjustment layer.

[walt.farrell]

2 hours ago, augustya said:

When I click on the Adjustment Studio I do get a column of the Preset Added but If I click on it I get that Preset. There is no other place there where I can tap to get a default adjustment layer.

I don't get that Preset; I get the Default for that category.

The column that shows the previews is showing the latest Preset I saved for each adjustment. But if I select one of them, I get the default Preset for that adjustment category. To see the other Presets, before clicking on one click the word Adjustments. Choose a category from the pull-down list. Or scroll right or left on the word Adjustments, which will show you the categories one at a time.

(Can't give screenshots right now; I'm on my PC, and the iPad isn't nearby.)

[R C-R]

3 hours ago, augustya said:

When I click on the Adjustment Studio I do get a column of the Preset Added but If I click on it I get that Preset. There is no other place there where I can tap to get a default adjustment layer.

A slightly more verbose description of how to make this work:

• Tap on the Adjustments Studio to open it.
• If at the top it shows only "< Curves >" & indented below that your named preset(s), then tap on "< Curves >" to open the column of Adjustment types to the left of the studio.
• In the column of adjustment types tap on "Adjustments," if necessary scrolling up or down in the column to locate it; OR tap on < or > to scroll through the adjustment types until it shows "Adjustments."
• At this point, the Adjustments Studio should be showing a list of all the adjustment types below the "< Adjustments >" header (so no column to the left of it).
• Now, if you tap on "Curves" in that list, it should apply the default curves adjustment, not any of the presets.

As best as I can tell, this is how it works for all the adjustment types: when the Adjustments Studio shows "< Adjustments >" at the top, the default for each adjustment type will be applied if you tap on its name in the list of adjustment types. To get to any custom presets you have to open the column on the left & find the adjustment type in that column, & tap on it.

[augustya]

16 hours ago, walt.farrell said:

I don't get that Preset; I get the Default for that category.

The column that shows the previews is showing the latest Preset I saved for each adjustment. But if I select one of them, I get the default Preset for that adjustment category. To see the other Presets, before clicking on one click the word Adjustments. Choose a category from the pull-down list. Or scroll right or left on the word Adjustments, which will show you the categories one at a time.

(Can't give screenshots right now; I'm on my PC, and the iPad isn't nearby.)

 

14 hours ago, R C-R said:

A slightly more verbose description of how to make this work:

• Tap on the Adjustments Studio to open it.
• If at the top it shows only "< Curves >" & indented below that your named preset(s), then tap on "< Curves >" to open the column of Adjustment types to the left of the studio.
• In the column of adjustment types tap on "Adjustments," if necessary scrolling up or down in the column to locate it; OR tap on < or > to scroll through the adjustment types until it shows "Adjustments."
• At this point, the Adjustments Studio should be showing a list of all the adjustment types below the "< Adjustments >" header (so no column to the left of it).
• Now, if you tap on "Curves" in that list, it should apply the default curves adjustment, not any of the presets.

As best as I can tell, this is how it works for all the adjustment types: when the Adjustments Studio shows "< Adjustments >" at the top, the default for each adjustment type will be applied if you tap on its name in the list of adjustment types. To get to any custom presets you have to open the column on the left & find the adjustment type in that column, & tap on it.

Hi Guys,

So I have included a Screen Recording of my iPad Screen. If you see in here when I go to the Adjustment Studio and Click on Curves it only give me an option of applying the Preset that I have created and it does not let me use the default curves adjustment.

 

[walt.farrell]

Thanks for the video, @augustya. That's a different situation than I though you were describing. 

When you click on the Adjustments header, get the pull-down, and choose a category, you switch to that adjustment category. At that point you see the list of Presets that are defined. So, for example, for Black and White you'll see Cold and Warm Presets, and any you've added.

Curves does not have any default Presets defined, so if you select Curves you'll only see Presets that you're defined. If you want, instead, a "default" Curves adjustment, pick Adjustments in the header (not one of the specific categories, and from the list of preview images shown pick Curves. Although that preview image will look like it has a curve applied, for me it will apply a default Curves adjustment layer with a straight spline rather than the spline from the preview image.

 

[augustya]

14 minutes ago, walt.farrell said:

Thanks for the video, @augustya. That's a different situation than I though you were describing. 

Curves does not have any default Presets defined, so if you select Curves you'll only see Presets that you're defined. If you want, instead, a "default" Curves adjustment, pick Adjustments in the header (not one of the specific categories, and from the list of preview images shown pick Curves. Although that preview image will look like it has a curve applied, for me it will apply a default Curves adjustment layer with a straight spline rather than the spline from the preview image.

I tried doing that also like you say I selected Curves from the Top Header which says Adjustments and when I was in curves unless and untilI tapped on the Preset of the Curves I had created. The Curves Adjustment was not even getting applied to my Layers Studio. So It was either have the Preset or not have the Curves adjustment applied at all to my Project.

[walt.farrell]

4 minutes ago, augustya said:

I tried doing that also like you say I selected Curves from the Top Header which says Adjustments and when I was in curves unless and untilI tapped on the Preset of the Curves I had created. The Curves Adjustment was not even getting applied to my Layers Studio. So It was either have the Preset or not have the Curves adjustment applied at all to my Project.

No, don;'t select Curves in the Header. Leave the Header set to Adjustments, then tap whatever preview is showing for Curves in the list of Preview images below it. That will give you a default (unadjusted) adjustment layer.

[augustya]

3 minutes ago, walt.farrell said:

No, don;'t select Curves in the Header. Leave the Header set to Adjustments, then tap whatever preview is showing for Curves in the list of Preview images below it. That will give you a default (unadjusted) adjustment layer.

Ok.I see...

[augustya]

7 minutes ago, walt.farrell said:

No, don;'t select Curves in the Header. Leave the Header set to Adjustments, then tap whatever preview is showing for Curves in the list of Preview images below it. That will give you a default (unadjusted) adjustment layer.

Bingo ! Now it is applying a default Curves Adjustment ! YAY !!