Affinity Photo - "Shadows & Highlights" filter produces halo along edges of image

[Alex_M]

Hi,

I often use the "Shadows & Highlights" filter to make an image appear more "flat". I noticed, however, that it produces halos along the edges of my images which is unwanted because I want to use the filter when making tiling textures. You can clearly see the problem in the image below when I do an "Affine" filter with 50% tiling on the X and Y axes. Notice how the image is no longer tileable because of the halos produced by the filter. Is this normal? Can I avoid this?

[Lee D]

A lot may depend on the image used and if it's edges have areas such as shadows that the filter will affect.

A couple of different workflows to try, merging your fill and pattern layers first into a single layer

Did you use the Live Shadows & Highlights filter or the version from the Filter menu dropdown?