hart_art Posted May 27, 2022 Share Posted May 27, 2022 I did some editing on a photo while I had Affinity Photo - Trial version. I just purchased the software, opened the photo I'd edited...I re-saved it using the paid-for version, but the watermark remains on it from the trial version (I can't see the watermark in Affinity, or when I simply view the image in Windows, but it shows up when I import the file into another program.) Is there some way to get rid of the watermark?? or will I have to start over and re-edit the photo from the original again? Thx. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted May 27, 2022 Share Posted May 27, 2022 Where did this photo come from? What does the Watermark look like? Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.4.1 Mac apps; 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7 Affinity Photo 1.10.8; Affinity Designer 1.108; & all 3 V2 apps for iPad; 6th Generation iPad 32 GB; Apple Pencil; iPadOS 15.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted May 27, 2022 Share Posted May 27, 2022 17 minutes ago, hart_art said: but the watermark remains on it from the trial version The Trial Version does not watermark the images you produce. Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hart_art Posted May 27, 2022 Author Share Posted May 27, 2022 Its one of my own photos. There is no watermark on the original and I didn't use any other program that Affinity Photo ... It says "Image" faintly across the middle of the pic. If its not from the trial version then perhaps I somehow added it, myself, unknowingly, in the program. lol. Either way, I'd like to remove it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trichens Posted May 27, 2022 Share Posted May 27, 2022 You say it doesn't appear when the file is open in Affinity Photo nor when you view it through Windows - I assume the file viewer. But it appears when you use the image in some other software? Which software? It sounds like this other application is adding the text? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hart_art Posted May 27, 2022 Author Share Posted May 27, 2022 Its a program for designing calendars. Its never added it before; I've since edited other photos in Affinity, and imported them into the program no problem. Its just the one I edited with the trial version that its happening with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trichens Posted May 28, 2022 Share Posted May 28, 2022 Well it sounds like a placemarker in the calendar software to me. Have you replaced this image with a different one - or the original image - to see it that does the same thing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hart_art Posted May 28, 2022 Author Share Posted May 28, 2022 1 hour ago, trichens said: Well it sounds like a placemarker in the calendar software to me. Have you replaced this image with a different one - or the original image - to see it that does the same thing? Yes, I have, and there is no watermark. Its not the calendar software. Its just the one image. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted May 28, 2022 Share Posted May 28, 2022 Take a look in the layers panel to see if there is a text layer that says "image", if there is no text layer then the watermark is embedded into the actual image, If the watermark is solid any detail below it is lost, if it's translucent you might be able to change the pixels from looking washed out but really I'd just re-edit the original image. Quote iMac 27" 2019 Somona 14.3.1, iMac 27" Affinity Designer, Photo & Publisher V1 & V2, Adobe, Inkscape, Vectorstyler, Blender, C4D, Sketchup + more... XP-Pen Artist-22E, - iPad Pro 12.9 (Please refrain from licking the screen while using this forum) Affinity Help - Affinity Desktop Tutorials - Feedback - FAQ - most asked questions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted May 28, 2022 Share Posted May 28, 2022 51 minutes ago, BofG said: Apparently it doesn't show up in Affinity or in Windows viewer. There is no watermark in other words. "Things that make you go, Hmmm" Quote iMac 27" 2019 Somona 14.3.1, iMac 27" Affinity Designer, Photo & Publisher V1 & V2, Adobe, Inkscape, Vectorstyler, Blender, C4D, Sketchup + more... XP-Pen Artist-22E, - iPad Pro 12.9 (Please refrain from licking the screen while using this forum) Affinity Help - Affinity Desktop Tutorials - Feedback - FAQ - most asked questions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trichens Posted May 28, 2022 Share Posted May 28, 2022 So... we have an imge that opens OK in Affinity Photo? And the original image is OK? The calendar software is extremely unlikely to be reading the native Affinity file format, so the image must be exported to a JPG, PNG or suchlike. Do we have a hidden layer in the Affinity file that shows up on the exported raster image due to any flattening process? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarryP Posted May 28, 2022 Share Posted May 28, 2022 If you can show us your image – preferably along with your AFPHOTO document – then it should be much easier for us to give you better assistance. If we can’t see what the problem is then it’s difficult for us to know what the problem is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iconoclast Posted May 28, 2022 Share Posted May 28, 2022 Could it be that this calendar software shows this "Image" to tell that the image is only linked and not embedded into the calendar document? Similar to what Affinity shows in the Layers Panel in such cases. Would this "Image" be printed or is it just a hint of the software? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulEC Posted May 28, 2022 Share Posted May 28, 2022 9 hours ago, hart_art said: Its a program for designing calendars. Could you tell us what it's called? Is it something you have installed, or is it online? Quote Acer XC-895 : Core i5-10400 Hexa-core 2.90 GHz : 32GB RAM : Intel UHD Graphics 630 : Windows 10 Home Affinity Publisher 2 : Affinity Photo 2 : Affinity Designer 2 : (latest release versions) on desktop and iPad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted May 28, 2022 Share Posted May 28, 2022 SO FAR IN EPISODE ONE... Will the calendar app ever appear? What is the mysterious "Image"? Who will reveal the hidden layer? Will Detective @trichens of the ADA (Affinity Detective Agency) get to the bottom of this? Will @GarryP ploy to lure the OP out, work? Can @PaulEC politeness convince the OP to divulge this crucial info? Will @iconoclast dogged determination crack the case open wide? All this and more in the next episode of CALENDAR APP, REVENGE OF THE WATERMARK GarryP, jmwellborn, emmrecs01 and 5 others 8 Quote iMac 27" 2019 Somona 14.3.1, iMac 27" Affinity Designer, Photo & Publisher V1 & V2, Adobe, Inkscape, Vectorstyler, Blender, C4D, Sketchup + more... XP-Pen Artist-22E, - iPad Pro 12.9 (Please refrain from licking the screen while using this forum) Affinity Help - Affinity Desktop Tutorials - Feedback - FAQ - most asked questions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hart_art Posted May 28, 2022 Author Share Posted May 28, 2022 There is no layer for the watermark. I figure its embedded into the image. Just because it doesn't show in windows viewer or affinity doesn't mean it doesn't have a watermark - sometimes you can view images online & they don't have watermarks, but when you download them they do. Thanks for all the comments, but I'm just going to redo the image. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted May 28, 2022 Share Posted May 28, 2022 3 minutes ago, hart_art said: Just because it doesn't show in windows viewer or affinity doesn't mean it doesn't have a watermark - sometimes you can view images online & they don't have watermarks, but when you download them they do. But aren't you talking about a photo image you created yourself & edited in Affinity Photo? Why would you have to upload it to some website & then download it again when you already have it stored locally on your computer? Is that what you are doing -- uploading your photo to a website? If so, which site are you using? Initially, you said you were importing the file into another program, so which is it? Either way, you need to export the Affinity format file to another format like JPEG or PNG, so can you tell us what format are you exporting to? Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.4.1 Mac apps; 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7 Affinity Photo 1.10.8; Affinity Designer 1.108; & all 3 V2 apps for iPad; 6th Generation iPad 32 GB; Apple Pencil; iPadOS 15.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomaso Posted May 28, 2022 Share Posted May 28, 2022 1 hour ago, hart_art said: sometimes you can view images online & they don't have watermarks, but when you download them they do. They simply can be two different files, display & download may vary. (no WYSIWG). For instance, download + compare with what is displayed here: a.) watermark.aphoto b.) c.) watermark.aphoto Quote macOS 10.14.6 | MacBookPro Retina 15" | Eizo 27" | Affinity V1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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