Feature request: support for black and white bitmap images

[Designerman]

I would like to see support for creating and exporting Black and White bitmap images in Photo and Designer (ie, 1 bit, bi-level, black and white, no grayscale, no antialiasing)

[Pšenda]

On 6/20/2022 at 10:18 PM, Designerman said:

black and white, no grayscale, no antialiasing

Try Threshold

https://affinity.help/photo/English.lproj/pages/Adjustments/adjustment_threshold.html

[Johannes]

Slightly off topic: Searched for that because I need to create content for a black and white flip dot wall and want to simulate it beforehand.

Switching off anti aliasing for the layers helped. In the video you see I have forgotten two layers.

 

[Medical Officer Bones]

On 6/20/2022 at 1:18 PM, Designerman said:

I would like to see support for creating and exporting Black and White bitmap images in Photo and Designer (ie, 1 bit, bi-level, black and white, no grayscale, no antialiasing)

A 1-bit image mode is not supported in Affinity Photo or Designer - or Publisher for that matter. The developers have stated that 1-bit support will never be implemented in Affinity:

There have been quite a few threads created about the lack of 1bit mode support in Affinity. Iffy work-arounds abound such as the threshold filter suggestion above, or adjusting the layer blend. None of these are great, unfortunately.

As always, if this is a requirement in your work, I would suggest PhotoLine, which not only supports a proper 1bit image mode like Photoshop, but goes beyond Photoshop in that it allows for layers while working on 1bit images.

It is also possible to export your vector line art/inks from Designer to PhotoLine and convert these to high resolution 1200ppi 1bit images. PhotoLine also allows for proper 1bit high resolution PDF export and can be used to combine cmyk/rgb artwork with high resolution 1bit imagery for this particular task too.