DanAllen Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 I'm trying to do some HDR mockups in Designer 2 but haven't gotten it to show extended brightness inside the app (on MacBook Pro internal XDR display). I created an RGB/32 document and applied an exposure adjustment greater than 1 to the layer I'm trying to brighten beyond "normal" display levels. I've tried applying the exposure adjustment to both vector and pixel layers. The 32-bit Preview panel doesn't allow me to click `Enable EDR` and instead of seeing extended brightness it's just desaturating the colors. I've repeated these steps in Photo 2 and the 32-bit Preview panel allowed `Enable EDR` and triggered the display's extended brightness as expected. Is there a different workflow I need to follow to see EDR/HDR in Designer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanAllen Posted January 17, 2023 Author Share Posted January 17, 2023 Hello, Following up on this. Dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Lee D Posted January 17, 2023 Staff Share Posted January 17, 2023 Thanks for the report, I've confirmed the issue and logged with our our developers to investigate further. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanAllen Posted January 18, 2023 Author Share Posted January 18, 2023 Hi Lee, Sorry to be the bearer of bad news and thank you for logging the issue. Best, Dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanAllen Posted March 2 Author Share Posted March 2 @Lee D I've tried this a few more times over the last year and it's still not working for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Lee D Posted March 5 Staff Share Posted March 5 @DanAllenI'll update the report with the developers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff James Ritson Posted March 5 Staff Share Posted March 5 @DanAllen you need to be using a Metal view in order for EDR compositing to work (not to be confused with Metal Compute). Designer defaults to OpenGL, but you can change it by going to the title menu and Settings>Performance. Look under Display and it will be set to OpenGL. Change this to Metal and restart Designer, and you should then find that Enable EDR can be checked. Here's a screenshot: Hope that helps! Chris B 1 Quote Product Expert (Affinity Photo) & Product Expert Team Leader @JamesR_Affinity for tutorial sneak peeks and more Official Affinity Photo tutorials Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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