Save for the web and color channels

[jnanian]

sorry if others have asked these questions, i haven't found them in my looking through the questions and answers forum.

is there a way to do super small jpg web-compressions?  in the other software i have been using there is something called "save for the web"

and it allowe me to make really small saved images for web-use.  

 

also, i am looking for a way to open a "new image" and have color channels to drop b/w color stripped ( RGB ) files into.

i looked but couldn't find anything, and thought it was called something else.

 

thanks !

john

[R C-R]

There are JPEG quality presets in the export settings & an estimated file size calculation you can use to see how large the file will be at different quality settings:

 

Keep in mind that the more you compress a file the less quality it will have -- fine details will be lost & things will begin to look blurry or have jagged edges.

[jnanian]

hi, 

thanks for your help !
i guess i am used to the easy way out

with the other program i used for years

where you just clicked on "save for the web"

and it compressed things super small.

after reviewing the video on saving

it looks like it will be a handful of steps,

do you think there is an easier way for me to do this ?

for example, i can save a 5x8 image as a 72dpi jpg at "10"

and it will be something like 150kb, but if i save it with "save for the web" it 

could crunch down to something like 40k ...  i wish there was a "pre-set"

because i HATE uploading images to various places ( website, blog & fora ) that 

aren't super small.

 

sorry to ask again,

but if i drag and drop an image in to color channels can i stack rgb channels as i 

am doing in PS ?  or are color channels not setup the same way in AP ?

 

thanks !
 

[JFisher]

Hi jnanian :)
 

There’s no preset for Save for Web, Affinity Photo gives you a variety of options as R-C-R has shown to give you full control of the export settings. 

 

Feel free to request a Save for Web preset in the feature request section though :)

[jnanian]

excellent !  i will  :)

[jnanian]

oK ...

 

i am getting closer i think,  ...

 

i found this tutorial for technicolor emulation ( 

) and it is great !

 

i import my own R G B "strips" the narrator  speaks about .. ( its just panchromatic film that is R G B filtered )

what i typically do is copy each imported file and drop them into their color channels.

with AP there are extra layers / channels when i go into channels,

would i paste my self made color strips ( R G B ) into the pixel layers or the channel layers ?

 

in other words, in the tutorial, the narrator makes his own color "strips" by making 3 pixel layers, and 

going into each color channel and removing the other colors, and adding CMY values ...

since i already have the stripped images ( b/w film exposed with  R G B filters  ) 

 

i dont' need to do those extra steps .. 

 

any suggestions what layer  / channel i drop my stripped color images ?

 

thanks !

john

 

ps.  after i posted this post, i cut and pasted 3 files from a bw >> color image i made
( and have converted successfully into a color image by other means )
into AP, but it didn't do anything but present me with a b/w image   :(