tja Posted March 18, 2016 Share Posted March 18, 2016 Dear Support Team: I'm in the process of trying to transition from Fireworks to Affinity Designer, but I'm having some difficulty. Please see the attachment. I've laid a Fireworks window over the Affinity Designer workspace. Both images are at 100% and both use the same logo (American Overseas School of Rome). However, notice that the logo in Affinity Designer is grossly pixelated and the color red is much brighter. Can you help me understand why this might be happening? Many thanks for your time and assistance. Best, Tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff TonyB Posted March 18, 2016 Staff Share Posted March 18, 2016 Could you post the actual Fireworks file please. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tja Posted March 18, 2016 Author Share Posted March 18, 2016 Dear TonyB, Thank you for the reply. I've attached above the original Fireworks PNG logo and a screenshot of what happens when I shrink that same logo in Fireworks and in Affinity Designer: again notice the color difference and the pixelation. (How do I attach new media to a reply? I see the "My Media" link, but I couldn't figure out how to add new media to 'My Media'.) Best, Tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff TonyB Posted March 18, 2016 Staff Share Posted March 18, 2016 (How do I attach new media to a reply? I see the "My Media" link, but I couldn't figure out how to add new media to 'My Media'.) You have to click the "More Reply Options" and go from there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff TonyB Posted March 18, 2016 Staff Share Posted March 18, 2016 The pixelation is just a display view setting. Go to Preferences->Performance - View Quality and set it to Bilinear (Best Quality) We set quad core machines to Bilinear and daul core to Nearest by default. Can you post the file with the large red block for me to investigate the colour issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tja Posted March 18, 2016 Author Share Posted March 18, 2016 Dear TonyB, You are a wizard! Changing the View Quality fixed the image issue. Thank you very much. Attached is the Fireworks banner from the original post. Cheers, Tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff TonyB Posted March 18, 2016 Staff Share Posted March 18, 2016 The colour looks the same when I load into Affinity and when I export it. We do honour you monitor profile, do you know what it is set to? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tja Posted March 20, 2016 Author Share Posted March 20, 2016 Dear TonyB, I don't understand the significance of the color looking the same in Affinity and after export. Can you clarify? What I'm referring to is the color difference between Affinity and the Fireworks file. If you look at the first image in the original post, you'll see what I'm talking about: the Fireworks file has a red that is a 'dark burgundy' (the correct color) but in Affinity it is a much brighter red. I'm using an "old school" Apple Cinema Display. The display profile is 'Cinema Display Calibrated'. Thank you for your continued assistance. Cheers, Tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tja Posted March 23, 2016 Author Share Posted March 23, 2016 Dear TonyB and Company: Any further thoughts on this? Thank you for your help. Cheers, Tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff TonyB Posted March 23, 2016 Staff Share Posted March 23, 2016 When I open your image it looks the same in Designer and Fireworks. Can you post a shot of the same image when view in Designer. I noticed it's not the same image as it didn't have any text on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tja Posted March 23, 2016 Author Share Posted March 23, 2016 Dear TonyB, Please find attached a screenshot of the same file opened in Fireworks and Affinity Designer as seen on the same Apple Cinema Display Monitor. Cheers, Tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tja Posted March 23, 2016 Author Share Posted March 23, 2016 PS: The file is an animated Gif, so when I open it in Affinity, it is showing the middle frame; in Fireworks, it shows the first, hence the difference in the two images. Attached is a screenshot showing the exact same thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff TonyB Posted March 23, 2016 Staff Share Posted March 23, 2016 When I load the Fireworks file it doesn't come in as an animated Gif. Can you repost the original Fireworks file with the multiple frames. As you can see from me previous attachment they look the same on my screen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tja Posted March 23, 2016 Author Share Posted March 23, 2016 Hmmmmm, I thought I did post the original...? Take two. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff TonyB Posted March 23, 2016 Staff Share Posted March 23, 2016 Do you get a message when you load the file about colour profiles? Can you post a screen shot of you Preferences->Colour Profiles page please. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tja Posted March 23, 2016 Author Share Posted March 23, 2016 I don't get any message about color profiles in Designer. Attached is a screenshot of my Color Profiles settings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff TonyB Posted March 23, 2016 Staff Share Posted March 23, 2016 I still can't reproduce the colour difference when using the same colour profile setting as shown in your preferences. Also the red doesn't look as dark in my version of Fireworks. What version of Fireworks are you using? Can you confirm you are using Affinity Designer 1.4.1. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tja Posted March 23, 2016 Author Share Posted March 23, 2016 I'm on Designer 1.4.1 and Fireworks CS5 11.1.0.205. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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