Troy Hoover Posted August 10, 2023 Share Posted August 10, 2023 (edited) Hello. I've tried to solve this on my own by google searching and searching through these forums, to no luck. I have found other posts with similar issues but I was never able to find a solution within them. I scanned in a die cut sticker sheet and in order to see the edges of the stickers easier, I used a simple Levels Adjustment. I would like to export this adjusted version as it appears in Affinity Photo 2 but whenever I export it, it looks the same as the original, as if no Levels Adjustment was ever applied. I've tried rasterizing & trimming the layer, even though it's already a rasterized file (tif). I've tried merging the layers, masking to below, etc anything I could think of and nothing works. In the export settings, I've tried exporting as PNG, JPG, TIFF and they all ignore the adjustment layer. You can see in the export preview how the adjustment is not applied. I've fully exported the file and opened it just in case it was only an export preview bug, but it is accurate, there is no adjustment on the exported file. Please help! *Edit- I just tried this out in Affinity Designer 2 and it has the same issue, exports without the Levels Adjustment* I've attached screenshots of the working file, with the adjustment layer hidden and visible so you can see the original scanned image before and after adjustments, and I've also attached a screenshot of the export settings. Please let me know if you'd like me to upload the afphoto file and the original scanned image. Thank you, Troy Edited August 10, 2023 by Troy Hoover Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hangman Posted August 10, 2023 Share Posted August 10, 2023 Hi @Troy Hoover and welcome to the forums, It would actually be really helpful if you could upload the .afphoto file and the original scanned image. Quote Affinity Designer 2.5.5 | Affinity Photo 2.5.5 | Affinity Publisher 2.5.5 Affinity Designer Beta 2.6.0.2861 | Affinity Photo Beta 2.6.0.2861 | Affinity Publisher Beta 2.6.0.2861 MacBook Pro M3 Max, 36 GB Unified Memory, macOS Sonoma 14.6.1, Magic Mouse HP ENVY x360, 8 GB RAM, AMD Ryzen 5 2500U, Windows 10 Home, Logitech Mouse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troy Hoover Posted August 10, 2023 Author Share Posted August 10, 2023 @Hangman No problem. SurfboardLevels.afphoto surfboard_08102023.tif Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troy Hoover Posted August 10, 2023 Author Share Posted August 10, 2023 I just tried the same steps with a random photo I downloaded from the internet and the Levels Adjustment exported fine. This makes me think it's something with the format of my scanned tif image that is causing the issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hangman Posted August 10, 2023 Share Posted August 10, 2023 5 minutes ago, Troy Hoover said: This makes me think it's something with the format of my scanned tif image that is causing the issue. Possibly not so much the format but after applying the Levels adjustment, if you zoom into the image and then toggle the Levels adjustment off and on you'll see it makes no real difference to the image which is made up of a single pixel border. I think when viewed as fit to page the appearance of the Levels adjustment is perhaps a bit misleading... I realise it's a bit of work but it would be quite easy to create the surfboard in vector form using the scan as a template which you can duplicate then you'll have full control over the line weight. Callum 1 Quote Affinity Designer 2.5.5 | Affinity Photo 2.5.5 | Affinity Publisher 2.5.5 Affinity Designer Beta 2.6.0.2861 | Affinity Photo Beta 2.6.0.2861 | Affinity Publisher Beta 2.6.0.2861 MacBook Pro M3 Max, 36 GB Unified Memory, macOS Sonoma 14.6.1, Magic Mouse HP ENVY x360, 8 GB RAM, AMD Ryzen 5 2500U, Windows 10 Home, Logitech Mouse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troy Hoover Posted August 10, 2023 Author Share Posted August 10, 2023 Thanks, that makes sense, similar to how Adobe acrobat will thicken up lines or lowercase Ls (if you don't turn that feature off) but then when you zoom in you see they are the normal thickness. I am not familiar with the "scan as a template" feature/method you are recommending. I will have to look into that. Thanks for the tip! Hangman 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hangman Posted August 10, 2023 Share Posted August 10, 2023 3 minutes ago, Troy Hoover said: I am not familiar with the "scan as a template" feature/method you are recommending. I will have to look into that. Sorry, I just meant you could use your scanned Tiff file as a template to draw over using the pen tool to create a vector version of your die-cut sticker sheet which would give you a lot more flexibility... Old Bruce 1 Quote Affinity Designer 2.5.5 | Affinity Photo 2.5.5 | Affinity Publisher 2.5.5 Affinity Designer Beta 2.6.0.2861 | Affinity Photo Beta 2.6.0.2861 | Affinity Publisher Beta 2.6.0.2861 MacBook Pro M3 Max, 36 GB Unified Memory, macOS Sonoma 14.6.1, Magic Mouse HP ENVY x360, 8 GB RAM, AMD Ryzen 5 2500U, Windows 10 Home, Logitech Mouse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carl123 Posted August 10, 2023 Share Posted August 10, 2023 Quick "fix" Open document as it is Resize document to 25% Resize document to 400% Hangman 1 Quote To save time I am currently using an automated AI to reply to some posts on this forum. If any of "my" posts are wrong or appear to be total b*ll*cks they are the ones generated by the AI. If correct they were probably mine. I apologise for any mistakes made by my AI - I'm sure it will improve with time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troy Hoover Posted August 10, 2023 Author Share Posted August 10, 2023 17 minutes ago, Hangman said: Sorry, I just meant you could use your scanned Tiff file as a template to draw over using the pen tool to create a vector version of your die-cut sticker sheet which would give you a lot more flexibility... Ohh, I see. Yeah, that's what I'm already doing actually, haha. 99% of our customers that need a custom die made for their stickers will either have an existing artwork file I can use, or their physical samples will be stickers with standard geometrical shapes which I can easily measure and then create from scratch in Publisher. Very rarely is is a funky shape like this where I have to scan it in and trace it with the pen tool. To get around the export issue, I just opened it in Designer and did the adjustment there and used the pen tool right over it, which I should have just done in the first place. I've been using the Affinity suite since 2020, but my brain still tends to go way back to the pre-subscription Adobe days where I had been trained to open raster files in the photo program, make adjustments, export it, and then open it in the vector program. Thanks again for the help! Hangman 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troy Hoover Posted August 10, 2023 Author Share Posted August 10, 2023 23 minutes ago, carl123 said: Quick "fix" Open document as it is Resize document to 25% Resize document to 400% Whoa, it works! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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