Gradient map presets – where are they?

[lexislav]

Hi,

gradient map tool (and similars) offers add preset at upper left corner:

 

 

So I can store my presets – and I had a problem to find those presets in thumbnails in studio palletes (when opened).

 

Souldn't a „button“ to open the presets a part of the dialog box (gradient map and others?)

 

I have found this a bit confusing…

[DWright]

Hi lexislav,

 

From the swatches tab select gradients form the drop down list and then click on the palette icon to save the select file into the gradients list.

 

Regards,

Darren

[R C-R]

lexislav, if you are asking where to find your saved presets in Affinity Photo, they are in the Studio Adjustments tab, in the Gradient Map or whichever other section applies for the kind of adjustment layer you have saved a preset for.

[lexislav]

Hi lexislav,

 

From the swatches tab select gradients form the drop down list and then click on the palette icon to save the select file into the gradients list.

 

Regards,

Darren

 

That is what I have been trying and I believe this method is not working. When You click the palette icon in swatches/gradients as suggested, the gradient is saved, but different one that the one I am working with in Gradient map dialog box. Actually it seems that even with gradient tool, saving the gradient there is not working correctly. May be related to my complex gradient with several colors :-/

 

lexislav, if you are asking where to find your saved presets in Affinity Photo, they are in the Studio Adjustments tab, in the Gradient Map or whichever other section applies for the kind of adjustment layer you have saved a preset for.

 

Thanks, I took me while to find presets there. That is why I believe there should be a shortcut on popup windows for loading presets.

 

Because for gradients we have two separate libraries – swatches and adjustment palette. That is a bit confusing. At least for me.

[R C-R]

Because for gradients we have two separate libraries – swatches and adjustment palette. That is a bit confusing. At least for me.

It is confusing for me as well. I understand that they are two different things (applying adjustment layers are non-destructive while applying swatches are not) but even though I get the logic involved, it is still something I have to think about before the (dim) lightbulb come on in may old brain.  :(

[olivier unia]

Hello ... i have gradient map presets I did my self, on my affinity desktop , how can I export to import on my iPad app ???? any chance ?

[walt.farrell]

1 hour ago, olivier unia said:

Hello ... i have gradient map presets I did my self, on my affinity desktop , how can I export to import on my iPad app ???? any chance ?

Welcome to the Serif Affinity forums.

I don't know if there's a simpler method, but this should work. For each gradient map preset:

1. Apply the preset to an image on your desktop. Do not merge the adjustment.
2. Save as a .afphoto file.
3. Open the .afphoto file on your iPad.
4. In the Layers panel, tap (double-tap?) on the adjustment layer thumbnail.
5. In the Context Bar, tap "create preset".

To simplify this, you could apply multiple gradient map adjustments to a single image, and work on each layer in that image on your iPad.