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Hello, 

 

is it possible to automatically align layers or photos? For example if I have 3 photos with 3 different exposures which I shot handhold, so the photos differ slightly. Is there a way to align the photos? 

 

There doesn't seem to be the possibility to make an HDR, will it be implemented in the future?

 

 

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Hey Asvolas,

 

You can align images using stacking, there are a couple of tutorial videos that cover how to do this:

 

Aligning Images and Stacking: Exposure Merging

 

As you are wanting to merge three separate exposures, at the moment you can only average the exposures using stacking; proper HDR merging is however coming in a future beta, so do keep an eye out for it.

 

Alternatively, once you've aligned the images, you can always merge the exposures manually - there's a video for that too, Manual Exposure Merging.

 

Hope that helps!

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is there a way to use this fonction once a picture is loaded and then i add a layer and want to align it to the frst layer ? For exemple, i shot handhold a picture, load it on affinity, shot a new one also handhold, import it using the "File > Place" fonction, and i want to align the new picture with the first one. I found a 1 minute video on youtube to show the exemple of what i'm trying to do : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cj5fkY18xE0

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21 minutes ago, SebBPhoto said:

is there a way to use this fonction once a picture is loaded and then i add a layer and want to align it to the frst layer ? For exemple, i shot handhold a picture, load it on affinity, shot a new one also handhold, import it using the "File > Place" fonction, and i want to align the new picture with the first one. I found a 1 minute video on youtube to show the exemple of what i'm trying to do : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cj5fkY18xE0 

I think you want to use, in Photo, File > New Layer Stack... and after you have loaded your files (perhaps with auto-align set on in the dialog) you may want to go to the layers panel, right-click the group layer, and Ungroup.

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yes, thanks for the reply, but i want to add a layer once all is loaded and align the new layer with the others. The "New Layer Stack" impose me to create an all new file. i want to take a picture, and load it in affinity. take a new shot, add it as a layer in affinity and then align it to the one existing. once that done, i add a mask layer to the 2nd picture to correct my first picture, take a new shot that correct new stuffs i want to correct (shadow, an object,...), add this shot as a new layer, align the new layer with the all others, and then add a new mask layer, and so on... if i must close all, and reload all each time it's a waste of time for me. photoshop can do it as you can see in the youtube link i've posted, i just wonder if this kind of option have an equivalent in affinity.. i hope this time i explain better what i'm trying to do ..

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56 minutes ago, SebBPhoto said:

i just wonder if this kind of option have an equivalent in affinity.. i hope this time i explain better what i'm trying to do ..

I do not think that Affinity Photo has an automatic alignment mode that will do what you want, in the way you want.

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I see two videos are  mentioned but now are not accessible, how can I find them??

On 4/19/2016 at 4:57 PM, James Ritson said:

Hey Asvolas,

 

You can align images using stacking, there are a couple of tutorial videos that cover how to do this:

 

Aligning Images and Stacking: Exposure Merging

 

As you are wanting to merge three separate exposures, at the moment you can only average the exposures using stacking; proper HDR merging is however coming in a future beta, so do keep an eye out for it.

 

Alternatively, once you've aligned the images, you can always merge the exposures manually - there's a video for that too, Manual Exposure Merging.

 

Hope that helps!

 

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Are these what you're looking for? They're found in buried thread, of the now Legacy Photo Tutorials.

Aligning Images

Stacking Exposure Merging

Here's the Link to the Legacy: Official Affinity Photo Tutorials

Affinity Photo 2.4..; Affinity Designer 2.4..; Affinity Publisher 2.4..; Affinity2 Beta versions. Affinity Photo,Designer 1.10.6.1605 Win10 Home Version:21H2, Build: 19044.1766: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-5820K CPU @ 3.30GHz, 3301 Mhz, 6 Core(s), 12 Logical Processor(s);32GB Ram, Nvidia GTX 3070, 3-Internal HDD (1 Crucial MX5000 1TB, 1-Crucial MX5000 500GB, 1-WD 1 TB), 4 External HDD

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3 hours ago, Michał Bartkowiak said:

How to do this on iPad version? Example: i have couple indor photos with bracket and with flash. Befor editing I need to auto align them. 

Welcome to the Serif Affinity forums.

Please repost your question in the iPad Questions section of the forum, to get the best answers.

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Exactly what I needed, thank you!

I now have a set of images as described - but as they are frames for a time lapse video, there are rather a lot of them.

Is there a way to automatically export all the images in one go please, rather than manually working through the list?

Nick

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