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Im having issues with the new updated version of affinity. images are being saved DARK. I didn't have this issue with before the update.

Please help.these are samples. Left is affinity image. right is the original image.

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Wind to the Serif Affinity forums.

What format are you Saving them in, and what OS do you use?

What kind of images are they originally (Raw, JPG, ...)?

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By saved dark do you mean exported jpegs are dark but the file is OK in Photo itself?

If so, maybe post a screen shot of the export panel.

Your good file comes up in Explorer as sRGB but nothing for the other. So seems the colour space has changed.

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that's correct. on affinity app it looks underdeveloped. it started when I updated app to version 2.4. it was fine before. I deleted app and restored it from the App Store, still same issue.

this is what I get.

 

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I had always use "save" as Jpegs since they are for real estate.

I realized the problem is with HDR. 

I decided to use NEW STACK instead of HDR Merge and I was able to save my image with no issues.

I which there was a way to revert to version 2.2. 

version 2.4 has been a pain.

I appreciate you trying to help me.

I feel it's a software issue.

even my older MacOS Catalina is doing the same thing.

thanks again

affinity should fix this problem

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4 hours ago, Martin Diaz said:

[I wish there was] a way to revert to version 2.2

There is! However, you may wish to consider reverting to version 2.3 instead (unless you had problems with that release, too).

 

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2 minutes ago, Martin Diaz said:

I deleted affinity photo version 2.4, downloaded version 2.2 and my problem got fixed.

Did version 2.3 suffer from the same problems as version 2.4?

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Most probably settings in 32-bit preview. You must activate ICC preview.

then, some versions had issues exporting JPG directly from RGB/32. it can help to convert first to RGB/16.

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4 hours ago, NotMyFault said:

Most probably settings in 32-bit preview. You must activate ICC preview.

then, some versions had issues exporting JPG directly from RGB/32. it can help to convert first to RGB/16.

I will stay with version 2.2. I didn't have problems with this version until I updated to 2.4. I did tried all these suggestions before. I deleted app, I reset all settings. downloaded app again. ended up with the same problem. I used affinity for my real estate photography . I will stick to version 2.2 until affinity sends a bug fix. I do appreciate your feedback.

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