Import image is the wrong colors

[ketchupjonmustard]

I finally decided to move from affinity designer one to affinity designer 2 on both my iPad and PC (windows 11). I really love the new layout and a lot of the new features.

I use this program as a sticker designer. One of my favorite features is I can draw my design in procreate and import the image into affinity designer to make sure they are the correct size for packaging. 

However I have noticed a huge issue. In affinity designer 1 I could drag and drop a saved png into the canvas with no issue. In affinity designer 2, on both my pc and iPad, when I drag and drop the png onto the canvas the colors are wrong. They are faded and slightly see through. I have tried all the help I could find online to no avail.

I am currently running the trial. Is this a thing because it’s the trial version? Something hidden behind a pay wall? Or is this an issue with the program. I am hesitant to buy the app if this will continue to be an issue even after purchase.

in the first photo you can see the color the image should be. In the second photo you can see how affinity designer imports the image incorrectly. Again, this is not an issue in the first affinity designer. It is only an issue in affinity designer 2.

Edited November 16, 2024 by ketchupjonmustard
Formatting.

[walt.farrell]

Welcome to the Affinity forums.

What bit-depth and ICC profile does the PNG have? There is an issue logged that I believe describes this, related to Procreate's use of the P3 D65 linear ICC profile, AF-4693. For more information, please see this post:

 

 

[ketchupjonmustard]

I don't know what ICC profile it has. This shouldn't be this complicated. Its not an issue in AD1. Its only an issue in AD2. 
In AD1 i could export my image from procreate or any program for that matter and drag and drop it into AD1 with no issues. In AD2 the colors are all messed up. This shouldn't be something anyone should have to jump through hoops to fix. 
It seems like it is clearly a bug that Affinity needs to fix.

Edited November 18, 2024 by ketchupjonmustard

[walt.farrell]

If you are Placing the file into a Designer document, the Resource Manager will tell you its color format, bit-depth, and ICC profile.

If you are Opening the file, then the behavior will depend on the behavior you have configured in the application Settings, under Color, but Documeht Setup may show you that information in the Color tab.

V2 definitely works differently from V1, as (for example) it includes support for 32-bit PNG files. And if you're experiencing the bug I think you're experiencing, then Procreate's use of a linear 8-bit ICC profile seems to have triggered this mis-behavior in the Affinity applications. But to confirm, we need the data from your PNG.

If you can't find it, please Zip the PNG and upload the .zip file and we can look. (Assuming it is a PNG you can share.)

[ketchupjonmustard]

So this is the the color profile i typically use in procreate. Display P3. I changed the color in AD2 to Display P3 but it still is coming in all washed out. Am I missing something? 

[walt.farrell]

10 hours ago, ketchupjonmustard said:

So this is the the color profile i typically use in procreate. Display P3. I changed the color in AD2 to Display P3 but it still is coming in all washed out. Am I missing something? 

From prior discussion in the forums, Procreate seems to be using the Linear version of the profile for 8-bit PNGs, which confuses Affinity as Linear profiles are generally used for 32-bit files. This makes Affinity treat the file as 32-bit, and provides the washed-out appearance.

I recall that one of the discussions provided a workaround, but I don't remember what it was. Sorry.

It should be in one of the topics you can read by following this AF-4693 link.

[inkygorilla]

Can confirm that I’m seeing this issue on affinity designer 2 on iPad. I’ve been using the same workflow to go from procreate to affinity designer for years and now it’s proving unusable. Did you manage to find a solution to this? I see it may have been logged as a bug but this seems to have been around a while now.

[KaitosArt]

Guys, any update on this problem?
It's well know in other forums (reddit) that its a bug, not a color profile. Could anyone give us any hint? 
The only thing that doesn't change the colors when importing, its when I transfer procreate file to pdf format, then open in AD12. But there is no transparency and its not the best way to do it. So, its a huge problem.