Staff TonyB Posted December 8, 2016 Staff Share Posted December 8, 2016 For more information about the launch and how to buy go here. Here's a recap of the new features in Photo 1.5, along with tutorial videos which will accompany the features... Focus Merge Support Focus merging allows you to generate a detailed composite image from a number of images focused at differing lengths. Use File -> New Focus Merge to get started. Video tutorials: Focus Merging Focus Merge Retouching Focus Merging Bracketed Images HDR Merge Support HDR merging lets you create a deep, unbounded 32-bit image from a number of exposure bracketed source images. Use File -> New HDR Merge to get started. Video tutorials: HDR: Merging and Tone Mapping HDR: Tone Map Presets HDR: Panoramas HDR: Preprocessing HDR: Advanced Editing HDR: Ghosts Removal New 32bit RGB Editing Mode Photo now offers a full compositing / editing environment for 32bit unbounded images. Video tutorials: HDR: 32-bit Editing 32bit Develop Photo can now Develop RAW files directly into a 32bit document - so all highlights / shadows are preserved and recoverable at any time. Video tutorials: 32-bit Raw Development OCIO (OpenColorIO) Support Photo now support end-to-end OCIO colour workflows. Video tutorials: OpenColorIO Setup OpenColorIO Adjustment Tone Mapping Persona Full tone mapping Persona for both HDR and LDR images. This is obviously best used with an image merged by HDR merge - although you can use it on any image. Video tutorials: Regular Tone Mapping OpenEXR / HDR (Radiance) / 32bit TIFF Import / Export Photo can now import and export .hdr (Radiance, RGBE) and .exr (OpenEXR) images. It correctly deals with 0-alpha cases (as per the OpenEXR spec) and generally operates in linear space. It support multi-layer EXR files and offers control (through Preferences) over alpha association and premultiplication. Video tutorials: OpenEXR Multichannel Import/Export OpenEXR Import Options Macros Using the View -> Studio -> Macro and View -> Studio -> Library menu items, you can access new panels which will allow you to record actions, save them, then play them back later. You can also store them in a handy gallery. Video tutorials: Macros Macros: Equations Batch Processing Using File -> New Batch job, you can queue up processing on a large number of files. You can resize, convert format and apply any number of macros to each file. The batch processing happens in the background - so you can continue working whilst the jobs are processed. Video tutorials: Batch Processing Live Projections Photo 1.5 contains a new mechanism which allows you to edit an image in different spatial domains - we currently support the “Equirectangular” domain (360 pano - Ricoh Theta, etc.). You can use all tools when editing - and you can convert back once you have edited. This is especially useful for cleaning up stitching artefacts, or artefacts at the zenith / nadir of the image. Use the options in Layer -> Live Projection to get started. Video tutorials: 360 Live Editing 360 Advanced Editing 360 Retouching 360 Multiple Views Live Perspective Projection Improved Pixel Tool The pixel tool is improved in 1.5 - you can hold shift when dragging to constrain the direction of painting (sorry we did not get this working sooner!). You can also select what happens when you hold Alt and drag - erase to transparent, erase to background colour, or erase to whatever the nominated snapshot / history location is (like in the Clone tool). New “Pixel Art” Document Resizing Photo now contains an alternative way to resize a document - using well known pixel-art resampling algorithms. If you work with pixel art and want to use this feature, it’s located under the Document menu. Video tutorials: Pixel Art Resize New “Accumulation” Brush Dynamics Many users have asked for “Opacity Jitter”. For us, opacity is a constant thing and will remain constant. However, we have added a new property to brushes - “Accumulation” - which should allow you to get what you need Text Styles Affinity Photo now has the same Text Styles support as Designer - it’s all shared code so it should work right out of the box New Marquee Modes (Polygonal, Magnetic) Photo now has 3 modes for the freehand selection tool - Freehand, Polygonal and Magnetic. Video tutorials: Freehand Selection Tool Even more RAW cameras supported Over 70 new RAW cameras are supported. Improved Metadata Mining Our detection of RAW / JPEG / etc. metadata has been upgraded and some serious bugs have been fixed. Massive Improvements to Export Persona Our Export Persona has seen huge upgrades in this cycle - you now have total control of exactly what resolution sets get exported. You can also use our handy batch export builders to quickly generate content for external consumption - ie. Xcode .assets - even Spline compatible metadata can be generated! Layered TIFF Interop Users have constantly asked us to support “Layered TIFF”. Layered TIFF is not a thing. TIFF with embedded data is a thing - and I’m happy to report that we now import embedded PSD / Affinity data and can write TIFF with embedded Affinity data. Halftone Filter We have a marvellous new halftone pattern filter in 1.5 - it can approximate monochrome, colour, circular and line halftones. Video tutorials: Halftone Scanlines Effect Improved Apply Image Filter Users can how use the current layer as the source for Apply Image - or drag any layer from the layers tab into the dialog to use that as thr source. We also offer handy equations in the filter to control how channels are transferred - in an arbitrary colour source. Video tutorials: Apply Image Apply Image: Equations Improved Select Sampled Colour Filter You can now select by intensity in the select sampled colour tool. Equations Filter A new Equations Distortion filter allows users to create custom spatial filters. Video tutorials: Equations filter Macros: Equations Dust & Scratches Filter Many user have asked us for a “Dust & Scratches” filter - so we have made one. It’s extremely useful for removing sporadic small defects in images. Please let us know if it works for you. Video tutorials: Dust & Scratches Filter “Edit in Affinity Photo” Photos extension This is something which we didn’t think we could do - a Photos extension for Mac OS 10.9 and above which simply allows you to use the full Photo app to edit your images - and stores the changes you have made as a layered document. New Colour Picker Tool After literally thousands of requests, we have implemented a dedicated picker tool for colours. New Clone Sources Panel We now have a new studio panel which allows you to store up an unlimited number of global sources for the Clone / Healing brush - it even works across multiple documents. Video tutorials: Clone Sources Clone Sources: Texture Creation Direct PSD Write-Back One of the most requested features - direct write-back to PSD. A number of 3rd party DAM applications will happily deal in PSD - but until now, Photo required you to File -> Export for PSD. No longer! You can now just hit File -> Save! You will need to turn this on - in File -> Preferences - please read the warning there carefully! Video tutorials: Direct PSD write-back (round tripping) No Thumbnails Option This is more a Designer feature, but I promised it some time ago so here it is - you can choose (in Preferences) not to write out a thumbnail with your documents. This has the advantage of making your documents use less space - but obviously you won’t get Finder thumbnails, etc. Improved Vectorscope Our old HSL vectorscope is no more - replaced by a vastly more appropriate Rec.709 YUV scope with an improved graticule Improved Photoshop Plugin Support We have found a significant bug with our plugin code - it has been fixed :) We are now finding the majority of plugins work properly. Multi-monitor Colour Profile Support Sorry it took so long to get this fixed - we now can profile different on different monitors. Adjustment Performance Improvements Found and fixed a simple issue which made changing adjustment parameters appear to be slow. Fixed. Automatic Lens Corrections Automatic lens corrections (distortion and vignetting) are now supported for a wide array of lens profiles. This option is available in the Develop Assistant (enabled by default). Video tutorials: Automatic Lens Corrections Improved RAW Colour Handling The way colour operations are handled in the Develop persona has been improved - the difference is most noticeable in images with intense, saturated colours (think low light photography with lots of artificial lighting). Video tutorials: Raw Colour Quality This update also includes literally hundreds of fixes and small improvements, some of which are listed below: - User control over two pass rendering on Retina devices. - PSD import / export improvements. - PDF import / export improvements. - Snapping improvements - candidate-free snapping, gaps-and-spans (Alt key in Move Tool), so much more! - Performance and stability improvements for macOS Sierra. AphukeatCok, Raymondbound, Josephmt and 42 others 45 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonas14 Posted December 8, 2016 Share Posted December 8, 2016 Hi TonyB, Perhaps there is also such a simple solution for this problem: I try to open an existing tiff and AP 1.5 crashes steadily. The same thing happens in the Mediabrowser Joachim www.donath-photographie.eu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mithferion Posted December 8, 2016 Share Posted December 8, 2016 This was quick! Buying it right now. Also, is there any info about a Workbook for Photo? Thanks a lot and hope you the best, guys! Petar Petrenko 1 AMD FX 8350 :: Radeon HD 5670 :: Windows 10 :: http://mithferion.deviantart.com/ Oxygen Icons :: GCP Icons :: iOS 11 Design Resources :: iOS App Icon Template :: Free Quality Fonts (Commercial Use) :: Public Domain Images How to do High Quality Art :: Mesh Warp / Distort Tool Considerations :: Select Same / Object - Suggestions :: Live Glassmorphism Effect Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fabrica Posted December 8, 2016 Share Posted December 8, 2016 well done to all! ...only just seen macros= brilliant! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eejits Posted December 8, 2016 Share Posted December 8, 2016 Excellent stuff, congrats on all your hard work! Look forward to having a play about with it. Does this mean there's parity between the file versions of AP & AD? Cheers, George eejits: a curious collection o' creatures - www.eejits-online.co.uk SUPPORT eejits on PATREON. Exclusive Content & Rewards available! www.patreon.com/eejits Get some awesome unique eejits merchandise at https://www.eejits-online.co.uk/shop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enrique.monzo Posted December 8, 2016 Share Posted December 8, 2016 I just bought it :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff TonyB Posted December 8, 2016 Author Staff Share Posted December 8, 2016 Excellent stuff, congrats on all your hard work! Look forward to having a play about with it. Does this mean there's parity between the file versions of AP & AD? Cheers, George Yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian D Posted December 8, 2016 Share Posted December 8, 2016 Is auto lens correction only supported on Micro 4/3 cameras? None of the lenses for my A6000 seem to be supported, but Sony e mount cameras also embed lens correction data in the raw files. Edit: sorry I didn't think this question had posted (didn't appear) so I created a thread in Questions/Feedback with the same question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
higgssinglet Posted December 8, 2016 Share Posted December 8, 2016 I have AP 1.4.3 installed on my iMac and cannot find any information how to upgrade it to AP 1.5, went into Apple App Store and there is no upgrade/Buy option, it only has the open option. So how do I upgrade to AP 1.5? marble51, Heyzack, Jim Morley and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petar Petrenko Posted December 8, 2016 Share Posted December 8, 2016 I've just bought it and installed it. Thank you very much for such an excelent products. Zilliamdeerm 1 All the latest releases of Designer, Photo and Publisher (retail and beta) on MacOS and Windows. 15” Dell Inspiron 7559 i7 ● Windows 10 x64 Pro ● Intel Core i7-6700HQ (3.50 GHz, 6M) ● 16 GB Dual Channel DDR3L 1600 MHz (8GBx2) ● NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M 4 GB GDDR5 ● 500 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD ● UHD (3840 x 2160) Truelife LED - Backlit Touch Display 32” LG 32UN650-W display ● 3840 x 2160 UHD, IPS, HDR10 ● Color Gamut: DCI-P3 95%, Color Calibrated ● 2 x HDMI, 1 x DisplayPort 13.3” MacBook Pro (2017) ● Ventura 13.6 ● Intel Core i7 (3.50 GHz Dual Core) ● 16 GB 2133 MHz LPDDR3 ● Intel Iris Plus Graphics 650 1536 MB ● 500 GB SSD ● Retina Display (3360 x 2100) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rigger73 Posted December 8, 2016 Share Posted December 8, 2016 Will be home tomorrow, but will downloading 1.5 as soon as possible. Well done on the hard work guys. Now to give arrogant Adobe that bloody nose they deserve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livetheshot Posted December 8, 2016 Share Posted December 8, 2016 Downloading the update now. Great job everyone! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff TonyB Posted December 8, 2016 Author Staff Share Posted December 8, 2016 I have AP 1.4.3 installed on my iMac and cannot find any information how to upgrade it to AP 1.5, went into Apple App Store and there is no upgrade/Buy option, it only has the open option. So how do I upgrade to AP 1.5? The App Store will offer the update for free. Sometimes you just need to refresh the store or wait a bit. JonathonCuff and affinitypete 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smitty Posted December 8, 2016 Share Posted December 8, 2016 Is it still not linking the path to resave files sent to Affinity Photo from Lightroom? There have been numerous (I've counted 4 individual bug request threads alone) requests for this to be resolved. Update: The latest version _45 does indeed remember the path from LR to AP and back to LR. I just tested it again. In Lightroom: Edit In>Affinity Photo (photo.exe) In Affinity photo: (make edits to image) Click File>Save voila, when I go back to LR, I see the changes to the TIFF I just edited in AP now. Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BertD Posted December 8, 2016 Share Posted December 8, 2016 Well done everyone! Every day it's a joy to use both Designer and Photo. Keep up the good work. Bert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KoBu Posted December 8, 2016 Share Posted December 8, 2016 I like Designer and Photo. It's really a joy to work with these programs. Now I'm waiting for Affinity Photo for my IPad! wgphoto and Zilliamdeerm 1 1 Win10 HP i7 - AD (Win), AP (Win), APub (Win), AD (iPad), AP (iPad), Affinity Photo for iPad Pro - the best app I ever had excuse my bad English Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HEC404 Posted December 8, 2016 Share Posted December 8, 2016 Great job guys/girls! Purchased! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonathonCuff Posted December 8, 2016 Share Posted December 8, 2016 Another 1.4.3 user who is unable to download 1.5 and cannot see an auto update offering. affinitypete and ColinB 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mchansy Posted December 8, 2016 Share Posted December 8, 2016 Is a trial version available (Windows Version)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff TonyB Posted December 8, 2016 Author Staff Share Posted December 8, 2016 Is a trial version available (Windows Version)? Not yet but there will be a trial in a few weeks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff TonyB Posted December 8, 2016 Author Staff Share Posted December 8, 2016 Another 1.4.3 user who is unable to download 1.5 and cannot see an auto update offering. You can try going to update tab in the App Store and refresh with CMD+R. It is working in most territories but sometimes it take awhile. HaroldBark, ClintonDew, AbapocaEcosy and 26 others 28 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobNJ Posted December 8, 2016 Share Posted December 8, 2016 How long will the latest Beta be usable? Can't buy it until next week :blink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevie T Posted December 8, 2016 Share Posted December 8, 2016 You can try going to update tab in the App Store and refresh with CMD+R. It is working in most territories but sometimes it take awhile. Simple solution is to restart you Mac. Pointed View 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loes Posted December 8, 2016 Share Posted December 8, 2016 Love it. Especially the many tutorial videos! Loes Transrobotism 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sDuccio Posted December 8, 2016 Share Posted December 8, 2016 Purchased! Thanks! OS: windows 10 home 64 bits Lenovo core I7 6700HQ 8Gb Ram Nvidia GTX 950 4 gb Memory SSD 256Gb HD 1TB 5400 rpm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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