Steve Wright99 Posted December 10, 2016 Share Posted December 10, 2016 If the project document dpi is set to 300 then a tiff is exported using File > Export > Tiff the exported document has a dpi of 72. This is totally wrong. The exported document should absolutely inherit the main project dpi. I am amazed that Affinity Photo, an otherwise very smart program, does this wrong. The workarounds are clumsy and dumb. Please fix this most irksome design flaw immediately. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Patrick Connor Posted December 10, 2016 Staff Share Posted December 10, 2016 Steve Wright99 Welcome to the Serif Affinity forums :) This seems to be a bug, if confirmed I will move this to the bugs on mac forum. Not that I don't believe you, but what application reports the 72 dpi? I'm on an Android browser, can anybody else confirm please? Quote Patrick Connor Serif Europe Ltd Latest V2 releases on each platform Help make our apps better by joining our beta program! "There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man. True nobility lies in being superior to your previous self." W. L. Sheldon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeW Posted December 10, 2016 Share Posted December 10, 2016 I don't have Photo, so cannot contribute. Seems like when I have exported image formats from AD, though, they were correct. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted December 10, 2016 Share Posted December 10, 2016 TIFF export seems to work correctly for me in APh on Windows (release build 1.5.0.45). Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.4.1 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted December 11, 2016 Share Posted December 11, 2016 Works correctly for me with the versions as in my sig below. I tried four tests: New document, dpi set to 300, export metadata OFF. Result: 300 dpi TIFF New document, dpi set to 300, export metadata ON. Result: 300 dpi TIFF Existing photo document, original dpi 150, reset to 300, export metadata OFF. Result: 300 dpi TIFF Existing photo document, original dpi 150, reset to 300, export metadata ON. Result: 150 dpi TIFF I suspect what Steve is seeing is like my last test -- if an existing photo already has the dpi set to some value and export metadata is enabled, then Affinity Photo will not overwrite that. Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.4.1 Mac apps; 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7 Affinity Photo 1.10.8; Affinity Designer 1.108; & all 3 V2 apps for iPad; 6th Generation iPad 32 GB; Apple Pencil; iPadOS 15.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
O. Chevetaigne Posted December 11, 2016 Share Posted December 11, 2016 Works correctly for me with the versions as in my sig below. I tried four tests: New document, dpi set to 300, export metadata OFF. Result: 300 dpi TIFF New document, dpi set to 300, export metadata ON. Result: 300 dpi TIFF Existing photo document, original dpi 150, reset to 300, export metadata OFF. Result: 300 dpi TIFF Existing photo document, original dpi 150, reset to 300, export metadata ON. Result: 150 dpi TIFF I suspect what Steve is seeing is like my last test -- if an existing photo already has the dpi set to some value and export metadata is enabled, then Affinity Photo will not overwrite that. I wonder. Could this be because the image has been scaled? In AP Help: "Scaling will embed a specific print resolution into an image's metadata to force it to print at a specific dpi (e.g. 300 dpi). The images pixel dimensions remain unaffected. :unsure: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrevorW Posted September 11, 2017 Share Posted September 11, 2017 I don't know if this helps the discussion but if I download full size jpeg from my 5d3, modify then export, they are always 72 dpi. On mac. It is daft not to have a dialogue box that explains this and enables a quick correction.... don't you agree? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted September 11, 2017 Staff Share Posted September 11, 2017 Hi trevorW, Welcome to Affinity Forums This is caused be a known conflict with the dpi set in the document and the dpi of the original image. If you uncheck Embed Metadada (accessible thought the More button in the Export dialog) the exported file will honour the dpi you set for the document. This issue is logged to be looked at/fixed. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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