jw85 Posted June 20, 2017 Share Posted June 20, 2017 Hey people!Found Curves under Adjustments, easy enough, but after clicking it the panel shows nothing at all.Adjustments< Curves >(nothing more)So uhhh, how do I adjust the curves? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dexterward Posted June 20, 2017 Share Posted June 20, 2017 At first i was also confused. Under "Adjustments" you will find all the adjustments including the curve-editor. Just keep scrolling. The sub-category "curves" is the place where your presets will be stored. When you define a new curve you can add a new named preset with the + -button. Callum 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jw85 Posted June 21, 2017 Author Share Posted June 21, 2017 Thank you for your answer!http://i.imgur.com/QNEsfss.pngBut ... scroll where exactly? There's nothing.I can go through all the other kinds of adjustments and see previews (pretty similar to photo filters in instagram or whatever)But as I get to Curves, there's just nothing. There's nothing to scroll. It's a box and it's empty. Clicking on anything responsive takes me to the previous or next adjustment: Colour Balance being the previous (also just a blank box, btw) and Exposure coming after (showing a list of thumbnails with +/- X stops previews) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jw85 Posted June 21, 2017 Author Share Posted June 21, 2017 Still haven't been able to get any curves adjustment at all - not even a preset.Levels is almost as bad, two presets with a few very broad dials for adjustment .. :/The app really does seem nice but without curves and levels it cannot possibly replace my current applications.Gonna' have to refund this unless there's some secret door somewhere that opens up all the manual controls... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
My Strawberry Monkey Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 Hey JW85, The presets will only appear when you create them by clicking on the + button as already mentioned. Currently, you're under that section, if you go back to the 'Adjustments' category and scroll down, select curves you can then make the needed adjustments and create a preset by clicking on the + button. Hope this helps. Allan Thompson Quote About me: Trainer at Apple, Freelance Video Editor, Motion Graphics Artist, Website Designer, Photographer. Yes I like creating things!!! Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/mystrawberrymonkey/ Twitter: @StrawberryMnky @imAllanThompson Web: mystrawberrymonkey.com Portfolio: behance.net/allanthompson YouTube: Affinity Designer & Photo Tutorials Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jw85 Posted June 22, 2017 Author Share Posted June 22, 2017 Thank you delicious monkey!This UI is not very intuitive. So, I was already on Curves and pressed Plus, it asks me to enter a name - then nothing happens? Really....Then I read your text again, and again, and looked at the screenshots. It's ridiculous really, why have a list of adjustments that you can pick - and also in that list have a list item named Adjustments which is where you "really" pick it. Then Plus-button it.Why is the Plus-button even available whilst in the wrong section? Etc. Argh.But yes, now I got it. Thank you again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
My Strawberry Monkey Posted June 22, 2017 Share Posted June 22, 2017 Thank you delicious monkey! :lol: Glad it's sorted, this also confused me when I first used the app. I'm sure they are open to suggestions. Quote About me: Trainer at Apple, Freelance Video Editor, Motion Graphics Artist, Website Designer, Photographer. Yes I like creating things!!! Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/mystrawberrymonkey/ Twitter: @StrawberryMnky @imAllanThompson Web: mystrawberrymonkey.com Portfolio: behance.net/allanthompson YouTube: Affinity Designer & Photo Tutorials Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cirkē Posted October 16, 2018 Share Posted October 16, 2018 impossible to find the very basic tool curve ... I dont want a preset I want the curve only I guess Ill stop with Affinity and get the new coming photoshop for iPad , Affinity is not intuitive at all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toltec Posted October 16, 2018 Share Posted October 16, 2018 8 hours ago, erickb said: impossible to find the very basic tool curve ... I dont want a preset I want the curve only I guess Ill stop with Affinity and get the new coming photoshop for iPad , Affinity is not intuitive at all All adjustments are stored in the Adjustments Studio Adjustments Studio icon Adjustments are stored in alphabetical order, Curves coming under 'C' for Curves Tap on Curves and you get a Context Menu, tap on the representation of a graph for a Curve panel. You can decide on if the curve adjusts all channels or just R, G, B or Alpha. Pretty standard stuff. then just tap and drag. All adjustments are found in the same Adjustment Studio. I don't know about "Intuitive" but that all seems entirely logical to me. If you are talking about the Develop Persona ? Again, follow exactly the same logic, tap on the Adjustments icon and tap/drag on the curve I honestly don't see how it could be any simpler? Paul Mudditt 1 Quote Windows PCs. Photo and Designer, latest non-beta versions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DM1 Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 @erickb Pretty simple really when you know they are two seperate menus. One for adjustments and one for saved presets.. Use the Adjustments Studio, and scroll down to Curves Adjustment. It is below Colour Balance and above Exposure Adjustments. Do not select Curves in the top list leave it at Adjustments. This shows a list of all available app filters. 1. Is Adjustments Studio 2. Is all Adjustments 3 and 4. Context menu to make and save (if you want a preset) adjustments. @toltecThe trap for beginners (like me) is that in iPad version if you scroll through the Adjustments 'Categories' and select Curves that way, (second image), it shows only your personal saved 'preset' curves and no context amen to make adjustments. If you haven't saved any the list will be empty. This can be a little confusing until you know how it works. Quote M1 IPad Air 10.9/256GB lpadOS 17.1.1 Apple Pencil (2nd gen). Affinity Photo 1.10.5 Affinity Design 1.10.5 Affinity Publisher 2, Affinity Designer 2, Affinity Photo 2 and betas. Official Online iPad Help documents (multi-lingual) here: https://affinity.https://affinity.help/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cirkē Posted October 18, 2018 Share Posted October 18, 2018 thanks to all ... ok for curves but now I am looking for deformation / perspective tool and same problem ...looking around everywhere , impossible to find it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toltec Posted October 18, 2018 Share Posted October 18, 2018 46 minutes ago, erickb said: thanks to all ... ok for curves but now I am looking for deformation / perspective tool and same problem ...looking around everywhere , impossible to find it It's in the Filters Studio. Looks like a funnel between Adjustments and fx. If you press the question mark (bottom right hand corner) it will tell you. Alphabetically listed. Mesh Warp or Perspective are perhaps what you want. If All Filters is set, it's quite a long list or you can tap the top menu (where it says All Filters) and set 'Distortions' for a shortened list of Distortion filters. Many things to affect the image come under those two studios, Adjustments or Filters, which are next to each other on the right. It would be worth scrolling through both to familiarise yourself. Quote Windows PCs. Photo and Designer, latest non-beta versions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cirkē Posted October 19, 2018 Share Posted October 19, 2018 thank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
otijhuis Posted June 18, 2019 Share Posted June 18, 2019 Just wanted to mention that I also had to resort to the forums to find out how to add a curves adjustment on the iPad. There's definitely an UX issue here. @DM1 mentioned "Pretty simple really when you know they are two separate menus". The problem being that this isn't obvious at all. There's no indication that the adjustments list with the previews and the list you get when you tap on "Adjustments" are different. I believe the assumption most people make is that the list that pops up when tapping the "Adjustments" text is a faster way to get the adjustment they want (like a quick filter), instead of having to scroll through the previews (which take up way too much space). Not only that, having those thumbnails/previews actually seems to indicate that those are presets, not the other way around. Mostly because having previews for a lot of the adjustments doesn't make sense unless they are presets. A preview for curves? There's no preview I would associate with curves since you can change the image in a lot of ways with curves, and the default curve doesn't change the image at all. So what is actually previewed? A thumbnail of an edited curve, now that would make sense to me. I also see no reason why you can't combine the two. When I tap curves in the popup list you could show the curves options at the bottom of the screen and the presets in the top left. Then you can pick a preset and update the settings at the bottom or just make an adjustment. You could even hide the presets automatically when you make an adjustment with the tools on the bottom. I believe this would solve the UX problem without introducing other issues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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