jcburns Posted June 23, 2017 Share Posted June 23, 2017 Although the range of picker types you have is quite wonderful, I'm used to working with HSB/V (Brightness or Value) instead of HSL (for lightness.) It's a common way of specifying colors especially in the land of video. HSL is a similar user experience, but there are a lot of times where it just makes sense to think of 100% brightness (which, to get the same RGB value, somehow works out to 50% lightness.) (And as you probably know, Adobe Photoshop's picker has HSB, not HSL.) This website does a great job of dynamically showing the difference: http://colorizer.org Would you consider adding this option to Designer/Photo/Photo for iPad? Thanks. Saijin_Naib, Clau_S, AuroraFall and 10 others 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PA-Noa Posted October 14, 2017 Share Posted October 14, 2017 Seconding this please! HSV is very important for digital painting. I hope you'll consider adding this feature! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seabirdr Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 PS, Sketch and Procreate use HSB. Providing HSB will give Affinity users consistent experience. So, Please add HSB to color chooser. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taharvey Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 Agreed. Please add HSB! HSL is a werido. The 'L' adjusts not one variable, but two. Where S is an expected 0-100%. The L 100% is really at 50%, adding black down to 0%, and adding white up to 100%. HSB is more sensible, 1 variable for each slider. Its better usability has made it more dominate in all the drawing and design apps. I think HSL would be dead if it weren't for javascript. If you want to get real progressive, also change LAB for HSLuv/HSBuv, which provides a human perception based color picker, that humans can actually use! (I've never met anybody who thinks in LAB) Finally, provide a mac color picker button in the Affinity color tab (not just menus) jeffreydevey 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raptor Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 Definitely this. +1000 I was very surprised not to see HSV(B). There is nothing wrong with it and it is everywhere. For me it is much more intuitive than HSL. HSL is indeed weird. Right now I have to learn HSL because of Affinity instead of just using easy HSV(B) right away. This is what puzzles me: In certain areas Affinity apps just copy Adobe apps (too much) with all the Adobe shortcomings but in this case they totally deviate from the standards and replace HSV(B) with HSL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tariq Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 I too was surprised there is no HSB=HSV In fact I got caught out creating diagrams for a book thinking I was using HSB. I suspect user research would find that more people want HSB than HSL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vicente Sarmento Posted March 16, 2018 Share Posted March 16, 2018 +1 on this one. Please. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smeikx Posted March 18, 2018 Share Posted March 18, 2018 I need it too! It would make work so much easier for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robokev Posted September 20, 2018 Share Posted September 20, 2018 Please, please add HSB. All the UI design resources I use and come across use HSB instead of HSL, primarily because Sketch is so dominant in the Mac world of designers (I use Win10). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seabirdr Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 bump. It's been a year and there's been no response. Why you've been ignoring this advice? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyan Cooper Posted February 24, 2020 Share Posted February 24, 2020 It's been another year, I'd like to pile onto this request Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pixy Posted March 17, 2020 Share Posted March 17, 2020 (edited) HSV all the way. Using HSL throws me off all the time and it is frustrating as hell. 😫 The issue exists in both, Affinity Photo and Affinity Designer 1.8.x Edited March 17, 2020 by pixy change Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imaginary Posted April 4, 2020 Share Posted April 4, 2020 +1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffreydevey Posted May 21, 2020 Share Posted May 21, 2020 +1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ranson Tham Posted June 18, 2020 Share Posted June 18, 2020 HSV please, it's more intuitive for people who are used to working with physical paints. HSL is useful for color and tone separation. HSV is better for choosing colors in an intuitive way. Affinity has always had a very innovative business model, but it is often missing some very basic features that are preventing real professionals from switching, once and for all, to Affinity or that are giving professionals another excuse to go back to Adobe for example. I love Affinity. Please add this feature and maybe the articles will stop calling Affinity things like "a low budget alternative" or "for beginners". Shut them up. For users, please make as much noise as you can in this thread! Rengyr and m2gdh 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
debraspicher Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 I add my vote. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xlear Posted July 2, 2020 Share Posted July 2, 2020 (edited) No hsv/hsb i have to go back to Adobe its to hard to hue-shift colors without normal hsv/hsb picker. Edited July 2, 2020 by Xlear Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fde101 Posted July 5, 2020 Share Posted July 5, 2020 If you happen to be on a Mac, you can access the Apple Color Picker from the View menu, and HSB sliders are available from there. Mark Oehlschlager 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ai You Posted July 18, 2020 Share Posted July 18, 2020 This lack of HSV is ridiculous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AuroraFall Posted September 29, 2020 Share Posted September 29, 2020 A option for HSB color picker could really help, I don't know why this feature hasn't been around for all these years, painting is so much easier with HSB instead of HSL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Island Girl Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 Still nothing? I would really like an HSB color picker too! Seems like a deal-breaker for a lot of folks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glyph Posted February 8, 2021 Share Posted February 8, 2021 +1. Please add an HSV colour mode! Quote Wishlist: calligraphic vector brush, blend/replicate tool, vector pattern feature Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clau_S Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 I second this request too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aricley Posted April 2, 2021 Share Posted April 2, 2021 I also needed this and was disappointed to see not a single response from the Affinity team after all these replies. Thankfully, I found an alternative and would like to share it. The program is called "Color Selector", both lightweight and free. All you have to do is click & drag over the color and it will show you the HSV(B) values. Without it, I would've had to end up getting photoshop just to color grade correctly, but it's all good now! http://colorselector.sourceforge.net Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pšenda Posted April 2, 2021 Share Posted April 2, 2021 3 hours ago, aricley said: and was disappointed to see not a single response from the Affinity team after all these replies. As is clear from other request threads, Serif never responds to user requests. Quote Affinity Store (MSI/EXE): Affinity Suite (ADe, APh, APu) 2.4.0.2301 Dell OptiPlex 7060, i5-8500 3.00 GHz, 16 GB, Intel UHD Graphics 630, Dell P2417H 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.3155. Dell Latitude E5570, i5-6440HQ 2.60 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics 530, 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.3155. Intel NUC5PGYH, Pentium N3700 2.40 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics, EIZO EV2456 1920 x 1200, Windows 10 Pro, Version 21H1, Build 19043.2130. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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