These Affinity Photo Features – Available or Not?

[EnoEnrique]

Hello,

i would just like to ask if you could confirm oder contradict my following impressions regarding the newest Affinity Photo for Windows on desktop PCs. Thanks for all input!

Layers:

• thumbnail size in layers panel/studio cannot be changed
• layers can't be dragged between files
• no command to Expand Canvas so that all hidden layers are fully visible
• no command to crop uniform/empty canvas to actual content

Raw module/persona:

• no button for auto contrast
• raw sharpening: no masking for sharpening (exclusion of finely detailed areas); no threshold slider
• no lens profiles (auto correction of distortions caused by known lens-camera combos), neither in Raw nor Photo module/persona (i see in the settings you can choose "Apply Lens Corrections")
• split view (before/after): the "before" view is unchangeably on the right side, the "after" view is unchangeably on the left side

GUI:

• no built-in image browsing, no transfer of corrections from one image to many others
• no command to position two open files side-by-side (for comparison)
• no command Revert to Last Saved State (though doable via History panel)

Photo module/persona:

• In the HSL correction, i have to chose a colour range like "Reds" in the menu. I can't pick that colour range by colour picker?

So - are above features there or not? Thanks again!

[gdenby]

Hey there, thanks so much again for contributing. I didn't realize those were all questions that plague me day and night. 

 

 

 

 

[RNKLN]

Regarding reverting to the last saved state, there's a feature called Snapshots. I believe you can have many snapshot and there's always the possibility to go back to one of them. I've never made use of it myself, though.

[toltec]

4 hours ago, EnoEnrique said:

 

Hello, I can answer some.

• no command to Expand Canvas so that all hidden layers are fully visible

Layer > Unclip Canvas

• no command to crop uniform/empty canvas to actual content

Layer > Clip Canvas  Will remove transparent parts to fit around the content

Layer > Rasterize Will throw away clipped areas outside the canvas

 

• no built-in image browsing,

Don't know what that means. It doesn't  have a DAM 

• no transfer of corrections from one image to many others

Presets do that. In Develop Persona you can save multiple corrections as one Preset.

• no command to position two open files side-by-side (for comparison)

You can drag the image tabs off and position them side by side. But no command. 

• no command Revert to Last Saved State (though doable via History panel)

Document > Snapshot Affinity creates one when you first load a file "Background". That will effectively "Revert" to what is on the disc. Save others from time to time as you work

 

In the HSL correction, i have to chose a colour range like "Reds" in the menu. I can't pick that colour range by colour picker?

 

You can go Select > Select Sampled Colour, use the colour picker to pick a colour,(adjust the tolerance) then use an HSL Adjustment.

Not 100% sure that is what you want though

[toltec]

Read this about lens in Develop. It may or may not answer your question

[EnoEnrique]

Toltec and RNKLN, thanks for good input!

 

 

[EnoEnrique]

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Edited August 7, 2017 by EnoEnrique