Unsharp Mask in Affinity Designer please

[Bruce Allen]

Wow, Affinity Designer is awesome. I've bought it for both my Windows desktop machine and my Mac laptop.

 

I love that you can apply curves, LUTs and blurs. They're really fast too!

 

FEATURE REQUEST: Can you guys add Unsharp Mask to effects we can apply?

 

Currently I have to replicate the Unsharp Mask with a complex set of steps - Duplicate the layer, invert it, blur it, set it to Multiply mode at 50%, then group it with the layer below and apply levels.

 

I'm evaluating Designer as a tool for making pitch decks and having the ability to sharpen within the app instead of having to jump into a separate photo app would be amazing!

 

I currently use a combo of InDesign, Keynote, Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects, etc. I hate switching between InDesign and Photoshop just to adjust bitmap images, and then having to jump into Illustrator to do vector stuff. Affinity Designer with its blurs, LUTs, curves etc is already ahead. It's such a good app to think creatively in.

 

I'm very interested in Affinity Publisher too and will buy it the moment it comes out. I hope you also allow us to do image adjustments in that app too! That would be a huge advantage over InDesign.

 

Thanks!

 

Bruce Allen