teamrjh Posted March 4, 2018 Share Posted March 4, 2018 How about adding the FITS file extension so those of us who do Astrophotography can import the files directly into the Affinity Photo program without having to go through a 3rd party conversion program and stacking them in a 3rd party program then having to convert those LRGB images to TIFF extensions before importing the LRGB TIFF channels to Affinity Photo? It would sure be nice to just import the FITS images into the 'Add' Affinity stacking feature of Affinity then they would be easily moved to the channels without using third party programs before stretching and processing. AstroWill, mat747, Saijin_Naib and 1 other 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pšenda Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 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...
ejp1684 Posted May 7, 2018 Share Posted May 7, 2018 Another request for FITS recognition by Affinity Photo. I'm using GIMP to convert FITS files to TIFF and then into Affinity. Not a problem, but would be nice to open directly. Eric. mat747 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mat747 Posted May 26, 2018 Share Posted May 26, 2018 I agree with teamrjh for adding FITS file extension for us who do Astrophotography Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NXU Posted July 5, 2018 Share Posted July 5, 2018 FITs compatibility is hugely important for Astro photography post processing. A lot of amateur astronomers grudgingly use photoshop as there is not suitable alternative. Affinity could fit in to this space if necessary tools are provided such as fits support and macros /tools more specific to Astro photography. mat747 and Tom Lachecki 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mat747 Posted September 1, 2018 Share Posted September 1, 2018 Yes "hugely important" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 10, 2018 Share Posted September 10, 2018 Yes, we really need to be able to open FITS - big thumbs up for this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topographix Posted March 30, 2019 Share Posted March 30, 2019 +1. This feature would be incredibly useful for astrophotographers. And it would also gain Affinity Photo a lot of new users. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Outcast Posted April 18, 2019 Share Posted April 18, 2019 +1, this feature would be fantastic for processing my astrophotography images instead of having to flick between different programs... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBoB Posted July 29, 2019 Share Posted July 29, 2019 +1... times 100 from me no other software on my iPad opens FITS. I’m currently a bit stuck. Having Affinity do it would be superb! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S. Schraebler Posted April 18, 2020 Share Posted April 18, 2020 +1 But even FITS is getting outdated those days. However, I can agree 100% opening and previewing would be nice. But what next? FITS files are RAW subframes that will need extensive calibration, registration and stacking. I do not see Serif going this direction. That would take years of development time. Reality is, we need at least two programs. One for capture & preprocessing, then another one for post processing. Affinity Photo is a good choice for the second task. I choose PixInsight for preprocessing, there you have all that what you are searching for. Yes, Affinity Photo has this "new stack" capability. But the SIFT/RANSAC algorithm implemented apparently has no spline iteration to correct for heavy distortions if you take short focal length images or beware fisheye images. There are no means to adjust the sensitivity of SIFT feature generation. Best Sighard SMC, 360mm f/4.8, (15+15+15+15+15)x120s LRGBHa bin2 (QSI583ws cold CCD camera + 75SDHF 3-inch refractor on Vehrenberg's historic mount, preprocessing in PixInsight) https://www.sternwarte-hofheim.de/galerie/schraebler/2011namib/ Vehrenberg-Observatory, Hakos, Namibia. The SMC image was taken with the tiny 3-inch refractor in front. Free running 120s exposures thru all filters without guiding. Guiding port wasn't available, otherwise I would have gone for unbinned 900s exposures. You take what you get and be happy with that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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