lisarose66 Posted September 13, 2018 Share Posted September 13, 2018 Hello, I would like to be able to see the in focus areas of my RAW images. I found a menu for FOCUS but the only option to check is greyed out. I have attached a screen shot. I have searched and cannot even find a reference to this menu anywhere. What is this supposed to do other than show you the focus EXIF of your image? And, how would one go about seeing a focus overlay on the RAW image? Thank you for your time and have a good one! Lisa Quote Lisa Rose Atlanta, GA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted September 13, 2018 Share Posted September 13, 2018 I only know of one app; Capture One, that can highlight/colour mask in-focus area's. As far as I am aware, Affinity doesn't have this capability. Unless someone knows of a workaround technique? Quote iMac 27" 2019 Somona 14.3.1, iMac 27" Affinity Designer, Photo & Publisher V1 & V2, Adobe, Inkscape, Vectorstyler, Blender, C4D, Sketchup + more... XP-Pen Artist-22E, - iPad Pro 12.9 (Please refrain from licking the screen while using this forum) Affinity Help - Affinity Desktop Tutorials - Feedback - FAQ - most asked questions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Lee D Posted September 13, 2018 Staff Share Posted September 13, 2018 It depends if the information has been written and picked up in the EXIF data, see the screenshot showing what shows when the data is available. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jowday Posted June 9, 2019 Share Posted June 9, 2019 That is the focus POINTS used by the camera. It does not show what is actually in focus is the photo. You have to use a more clever image editor @lisarose66. Capture One can - but it is expensive. Since any camera supports focus peaking live these days other programs must support it. This is how it looks in Capture One Pro: Quote "The user interface is supposed to work for me - I am not supposed to work for the user interface." Computer-, operating system- and software agnostic; I am a result oriented professional. Look for a fanboy somewhere else. “When a wise man points at the moon the imbecile examines the finger.” ― Confucius Not an Affinity user og forum user anymore. The software continued to disappoint and not deliver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
v_kyr Posted June 10, 2019 Share Posted June 10, 2019 Yip that function only shows up (blends in) the used focus points for the autofocus method area (focus point field type) and it seems not to work for certain RAW files where this information is decripled inside the Exif data maker note sections. At least during my tries with some Nikon NEFs. Quote ☛ Affinity Designer 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Photo 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Publisher 1.10.8 ◆ OSX El Capitan ☛ Affinity V2.3 apps ◆ MacOS Sonoma 14.2 ◆ iPad OS 17.2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lisarose66 Posted August 25, 2019 Author Share Posted August 25, 2019 Thanks, you guys! I am a Capture One user already. I do wish the RAW develop module was a little stronger like Capture One, but I go from CO to direct edit as a TIFF in Photo and that works just fine. Have a great day! Quote Lisa Rose Atlanta, GA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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