Bugs? New from Clipboard

[dmstraker 391]

I wanted to use a screen/window image, so did Alt-PrtScn. Then File/New from Clipboard.

...and it looks like the 'too white' effect we were getting with RAW import on the previous version.

 

I then added Curves to compensate and tried to Merge and the Curves layer wouldn't disappear. Tried with other adjustments. Same effect. Tried with 1.6. Happens here too.

[Ron P. 112]

The Copy from Clipboard layer is an Image Layer. Needs to be rasterized, then the merge works as it should.

[Chris B 1,428]

I don't seem to be getting the same effect. Could you screenshot a comparison between the window you captured and the Image layer inside Photo?

[walt.farrell 1,942]

16 hours ago, dmstraker said:

I then added Curves to compensate and tried to Merge and the Curves layer wouldn't disappear. Tried with other adjustments. Same effect. Tried with 1.6. Happens here too.

I can't comment on the "too white" part of your post. But @Ron P. is right that New from Clipboard gives you an (Image) layer after a PrintScreen operation, and to merge your adjustment layers into it you'll need to Rasterize that layer, or use Document > Flatten instead.

[dmstraker 391]

14 hours ago, Ron P. said:

The Copy from Clipboard layer is an Image Layer. Needs to be rasterized, then the merge works as it should.

Aha. Thanks, Ron. Bit of a usability confuser, though.

@Chris B: Think I've found another 'whitening' one... Going from Photo persona to Tone Mapping.

Here's video with both effects:

 

[Chris B 1,428]

I still can't reproduce the New from Clipboard issue. Have you changed any of the settings in Preferences > Colour?

The Tone Map is applying a Natural preset so I'd expect this to change!

We could maybe add a toast to inform the user to rasterize the image layer. What do you think? 

[dmstraker 391]

7 hours ago, Chris B said:

I still can't reproduce the New from Clipboard issue. Have you changed any of the settings in Preferences > Colour?

Nope. Checked Colour preferences. Identical to yours. Tried it again today with another image. Still happening.

7 hours ago, Chris B said:

We could maybe add a toast to inform the user to rasterize the image layer. What do you think? 

Breakfast option? With marmalade would be nice. 

Information to help user would probably be a good idea. Maybe more generally, give a Preferences option to enable tips, then add more toast points...

[agnesim 2]

I have a photo croped to 30x30cm 300dpi,  selected all, copy the image and then use new from clipboard.

The result is a modified dpi image, now its 96 dpi 93.75x93.75 cm.

why the new file is not 300 dpi ?

[HVDB Photography 263]

@dmstraker

PrtSc : I don't get the same effect either.
Tone Mapping : the whitening effect there is because a default preset with 100% Tone Compression is being applied (which is the same as in 1.6)
 

[HVDB Photography 263]

2 hours ago, agnesim said:

I have a photo croped to 30x30cm 300dpi,  selected all, copy the image and then use new from clipboard.

The result is a modified dpi image, now its 96 dpi 93.75x93.75 cm.

why the new file is not 300 dpi ?

Same as in 1.6  = as intended I suppose
Though Resolution remains unchanged