hammarbytp Posted April 9, 2019 Share Posted April 9, 2019 I am creating a nebula backgroud. The affinity image is looking good, but when i try and export the image or merge the bottom but one layer I get something totally different. Nothing appears to allow me to get the 1st image Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted April 10, 2019 Share Posted April 10, 2019 Can you upload the file? What file type are you exporting to? stokerg 1 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...
firstdefence Posted April 10, 2019 Share Posted April 10, 2019 I think this is a case of looking at it smaller than 100% If you set the zoom to 100% prior to exporting I dare bet it will look a bit like the bottom image. I edited the stars at 100% to get the right look. Space the Semi Final frontier This is the moon I used from a galaxy far far away. 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...
hammarbytp Posted April 10, 2019 Author Share Posted April 10, 2019 Hi, thanks for your response. I'm exporting to a JPG, although I also tried TIFFS. However I also get the same issue if i merge visible. The original is huuge, and would take an hour to upload, so i have uploaded a smaller version (6000px -> 2048 px). Weird thing is, if I resize to 1024 pixel, I don't have an issue. The 2048 px version is not as bad as full size, but the effect is still there I have added a link to the photo. I will be interested to know if anyone sees the same effect https://drive.google.com/file/d/1H9F_oApB20HfIoohGL9TwtMUfE1YxA6e/view?usp=sharing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Brighton Posted April 10, 2019 Share Posted April 10, 2019 (edited) Looks to me like it's the unusual masked pixel layer causing the effect in your second image. Unselecting that gives the attached result (JPG) - Photo 1.6.11 macOS. Edited April 10, 2019 by Brad Brighton Too many layers unselected originally -- only unselected the one target layer and re-exported Quote https://bmb.photos | Focus: The unexpected, the abstract, the extreme on screen, paper, & other physical output. Tools: macOS (Primary: Ventura, MBP2018), Canon (Primary: 5D3), iPhone (Primary: 14PM), Nikon Film Scanners, Epson Printers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammarbytp Posted April 14, 2019 Author Share Posted April 14, 2019 I've had a little play around and had other issue. I think it comes down to how I generate the star field. I do this in a pretty standard way by taking a black layer, adding monochrome noise then using levels adjustment to increase the sparcity of the star by narrowing the gap between white and black. The problem is although at 100% screen width the stars look sparse, if I zoom in, the field is actually far more congested. It appears that when zoomed out, it is removing much of the detail. This makes it very difficult to create the kind of background that I want. It also seems to effect layers and export output. I also have an issue that various blurs like rotate don't work very well on point structures. This makes creating a star field more difficult than it should. Any other suggestions on how to create a start field? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Bruce Posted April 14, 2019 Share Posted April 14, 2019 59 minutes ago, hammarbytp said: This makes creating a star field more difficult than it should. Any other suggestions on how to create a start field? You're gonna need a lot of hydrogen... Alfred, hammarbytp and R C-R 3 Quote Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.4 Affinity Designer 2.4.1 | Affinity Photo 2.4.1 | Affinity Publisher 2.4.1 | Beta versions as they appear. I have never mastered color management, period, so I cannot help with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted April 14, 2019 Share Posted April 14, 2019 11 minutes ago, Old Bruce said: You're gonna need a lot of hydrogen... Be prepared for a few nebulous responses to that observation! Brad Brighton and hammarbytp 2 Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.4.1 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted April 14, 2019 Share Posted April 14, 2019 2 hours ago, Alfred said: Be prepared for a few nebulous responses to that observation! Like the significance of what the EHT showed us a few days ago? It isn't as off topic as you might think .... Alfred and hammarbytp 2 Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.4.1 Mac apps; 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7 Affinity Photo 1.10.8; Affinity Designer 1.108; & all 3 V2 apps for iPad; 6th Generation iPad 32 GB; Apple Pencil; iPadOS 15.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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