pritamkumar Posted June 6, 2019 Posted June 6, 2019 HI Guys, I bought the AF license recently and trying to retouch some photos. I went through all the post processing and eventually i am seeing a green light trasparent square from no where. I can't do anything about it. Please see the attached image. It's really frustrating to see all the work go in waste. Need urgent help !!! Here are some additional details > AF version 1.7.0 ( upgraded recently from 1.6.X) > Refer to the 2nd attachment to see my settings for Color format and profile Thanks Pritam Quote
John Rostron Posted June 6, 2019 Posted June 6, 2019 Have you checked your Layers panel to see if there is an extraneous green rectangle? John Quote Windows 11, Affinity Photo 2.4.2 Designer 2.4.2 and Publisher 2.4.2 (mainly Photo). CPU: Intel Core i5 8500 @ 3.00GHz. RAM: 32.0GB DDR4 @ 1063MHz, Graphics: 2047MB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050
carl123 Posted June 6, 2019 Posted June 6, 2019 59 minutes ago, pritamkumar said: Need urgent help Uploading the AF project file may be the quickest way to resolve this Save the History with the file is you have not already closed it Quote To save time I am currently using an automated AI to reply to some posts on this forum. If any of "my" posts are wrong or appear to be total b*ll*cks they are the ones generated by the AI. If correct they were probably mine. I apologise for any mistakes made by my AI - I'm sure it will improve with time.
pritamkumar Posted June 6, 2019 Author Posted June 6, 2019 Hi John, yes, i checked the layers, nothing fishy. I even disabled them, still it appears. I think it's something happening above all the layers. Neither healing , nor patching or anything makes it go away. Sure Carl, i will upload the afphoto project. Where can i upload it ? Would you prefer one of your cloud links or mine ? Thanks Pritam Quote
pritamkumar Posted June 7, 2019 Author Posted June 7, 2019 HI Carl, Here is the afphoto project, uploaded to Google Drive. Please let me know if you have any issues downloading the file. The size is around 850 MB. https://drive.google.com/file/d/10-sFlbnIda5cZUP83Ln_Jsh-L59uTwxw/view?usp=sharing Thanks Pritam Quote
Staff Lee D Posted June 7, 2019 Staff Posted June 7, 2019 Can you provide a link to just the original image used and your workflow before the square appeared. Quote
firstdefence Posted June 7, 2019 Posted June 7, 2019 That's baked into the layer, only way to get that out is to select the area and colour correct it. or so some cloning etc. Make a selection around the yellow and try this setting in the Selective Colours adjustment filter, Quote iMac 27" 2019 Sequoia 15.0 (24A335), 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
carl123 Posted June 7, 2019 Posted June 7, 2019 Not sure what caused it as there is no history with the file but maybe Lee D can suggest something once he has a look at the original image. If all else fails and you don't have backups etc, it can be corrected with a little/lot of work (Depends what it's for) I would upload the APhoto file for you but it's 870MB, so if you want it just send me a Dropbox link or something Quote To save time I am currently using an automated AI to reply to some posts on this forum. If any of "my" posts are wrong or appear to be total b*ll*cks they are the ones generated by the AI. If correct they were probably mine. I apologise for any mistakes made by my AI - I'm sure it will improve with time.
pritamkumar Posted June 7, 2019 Author Posted June 7, 2019 Thanks Guys , thx for the response, @carl123, 1. I am going to give the photo to a client who is going to print the photo. That's the purpose of this shoot 2. I did not save the history intentionally, as it would bloat the size, The file size is already too heavy. I have some questions on file size, in the below section 3. You asked for original photo. Doesn't the afphoto saved file carry the original photo ? If no, why the file sizes are too heavy ? @firstdefence, 1. You said that's "baked into the layer", what do you mean by that. I disabled all the layers , still I saw the transparent colored rectangle appearing in the background photo. This means, it's not part of any layer. 2. Looks like you resolved the issue with "selection" and "selective color". You did the selection after hiding all the layers ? 3. The solution you provided, will that be print friendly, Will it show up if the photo is blown up ? @carl123 & @firstdefence, I am more concerned about unpredictability of the issue than the resolving the issue itself. Could it reappear ? What could be the actual cause ? Could it be a bug in the product / version ? The other issue is about file size. Lets say, i opened a new JPEG file with size X MB. The moment i save the file ( without any retouching) the file gets saved as 4 X MB or more. I don't know why it's happening. This poses two challenges 1. If this continues, i will run out of space soon. 2. This might be contributing to slowness ( all kinds of slowness, painting, rendering etc) Is there any best practice to deal with the space and performance issue ? Thanks Pritam Quote
Old Bruce Posted June 7, 2019 Posted June 7, 2019 1 hour ago, pritamkumar said: What could be the actual cause ? Here is one of many ways of doing this. Selection and clear a channel Blue in this case. Screen Recording 2019-06-07 at 1.04.44 PM.mov firstdefence 1 Quote Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.6 Affinity Designer 2.5.7 | Affinity Photo 2.5.7 | Affinity Publisher 2.5.7 | Beta versions as they appear. I have never mastered color management, period, so I cannot help with that.
pritamkumar Posted June 8, 2019 Author Posted June 8, 2019 On 6/6/2019 at 9:45 AM, pritamkumar said: HI Guys, I bought the AF license recently and trying to retouch some photos. I went through all the post processing and eventually i am seeing a green light trasparent square from no where. I can't do anything about it. Please see the attached image. It's really frustrating to see all the work go in waste. Need urgent help !!! Here are some additional details > AF version 1.7.0 ( upgraded recently from 1.6.X) > Refer to the 2nd attachment to see my settings for Color format and profile Thanks Pritam HI Old Bruce, Thanks for the video capture to explain the solution. But, I quite did not solution, except just learning that it has something to do with channel tab. Can you please elaborate ? Thanks Pritam Quote
Old Bruce Posted June 8, 2019 Posted June 8, 2019 Sadly there is no solution, I was just showing how such a square could appear. I have been there and done that before. To put it as simply as I can it is a mistake that can be made at any point in the process. Aammppaa 1 Quote Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.6 Affinity Designer 2.5.7 | Affinity Photo 2.5.7 | Affinity Publisher 2.5.7 | Beta versions as they appear. I have never mastered color management, period, so I cannot help with that.
pritamkumar Posted June 8, 2019 Author Posted June 8, 2019 On 6/6/2019 at 9:45 AM, pritamkumar said: HI Guys, I bought the AF license recently and trying to retouch some photos. I went through all the post processing and eventually i am seeing a green light trasparent square from no where. I can't do anything about it. Please see the attached image. It's really frustrating to see all the work go in waste. Need urgent help !!! Here are some additional details > AF version 1.7.0 ( upgraded recently from 1.6.X) > Refer to the 2nd attachment to see my settings for Color format and profile Thanks Pritam OK got it, thanks Old Bruce. Looks like a product bug to me. @All, since you all veterans in AF, i need guidance is best practice of how to minimize the afphoto size and maximizing the performance. Will appreciate the help. Thanks Pritam Quote
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