johnyoungphotos Posted June 24, 2019 Share Posted June 24, 2019 I have used Serif software for years since the days of PagePlus, WebPlus (Still miss WebPlus) etc and would love to move over to Affinty Photo. At the moment I use Photoshop for my work (wedding photographer) and I have a trial version of Affinity. It looks a great bit of software and the healing brush seems better than Photoshop but I want to ask a few questions. I know Affinity photo does not have any kind of image browser like adobe bridge which is a shame and still something of a stumbling block for me but moving past that for now can I ask 1) Does Affinity photo have any kind of auto mode in the RAW develop section. In photoshop RAW there is an Auto function (see screenshot) that is a good starting point to doing a file 2) Does Affinity support any filter for making a montage. I use a great free one called Tychpanel 3) Does Affinity Authentec Perfectly clear - a good useful filter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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John Rostron Posted June 25, 2019 Share Posted June 25, 2019 On 6/24/2019 at 12:53 PM, johnyoungphotos said: Does Affinity Authentec Perfectly clear - a good useful filter I just entered "Perfectly Clear" in the Search box, and got the answer to this. It is "No"! John Quote Windows 10, Affinity Photo 1.10.5 Designer 1.10.5 and Publisher 1.10.5 (mainly Photo), now ex-Adobe CC CPU: AMD A6-3670. RAM: 16 GB DDR3 @ 666MHz, Graphics: 2047MB NVIDIA GeForce GT 630 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted June 25, 2019 Share Posted June 25, 2019 1 minute ago, John Rostron said: I just entered "Perfectly Clear" in the Search box, and got the answer to this. It is "No"! A perfectly clear answer! John Rostron 1 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...
Staff MEB Posted June 25, 2019 Staff Share Posted June 25, 2019 Hi johnyoungphotos, Welcome to Affinity Forums 1. No, there's no auto mode in Develop Persona. The closest thing you can do is to save presets for the various tab sections. 2. No. Affinity Photo doesn't support plugins that rely on automation & custom panels/interfaces or any other type of plugins other than basic image filters. 3. The last time I tested (with Perfectly Clear Complete 2.2.5) it wasn't working. The plugin preview was corrupted and the output was wrong (juts a solid colour filling the entire image). I haven't tested with the latest version - it's possible there may have been changes but I haven't checked yet. johnyoungphotos 1 Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted June 25, 2019 Share Posted June 25, 2019 <off-topic> Congrats to @MEB on reaching the 25k posts milestone. </off-topic> jmwellborn, John Rostron, MEB and 1 other 2 1 1 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...
johnyoungphotos Posted June 25, 2019 Author Share Posted June 25, 2019 29 minutes ago, MEB said: Hi johnyoungphotos, Welcome to Affinity Forums 1. No, there's no auto mode in Develop Persona. The closest thing you can do is to save presets for the various tab sections. 2. No. Affinity Photo doesn't support plugins that rely on automation & custom panels/interfaces or any type of plugins other than basic image filters. 3. The last time I tested (with Perfectly Clear Complete 2.2.5) it wasn't working. The plugin preview was corrupted and the output was wrong (juts a solid colour filling the entire image). I haven't tested with the latest version - it's possible there may have been changes but I haven't checked yet. OK thank you for your answer Shame - looks like it will be photoshop for a good while yet then. I will have to check it out again in the future Affinity designer is excellent thought I use that a lot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulysses Posted June 25, 2019 Share Posted June 25, 2019 Hi, @johnyoungphotos. This is a small but happy user-driven forum. Probably many of the users are catching up with using and learning the latest release of affinity photo version 1.7.1, and getting to know it. Here's a thought, if you might be open to it: I have a few plug-ins which I enjoy using. However, the image processing tool is always more important to me than the plug-ins. If I feel the tool — whether Photoshop or Affinity Photo — s more compelling and useful over the long-term, then I have no problem switching and then adapting via the use of plug-ins that will work better with that new tool. For example, maybe you can investigate some of the Topaz Labs plug-ins for use with Affinity Photo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnyoungphotos Posted June 25, 2019 Author Share Posted June 25, 2019 2 hours ago, Ulysses said: Hi, @johnyoungphotos. This is a small but happy user-driven forum. Probably many of the users are catching up with using and learning the latest release of affinity photo version 1.7.1, and getting to know it. Here's a thought, if you might be open to it: I have a few plug-ins which I enjoy using. However, the image processing tool is always more important to me than the plug-ins. If I feel the tool — whether Photoshop or Affinity Photo — s more compelling and useful over the long-term, then I have no problem switching and then adapting via the use of plug-ins that will work better with that new tool. For example, maybe you can investigate some of the Topaz Labs plug-ins for use with Affinity Photo. Oh plug-ins arn't the must have thing but they can be time-saving at times. But the RAW auto adjust is very good at getting a base layer and then working from there I have not discounted Affinity photo and will check in the future for sure. Maybe it will update again before my next yearly payment to adobe 2 hours ago, Ulysses said: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulysses Posted June 25, 2019 Share Posted June 25, 2019 1 minute ago, johnyoungphotos said: Oh plug-ins arn't the must have thing but they can be time-saving at times. But the RAW auto adjust is very good at getting a base layer and then working from there I have not discounted Affinity photo and will check in the future for sure. Maybe it will update again before my next yearly payment to adobe Honestly, I almost never used the feature when I was using Lightroom. But never say "never", right? Maybe they'll add it in due time. Although you won't find a dedicated "Auto" button in the Develop persona, there IS this menu in the Photo persona with a few "Auto" options. You might even be able to apply some keyboard shortcuts for quick & easy access. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnyoungphotos Posted June 25, 2019 Author Share Posted June 25, 2019 Thank you - it was really in the RAW developing I wanted the auto function. As I said it just gives you that start with your photo then work from there. I never use the auto on its own and that is the same with filters like perfectly clear they are just handy tools which come in handy Its a shame as apart from the cost difference Affinity photo looks very good and powerful and I reckon the heal function works better than the one in photoshop Affinity photo also needs something like adobe bridge so you can see your photos at a glance and decide which ones to work on etc. I did contact Affinity about that a while ago and they said they had no plans to implement it which is also a shame Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulysses Posted June 25, 2019 Share Posted June 25, 2019 6 minutes ago, johnyoungphotos said: Its a shame as apart from the cost difference Affinity photo looks very good and powerful and I reckon the heal function works better than the one in photoshop Affinity photo also needs something like adobe bridge so you can see your photos at a glance and decide which ones to work on etc. Their Healing Brush is usually more effective than the equivalent in Photoshop, IMHO. And it seems to be improving with each version. I'm not sure what your use case for Adobe Bridge is. But if you simply need a Bridge-like application so that you can see thumbnails of your Affinity files, have a look at XNView, at least until Serif provides their own solution eventually. SrPx 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnyoungphotos Posted June 26, 2019 Author Share Posted June 26, 2019 I use bridge to go through the RAW photos and choose which to develop into photos and also bridge gives me info on the photos such as the tech details etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike33 Posted June 26, 2019 Share Posted June 26, 2019 Take a look at GraphicConverter 11. It does all you mentioned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulysses Posted June 26, 2019 Share Posted June 26, 2019 2 hours ago, johnyoungphotos said: I use bridge to go through the RAW photos and choose which to develop into photos and also bridge gives me info on the photos such as the tech details etc I generally use Adobe Bridge to do the same. It’s great for raw files, JPEG, TIFF, PSD, PDF, and other formats it recognizes. But it’s unfortunate that it won’t display thumbnails for the Affinity file formats (Designer, Photo, and Publisher). Although I'm not crazy for the UI of XNView, it will give you thumbnail previews for Affinity files along with a very wide variety of others, while also showing pertinent file info and histogram. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnyoungphotos Posted June 27, 2019 Author Share Posted June 27, 2019 Yeah I think with the limitations of Affinity Photo I (No Auto mode in RAW, no support for some filters and actions, No bridge type of feature) it looks like I will unfortunately have to stick with Photoshop for now. I use Photoshop for my business so cannot have software that will slow down my work-flow But as I said I will keep on checking back to see if and when these features will be added as Affinity photo looks great and its brilliant to see software out there that takes on Photoshop. I use Affinity Designer and its excellent. They just need to also make an Affinity Web Design Software (So miss WebPlus ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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