Focal points how to find in AP?

[NemesisSensei]

Is there a way to find out where the one or more focal points are on the pictures you work on in AP?

 

[MEB]

Hi NemesisSensei,
Welcome to Affinity Forums
In Develop Persona which is the default workspace displayed when you open a RAW file), go to the Focus tab on the top right of the interface( by default) and tick Show AF Regions.

[NemesisSensei]

Superb, what a quick response!

 

[John Rostron]

@MEB Does this mean that the raw file contains information as to where you were focussing when you took the picture? I had not realized that this was possible.

John

[thomaso]

18 minutes ago, John Rostron said:

 Does this mean that the raw file contains information as to where you were focussing when you took the picture? I had not realized that this was possible.

I think that would not work, because it is rather a layer than a point. Also, you might have manually fixed the autofocus to a specific image spot and then, with holding this focus, moved the camera slightly for a different motive section.

In a camera you may have options for Auto-Focus, for instance 1 point in the center, 6 points around center, etc.. This setting can be saved with a RAW and is something looking like this:

[walt.farrell]

46 minutes ago, thomaso said:

Also, you might have manually fixed the autofocus to a specific image spot and then, with holding this focus, moved the camera slightly for a different motive section.

That's true, but the camera does record the info, and some will display it. Theoretically the camera could omit the AF data if it's going to be inaccurate because the user locked the AF, but I don't know if they do that.

[R C-R]

12 hours ago, John Rostron said:

@MEB Does this mean that the raw file contains information as to where you were focussing when you took the picture? I had not realized that this was possible.

RAW format files can include a huge amount of embedded metadata about each shot, including metering mode, focal point(s), & sometimes even the compass direction the camera was facing & its elevation above sea level if it is GPS enabled. Whether that metadata is included in the file, is accurate, & is in a format that can be decoded & used by Affinity Photo is a different matter entirely.

[David Cantor]

On 8/13/2019 at 7:46 PM, MEB said:

Hi NemesisSensei,
Welcome to Affinity Forums
In Develop Persona which is the default workspace displayed when you open a RAW file), go to the Focus tab on the top right of the interface( by default) and tick Show AF Regions.

 

On 8/13/2019 at 7:46 PM, MEB said:

Hi NemesisSensei,
Welcome to Affinity Forums
In Develop Persona which is the default workspace displayed when you open a RAW file), go to the Focus tab on the top right of the interface( by default) and tick Show AF Regions.

 

On 8/13/2019 at 7:46 PM, MEB said:

Hi NemesisSensei,
Welcome to Affinity Forums
In Develop Persona which is the default workspace displayed when you open a RAW file), go to the Focus tab on the top right of the interface( by default) and tick Show AF Regions.

Hmmm.  I tried this in Affinity 2 but cannot check the Show AF Regions.  Does this mean that DNG files behave differently to RAW files?  My camera is a Leica CL

Hope that this makes it through despite the age of the thread

[walt.farrell]

54 minutes ago, David Cantor said:

 

 

Hmmm.  I tried this in Affinity 2 but cannot check the Show AF Regions.  Does this mean that DNG files behave differently to RAW files?  My camera is a Leica CL

Hope that this makes it through despite the age of the thread

From an old memory the AutoFocus Region support was for a limited set of (I think) Canon cameras. I'm not sure it was ever implemented for others.