In the Adobe section, when it comes to correcting the pixel selection, you need to switch off the merged layer so that the layers below it are visible. I will do another video presently explaining in detail how to do this process manually. Moving objects (water in this case) in a focus stack causes Photoshop problems - where there are no pixels in sharp focus it appears to default to selecting a range from all the layers. I've checked this in three problematic stacks - moving water in two and windblown grasses in one and the same thing happens in all cases. This could be corrected by Adobe by changing the default behaviour to select from the layer providing sharp pixels in the neighbouring areas.
Great demo - I haven’t really used focus stacking up to now, but this gives me the confidence to try it in the right situation with my DXO/Affinity workflow.
I like the idea of using Affinity Photo with DxO PhotoLab as it is similar to the Photoshop/Lightroom combo. However DxO does not use your images to train its Ai processes. So that is a plus!
Yes, it is very effective. I'm not very expert in Affinity yet, but the results were very much better than photoshop's in a couple of different use cases involving moving objects in the frame - water and grasses to be specific. As you say, that brings the PhotoLab/Affinity combo in line with Photoshop/Lightroom
Thanks for that, very useful for me as I own both PL7 and Affinity 2. I learned quite a bit, like I didn't know you could copy a grade from one photo to another in Photolab. Strange really as I use Resolve for my video editing and I copy grades across clips all the time 🙄. When it finally stops raining I will venture out and take some images to try out this process.
Thank you. I agree, I’ve been using Photoshop for more than a decade and first impressions of Affinity are certainly favourable. I’ll explore further in future videos.
In the Adobe section, when it comes to correcting the pixel selection, you need to switch off the merged layer so that the layers below it are visible. I will do another video presently explaining in detail how to do this process manually. Moving objects (water in this case) in a focus stack causes Photoshop problems - where there are no pixels in sharp focus it appears to default to selecting a range from all the layers. I've checked this in three problematic stacks - moving water in two and windblown grasses in one and the same thing happens in all cases. This could be corrected by Adobe by changing the default behaviour to select from the layer providing sharp pixels in the neighbouring areas.
As a user of both Affinity and Photolab this video has been really useful. Thanks.
Thank you. Great to hear!
Great demo - I haven’t really used focus stacking up to now, but this gives me the confidence to try it in the right situation with my DXO/Affinity workflow.
Excellent and thanks, hope it goes well. I’ve certainly found Affinity very capable.
I like the idea of using Affinity Photo with DxO PhotoLab as it is similar to the Photoshop/Lightroom combo. However DxO does not use your images to train its Ai processes. So that is a plus!
Yes, it is very effective. I'm not very expert in Affinity yet, but the results were very much better than photoshop's in a couple of different use cases involving moving objects in the frame - water and grasses to be specific. As you say, that brings the PhotoLab/Affinity combo in line with Photoshop/Lightroom
Thanks for that, very useful for me as I own both PL7 and Affinity 2. I learned quite a bit, like I didn't know you could copy a grade from one photo to another in Photolab. Strange really as I use Resolve for my video editing and I copy grades across clips all the time 🙄. When it finally stops raining I will venture out and take some images to try out this process.
Thank you. I’m impressed with Affinity so far. Glad it was helpful!
@@chriswrightphotographs I bought Affinity 1 for £25 when it was on offer. Can't beat that value. Upgraded to 2 when it came out.
Great deal. They are doing a promotion now at £35 with 6 month trial. The promotion expires before six months though.
Great photos and video. PL+AP seems equal, if not better, than LR+PS, at least for photo stacking.
Thank you. I agree, I’ve been using Photoshop for more than a decade and first impressions of Affinity are certainly favourable. I’ll explore further in future videos.