No, no. I was evaluating AP as a possible substitute for Photoshop. So Edit-in-Affinity must be able to accept a TIFF file, edit that into a layered TIFF, then write it back to Lightroom, just like Photoshop does. Ie: the workflow expected by your regular Lightroom user.
It can't do that. So ... /next/. On Sat, Nov 3, 2018 at 6:16 PM Godfrey DiGiorgi <godfreydigio...@me.com> wrote: > > That’s great, but if you’re using AP as your external editor for LR, why are > you using Photoshop to generate files? > > G > > > > On Nov 3, 2018, at 1:49 PM, Bruce Walker <bruce.wal...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Godfrey, then it must have been a year ago then. They were pushing the > > impending release with a big social media and blogging sites campaign > > and urging folks to give the beta a test as it was to be released > > shortly. > > > > > > You don't _make_ a layered file in Lightroom. You receive one back > > into Lightroom from an external editor, like Photoshop. > > > > Example: starting in Lightroom with a DNG file in your library, you > > invoke Edit-in Photoshop. That sends the file to Photoshop where it > > appears as a single layer in a freshly opened file. > > > > You edit this. Create some adjustment layers. Now Save. > > > > That sends the edited copy of the file back to Lightroom as a layered > > TIFF where it appears in the catalog as a new file. I stack that with > > the original for less confusion. > > > > If you re-edit that edited TIFF you will find that the entire thing is > > there intact with all layers, meta info, etc. > > > > Clear? > > > >> On Sat, Nov 3, 2018 at 4:18 PM Godfrey DiGiorgi <godfreydigio...@me.com> > >> wrote: > >> > >> Since Affinity Photo was still in beta release in mid-spring of 2017 and > >> didn't go final until after August 2017 far as I can tell, I doubt you > >> were working with the "final beta" if it was a couple of years ago. > >> > >> I don't really understand the workflow that your comments propose. I'm not > >> entirely sure how I make a "layered TIFF" or "layered PSD" file in > >> Lightroom to begin with. Lightroom's use of layers is internal. ?? > >> > >> But for sure, if it's all of Photoshop that you want, just use Photoshop. > >> > >> G > >> > >> > >>> On Nov 3, 2018, at 12:42 PM, Bruce Walker <bruce.wal...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>> > >>> I'm certainly willing to update my opinion about Affinity's > >>> capabilities, but I was unable to complete a review of it myself when > >>> I tested their final beta a couple of years ago. > >>> > >>> The first issue I had was completely wacky colour shifts when I > >>> imported a file from Lightroom. I assume they have fixed that by now. > >>> > >>> But the utter deal-killer was that although you can configure it as an > >>> external editor to Lightroom and it will import a layered TIFF, it > >>> cannot write a layered TIFF (or a PSD) back to Lightroom. So if I used > >>> it as an external editor I lost all my carefully constructed layers > >>> when the file was flattened to save it back. That is 100% useless to > >>> me as my files often make a few round trips to the external editor > >>> while I make revisions, or in the case of long retouch, save > >>> checkpoints or continue editing later on. > >>> > >>> This is till the case as far as I can tell from googling. > >>> > >>> > >>> On Sat, Oct 27, 2018 at 11:31 AM Mark Roberts > >>> <postmas...@robertstech.com> wrote: > >>>> > >>>> Bruce Walker wrote: > >>>> > >>>>>> On Sat, Oct 27, 2018 at 7:03 AM Jostein Øksne <p...@alunfoto.no> wrote: > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Other developers are improving their products too, so essentially, if > >>>>>> they can do now what CS6 can do, it's what I need it for. > >>>>> > >>>>> I can say with assurance that they do not. The majority of these > >>>>> products are going after the Lightroom market > >>>> > >>>> Affinity Photo is not going after Lightroom, it's definitely a > >>>> Photoshop replacement. I have it and it's *very* good. 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