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Research Team @Affinity, bit of this, bit of that. Photographer, geek and technical tinkerer...

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@JamesR_Affinity
James Ritson
7 months
Just a reminder that I'm live in about 15 minutes demonstrating some usability improvements in #AffinityPhoto 2.6 (plus looking at object selection if I have time!). Link:
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James Ritson
7 months
Time to go live! This Thursday 23rd, I'll be previewing some #AffinityPhoto 2.6 usability improvements and new features (time permitting). Excited as I haven't done a live stream for ages due to vocal health—finally feeling ready to deliver!. Link:
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Join millions who have switched to Grok.
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James Ritson
1 year
Just released V4 of my Photographic Retouching macros for #AffinityPhoto. This update focuses on structure & texture enhancement options (see first image for details), plus a print-friendly PDF readme—finally!. Free d/l:
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James Ritson
1 year
V18 of my Astrophotography Macros for #AffinityPhoto now available!. Star & Background Separation, Super Structure, Laplacian Structure Enhancement & more. Separate stars & object detail for independent retouching (WIP, but useful!). Free d/l:
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@JamesR_Affinity
James Ritson
1 year
For those recently acquainted with #AffinityPhoto, it has a feature called Live Filters. You can apply filters non-destructively like adjustment layers and change parameters at any time, no layer merging/smart layers required. Lighting is a great example:
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@JamesR_Affinity
James Ritson
1 year
This year there seems to be an interesting trend of claiming that the #AffinityPhoto tutorials use an AI voice over. Perhaps I should be less precise, use colloquialisms and make the videos harder to understand for non-native English speakers. .
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@JamesR_Affinity
James Ritson
1 year
If you’re coming from other image editing software, please do have a look at our official Photo tutorials. Straight to the point, educational about differences compared to other apps, and hopefully a bit inspirational!. Start with the Basics playlist:
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Learn how to use basic functions in Affinity Photo.
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@JamesR_Affinity
James Ritson
1 year
Even if you're only into one discipline (e.g. photography, graphic design), grabbing the entire suite for half price wouldn't be the worst idea. The apps all work together with a shared file format and functionality, plus it's a one-off price: all V2 upgrades, like V1, are free.
@Affinity
Affinity
1 year
Looking for an alternative to your design and photo editing software? Get a 50% discount on #AffinityDesigner, #AffinityPhoto and #AffinityPublisher and all Affinity add-ons now:
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James Ritson
1 year
To go along with the release of #AffinityPhoto 2.4, here's a tutorial covering its new PNG HDR import & export support:
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James Ritson
1 year
RT @affinitybyserif: 2.4 is here! Free for all V2 customers, this latest update brings Layer States, DWG/DXF export, HDR broadcast PNG impo….
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James Ritson
2 years
Thought it might be interesting to post a variety of moon images I've photographed throughout November-December, all stacked and processed in #AffinityPhoto. The process of seeing what kind of colours and tones you can pull out during editing is great fun!
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James Ritson
2 years
Here's a start-to-finish workflow tutorial for wildlife image editing in #AffinityPhoto, covering several non-destructive techniques:
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James Ritson
2 years
RT @BenjaminViney_: Happy to see the new Affinity V2.3 App updates going live today. Our third free update of the year. 🙌🙌🙌.
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James Ritson
2 years
V3 of my Photographic Retouching macros for #AffinityPhoto now available!. Colour & luminosity separation, luminosity & frequency separation, more luma masked adjustments, more tone boosting options, blurry grain, diffuse glow/bloom & more!. Free d/l:
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@JamesR_Affinity
James Ritson
2 years
For anyone struggling with "electric" blues, magenta solarisation and other colour artefacts when developing RAW files with intense colours, I've developed some free macros to help for the time being. PLEASE read the included PDF for setup instructions!.
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@JamesR_Affinity
James Ritson
2 years
V16 of my #astrophotography macros for #AffinityPhoto now available: super texture, tone compression options, polynomial contrast curve, a new tone stretching method & more!. Free d/l:
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James Ritson
2 years
RT @affinitybyserif: We’ve just released another free update to Affinity V2, introducing exciting new features and useful improvements acro….
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James Ritson
2 years
Thanks to everyone who watched the #AffinityPhoto live stream on Thursday, I really appreciate you all joining and participating in the chat. Here are some of the finished images. Don't forget you can grab the source files (link in video description) and follow along!
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James Ritson
2 years
I'll be live streaming #AffinityPhoto this Thursday 14th September at 4pm BST, looking at photographic post production: totally non-destructive workflows, luminosity masking, macros, live filters & more. Hope to see you there!.
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@JamesR_Affinity
James Ritson
2 years
V3 of my Render Post Production macros for #AffinityPhoto is now available!. New functions include inverted layer as mask, reduce path tracing noise, local contrast & texture, luma masked curves, a new CA method & more. Free d/l:
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