Merge to 16-bit sRGB/wide gamut options (after tone stretching) to improve compositing performance on older/weaker machines. Monochrome colour mapping for single greyscale data compositions RGB and Min/Max calculation live luminosity options, to alter brightness and contribution of colour channel data Noise reduction: luma and chroma, just chroma, structure denoising and harsh/blocky noise removal Live luminosity masks that allow you to reduce background or star luminosity, produce weighted saturation masks etcĬolour signal options including selective luminosity and saturation enhancement Structure enhancement, local contrast enhancement, structure softening, highlight brilliance enhancement The macro functionality includes:Īutomated tone stretching: normalised, logarithmic, colour preserving options.Ĭomposition setups: designed for greyscale data, these will quickly set up the appropriate layer structure, blend modes and colour mapping for combinations such as RGB, LRGB, SHO, HSO, HOO and many other variations, including more exotic combinations like HORGB-L and HaRGB-L.
As well as being a workflow aid to speed up the editing process, I also wanted to highlight the various non-destructive functionality that Photo offers, as the natural tendency is to try and recreate equivalent workflows from Photoshop which are not always the most efficient. Since the release of version 1.9, I've been releasing and updating macros to support the software. The best place to see them all is on YouTube with the Astrophotography playlist: one shot colour, LRGB, SHO, bi-colour, greyscale colour mapping), as well as some shorter videos that demonstrate how to use certain features like the background colour removal filter, file groups, sigma clipping etc. I've produced an array of video tutorials that cover stacking and subsequent editing techniques for various composition setups (e.g. I wanted to raise awareness about all this material that is available for people to take advantage of, and also to offer support on this forum if people had any questions about Affinity Photo for astrophotography. I've already seen a couple of threads and posts here about Affinity Photo and its usefulness for astrophotography image editing.Īs it has been noted previously, version 1.9 launched with a dedicated workspace for stacking astrophotography data-this came about because one of the developers and myself are keen astrophotographers, and seeing as Affinity Photo has other advantages for astrophotography retouching it made sense to put the effort in so that people could stack in the software as well and therefore have an all-in-one solution.īasically, I'm a huge astrophotography geek, especially when it comes to the retouching aspect of the genre: I've been producing a variety of official video tutorials and providing macros (essentially the equivalent of 'actions') and example documents to try and make it as accessible as possible for people. I wanted to introduce myself: I'm the Affinity Photo product expert and I work for Serif who are responsible for the Affinity range of software. When downloading plugins from Adobe Exchange, make sure to have the Creative Cloud app installed on your computer to integrate the plugins with Photoshop.įind a plugin from the list below to improve your workflow.Hello all, I hope it's OK to post this thread (and that I'm using the correct forum). Those can be easily installed by running the installation wizard. Some Photoshop plugins come with setup files. To enable some plugins, you’ll have to navigate to the Filters menu and locate it there. Step 6: Restart the Photoshop app to enable the new plugin.Step 5: Check the tickbox that says “Additional Plugins Folder” and then locate your new Photoshop plugins folder on your computer and click OK.
Step 4: On Photoshop, go to the Edit menu and then to Preferences > Plugins.Step 3: Create a folder on your computer to store all Photoshop plugins and copy your downloaded plugin files over to the new plugins folder.Step 2: Extract the contents of the ZIP file.Step 1: First, download the plugin file.If you’re new and not sure how to install Photoshop plugins, simply follow the steps below to get started. See More How to Install Photoshop Plugins CMS Templates Shopify, Tumblr & More Presentation Templates PowerPoint & Keynote Graphic Templates Logos, Print & Mockups Web Templates Landing Pages & Email Graphics Icons, Vectors & More Fonts Sans Serif, Script & More