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I have used Photoshop for at least 20 years simply to convert a PNG with Alpha transparency to TIFF with the same transparency.
And to convert an image to grayscale.
Two things I have given up hope of ever seeing in Xara in my lifetime.
Photoshop CSS 5 however does not support 4K resolution. So my relationship with Photoshop has come to an end.
Any recommendations for a simple image editing app that can do these things?
Simple is better.
affinity photo has greyscale and will open a transparent PNG and export it as a 16bit greyscale TIFF with transparency
PNG created in xara:
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imported into affinity and then exported as 16bit greyscale TIFF [zipped as TG does not like the format for upload]:
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affinity is a one time purchase; you don't need affinity designer as well to do this, and has a free trial
[this is alpha-channel transparency, but I think that is all you get with TIFF ?]
Gary, maybe the free for personal use, installable/portable program XNviewMP , is something to look at.
https://www.xnview.com/en/xnviewmp/
haakoo - Perfect. Grayscale and TIFF with transparency. That's all I need.
Steve - Affinity would be perfect as well except I just need a simple straightforward way to do these two functions.
Try this, photoshop clone.
https://www.photopea.com/
How do you save to your computer from Photopea? Oh, never mind, it seems to have saved to my desktop. Better solution because it can also do RGB to CMYK conversion.
sure gary, if xnview does the one task you needQuote:
Originally Posted by gwpriester
when you install it though, be careful it does not take over image management tasks you use other programs for ;)
don't know photopea; there are a lot of online converters though to choose from :)
Photopea does what photoshop does for general use which I think is fab.
thanks, I'll check it out :)
I ran into one issue with XnViewMP. The TIFF with alpha transparency I converted from a PNG transparency works fine in Pro+, but when I sent it to my editor who is on Mac the background came in as black. So I think there may be some Mac v Windows issues. Photopea's conversions worked fine.
However, Photopea does not have the ability to create Grayscale images. XnViewMP does have this ability. BUT cannot change modes to CMYK. So, until I have a greater need for something like Affinity, I'll use both.
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Originally Posted by gwpriester
Hi Gary,
XnViewMP does grey conversation but without alpha transparency. If you write a .tiff look at the compression options, maybe there is the mistake.
I have to ask the question... why does one require a 4k photo editor? What size of device are you viewing over to require such?
Because the buttons are tiny on my old copy of Photoshop. My eyeballs are bad enough as it is. :OQuote:
I have to ask the question... why does one require a 4k photo editor? What size of device are you viewing over to require such?
If they do not have an option to increase such, and or combined with your computer settings, I am at a loss.. oh my, we are familiar with eyesight and glasses... I have several x powers of such lol. I hope you find your resolve in all of this.
Update: I had to do some serious photo conversions for our Japanese stereogram publisher, 30 CMYK and 30 Grayscale hi res images.
I purchased Affinity Photo and it was worth every penny. I dragged and dropped all 30 RGB color images onto the screen, then one by one File > Export or (Shift + Ctrl + Alt +S) and then Export. Ctrl W to close and move to the next image.
Then I loaded the 30 black and white images and because Designer Pro+ still lacks the most basic ability to export true grayscale, I changed the setting to TIFF Grayscale 16-bit and saved those files.
It was fast and intuitive and took less than 15 minutes.
The final upload folder with the CMYK and Grayscale images was a hair over 300MB which I uploaded to Japan in 3 minutes and 45 seconds.
The Export Settings is so simple and elegant.
affinity has always been worth every penny when it come to serious bitmap editing, and it so far has never come back and asked for more money even after update after update
I dare say xara bitmap editing is fine for web based images, I don't do that so I'm not sure; but you won't regret it gary for the power user stuff
I don't do much power stuff and all my stereogram elements are created and combined in Xara. I have no problems there. I know how to get done what I need. But our publisher asks us to convert to CMYK and Grayscale.
My partner Gene does the lion's share of his images in Photoshop on the Mac.
I do some things in greyscale - I also appreciate affinity's proofing tools - and I appreciate being able to inport/export much larger pixel size images than xara allows
Affinity is getting ready to come out with version 2 and there will be a charge to upgrade from the previous version. What version 2 will have in it has not been published that I have seen. How soon before version 2 is released I have not heard but an Email from Affinity makes it look like sometime this coming fall to me. The Beta is finishing up testing now.
Ray
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yes ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by RKissane
it was always the case that there would be a charge the next full version and the company has been pushing large discounts on the existing product, often a sign of things to come...