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Dave's Test Cards

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Here's a bunch of test cards I use, all in native Affinity Photo .afphoto format, so they will scale well and can be adjusted to suit your purpose. Also, where layers not needed, jpg format is also given.

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In alphabetic order:

• 0-10 Scale (simple): Simple division of a length into 10 parts. Good for percentage division.
• 12 Colour Test Card Mono: Primary, secondary and tertiary colour strips, fading to white, black and grey, converted to monochrome and sorted by luminosity.
• 12 Colour Test Card: Primary, secondary and tertiary colour strips, fading to white, black and grey.
• 12 Colour Wheel with Triangles and Values and Inner Smooth Wheel: Primary, Secondary and Tertiary Colours, in circle of solid triangles, with name, angle and RGB values. Plus full smooth colour wheel.
• 12 Colour Wheel with Triangles and Values: Primary, Secondary and Tertiary Colours, in circle of solid triangles, with name, angle and RGB values.
• Black-Red-White gradient: A gradient from black to red to white. Good for saturation testing.
• Blend Mode: Blend and Base layers with horizontal and vertical gradients, useful for exploring blend modes.
• Colour Cube: A representation of RGB as a cube.
• Faces: A set of faces to help with colour adjustments.
• HSL 4 Colour Rectangles: Four large rectangles each with spectrum and fading to white, black and grey.
• HSL 4 Colour Wheels: Four colour wheels, with continuous spectrum. Fading to centre values of white, black and grey.
• HSL Strips: Three horizontal stripes, one easy for change of hue, saturation and luminosity.
• Hue in 10% Steps: Stepping around the colour wheel a bit at a time.
• Mono Gradient: A simple monochrome gradient, fading from black to white.
• Primary/Secondary gradient strips: Gradient strips from black to saturated to white for grey, red, yellow, green, cyan, blue and magenta.
• RBGY Colour Wheel: A colour wheel with red and green, plus blue and yellow opposites. Related to LAB and pigment values.
• Resolution Circle: Triangles meeting at fine point. For testing resolution, moire, blurs, sharpening, etc.
• RGB Spotlights: Red, green and blue circles. Can be moved to overlap to show blending.
• RGBCMYKGW Solid and Gradients: Primary and Secondary colours, plus black, grey and white, fading to black, white and grey.
• Sharpening Strips: Monochrome strips of white, white to black, grey, black to white, black. Useful for testing such as sharpening.
• Skin tones: A set of colours from dark to light, with RGB and hex values.
• Smooth Colour Wheel -- RGB Overlays: RGB spectrum colour wheel with Red, Green and Blue that can be dragged apart.
• Smooth Colour Wheel: RGB spectrum colour wheel.
• Spectrum Rectangle Fade to White and Black: Big rectangle with RGB spectrum, fading from saturated centre to white at top and black at bottom.
• Spectrum Rectangle: Big rectangle with RGB spectrum.

See also

Dave's Stage Zone Overlays

Version 1 zip file