Harvey U.

I tried your suggestion but quickly realized that there are just too many differences between the iPad and Mac/Windows versions so that working through the examples in the Workbook was simply too tedious. I am returning the book to Amazon and going back to the videos. Too bad--I think the book could have been helpful, especially from Chapter 3 on. Harvey

Patrick-- Problem solved when I called Apple. The downloads of the files from www.affin.co to my iPad Pro as well as to my MacBook were actually working but because I had so many programs open on both (and neither was connected to power), their download was just very, very slow. I found this out when I called Apple and the tech helped me solve the problem. After plugging in both devices and clearing out all the other programs i had open, the downloads completed within a tolerable amount of time. I also had not realized how large those demo files were. Thanks again for your help. Harvey

Patrick-- Thanks for responding. Yes, I have a MacBook Air and an older iPad. I can try downloading the files on the MacBook Air and moving them to the iCloud for access by the iPad. Harvey

I am still having fits accessing the files for Chapter 2 of the Affinity Photo Workbook. I downloaded the Mamtor zip file onto my iCloud; I can “preview” the files but I can’t seem to access them from Affinity. The situation with the photocoreskills file is even worse; it will not download. Please help! Harvey

Oops! My mistake—I see that “mamtor” quietly loaded in a separate iPad window while I was writing the question above. Thus, no need to answer it. Harvey

So now I am trying to learn Affinity using the exercises in the book and a new problem has emerged: The links in the book to the exercises do not work. When I tried to access https://affin.co/photocoreskills, nothing happened. When I tried https://affin.co/mamtor, The same thing—the blue line on the iPad stopped about 30% of the way across the screen. Am I doing something wrong? Thanks in advance for some more help. Harvey

I took a photo with my iPadPro using an auxiliary clip-on wide-angle lens. The photo shows the customary "barrel distortion". Considering all the amazing things Affinity can do, I thought there must be a way it can eliminate or at least reduce this distortion but so far, I have been unsuccessful in finding any. Am I expecting too much from Affinity? Harvey

Great idea! I have started to get a feel for the iPad interface from watching some tutorials and taking a few photos with the iPad and then applying some of Affinity's adjustments. I also took a look at the exercises in the book and I think I can learn a lot from them. So thanks for the suggestion. I will keep the book.

Thank you, Lee for your response and the welcome. It would be helpful if the description of the text on Amazon would mention that the book is not well suited to the iPad version. I will return the book to Amazon and focus on the training videos instead. Harvey

I have purchased Affinity for use on my brand new iPad Pro 12.9. I also just purchased the Affinity Workbook, thinking it would help me get started with Affinity on my iPad Pro. However, the book seems to assume use of the Windows or Mac version. It mentions the iPad version on page 2 bu all the menus look different, etc. Have I made a mistake purchasing the book?