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skua

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  1. Serif does need to consider a DAM to go with their other products. Some have asked "why bother when there are other tools out there?" Because those tools do not support the native Affinity formats very well (or at all). I've been using digiKam for years just to manage my photos, but it can't help me with .afphoto format files. I shoot Olympus .ORF raw and also have a lot of .DNG... which are great. But as soon as I develop in Affinity and maybe have layers involved I need to save .afphoto and we're lacking tools to manage those files. I suppose I could output to .PSD, but Affinity seems to warn about the possibility of issues doing that and recommend using the applications native format. Serif wants us to use their formats? Then please provide the tools needed to manage them properly. Don't get me wrong... I'm SUPER HAPPY with Affinty Photo and Designer... but could really use a tool to help manage photos AND artwork created with these tools. Don't get me started on thumbnails. Heck, half the time Windows 10 can't even display thumbnails for .afphoto (it used to... I don't know if a recent Windows Update screwed that up or what?) There needs to be a simple way to repair this functionality, but I haven't found it yet.
  2. Glad I downloaded the demo before making a purchase. I was excited to upgrade... but as soon as I see an installer that doesn't let the user designate the install directory it puts me on RED ALERT. I really don't think it's up to the developer to decide where I put my files. I try to keep the system drive clear of applications and the fact that they are buying into the Windows cool-aid App philosophy is troubling. Not buying today as I had planned. Very disappointing. Please make a standard .exe installation package with the ability to choose your install directory. You might try opening the .MSIX file in something like 7-ZIP and extracting the whole thing to a directory. My Affinity Photo 1 files are in D:\Program Files\Affinity\Photo. I extracted the files from the .MSIX to D:\Program Files\Affinity\Photo2. So far it's OK running from D:\Program Files\Affinity\Photo2\App\Photo.exe. It's using my NIK collection (old ones) plugins just fine and is also using the current Topaz demo plugins with no complaint. I was also able to open a file from Raw Therapee 5.8 via the 'Edit current image in external editor' option by pointing to the D:\Program Files\Affinity\Photo2\App\Photo.exe in the Preferences|External Editor|Custom command line option. Also opened an image for editing from Exposure X5. Just shouldn't have to resort to manual install hacks to get things where you want them.
  3. Just as a follow up... I did pick up Affinity Photo and I've been using it a bit with the Huion WH1409 and I've not experienced any issues with using the tablet.
  4. Sean, Thanks for the reply. Sorry I wasn't able to get back to you in a timely fashion. Life kinda got in the way and my trial of Designer has since expired. I am, however, going to purchase Affinity Photo today and hopefully all will go smoothly. I'm trying to decide if I should run with my old WACOM Intuos 3 PTZ-1230 or install the newer HUION WH1409. Any feeling as to which would be most likely to give the best user experience? Thanks.
  5. I'm in the process of evaluating Affinity Designer as I'm trying to work myself away from someone else's subscription model. I really liked Affinity Photo and expect to purchase soon. In the meanwhile I grabbed the Affinity Designer demo (v 1.7.2.471) to check it out. I have not been able to really get into it because I'm experiencing lock ups while using my graphics tablet. So far, it's happened while using the Vector Brush tool and the Pencil tool. I eventually get the little wait 'spinner' on screen and it just never comes back. This happened with my Huion 1409 (2048) tablet and then with my older WACOM Intuos 3 PTZ-1230 as well. The file has been nothing special... just a blank 8.5"x11" document where I've been trying out the various tools. I had recent drivers (12.4.2) from HUION but since they can sometimes be a little shaky I loaded up the WACOM with driver 6.3.15-3 (not the latest but known to work well with this Intuos tablet). My computer is running Windows 10 Pro on an HP z420 workstation, Xeon E5-1650 and 8GB RAM. Windows update to Windows 10, version 1903 installed on 8/18/2019 and is receiving regular updates. Event Viewer records the application hang: The program Designer.exe version 1.7.2.471 stopped interacting with Windows and was closed. To see if more information about the problem is available, check the problem history in the Security and Maintenance control panel. Process ID: 1330 Start Time: 01d5721eeff12340 Termination Time: 10 Application Path: D:\Program Files\Affinity\Designer\Designer.exe Report Id: fa2ce131-209c-4e78-86c3-bd6f186fb0d6 Faulting package full name: Faulting package-relative application ID: Hang type: Unknown Security and Maintenance : Problem Detail;s shows: Affinity Designer stopped responding and was closed: Description A problem caused this program to stop interacting with Windows. Faulting Application Path: D:\Program Files\Affinity\Designer\Designer.exe Problem signature Problem Event Name: AppHangB1 Application Name: Designer.exe Application Version: 1.7.2.471 Application Timestamp: 5d55daf0 Hang Signature: 64da Hang Type: 134217728 OS Version: 10.0.18362.2.0.0.256.48 Locale ID: 1033 Additional Hang Signature 1: 64dae1a06fecde370e8a45a4f5f31614 Additional Hang Signature 2: 0099 Additional Hang Signature 3: 0099679a98bf3005652bb5a02db07b4e Additional Hang Signature 4: 64da Additional Hang Signature 5: 64dae1a06fecde370e8a45a4f5f31614 Additional Hang Signature 6: 0099 Additional Hang Signature 7: 0099679a98bf3005652bb5a02db07b4e Extra information about the problem Bucket ID: 931a849fd7d26a6441ec5f4becfb8d64 (1291511972851584356) Apart from this little glitch I'm enjoying the demo. Hopefully it could be worked out. Thanks.
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