jeffnles1

Interesting, I just checked Lensfun website and the RF-S 10-18 is on their list. Maybe Serif will update sometime soon. thanks for the response, I'll keep checking from time to time. I do not use a wide angle all that frequently. The lens is fairly new only being out for about a month. Jeff

Any idea when Affinity will support RF-S10-18mm F4.5-6.3 IS STM lens? It would be nice to have the lens distortion stuff available for the lens. Any ideas how to work around? (Mac Desktop Version 2.3.0) Thanks, Jeff

Good to hear. Yes, progress and that also makes me happy.

Unfortunately, this is not a desired feature. This is a feature that was working before Catalina and now does not work. Serif has been saying for months 1.8 will fix this. I'm still hopeful it will. The ability to round trip from Mac Photos is not a desired feature, it is a core feature. Hope this helps explain the disappointment. Jeff

cool thanks

Well, that's disappointing especially since for the past several months "1.8 will fix it" has been the mantra. Hopefully it was just an oversight.

Does this version fix the MacOS Photo's bugs in Catalina? (i.e. can't save in Photos when editing with Affinity?)

I worked 36 years in the IT industry. I'm now retired, but one thing I did learn when dealing with software developers and companies. There are always 3 versions of the software they talk about, the last version, the current version and the next version. The next version will always fix all of you problems.

welcome news

That is welcome news.

For the past couple weeks I've been testing Pixelmator Pro. It is not nearly as powerful or elegant as Affinity, but it works with Apple Photos.

I had made a copy of my hard drive prior to upgrading to Catalina. After all the bugs in Affinity Photo, I went back to Mojave by reformatting my internal hard drive and copying from my cloned copy. As of today, I don't want to move to Catalina as long as there is some hope Serif will fix this. Said differently, welcome to our nightmare. We've been told "fixed sometime" for a very long time now. I, and others here, are starting to wonder if it will ever be fixed. If they are not going to fix it, I think Serif needs to be transparent with us and say so. I really don't want to go to Adobe Lightroom and/or Photoshop but if this isn't going to be fixed in the coming weeks, I, and I assume most of us, really have no choice. Sooner or later, other apps will stop working with Mojave and we'll need to move to Catalina or whatever is coming after it. Frustrating.

Thanks, Please do keep us posted. Jeff

MEB, I appreciate your responses and that Affinity Photo team is working on this. However, the export, edit and import really isn't much of an answer. That is possible with Photoshop, Photoshop Elements, Pixelmator Pro, Lightroom and any number of photo editing software packages. The point of differentiation with Affinity Photos is the ability to have full Affinity launched from within Apple Photos, do all the edits, including layers and the full suite of tools and having those changes saved back to Apple Photos. When the "save loop" is broken, it makes Affinity much less of a useful tool. Fortunately, I have been able to revert to Mojave which worked on my Mac. However, sooner or later, moving to Catalina or whatever comes next will become a necessity. It seems like something that should have been caught during beta testing. I really like Affinity Photo and have invested a considerable amount of time and energy learning the software and really don't want to spend an equal amount of time learning something new. Also, "no eta" on a fix isn't really much of an answer either. It could mean it's right around the corner or there is no intention from the Affinity Team to fix it ever. For those of us who have invested in this software and the time to learn it, I think we deserve a better and more definitive answer from Affinity. Thanks, Jeff

Like Chris B said, this is a change in the app since the workbook was published. I've found for most applications between 10% and 20% on the clarity slider works well. I rarely need to take it above 20%. Many images need no clarity at all. Also, the sharpen slider I rarely take above .7px. It all depends on the look you're after but I find these ranges work for me to add a little crispness to the photos while still maintaining a natural appearance. With the sliders in Affinity a little goes a long way.