MikeT

Is there a facility for describing Macro from third party or those created by myself?It is very difficult to use the free macros when unsure what they do and when they should be initialised.

Sorry about this but the guy presenting the tutorials has a a habit of sucking when he is talking. It is very off putting,

Yes you can, there are plenty of other posts on this issue so I suggest you search directly.

Yes, select plugins in preferences. NOT all Nik work but some do. See other posts on this subject for details of paths,

Hi MEB. many thanks. :)

I am having trouble with my plugins, I have uploaded a raw file adjusted and cropped it in Photo the opened it in the plugin. The file in the plugin is the original not the cropped version. I have tried saving the picture and reloading it to no avail. I suspect that if I saved it as a jpeg and lost all the history the problem would disappear but that is not really an answer. Any suggestions as I need to have the plugin working on the adjusted and cropped image? See attachment below

I don't want to be a kill joy but the rate of issue of these Betas seems to indicate panic. In my experience, launching too early usually ends in tears. Better to postpone a formal issue until everything is fully tested and watertight. Reputation can be so easily lost and impossible to regain.

A tough pic to restore. I found that the best resource for learning about Restoration and Retouching was Katrin Eismann's book the of the same name. See chapter 6 in particular. Although its a Photoshop book, Affinity has most of the tools necessary.

I am genuinely surprised how good the Panorama feature is. I tried it with some old shots that I had tried to process with the Adobe PS panorama function with poor results, needless to say Affinity stitched them together brilliantly. You guys are going places.

Might be the latest issue of software for the Mac (el capitain). Not all Nik plugins work anyway but I've had a similar screen. If you open and close another app outside the affinity app the screen operates. Everybody is blaming each other for this change in functionality.

Thanks Jasper, I also found that if you click on anything outside the app that the screen and full functionality is restored. I will workaround with that otherwise. I still haven't figured how to get the plugins working in the latest Beta, but I will pass on that until a formal release is made, i have wasted too much energy.

Jasper, I also have Photoshop Elements and i have the same fault as I have in AP, i.e., It partly loads but the main work screen is blank and all controls are in operative.

I have the same problem with NIK as a plugin on all my processing apps. The suggestion from MEB did not work foe me. NIK its self works fine as a standalone app. It is something to do with the Mac upgrade. There is no indication that Google are addressing this so they must not see this as their problem, so what next?.

I was excited that Affinity Retouch was added as an extension to the Edit function in Mac Photos. The Tonality extension is also now available with El Capitain update. may be it is just me but I noticed that Retouch did not appear to offer much of a range of basic adjustments, cropping for instance. As it is coincidentally going head to head with Tonality (as far as black and white is concerned) I find it easier to use Tonality for a quick conversion because it is more comprehensive. I prefer to use the full version of Affinity with its limited Nik plugins for anything serious.

Don't beat yourself up guys, when Affinity realise that they really have got a major product that lacks a vital element for market penetration they will do something about it. At the moment they seem to be ironing out a few things, maybe when they stand back they will see these plugins as an absolute necessity.