DeJeanB

I wonder if this was the case. I’ll have to play with it for a bit. I’m not giving up, dang it!

Please help!

Hello. Today, I attempted to create a collage, using clipping masks. I selected a batch of images to be imported into the project, via the 'Paste' option under 'File'. Everything was fine until I tried to drag each image to the selected shape layer that I'd made using the shapes tool. I would drag the image to the text area of the appropriate layer, the image layer would show underneath the shape layer (slightly shifted to the right)...and NOTHING would appear within the shape on the canvas. So, after a few more attempts, I started fresh with a new project. This time, I only imported ONE image, not a batch of them. It worked. While I was relieved to discover that simple workaround, it is time consuming and inefficient. Is there a setting that I might have missed that needs to activate made to have this working the way it did a couple of weeks ago? Thank you. Mother's Day Project.afphoto

First of all, I truly am grateful that you reached out. So, I’ve had to find a way to do tweaks to my raw(ARW) files (via Darktable), before having them populated into AP’s ‘New Stack’ feature. As you might already know, RAW files with any XMP data (referring to edits made outside of AP) cannot be populated into the ‘New Stack’. The new stack only brings in the RAW file, without adjustments. I know this may sound redundant. But, I just want to make sure that I am articulating this in a way that’s understandable. To continue, I was hoping to load into the stack files that contained a greater amount of information than a JPEG and much less than a TIFF. I tried importing images that were converted to JPEG 2000 files, via Darktable. We’ll, Affinity didn’t seem to like that, much. So, I opted to convert my raw files, with the associated tweaks, into the highest level quality JPEG (again, Darktable). Imported those JPEG‘s into Affinity, using the New Stack feature. And there you have it, my ‘work around’. All that being said, it sure would be nice if Affinity Photo were able to come up with a new, MUCH more simple, means of doing this. Possibly their own photo management client? Just another passenger desperately fleeing the titanic (Adobe).

I've just converted from PS to Affinity Photo (hopefully, not prematurely), and am in need of guidance. As a Real Estate photographer, I'd developed the efficient workflow of selecting images from LR, editing those images 'as layers' in PS, and then returning to LR with my composited image for refinements. It seems clear that I'll no longer be able to do my job in this manner. I'm aware of the 'New Stack' feature. However, this would require me to convert each file to TIFF (or JPEG, if I wish to lose some details from my photo). So, is there a feature in the works to streamline this process through Affinity? Do the people at Affinity have an effective workaround for this? I truly hope this isn't falling upon deaf ears. Thanks in advance.