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Hi @Bojangle and welcome to the forums,
You will need version two of the other apps if you want to use StudioLink in Publisher version 2... i.e., you can't link to Designer or Photo v1 using Publisher v2 so you are being asked to install v2 for the other apps...

Hello @Rob Reznor and welcome to the forums.
If it has been less than 14 days since you purchased the single license, you can cancel the purchase and then buy the universal license. 
To do this, write to affinityreturns@serif.com and include the order number in the email.
However, if the single license was purchased a long time ago, you only have the option of purchasing the universal license in addition.

@ennuied You can use Window > Studio > Reset Studio to return these panels to their default location in Affinity V2 apps.
It appears as though you have a floating Studio window with multiple Studios 'docked' into this - this is not a bug with the Affinity apps and is part of the user customisation available in the apps.
I hope this helps!

I get it now. The panel on the left is called studio. I would never guessed. All I had to do was go to view and then studio and add tool into it. Would be nice if the 'studio' had a label on top of it that would say 'studio'.
And let's be honest only 1% reads help topics, nobody has time for that, especially creative types. Which is why the UI should be as intuitive as possible.

I think when one is not familiar with an app, referring to its help topics or other documentation saves a lot of time in the long run.

My opinion: Personas are such a fundamental concept to these applications, that every user must understand what they are. And everyone should do some reading, or watching of the introductory tutorials, before diving in and trying to use these applications, so they understand the fundamental concepts and design of the applications.
Could things be done differently? Yes. But we have what we have, and it's organized this way (Personas, etc.) because that was the vision the Affinity team had when building these applications. They are unlikely to make major layout changes.

I would use Canon DPP for such critical tasks. 
Superior image quality 
I use Photo for specific functionality like stacks, panorama, HDR etc

Please never delete those files when you raised a question or bug report - at least until the question is fully answered.

You mean it is different from the desktop? That’s because it has to be designed for a touch interface with gestures rather than a mouse/trackpad and as a long time iPad user wish the desktop was a easy as the iPad UI.  I have PC and Mac versions but prefer to use the iPad version with Apple Pencil, so easy and natural.

This product has the worst UI I’ve ever encountered- and I write that as someone who has actively promoted these products and this vendor.

That sounds like a very risky thing to do, especially given the fact that the iPad App Store doesn’t provide a mechanism for rolling back to an earlier version.

Be aware of the Ides of August! Or something.

In my opinion, it is not a sign of true love, if someone is paid for promoting something.

I have to say that it's utter madness that there's no Affiliate program for the Affinity software programs. Digital River would have the best possible marketing strategy at their fingertips by having the people who use it and love it promoting it directly to others, who are likely to use it and love it, for a small return. I expect that it's probably the cheapest and most direct (and probably most effective) advertising they could get. Their marketing team needs to wake up and get onto this! 

Sad, I was prepared to buy the entire suite. But due to Government work in an air gapped institution could only use the V1. You just lost out on a lot. V1 was the only version viable cause "reasons".

I think it's your physical location at the time of purchase that matters, but I could be wrong on that.\
Edit: For example, my mailing address remains the same if I travel from the US to another country, but any credit card purchases are charged in local currency, and then there's a conversion to US currency (and my bank may also add a foreign-purchase charge).

I thought the programmers of Affinity Photo 2 for iPad were able to do anything with their software.
It seems there’s a limit and that is editing astrophotos on the super fast iPad Pro it seems.
I give up.

You cannot see the sandbox in the file system. It is not the folder named Affinity Photo (or Affinity Designer) in iCloud. It is a hidden area actually on your iPad.
What we are saying is that simply keeping items in the sandbox (Live Docs in V2) is not safe. If you ever need to uninstall the app, iPadOS will automatically delete everything in the sandbox. Instead, you need to make sure you have Saved the files to somewhere in the visible file system, and do that regularly so you have a secure copy you can see in Files, in case you need to uninstall the app. Or in case something happens to that copy in the sandbox.
The second factor was about the automatically-created folder named Affinity Photo or Affinity Designer. Those are also tied to the application, and deleting the application will delete them, too. So it is better to create your own folder and use that.

I'm really hoping it's a board game rather than a bored game...

As with the V2 licence files, the V1 software can't read the V2 files.
So I have no idea why someone would think a new licensing system would work with older apps.
 

@sususu6669
Welcome to the Affinity forums.
Which version of Windows are you running?  Your mention of your computer being outdated makes me wonder whether you are not running Windows 10 version 20H1, or later, which is the minimum required for all the Affinity version 2 programs.
From your screenshot it would seem you bought APh 2 in July last year.  Is that correct?  Did it run successfully on your computer when first installed?  Have you tried completely resetting the app (see this FAQ for details of how to do this if you're not sure)?
HTH.

It lets you work on the edges without accidentally extending the canvas, for the thing. It's a good feature, that you just need to learn about, or not use (i.e., don't turn the option on if you don't want to use it).

Awesome feature - a button when enabled that stops you being able to paint - really useful sounding that is - why not just not paint?

If you hop over to https://punster.me/serif and follow the registration instructions, someone may be able to save you a visit to your “computer bod” once you’ve described the problem in more detail.

Thanks - I figured this out eventually but it only took me the best part of half a day