Tom McDonald

Hi Les and Others, I thought about issuing a revised V2 but in the end ,due to the number of people who have downloaded the original, thought it better to just have additional items as an extra document as attached. Quite happy to merge the 2 together if that would help. Thinking about Les last post, I have tweaked the keyword search by suggesting use of extra keywords that should help keep track on things. Hope you find it useful, its not set in stone so any feedback would be appreciated. Cheers Tom Apple Photos as a Photo DAM 2024 V1 adds on.pdf

Hi Les. I have Monterey version of MacOS and no longer get mac os updates so don't know what is contained in the latest version of Photos app thats shipped with the Sequoia OS. However, even if there has been new ways to manage photos library, the points I highlighted should still be valid. In fact I was going to update with a 2nd version to add in some things that I should have also included. I have a very bad cold at present but if I get the chance shall try and issue over the weekend or early next week. Cheers Tom

Hi Please see attached some notes on how I use the Apple Photo Smart albums for star rating photos. Might not suit everyone but using the Smart albums gives a range of search options other than Star Rating. Cheers Tom Apple Photos as a Photo DAM 2024 v1.pdf

Problem solved: Update to Adjustment tools not working. Hi Thought that people should note that my problem has now been solved and required a complete uninstall on the mac and reinstall of latest version downloaded from the Apple store. I came across the following article "Fail to uninstall Affinity photo on Mac" by Osx Uninstaller, link: https://osxuninstaller.com/uninstall-guides/uninstall-affinity-photo-on-mac/ I followed the manual steps they suggested and must admit I was surprised that doing the finder search on the library showed even parts of the original trial software i downloaded in 2016 with other files for each year since then. Deleting all of these including from the bin and reinstalling the latest version has solved the problem. I can only assume there was some conflict issues left over from previous versions. It may also explain some of the issues other users are experiencing such as crashing etc. Hope this helps Kind Regards Tom

Ok i understand that. On the right it shows the background layer as a pixel layer so tools should work but are not. Thanks for comments. Tom

Hi h_d, My problem is not as you have replied to. I can see the photo persona button on the screen. I was referring to the affinity photo next to the apple logo button in the top bar. Again the adjustment tools are visible they are just not active. How to perform a clean reinstall. Do I need an account reference number or what. I think i need to try this first. Thanks Tom

Hi , none of the adjustment tools in either the develop or photo personas are working. The levels, contrast, exposure are working. I have Affinity Photo version 1.8.6 installed and have recently updated the mac to big sur. If I click on - affinity photo, underneath are the tabs: about, Liquify persona, development persona, export persona, tone mapping persona. Doesn't show Photo persona. So do I need to remove affinity photo and re-install. If so how best to do this. Kind Regards Tom

Hi all, Apologies for suggesting the in painting tool when you had first tried it. Teach me to try and speed read late at night. Cheers Tom

Late comment, but did you try the inpainting tool? Worth a try. All the best.

Hi All, I was also interested in SRDx plugin as just purchased a scanner to digitise negatives and slides. Any updates on status since November as i (assume everyone is now on Affinity 1.6.7).

Hi James Thanks for that, Shall be working over weekend but shall try this next week. Attached boring photo but would be suitable for what is intended.

Hi We have a Dalmatian dog and want to play a trick on our daughter by editing a photo to remove the black spots and smudges to leave a white looking dog. Can't find a way to do this so that it looks natural leaving the fur texture and a blend matching existing white fur. Any suggestions greatly appreciated. Kind Regards Tom McDonald