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I am having the same crash upon attempt to use the white balance tool. First use of the software since upgrade to V2. Thanks for this forum and your swift fixes for these rollout issues. Happy New Year!

Thanks again for the replies from GarryP and Ralph. I think part of the problem with this particular issue is Photo is used mainly to edit images. I guess most folks don't set type against their work as I do frequently. I am not a complete newcomer to graphic design- I have been using Photoshop since version 2.5 before layers! Problem with PS is it is the Swiss army knife of graphics programs as well as the 800 pound gorilla of the photo world. I have used Lightroom since before version 1, when it was a beta called Shadowlands. Once the rental model came in and established the Adobe Tax as I call it, I went looking for alternatives. I really like the power of Affinity as it approaches and betters Photoshop with more modern code and less vestigial baggage. I now own the whole Studio Suite of Photo, Designer and Publisher since Serif halved the prices during the Chinese virus attack on the world. I have the Photo Workbook, but confess I haven't read all of it or followed the examples yet. I really enjoy James Ritson's video tutorials, just wish they had the absolute beginner series I envision, or a comparison of tools and locations video between PS and Photo for those new to their way of doing things. The other problem is newer competitors in the editing space. I have On1 photo Raw 2020 as well as Luminar 4. Both edit raw files well, have effects, and at least On1 has some limited text abilities. Neither are as extensive as Photo and that oddly enough is their strength. If you want to edit a photo, convert it to a .jpg and post it to social media, either program will get you there in no time at all with very little deep diving into the software. Photo has so much capability and is so different than the others, that I mostly rely on Luminar if I want a quick render of an image I just made to post for friends. Any real work I want to keep and print and show, I use Photo for the operations I know. The recent updates have made it faster and smoother and all around better. I am impressed with Affinity and have evangelized lots of people to their products. Now I hope to spend quality time in front of a screen learning the other two programs so I can accomplish pretty much whatever I want in the creative space. As an American, I applaud my British brethren ( I am of both Irish and British descent) on their pluck to put out such an outstanding product and knock on Adobe's throne in the process!

Thanks GarryP for the simple fix for both issues. I have the Affinity Photo Workbook, and even after extensive searches, could find no information on this other than a graphic on page 53 with some callouts. Even there, there is no explanation as to what the square with the diagonal red crossbar in it means. The two answers I have received from this forum post were simple, direct and to the point. There really needs to be a video produced by the Affinity Team ( are you listening James Ritson?) that explains the panels from the point of view of someone who has never seen a dialog box before, and does what you have done- show the item, point to the item, explain the item. If that were done, it would sure save people a great deal of time in learning how to use this otherwise excellent software. Thanks to the members of this forum for their kind and quick help. This is better than hours of searching on Youtube for things that don't quite address this particular issue!

Next problem. Now that I have type that I can see, the background color is still visible. My intent is to have only the type appear over the photo, and not show any background color at all. What am I missing to get this result? In every video I have seen, the user is able to simply type the text and have only the text appear without a surrounding color. Also, I see no control to set a drop shadow in Photo. Any help with that would be awesome as well. Thanks in advance for the help!

Thanks so much! That seems to be the problem. Would still be nice if there was the most basic of tutorials on the typography in Photo.I searched and searched the forums and could find nothing this basic as a problem. Really, really appreciate the detailed response. Very simple once you know the controls.

Attempting the simplest of things- setting a line of type in a photo. When I place text using the text tool, either artistic or text box, I get only a white box overlay and cannot see any. of the text. I want to make white text on a photo. This shouldn't be difficult. I cannot find any tutorial that clearly explains this on your video page. I cannot find anything this simple on the forum when I search it. Using Mac OSX 10.14.6 Mojave, 40GB ram on a 27 inch 2017 iMac. Using version 1.8.3 of Photo. Can someone please produce a short video on text in Photo? It shouldn't be this hard to do something this basic. Thanks!

I realize that the dialog box indicates beta, and I have both a beta of Photo as well as the actual Photo, both at 1.7.3 as of last night, yet this is the only thing that happens when I attempt to download the brushes. Will trashing the beta off my machine change this? I am on a 27" iMac 2017 with 8GB ram. Running Mojave 10.14.

Sorry it took so long to get back to you. I have searched my account page for a product number from my original purchase of Photo and cannot find it. Your suggestion that I don't need a key is not correct as I am still being asked for the key when I attempt to download the brush pack you are currently offering. Attached is a screenshot of what I am seeing. Please help, and thanks for excellent products.

I tried to download the new brush pack offered through the startup window in Affinity Photo 1.7.2. During installation it asked for my original product key, which unfortunately is not listed in my account information, although everything else I have from you is there. How can I get my product key to activate the new brush pack and to have it on hand in my account information? I have checked the downloads page and it shows several other items since 2017, but not the original purchase. I believe I purchased in 2015/16 sometime but cannot find a printed order sheet or see it online. Please help. Thanks.

Hope they continue with this and get the DAM thing done and out to us. Just tried Luminar 3 with Libraries and can't even get it to install on my iMac. Desperately want a DAM solution that has nothing to do with Adobe, but haven't found anything successful yet. If Affinity were to launch this, I think creatives worldwide would flock to it.

Would like to have a vertical panorama capability where you can stitch images vertically as easily as you currently can horizontally. This would aid in architectural photography and creative art applications. Current panorama tool will not allow this or if it will I don't know how to apply it where the result is anywhere near satisfactory. Currently it warps the images into a distorted mess.