[RAW file vastly different between processing software when jpg output]

Can you provide a link to the RAW file, please?

[Changing saving location preference]

Can you be specific about the export location - it might help identify what's going on.

[Canon EOS 6D mk II RAW files]

1 hour ago, Pipit said:

I don't want to convert the files to any other. I only want to open them up straight out of camera.

I understand that, I'm just pointing out that there may be better ways of managing the current situation than using DPP4.  

<edit>

On a whim, I've just tried downloading a few 6D MkII RAW files from DPReview - AP handles them without any problems!

[Canon EOS 6D mk II RAW files]

Have you tried the Adobe DNG converter?  It's very quick and the files are usually smaller. 

[File size change]

4 hours ago, Poohbear said:

Thank you,

I want to use XnViewMP as a DAM as it will read affinity files. I would like to do all the editing in Affinity and just use XnView to view all the thumbnails. If I am only opening the embedded thumbnail will I still get full size images in Affinity? As you see I am feeling my way since leaving PS

Ken

 

 

No problem - XnViewMP is displaying the embedded thumbnail, but it doesn't seem to access any data other than the thumbnail and whatever's held in the file header.  When you edit the file in your chosen editor, XnViewMP just tells the OS to fire it up and passes the file name as a parameter - it has no involvement in actually editing the file.

[Affinity products for Linux]

2 hours ago, mzzfdrc said:

Why do you think open source is currently dominating web development or server software?

It was open source from day 1, and it works well. So what - I'm challenging the blanket statement that "open source is even better".  Just because OSS works well in one sector doesn't mean it'll work across the board.

3 hours ago, mzzfdrc said:

But yeah, keep ignoring that OSS pushes innovation forward.

No, it's an enabler, not a driver.  

[File size change]

12 hours ago, Poohbear said:

When I open an Affinity Photo in XnViewMP the file size goes down fro 3500 to 512. How can I avoid this and keep the same file size/

You're not opening the .afphoto file, you're opening the embedded thumbnail.

[Affinity products for Linux]

11 minutes ago, mzzfdrc said:

Competition is good, and open source even better,

Sorry, you'll need to explain that - why is open source better.  And better at what?

 

13 minutes ago, mzzfdrc said:

but I suppose it's too hard to understand when you're used to thinking about computing as sports.

Here's the thing - I don't think about computing as sports, I think about it as a business.  Yes, competition's good, but open source is just another competitor - it's not "special", it's not "morally superior", it's just another way of getting things done.

[Affinity products for Linux]

58 minutes ago, msdobrescu said:

I see people here coming bluntly and saying "Serif will do that, Serif won't do other". Well, I know what Serif states, but I don't understand why serif allows them to speach for itself, as they are no employees and not empowered to carry Serif's interests. Or are they?

Serif's employees are identified as such - the answer to "Or are they?" is a simple no.  The reason people seem to be siding with them is that their position makes sense!  Whether or not something can be run under Linux, whether or not an application can be developed at some arbitrarily determined cost, and whether or not there's some sort of market for it doesn't matter - the people whose job it is to gather the data have gathered it, the people whose job it is to analyse the data have analysed it, and the people whose job it is to make business decisions have made them.

[Version of Affinity designer and photo with beta compatibility]

So far as I know, there's complete backwards compatibility.  I can't tell you about forwards compatibility, but I've never had any problems using files created by a beta release.  It's worth noting the caveat that comes with the betas though - don't use them for anything important!

[By the Way, just as a matter of interest]

37 minutes ago, walt.farrell said:

It may just be a Windows thing, Ian. It is possible for an install that uses the Windows Installer functions to fail, and to invisibly leave the system thinking that the install is still in progress. At that point you can't install anything else that needs the Installer until you reboot. I have had that issue once with an Affinity program (some other silent, invisible install/update of a running program had failed) and once with another program.

Interesting!  It's not something I've ever come across, but I can see how a compromised Installer Service would cause problems.  But it's not an Affinity problem though  

[Affinity products for Linux]

2 hours ago, NNois said:

So If tomorrow let says a big studio contact serif and put enough money on the table I assure you Serif will make the conversion.

Let me paraphrase that - "If it was commercially advantageous for Serif they'd make the conversion".

1/  Serif know this

2/ They're not making the conversion

What does that tell you?

As an aside, some might question the wisdom of being so dependent on a single customer.

[Cut and copy one small part of the photo a then use it]

Make sure you have the right layer selected!  Select the area you want to copy, <ctrl> c to copy it then <ctrl> v to paste it.  Use the Move tool to select it and then move / rotate / resize it etc.  

[By the Way, just as a matter of interest]

I've never deliberately rebooted a PC in order to install software, I've had no problems, and I suspect most people would ignore the advice. Those who didn't would probably wonder why Affinity has this (so far as I know) unique restriction.   

[Changing saving location preference]

Are you exporting to one location and then saving to a different one?

[How to asign Affinity Photo as external editor for image browser?]

4 hours ago, Jacro said:

Is there any update or solution on this issue?

Yes - have a look at this thread.

[Glare on eyeglasses]

You can try bringing the highlights down, but if they're burned out there's not much you can recover.  If you post an example here people will have a better idea of how to help.

[Flowing Table Option]

I'd find this useful too!  I need to present a lot of tabular data and the number of rows changes frequently.

[Affinty Beta Publisher]

4 hours ago, Gerard O said:

I wonder are we expected to report on any bugs we find and  is there a process we are suppose to use for that.. ?

It makes sense to report them, but I don't think it's a condition of using the beta.  There's a page here where you can select the right forum for your OS.

[[Aph] How do I select individual adjustment layers inside a pixel layer?]

While they're child layers you can select the adjustments, one at a time, by clicking on its layer icon.  If you need to select two at a time you'll need to drag them out so that they're no longer child layers.

[Dictionaries and spell check]

3 hours ago, Petar Petrenko said:

Do I have to pay for them? I think they are free, but maybe I have mistaken.

I think they're free, too - I use Thunderbird and I've never seen an add-on that wasn't free, or any way of paying for one if it wasn't!

[Dictionaries and spell check]

3 hours ago, Petar Petrenko said:

I can't find the option to download them

The link in my answer gives you this:-

And following that link gives this:-

[RAW file vastly different between processing software when jpg output]

When you reply there's a paperclip icon with a link at the bottom left of the text box .

Test.txt

[Dictionaries and spell check]

Once you've done the renaming / unpacking you'll have the .dic files - you can use these in any program that supports Hunspell dictionaries.

[RAW file vastly different between processing software when jpg output]

That's quite a difference!  Can you provide a link to the RAW file, please?