NYC Guy

As instructed in the video in order to select the picture you wish to edit the video says to go to file - open - documents. All of my pictures are stored in my Photos app on my iMac and I do not see Photos appearing as an option when doing this even if I click on the drop down arrow. Also do I have to import one picture at a time or is there a way to import multiple shots into Affinity?

I appreciate what you are saying and I do have a 27 inch iMac which does allow me some space to play with. At the end of the day if if the tooltips were visible and I was only using 1 or 2 rows I think I would still be ok and have enough usable space. At the very least there should be an option and we would then make the decision whether or not it works for us.

By the way, when my trial is up and I purchase Affinity Photo will these changes I have made be carried over or do I have to customize them again?

Many thanks for the quick reply. I would love to see the text appearing next to the tools that identifies them as an option in the settings. Please remember that for a newbie there is a steep learning curve and I don't want to constantly refer to the video tutorials so every little bit helps! :)

Actually that helped me a great deal, thanks for the tip. Please remember that there are 3 types of users for this software, novices, intermediate and advanced. I am a total novice, this is the first time I am using a program like this and have a steep learning curve so please pardon the pun but I have to "paint by the numbers". :) Based on the above, is there a way to have text visible showing the names of the tools on the left side of the screen or do I always have to hold my mouse pointer over them to see the description? Also in preferences - tools - tool handle size I could not change the setting to largest. What am I doing wrong?

That helps a little as it now says "Enhancement" under the four icons. However you still have to hold your mouse over each icon to see a description. I like to follow the K.I.S.S. principle. :)

Actually I am one of those people that really likes the videos but a user manual would also be nice. Different strokes for different folks! :)

OK, I tried it and it worked. Just a small suggestion, I had to move my mouse over each icon to highlight the description. It would make life easier if the icons were simply labeled. :)

Thanks, that might be what I was asking about and will check it out when I return home tonight.

Some editing programs have some automatic "quick fix' tabs you can select for simple edits. Does AP have this?

I have been unsuccessful trying to import my raw shots and also my jpegs from the SD card in my card reader. I am able to add them to the Photo app in my iMac running on El Capitan but even from the Photo app I cannot move the files over to Affinity Photo. I am using the 10 day trial version of AP and am really getting frustrated! Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. :)