sol765

Tried this. It sort of worked. The PSD file opened, but the actual main image screen was gray. I can see thumbs on the layers, but nothing in the main window view. If I zoom, the scroll bars appear, but still no image there, just gray.

Anyone else have a suggestion on this original post? I'm sure the app works nicely, based on various reviews. And yes, I am looking for a fully-featured Photo and Design tool - non-subscription, Photoshop replacement. Affinity Photo seems like a real possibility. But is literally, unusable for me right now. Except for the included opening-screen test images. It seems like it's in a "Demo" mode or something. Is there a button or setting I may have missed??? - Sol

Well, my first attempt were from a Lightning-connected Drobo unit, which is where my main photo library is. Thinking that maybe that's the issue, for whatever reason, I then tried PSD and jpeg files directly from my iMac's desktop. Same results. I tried a few varying size files in case that was creating the problem, still no luck. Feels like a permissions thing somehow, but again, I am the only user of this system. So can't see where the conflict would be. Thank you for the "welcoming". :)

Latest updated OS X El Capitan, Affinity 1.4.2 iMac 27" i7 Core, 16MB Ram

Sorry, didn't realize I was still in the "Tutorials" threads. I just reposted to the "Questions" threads.

Hi All, Brand new to Affinity Photo. Saw on the site that it works with PSD files. I'm trying to open several and keep getting this error message. "Failed to open PSD file" --- location and name of document --- "The file was not found." I've tried navigating to the files, and standard Mac drag into app process, still no luck. Or with jpeg files, I get "The file could not be opened because permission was denied." Now, I am the sole owner and user of this machine. So there is only one user, with full read/write permissions applied. So far, I've only been able to open the test images in the welcome box. What obvious solution am I missing here??? :) Thanks. - Sol

Hi All, Brand new to Affinity Photo. Saw on the site that it works with PSD files. I'm trying to open several and keep getting this error message. "Failed to open PSD file" --- location and name of document --- "The file was not found." I've tried navigating to the files, and standard Mac drag into app process, still no luck. Or with jpeg files, I get "The file could not be opened because permission was denied." Now, I am the sole owner and user of this machine. So there is only one user, with full read/write permissions applied. So far, I've only been able to open the test images in the welcome box. What obvious solution am I missing here??? :) Thanks. - Sol

Hi All, Have the current version of Affinity Photo. On an i7 iMac 16GB or RAM. Can't open files form my external connected Drobo, which is my main Image catalog drive. This includes PSD files (A) or RAW files (B). (A) Get either "file is missing" - although it shows the actual file path, and the file can be opened by any other app. (B) Or "can't open file because permission was denied." - Although I am the only user on this machine and am the administrator.