[Photo Editing is foreign to me- HELP!!!]

One last question, if you guys don't mind.  Why is it that in my Photos, on my MacBook, after I upload them it shows my photos are RAW, which is how I have my camera set, but when I upload the same photo into AP on top it shows it as jpeg? Thank you for all your help!!!! 

[Photo Editing is foreign to me- HELP!!!]

Thank you all for replying. I have purchased the Udemy class some time ago but I find Affinity tutorials help me more. I guess I'll just take one step at a time. 

Also, I take a lot of photos with my iPhone- do you find that jpeg images aren't as easily edited as raw? 

[Photo Editing is foreign to me- HELP!!!]

I'm new to photo editing and when I look at all the different options available, I get overwhelmed and just don't know where to begin. 

I wish there was an explanation to what all the different options mean and an explanation of when and in which scenario they should be used.

So, I'm wondering if such a website or video in AP exists? I watch all the tutorial videos but unless I understand when I should use the different options, e.g. masks, layers, brushes, etc., I won't be able to edit my photo properly. When I try to follow what's being done in the video on Vimeo, my photos look horrible then I get frustrated and just do basic editing on my computer.

 

[Purchasing App]

I tried to purchase this app via Apple iTunes store but it said the app is unavailable....Is there something I don't know about purchasing it? Thank you!