footeg

Thanks Irokiee, found it now. I don't have show on startup ticked so missed the added entry to lessons.

Hi Patrick, I'm a bit confused! What are these lessons & how do I access them please? Thanks.

Agreed Gnobelix. Trying to select a layer in a macro using the select menu doesn't work & I also don't think it ever did. Selecting by left clicking in the layer palette does work & is easier especially if the layers are named. The ability to edit a macro would be extremely useful.

Mine is an NVidea Quadro T2000 with 4Gb memory.

Your raw image shows ok on my system Windows 11, Aphoto 2.4.0, hardware acceleration on. Image 1 is with no adjustment, image 2 with a curves adjustment to brighten image.

I don't normally use that tool. If you left click on the layer you want to select you get the options shown in the attached screenshot. That way you can select any layer in the stack in a macro. It makes it easier if you name the layers so you can select them by name.

It works ok for me on a Widows 11 pc. What system are you using? Untitled.mp4

And here in Affinity Photo 2.4.0 Beta 2222. Also happens using shortcut Ctrl + Shift + G. Windows 11 latest updates on Lenovo Thinkpad P1 Gen 2. Works ok in Affinity Photo 2.3.1

Hi Patrick, I have successfully downloaded & installed the 2.3.1 Beta releases. Just to point out that in the download section of My Account these are all shown as version 2.3.0, however the correct versions are downloaded. I used the Windows exe downloads. Thanks for the update, Geoff

I'm glad you were able to get it sorted. It appears that using any application to convert the original results in an editable file.

Interestingly, if you rename Diwi's original file with a bmp extension it opens in Affinity with no error message but as a completely blank image.

It would indeed Walt. As you can see from this screenshot ACDSee identifies the original file as a bitmap despite the tiff extension.

I tried opening Diwi's original image in various editors. Affinity gave the same error message as reported. I was able to open it in DxO Photolab 6, ACDSee Photo Studio & Luminar Neo & export them from each application as tiff files. All three can exports be opened in Affinity Photo. I have attached copies of the exported files. Finally I tried Topaz Photo AI. The image opened as a black image but the software went through the corrections & I was able to export the completed image. The thumbnail shows the correct image & it is able to be opened in all the applications except Affinity Photo. It opens but as a completely blank image! I've also attached the exported image from Topaz. Not sure if any of this helps but it was an interesting exercise. Lichtblick Saar_ACDSee.tif Lichtblick Saar_DxO.tif Lichtblick Saar_Luminar.tif Lichtblick Saar_Topaz.tif

I forgot to say I am using Windows 11 on a Lenovo laptop.

I have tried opening files with both .tif & .tiff extensions in this beta version. Both opened successfully. I don't speak German but I think the final sentence says "Document contains embedded Affinity data, this however cannot be opened". Is this correct? As Mike says it would be helpful if you could share the saar.tif file. If it helps you could try opening the attached file. _1012893_DxO.tiff