GaryMulcahey

Hi GaryMulcahey,
Can you please press and hold ⌃(ctrl) while launching the app, then press Clear from the dialog that will open to reset the app please? You may lose some Preferences layout customisations you may have set/made but hopefully it may fix the issue. Let us know if you still have trouble after the reset.

Gary, what is it that you want to do but can't?   If it's printer set-up, take a look at the printfab driver available from Zedonet.

Congratulations on your success and welcome to the community!
 
I have been a long time panorama taker and used to use panorama-specific software (Panorama Studio 2) for my panos but a couple of tries with AP and I have given up using my old software and now only use Affinity Photo. Panorama Studio was very good, but so is the AP pano functionality. There is also related HDR and stacking functionality in AP as well and those are just as good - you might want to give them a try as well.

I think it is important to remember that Affinity Photo is a product in its own right. It was not designed to be a feature-for-feature replacement of Photoshop (although I use it that way since it has all of the functionality that I ever used in PS, except the plugins, plus some additional functionality) but to do the editing that its designers intended. 
 
As good as it is (and I think it is very good) it is not a super-set of PS functionality. For example, as I mentioned, it still does not handle most PS plugins well at all. Still, it is only a bit over a year old, so I am prepared to give it some time.
 
And one very big plus is this forum. I don't see the Adobe software engineers hanging around and responding to questions on the Adobe forums, but they do here, and they listen. One example is the existence of a Flatten command that will flatten all layers without producing a new stamped layer. That did not originally exist but was added at user requests on this forum.

Nik Collection resources to add a bit of magic to Affinity Photo
The material referenced here used the Nik plugins with various (non-AP) photo editing programs. The usage and results apply equally to AP.
 
1. Nik Tutorials: A few weeks ago, I posted a link on this forum to Nik tutorials (written when I was an invited Nik beta tester, pre-Google) - the most comprehensive tutorials available IMO.
 
2. Luminosity Conversion & Blending: A week or so later I added a Nik related series with useful (little known) color theory and Nik luminosity-based B&W conversion techniques and blending that greatly enhance image quality.
 
3. Masking & Control-Points: In browsing the Affinity forum, I see that masking is a topic of interest. Nik Control-Point technology makes masking easy-peasy as shown here.
 
I'll keep adding to this list. Keep in mind, the blog in which these appear is searchable; just type a keyword or two to find items of interest in the nearly 2,000 posts. Since Control Points set Nik apart form other photo editing software, try searching "control points" for all that you'll ever want to know.

Edit > Preferences > PhotoShop Plugins, to install them, Gary. 
 
Then (on an active image):
 
Filters > Plugins.

Grand! Totally looking forward to having the whole suite of Affinity wares on my Mac. I can't think of anything more satisfying than dumping the big subscription bums. Terrific job people at Affinity.
 
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Hello,
 
We currently have a problem which means many RAW files will appear unable to load.
 
We made sure all the cameras in our supported camera list work, but stupidly forgot to tell the app to accept all the file extensions - so while the app *could* open .ARW, .ORF and everything else, it currently won't let you - because we forgot..
 
This will be rectified in the next beta - which should be with you guys on Monday.
 
Apologies for the inconvenience..
 
Andy.

Honestly, Andy, I can't pretend to speak for the rest of the people who are now Affinity users...but, for one, find the above statement refreshing in that you and Serif have enough integrity to make the aforementioned statement and apologize. I've been around long enough to remember the '90's and how a certain Adobe rival in layout and publishing used to respond to their user base with boldly unapologetic chants of "just buy the next version" when questioned for workarounds and/or troubleshooting techniques. The big red "A" got into it with Apple when they released CS5/5.5 and it crashed on Lion and Mountain Lion. They ultimately offered fixes but nobody actually apologized.
 
Redmond gets away with it all of the time.
 
I'd put up my input about the raw files from my cameras to help you guys build a better product, not to browbeat you. It's. A. BETA. Last time I looked, that is the purpose of beta testing. To paraphrase Henry Cabot Henhouse III, we knew the job was dangerous when we took it. We're just grateful that you guys came out with Designer and Photo (excuse me, a little drool spilled out of the corner of my mouth in anticipation of Publisher) when we needed you to...right after the big red "A" abandoned us and decided to put a gun to our heads in the name of corporate greed.
 
Wow. You apologized.
 
The mere fact of your willingness to apologize makes me realize one thing...as long as you guys are making the software, I'll be buying/supporting/using it and urging as many others to take a look at your offerings as much as possible. There would be only one thing we would ask in return.
 
Never sell to anyone who will not maintain the integrity you have shown us today. And ESPECIALLY NOT to them. And if you have to ask who "they" are, I've mentioned them at least three times in this posting.
 
"Keep doing it to it." My cameras and I are right here waiting with $50.00.
 
Tim Cook should be proud. Right now, the Affinity brand is one of the only things keeping me from going completely over to the dark side.
 
Thank YOU wholeheartedly for your time and immense effort. Now, where'd I leave that 2006 MacBook Pro...

Hi there..
 
Is there a Affinity Photo Roadmap?.. Reason for asking, is people including myself, already seems to have a lot of stuff they would like to see added/changed. I know this is early asking for this, but it could cut down on the questions, if people knew which features you already had planned adding.