BartHovis

I actually switched back to Photoshop and Bridge after using Affinity Photo for over 3 years, because I needed some sort of DAM software, better RAW engine and some photoshop tools + full PSD compatibility. But I still use Affinity Designer for vector work, because it just works better for me than Illustrator.

The RAW processing in Affinity is unusable in my opinion, granted I've only tried from Canon and iPhone, but the pictures look completely wrong compared to other software that just nails the look first try.

Is the Hardware acceleration causing random and constant crashes issue being addressed?
 

I just installed a Beta update for Capture One 21 and rebooted the computer.  When first run after a new install, C1 spends a few minutes configuring hardware acceleration, and I was worried this might cause trouble with AP Beta.  However I spent about 10 minutes trying various things in AP (open/close files, several adjustments), and no crashing.   All appears to be well now...
Thanks,
Bart
 
 

I'm not sure what the Capture One thumbnail provider is, but I turned off thumbnails in Windows File Explorer (after restarting computer) and was able to open and edit files in AP Beta without crashing.  I then turned thumbnails back on, and still no crashing.  So I'm not sure if this is the thumbnails you were referring to, but for now it's working well.  I have both Capture One v20 and Beta v21, but have not uninstalled either since AP Beta is not crashing now. 
One other issue: the Highlights slider in Develop Persona (under Shadows & Highlights) does nothing.
So far, so good, but I'll keep working and see how it goes...
Thanks,
Bart

I just installed a Beta update for Capture One 21 and rebooted the computer.  When first run after a new install, C1 spends a few minutes configuring hardware acceleration, and I was worried this might cause trouble with AP Beta.  However I spent about 10 minutes trying various things in AP (open/close files, several adjustments), and no crashing.   All appears to be well now...
Thanks,
Bart
 
 

I'm not sure what the Capture One thumbnail provider is, but I turned off thumbnails in Windows File Explorer (after restarting computer) and was able to open and edit files in AP Beta without crashing.  I then turned thumbnails back on, and still no crashing.  So I'm not sure if this is the thumbnails you were referring to, but for now it's working well.  I have both Capture One v20 and Beta v21, but have not uninstalled either since AP Beta is not crashing now. 
One other issue: the Highlights slider in Develop Persona (under Shadows & Highlights) does nothing.
So far, so good, but I'll keep working and see how it goes...
Thanks,
Bart

Here in Viveza 2 colors are washed out and have a purple cast.

Hi,
the issue of colour profile is well fixed for DFine 2 (many thanks for that!), but it still does not work for Viveza 2.

Such amazing achievements for only 5 years!  I used to be a software developer and I know how much commitment and hard work goes into it.

Such amazing achievements for only 5 years!  I used to be a software developer and I know how much commitment and hard work goes into it.

Such amazing achievements for only 5 years!  I used to be a software developer and I know how much commitment and hard work goes into it.

Happy Anniversary to all of you gifted people!   You have made millions of souls very happy with your wonderful Photo, Designer, and Publisher.  What an extraordinary way to celebrate an anniversary — any anniversary!! 

Congratulations and my deep respect for the work of the team! Cheers!

Happy anniversary and thank you for this marvelous programm. Keep up the good work and you’ll make a lot of people happy! Cheers to the next 5 years!
Greetings from Amsterdam.

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Along the way we’ve launched the first professional creative applications for iPad, picked up loads of awards including an Apple Design Award and multiple App of the Year awards, and finally realised our initial vision for Affinity - to provide one seamless workflow between creative applications - with the announcement of StudioLink in Affinity Publisher just a few months ago. 
All of our success is down to the support and feedback you’ve given us, so as a thank you, we’ve slashed the prices of our content packs in half.
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Hi BartHovis,
Welcome to Affinity Forums
All the other Nik plugins only support 8/16 bit images. The image on your screenshot is 32 bit. Changing the image format to 8/16bit ( menu Document > Convert Format / ICC Profile, first dropdown) will let you work with the other plugins.

Unfortunately, the problem still has no solution in the new beta 331.
Regrettably, I will end up giving up Affinity Photo. As it stands, I still can not give up Photoshop ...

Hi WMax70,
I use Capture One Pro as a raw converter ...
I use the Nik Collection for special effects like cross processing and others from PS, but I will have liked to do it from AF Photo if only it could work properly ...

Just an FYI on Nik plugins.  They load okay, but the font and preview panels are very tiny.

First my heart jumped...because I thought spotlight might be the Affinity lightroom. But thinking about it, I remembered, that I read a RAW vs JPEG article on spotlight yesterday, which was great. So, thx for this.

I have been searching endless, and in vain, to find the perfect Digital Asset Management solution.
I am a massive fan of Serif products and have been from way before Affinity, but I am in desperate need of this promised product.
In addition to already existing great products (PhotoMechanic for speed of ingesting files, Clarifai for auto tagging, Photos / Apeture (though discontinued) for Asset organisation, etc) there are some other features I would hope for
 
create stacks of images - each stack to have a right click function of 'create focus merge, create HDR merge, create panorama' straight into Affinity Photo
 
Auto tagging / keywords.  this has come a long way in recent years and would save SOOO much time - i would also be willing to pay a SMALL monthly subscription for such a service.
Structured keywords - with ready made structures
 
And should Serif be short on Beta testers - pick me (please)

But like @toltec mentioned for the Lens panel, this straighten option destructively crops out the edges that are rotated out of the document's dimensions, & it leaves empty areas as well. Rotating the view is not destructive.

In the Develop Persona, in the Lens panel you can rotate and scale the image at the same time.
 

 
By scaling the image inside the document window, you effectively crop it. Although it's only really useful to get rid of the missing corners (caused by rotation)  as there is no X - Y positioning. You can of course, use the Lens panel to rotate the image and then crop it using the crop tool but it is destructive. You can't unclip it in the Photo Persona afterwards.