ColinG

Well if on Mac there is Neofinder - not free.

Nothing of course, which applies to just about the entire thread. Like it or not, Serif have said they are not developing for Linux so that as they say is that :-)

XnView (Windows and Mac) is free and displays a thumbnail from AP files (don't know re Designer). It is also a very powerful bit of kit, especially given the price :-)

Thanks all. Is there anywhere that gives me a step by step guide on how to get Topaz Studio running?

Have tried search but come up with nothing. Does Topaz Studio run ok as a plugin to AP and if so how do I install it? Many thanks

By way of update, have tried this with the Self engine and the Apple engine. It is better on Apple but by no means great. Thanks :-)

Specs attached. User accounts make no difference. I get this problem on no other software so doubt its a spec thing, or if it is it is due to the way Affinity is put together. Should mention that it is the drawing of gradient masks that is the real nightmare. It is absolutely perfect out side of the raw editor though and even the blockiness is very light, if at all. So, it appears to be the raw workspace.

Thanks MEB. Not a lot of difference, if any, unfortunately. Still blocky and when dragging gradients the lag is sufficient to make one believe it is not working. I have done all you suggested and am now running on Metal as well.

Nothing anyone?

Jumping on this thread. Same here, Affinity Photo is basically unusable on my late 2017 iMac, especially so in the raw editor. Dragging out gradients takes an age - it is laggy and not nice to use whilst changes with the sliders is blocky and jerky. Sorry but altogether an awful experience. PS on the other hand flies. Is there something I am missing? Thanks :-)

This also happens with images created via ON1 Raw 2018. So perhaps it is an Apple bug? I am now considering ditching Apple Photos, but then it also happened when I saved up to SmugMug. What is strange with ON1 is that if I upload the image from inside Finder to Photos it works. If I load direct from ON1 it does not. I also use Affinity so this bug is of interest to me.

I have been working through the extension with MEB as apparently there are issues with Edit With. I am on Photos version 3 and a fully updated High Sierra (10.13.1). Edit With is there but does not work as expected - that is not the same way as the extension.

Yup cracked it. Think we are there now. One thing, cancelling develop and then closing Affinity and cancelling the intermediate window does not kill the intermediate window. It is there again next time. The only way to kill it is to go through the complete develop process save the file, quit Affinity and then cancel the intermediate screen. MEB thanks so very much for your help. First class service plus some I would say :-)

Should say this is an image I was testing with earlier - seems it won't go away!

That fixed it. No compression etc on though. Strange though when I complete the edit and then close Affinity to get back to photos I am asked if I wish to save the file. I say no. However the edit does not pass to affinity but I go back to a completely different photo. I close that and the image I am working on is open but showing no edits!

Here is what I get -

Here goes DSC_0277.NEF

Well not working here using extensions - Affinity Photos. Unedited raws open the develop persona but no image shows - file details appear though. Edited raws open as jpegs in the Develop Persona. So either something has corrupted AP or we are looking at different things here :-(

Not working here. MEB have you tested two types of raw, one that has been edited in Photos and one that is in Photos but with no edits. I am off to test again.

Photos won't let mr export an edited raw, or any other kind of raw for that matter. Maybe the conclusion here is Apple Photos is rubbish :-)

It is worse. if I open a raw that has not been edited in Apple Photos then it opens in the Develop Persona but it remains blank (but shows the image details). If I open a raw that has been edited in Apple Photos it opens in the Photo Persona but I know not in which format as it just says Apple Photos Doc. The camera is either a Nikon D5100 or D5300.

Nope it is a standard raw file (nef), but it is opening in tyhe Photo Persona.

That sorted it thanks :-) Opened a raw filer in the extension but have no way of knowing what the file type is - it just says apple photos document. It did not open in the raw editor so it must be something other than the raw?

Have restarted many times since update MEB. Just restarted again but no show re extension. I am running on a 2017 iMac Retina 4k with High Sierra.

The latest Affinity Photo does not show up as an extension in Apple Photos. Am I missing something :-)