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Thank you I think most crashes I faced so far were probably already reported by others and I remember few occasions when Serif acknowledged it and said it's going to be fixed in the newest version. Unfortunately no word about actual release dates. And that's what bothers me about their communication with the customers. I don't think they're doing a great job when it comes to releasing information about newest updates, release dates, fixes etc.Last update for Windows version was back in May and it's already almost Christmas. I know there's the beta version, but... Most people have problems finding good relevant information about upcoming changes and the beta version has its own problems too from what I've seen so far (of course, it's a beta). When I go read the blog, the last article was published a month ago and the last relevant information for me as a Affinity Photo user was back in May. I'd prefer smaller and faster updates instead of one a bit larger every xx months. My clients won't wait that long and I really don't want to go back to LR/PS

I think that 8GB is plenty for handling 20MB raw files. All other programs handle it very fast (under 2s to open, without any hiccups, crashes or anything), including Digital Photo Professional, Zoner Photo Studio X and Lightroom CC. Only Affinity Photo takes forever to open the same file, so I assume it's not my computer. Also it's not only slow, but there are frequent crashes as well. From what I've seen on these forums and on the internet, unfortunately it's not a rare sight. If Serif wants to make Affinity Photo a replacement for LR/PS, this is not acceptable. Thanks, helps a bit. Btw, it's Windows version for me. I guess it depends on whether Serif wants to target amateurs or professionals. Slow opening of files and destructive RAW editing are two main issues for most professionals I've talked about this with. Even though that's true, they should work on their communication with their customers a bit more and be more open about upcoming changes, fixes etc. For example many people didn't even know that Serif plans to implement non-destructive develop persona until I told them... I want Affinity Photo to succeed, because when it works, it works very nicely. I despise Adobe's subscription model and Serif created a quite good competition for Adobe's products. It's just these few things that really bother me and I'm not happy when I have to role play a detective to find information about updates like this.

1.5 is almost a year old though. Also, when you go to Beta forums, it's not that easy to find information about newest features, only the fixes are clearly listed. Sure, we know for instance non-destructive develop persona should be coming soon-ish, but will it be included in 1.6? Or maybe in 2.0? Who knows, because it's not really clear from that thread. Currently, opening a 20MB raw file takes about 5-10s on a 6core/8GB ram/SSD desktop which I find just silly. In some thread they said they will look into this issue and try to optimise the performance, but again, WHEN? I don't have the time to fight with my software. But hey, they obviously got the time to fiddle with the ipad version. Shame there are no updates about 1.6 and important stuff. Playing with the sofware on an iPad is nice and everything, but a professional needs more than that and if Serif wants to provide a meaningful replacement for adobe products, they should probably do a little more, at least when it comes to releasing information about updates. Btw. I tried the beta version too. No signs of non-destructive persona or any optimisation when it comes to opening raw files. If it's not even in beta yet, when should we expect this as these features should be of course properly tested first? In 2-3 years judging by the speed of development so far? I'm sorry I'm being negative, but.. The software is currently unusable on my laptop because of frequent crashes and performance issues, and on my desktop it's not a walk in a park either.