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Hi, Gonna give this a go. I have Lightroom 6 (none subscription) I also want rid of P/S CS6 and just use Affinity Photo (On Windows) I just made AP a second external editor in L/R, I then use the export option to open the image/s. AP does not have a DAM option so no option but to keep L/R 6 at this time also you have to note that you cannot export multiple images as layers from AP as you can with P/S (Lightroom gives Open as layers in Photoshop option). So to answer your question (I Hope) You cannot access your images as you can in Lightroom at this time but I like I would assume like many AP user that a DAM is on the near horizon? Russ.

Nowhere on DXO/Nik website does Affinity come up but the same can be said for AP and the Colorchecker that was being given away for free a while ago, they don't work together either. You say that " Using Affinity, GC, and the Nik bundle is so feature rich and easy that I have not even opened my Photoshop CS5 in many months. " so why worry? If it works don't fix it!!. I tried the new NIK collection on windows with AP and it worked but and it's a big BUT!! DXO where in trouble a while ago so is this new NIK collection going to stay the course? Pay and Pray or stick with the many other softwares out there and now there are a lot.

HI, I keep going to the 3rd party Plug-ins support page for AP but there does not seem to be any change to plug-ins that maybe compatable with AP? Are there any 3rd party plug-ins that are maybe new out and work with AP? I understand that AP is attempting to give us something to use rather than Photoshop at a much reduced cost maybe but apart from no plug-in news there is also nothing as far as I can see on a DAM for AP. or an option to work with the Colorchecker from X-Rite on camera profiles. Thankyou. Russ.

Hi, Can someone please tell me how select ALL open images in Affinity Photo to send to NIK HDR? ie have 5 images - - - 0 + Yes I no you can HDR inside AP but used NIK for long time. Thankyou. Russ.

Hi, Well I had a quick play on Windows 7 64bit and all worked fine. Found you have to ADD each option one by one not the whole suite together. Mine is 'C' programs, DXO. Ran this image through NIK Efex, Sharpen, Define via Affinity (Windows) pretty fast software but think they may struggle in todays market with so many new kids on the block. Russ.

Don't no if already posted somewhere but https://nikcollection.dxo.com/ Russ

Hi, Thankyou for the reply. Problem with your option is that if you shoot say 10,15,20+ images to hand blend with layers and use Lighten, Darken, Multiply etc options then C&P each image to a project as seperate layers ( I understand that is what you would need to do) is just not an option as it would for example take an estate photographer so much time. Thankyou again for the reply. Russ.

Hi, Best way to ask what I am looking to do is a short clip from youtube. Thankyou. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pT1vgW7oJ8

Wow!! 2 years waiting to be able to use the CCP with AP and now two days without even a reply or even an update on any progress of the requested option.

Hi, Well it has been nearly two years since the request to be able to use the X-Rite ColourChecker within Affinity Photo to make camera profiles and also be able to get good colour and we do not seem to be getting this option although as previously posted you can get Affinity Photo FREE with the CCP. I was wanting to ditch Adobe but as the Lightroom version 6 that I have allows this option I have to keep going with that and ditch Affinity Photo. Russ2

Hi, well this topic was created way back on the 6th June 2016 and I understand that Affinity Photo is compaired to Adobe an affordable software as a stand alone product but in just over a months time this request for the option for users to be able to create there own Colour profiles will be TWO YEARS OLD!!! (Quote from Patrick Connor above " I would hope that the programmers will address this thread soon") and as pointed out previously AP is or was a FREE a product with the ColourChecker but still falling short in the options that these two items can do together.

Hi, So how then can you go into a deal with another company (X-Rite) but your products are not fully compatable?

Hi, don't no if any staff have read the latest post in the Color Correction with X-Rite Colorchecker Passport Started by metaweb20, June 6, 2016 but the last input states that Affinity Photo is now FREE with some X-Rite products yet we still cannot use the option to make our own camera profiles within AP. Offer is here. https://www.xritephoto.eu/colorchecker-passport-with-free-affinityphoto.html Russ.

As you can see above there has been no reply to this requset from anyone to do with Affinity since Nov 2017 and afraid this seems to be the norm from companies who make up these apps, get the money and turn invisable when customers ask for something that really must be simple to invoke as Adobe have done it for years.

This has been requested since June 16 and noone from Affinity seems to be bothered with it. I purchased Affinity to get away from Adobe but the way things are going I am having a re-think but in saying that I also use On1 Photo RAW and have for a few years but even they cannot get up to speed with the X-Rite work flow. Russ

OK thankyou but that option means missing out Machinary HDR.

Hi. Is it possible to have a work flow as follows? Lightroom to Machinary HDR to Affinity Photo and then have Lightroom as an export option from Affinity Photo without having to keep saving an image to get it back to Lightroom? Thankyou, Russ

Hi, No offence to you but if we where to take out the words 'some time' or 'soon' from the English language software companies would have no answers to a lot of questions posted. Not only here but most other companies come up with the same answer. I asked Franzis about allowing there HDR Projects 5 a plug-in for Affinity Photo and same kind of answer 'we are working on it'. On1 Photo RAW 2018 has been on the go for many years but still 'working on it' or 'soon' If people with connections to the software companies cannot or do not no answers what chance the people who purchase there goods? Seems your DAMED if you do and DAMED if you don't.

Hi, I have just re-installed everything on the computer. Before I was useing Lightroom 6 as a DAM and I no the question has been asked before but is there any light on the horizon for a DAM option in Affinity Photo as I really don't want to re-install Lightroom again if I don't need to. Many Thanks, Russ

Hi, Thankyou for your reply. You can actually do this in Photomatix and HDRProjects 5 then send the 32 bit file to your editing program (if it accepts OpenEXE or Radience fies) but just thought rather than going round the houses would be easier inside the one program also HDRProjects is available as a plugin for photoshop but as yet not AF. Thankyou again for the reply, Russ

Hi, Just watched a video HDR Panoramas in Affinity Photo ( HDR merging and exporting individual panorama sections to OpenEXR. Merging several OpenEXR documents into a 32-bit panorama. Tone mapping the 32-bit panorama.) In the video it was stated that you have to merge all the bracketed shots individually for the panorama (ie 3 shots, 5 shots depending on the bracketed shots taken for the scene) To do this is very time consuming, is there not an option to load the bracketed shots into the software and then tell the software how many shots to include in each set of brackets (ie, 3 shots of 5 brackets total 15 shots per single HDR image to merge)? Thankyou Russ

Hi, After contacting Franzis the compiler of HDRProjects 5 plugin with the question ' I have now turned to Serif Affinity Photo and would like to ask will there be a HDRProjects 5 plugin made available as unfortunatly the plugin for Adobe products will not work with Affinity Photo.' Answer from them 'Thank you for contacting us. We are currently working on it and the option will be available soon. ' Russ.

Thankyou, in the shortcut key list is states hide UI = TAB and being old I didn't no what UI was. Russ

Hi, What key do you need to press to hide all the panels and give a full screen image as you would do in Lightroom with the F key? Thankyoiu, Russ