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As a non-professional photo editor, I see nothing to make me want to upgrade apart from maybe live mesh. The new interface is different, some things I like and others not, but no great overall improvement IMO.
V1 was so exiting when it was released (i bought while at an airport as I couldn't wait to try it), but all in all V2 it gets a 'meh' from me. And the msix installer file format is very annoying - bring back the exe;  I would hold off purchase until this changed anyway.
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I'm unsure if this what you want, but in a levels adjustment (live or not) hold the alt key (windows) while changing the black & white level sliders - the blown out areas are then highlighted.

I'm unsure if this what you want, but in a levels adjustment (live or not) hold the alt key (windows) while changing the black & white level sliders - the blown out areas are then highlighted.

I'm unsure if this what you want, but in a levels adjustment (live or not) hold the alt key (windows) while changing the black & white level sliders - the blown out areas are then highlighted.

The best way is during image capture: make an additional photo from identical position, with plate removed.

Shame most other companies breached do not show the transparency shown here!!

Shame most other companies breached do not show the transparency shown here!!

The admin password on the account in question was a random mix of upper and lower case letters and numbers, which the account holder had thought was unique to the forum account but was actually shared with another website who suffered a cyber attack. We have only discovered the shared nature of that password since the attack. We do take data protection seriously but this has shown up some weaknesses that we are addressing. Sorry again

I (still) find it far too difficult to identify the active tab (Photo) among the many I may have open. Why can't the active tab background or the text be a different colour (maybe green)?  I can't find any setting to change this.
To close the active tab, the only easy and reliable way I find is to use Ctrl-W.

Now you can: 
 

This may seem trivial, but it drivest me nuts. When I go to save or export in Affinity Photo, the default save folder seems to be the one I last saved a file to, not the folder that the file I am working on was loaded from. This often results in having to dig through my folder hierarchy for the right one, or worse, accidentally saving to the wrong folder and needing to search for it later. If I save a file and then do an export, once again I need to go searching for the correct folder. Is there a preference that can change this?  It seems to me that most software doesn’t work this way - files get saved to the folder from which they were opened.

You could try XnViewMP.

You're welcome.
Not that I have found.

lphilpot provided a concise, orderly summary of some differences between MSI and MSIX versions of Affinity 2 software.
I do have a few comments stimulated less by my own meager knowledge of the technical considerations and more by the various comments in these forums from end-users. Such comments have been pouring in continuously during the nearly three months since Affinity 2 for Windows was released as a Windows App (MSIX) rather than as a Windows Program (MSI/EXE).
1.) Windows Apps installed via MSIX seem to be inherently insecure in the judgement of businesses, medical facilities, financial institutions, and others who have reported in these forums that MSIX applications are blocked by their organizations for security reasons. Thus, a possibly significant fraction of Affinity users were prevented from ever installing Affinity 2 (MSIX).
2.) If MSI differed from MSIX mostly in packaging for installation, then why did it take Affinity nearly three months to provide the MSI packaging? It seems the issues are far more complex than mere packaging for distribution. This seems confirmed by Moderators asking for more patience as the developers designed and coded an MSI version of Affinity 2 that would be compatible with the existing MSIX installation.
3.) That the application/user must check for updates for traditional Windows MSI programs seems a major advantage of traditional Windows program installations, not a con at all. I for one, and all the businesses that block MSIX Windows Apps, really do not want software updating itself without advising, and obtaining consent from, the user. I've seen this producer-controlled updating change iPadOS apps without my knowledge or consent (just as Kindle books can say one thing on one day and the opposite tomorrow). End-users, or local system administrators in organizations, should be in control of their software, not controlled by their software.
4.) There is no inherent reason that MSI applications cannot be updated with frequent, small patches. It's been occurring for decades. 
5.) I have been pleased to see that the Windows environment is robust enough to handle the multiple versions of Affinity software residing simultaneously on my computer during the past few days. I'm also pleased that the Affinity developers were able to provide solutions to the problems originating with the MSIX installations.
What continues to bother me most about the Big Debacle is that Affinity user support staff were totally unprepared for the negative reaction to the MSIX installers. The problems encountered by end-users, many of whom could not even install the software at all, should have been anticipated. Support staff should have been trained and prepared to give reasonable explanations and provide solutions. Instead, workarounds were rushed out amongst great turmoil. After three months of disruption and anger, Affinity's reputation is sullied. Those committed in one way or another to the future of Affinity software are frustrated. It was all so unnecessary.

Only due to the howls of protest and anguish from users. But at least they did it.

The AI did most of the work, but here's my tweaked version. May be a bit over-processed, so I'll try again.

 
I am so grateful for the help!!!

Now seen your  pinned post
Affinity V2 Windows installers ARE available as Unsandboxed MSI/EXE as well as Sandboxed MSIX
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And a thanks to Serif/Devs for keeping their promise to do so.

We are pleased to announce Affinity Designer 2, Affinity Photo 2 and Affinity Publisher 2 are now all updated to version 2.0.4 (for all existing customers on all platforms).
Here are links to the release notes
Affinity Designer 2.0.4 for Windows               ( Microsoft Store and Affinity Store [as sandboxed MSIX and unsandboxed MSI/EXE] ) Affinity Designer 2.0.4 for macOS                  ( Mac App Store and Affinity Store ) Affinity Designer 2.0.4 for iOS                        ( Apple iPad Store )
  Affinity Photo 2.0.4 for Windows                    ( Microsoft Store and Affinity Store [as sandboxed MSIX and unsandboxed MSI/EXE] ) Affinity Photo 2.0.4 for macOS                       ( Mac App Store and Affinity Store )  Affinity Photo 2.0.4 for iOS                             ( Apple iPad Store ) 
  Affinity Publisher 2.0.4 for Windows              ( Microsoft Store and Affinity Store [as sandboxed MSIX and unsandboxed MSI/EXE] ) Affinity Publisher 2.0.4 for macOS                 ( Mac App Store and Affinity Store ) Affinity Publisher 2.0.4 for iOS                       ( Apple iPad Store )  Please follow this thread here to get notified when any new releases are made.

Now seen your  pinned post
Affinity V2 Windows installers ARE available as Unsandboxed MSI/EXE as well as Sandboxed MSIX
👍😄
And a thanks to Serif/Devs for keeping their promise to do so.

Thank you.

Not exactly easy to find; and yes I did a search first. A pinned topic would have made it a lot easier.

Why isn't Serif posting updates on the release of an msi installer, rather than leave everyone that cares hanging? Are they going to say "no longer going to do it"?
It should be a pinned topic, reasonably regularly updated. Rubbish customer service.

The exe installer seems to work perfectly on my system on a first look 😀 And I can now get it to work with other programs as I wish! SO MUCH BETTER 😁
And I almost feel confident enough to uninstall v1 - I'll give it a few days.

The exe installer seems to work perfectly on my system on a first look 😀 And I can now get it to work with other programs as I wish! SO MUCH BETTER 😁
And I almost feel confident enough to uninstall v1 - I'll give it a few days.

I would like the release date of each video to be shown on the list on the first page.

In case anyone else has the same problem, I found that if I drag Photo or Photo2 to my second monitor, rather than using the win-shift-arrow key shortcuts, all works ok; and I can have both working at the same time.