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When saving, I can't see an option to also show the file extension. I find this very useful, to immediately identify the file creator while in the Finder.
I would like to have a checkbox in the Save dialog, or a general preference, to make it appear if desired.
Paolo
 

Ever since I started using Windoze I’ve wondered why anyone at Micro$oft thought it a good idea to hide extensions by default. It just makes it easier for someone with malicious intent to distribute a piece of malware with an innocent-looking name like ‘pretty-pic.jpg’ (real name ‘pretty-pic.jpg.exe’).

Thanks. I agree that something better should be provided than that.

There are apps showing an option, in the Save dialog, to show or hide the extension.
Then, there are apps (most of them, I would say) including the extension in the Name field when saving.

Unfortunately, Affinity apps don't have the one or the other, so (at least here on Mojave) the files are by default saved with no extension.

Paolo
 

Luminar 4 has the photo library features.  I have used older versions from before that was added and had mostly abandoned it because I was not too thrilled with the quality of the results it produced; I had various other programs by then which all did much better.
Here is the page for Luminar 4: https://skylum.com/luminar-4
If you scroll down under the header "Browse beautifully. Without importing" there is a video which demonstrates the library feature.
I'm not sure how Luminar AI fits in and am not really paying much attention to that product line any more, but if I am looking at the page correctly it looks like Luminar Neo is slated to replace AI and 4 at some point in the future and is currently in beta testing?
The company's other major product, Aurora HDR, is an awesome HDR photo app (which I rarely have a need for but am glad to have in my toolbox for the occasion when I do), but I don't particularly recommend Luminar at this point - YMMV.

NeoFinder/abeMeda seems another option for image management. Think I looked at it in the past.

Thanks for the Photo Mechanic suggestion, it looks like a reasonable product at first glance (I have downloaded it).  I need to figure out how to get it to stop showing the sidecar files as a failed image, but other than that, it's definitely a contender.  The contact sheet idea is certainly different.
Thanks, I suspect what has happened is capture one has converted to NZD, but not said that's it done that.  Mostly sites that are in USD don't say NZD.  Bit of an oversight on their part.  Nevertheless an Adobe creative cloud photography plan is $17NZD or $10 USD per month including photoshop.  So that still makes capture one over 2x expensive as the product I'm complaining about having to subscribe to.  Capture one is definitely a no-go for me based on price alone.  And I wouldn't be risking a one time payment that only covers a single version - you can see they have a lot of versions when the current one is version 22.  Absolutely not value for money for the volunteer photographer, if you're a pro or something that's different.  The way I figure it is Lightroom & photoshop are the baselines upon which to judge others upon.
What sometimes I think these companies don't realise is NZ is not US.  Our salaries are not comparable, so what is $10 in the US equates to more in NZ.  I agree with you though, I am over subscriptions and avoid them like the plague now.  If a company offers a lifetime, I buy that - it pays off in the end.
Hey, thanks for this - I looked at it previously and I'm trying to download a trial but it looks like I have to buy it first then refund it through the App Store.  Can you confirm for me that Luminar has an actual photo library management function in it?  Reading on their web site, there is not one mention of this feature that I can find.  Perhaps this is the issue, perhaps companies are overlooking the value of the management side and just not talking about it.  I have to say the feature comparison between Luminar Ai, Luminar is a mess.  I have no idea where each of their products are set.  There's one called AI, that's missing all the AI features that another one has.  There's one called Neo which appears to be the flagship but is missing things such as 'basic masking tools' and one called luminar 4 which I honestly don't understand what it's there for.  
 

Any enlightenment would be appreciated before I press the button.  I wish affinity would do one as they clearly know how to make a good product.  Otherwise, Exposure in time may be good.

How did you get those prices?  Here is what I see (USD) - and I am not logged in on the site, so this is not the upgrade pricing:

 
Capture One is not cheap, but it is one of the best tools available in terms of tool set and image quality of the developed images.
Yes, the non-subscription license does mean paying for upgrades for new major versions.
 
They basically have two: On1 Plus, which is a training/resources site (teaches photography techniques, etc.), and the "Cloud Sync" thing mentioned on that page, which syncs images across devices (I have never used that).
 
I never subscribed to Adobe.  I bought CS6 a few months before Adobe went subscription-only and never really took the time to learn most of the apps because as soon as they went subscription-only I knew the products were at a dead end and I would need to stop using them anyway due to the lack of upgrades keeping them working with newer OS versions, so I switched to alternatives as I identified them, or else stuck with what I was already using that I was planning on switching from or adding to.

Luminar is priced fairly (in the same way as Affinity apps), and looks modern and powerful. What makes it not a viable replacement of Lightroom for Affinity users?
Paolo
 

Sorry I may have been confused as to what you were after. I use Capture One Express as I don't have a huge number of images. Just send tiffs to Affinity Photo. I know some people use Photo Mechanic to manage images.

Topaz Studio 2 is another option.

Hey thanks for your post, I am wondering why we have different impressions, will get back and have a look at it when I get a moment as if you're right, I could be very excited.

Not sure where you are getting this from, but Capture One does indeed have photo library facilities.  It is a RAW developer, but is NOT an editor.  Also it can be licensed for a one-time fee - the subscription is optional.
 
Again, it can indeed be used to maintain a library of photos, which is its best feature.  It also does RAW development reasonably well (though not as well as Capture One or DxO PhotoLab, which in my opinion are the best two apps for raw development - on1 is better for maintaining libraries of photos than PhotoLab is though, while Capture One is good for both).  The editing facilities are there in on1, but not all that great.  I was using on1 as my primary photo library/developer tool until I purchased Capture One, which is what I am mostly transitioning to.  Both are able to do an "edit in external application" which works reasonably well with Affinity Photo when you need to do editing (as is PhotoLab).  I never really made any practical use of the editing features of on1.
 
On1 Photo RAW is not a subscription.  They have add-on services which are subscription-based, but the photo software itself is not.
 
Apple used to have the absolute best of these programs, named Aperture.  Sadly they discontinued it.  I would almost certainly still be using Aperture otherwise; everything that is on the market pales compared to what Aperture was when it comes to organizing photos (sadly it no longer runs on current macOS versions and obviously won't have updated camera profiles).  Capture One seems to come closest of those things which I have tried.

You're correct, it is indeed a photo manager, yay!  However I stand by my commentary on pricing.  the below (in USD) is one of the most expensive products and I note the one time fee suspiciously mentions one version, so it doesn't sound like a lifetime license which might have been worth it.  This is probably one of the top two most expensive photo editing tools I've ever seen.

 
Seems like I have to eat my words again, I don't know why but looks like I got this completely wrong and I even checked before I wrote that! This time I installed the apps to double check.  I don't know what the add on services are you mention, but it seems it does both purchase and subscription options.  Not particularly viable as a Lightroom replacement though considering it's the same price for Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop with the Photographers plan.  (Assuming of course you left because you're sick of subscription model and that price range - which I am).  At least though there's a purchase option, though the devil is in the details with those.

I also just took a look at Raw Power, which is quite a hopeful for me, priced the lowest of them all at only $29USD, and has a lot of the necessary features, including auto detecting all my photo editor apps - which I've never seen anything do before.  I don't know will have a look at them all in more detail.  But it looks like Raw Power is the only viable one from a cost perspective.  Someone said something about free for Nikon on one of the apps which I can't find (I shoot Canon) but I've never figured out how that works.  How is it free for Nikon, do you plug your camera serial number into it or something?  Thanks.
Thanks again to @fde101 for pointing this out and @Snapseed for the raw power suggestion.

l agree with you there. Apple's image software has effectively been dumbed down under Tim Cook to cater for Instagram and Snapchat users only. The least they should have done under those circumstances was to make the Aperture code open source so that others could continue the project.
It is worth mentioning that ex-Apple developer Nick Bhatt has since gone on to develop RAW Power which should look familiar to users of Aperture.
Link: https://www.gentlemencoders.com/raw-power-for-macos/

Hi @jenninexus, 
I hope "psb export support" too 😘

Now, you can save .PSD on Affinity Photo or Affinity Designer and then use this website to convert from .PSD to .PSB file. 
https://www.imageconvert.org/psd-to-psb 

Good luck!
 

+1
As a Unity3D Developer I really need this feature.

+1  for PSB export.

+1 for PSB support. Unity developer, would really improve the workflow

+1

Started game dev work in unity and the lack of direct PSB  saving is going to force me away from using Affinity Designer, which is unpleasant as I've invested quite a lot of time into learning and using Affinity Designer.
At this rate though the slow down from having to use 3rd party tools to convert files with every minor change is out weighing the time savings of using AD.

You try Export to .Psd using Affinity Photo or Affinity Designer and then rename .psd to .psb  

It's work for me.

+1!
Just bumped into the exact same thing. Onto finding how to auto arrange them in the meantime.
Unity could maybe allow for .PSD support too. 

Hi Affinity team,
I'm game developer, use Unity game engine. 

Unity are introducing a 2D PSDImporter package that allows the layers in a .psb file to be automatically imported into a sprite upon import.  This doesn't appear to work with .psd file. 

So i wish .psb export support in Affinity Photo / Designer 
Big Thanks!

If you're after photo management, Capture One Express has some functionality for RAW,DNG and TIFF files(Catalogue but no sessions) and is free for Sony, Nikon and Fuji. Editing is along the lines of AP Develop Persona. FastRawViewer is fast and works with RAW files but no editing. Adobe Bridge is also free.

I understand where you are both coming but I absolutely detest Google's malignant and ill-informed decision to bring in yet another unnecessary graphics standard format: