batoubot Posted October 14, 2019 Share Posted October 14, 2019 Hi there, I'm seeing this window when launching Affinity Photo. I'm on macOS Catalina. Wondering why it needs to record my screen? Cheers, Batoubot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted October 15, 2019 Share Posted October 15, 2019 If in Doubt Deny, it can be changed in System Preferences > Security & Privacy if something doesn't work. In this instance, I suspect it's to facilitate the use of colour pickers, not to actually record the whole of the screen. Lee D 1 Quote iMac 27" 2019 Somona 14.3.1, iMac 27" Affinity Designer, Photo & Publisher V1 & V2, Adobe, Inkscape, Vectorstyler, Blender, C4D, Sketchup + more... XP-Pen Artist-22E, - iPad Pro 12.9 (Please refrain from licking the screen while using this forum) Affinity Help - Affinity Desktop Tutorials - Feedback - FAQ - most asked questions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulsonb Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 I came to the forums looking for information on this as well. I've just emailed the company asking why I got this prompt (which I denied). If/when I get a response from them I'll let you know what they say! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 1 hour ago, paulsonb said: I came to the forums looking for information on this as well. I've just emailed the company asking why I got this prompt (which I denied). If/when I get a response from them I'll let you know what they say! I'm 99.999999999% sure I'm right. VicH 1 Quote iMac 27" 2019 Somona 14.3.1, iMac 27" Affinity Designer, Photo & Publisher V1 & V2, Adobe, Inkscape, Vectorstyler, Blender, C4D, Sketchup + more... XP-Pen Artist-22E, - iPad Pro 12.9 (Please refrain from licking the screen while using this forum) Affinity Help - Affinity Desktop Tutorials - Feedback - FAQ - most asked questions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 7 minutes ago, firstdefence said: I'm 99.999999999% sure I'm right. Why the huge element of self-doubt?? Xzenor 1 Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.4.1 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 2 hours ago, Alfred said: Why the huge element of self-doubt?? I think I'm feeling a bit insecure lol! Alfred 1 Quote iMac 27" 2019 Somona 14.3.1, iMac 27" Affinity Designer, Photo & Publisher V1 & V2, Adobe, Inkscape, Vectorstyler, Blender, C4D, Sketchup + more... XP-Pen Artist-22E, - iPad Pro 12.9 (Please refrain from licking the screen while using this forum) Affinity Help - Affinity Desktop Tutorials - Feedback - FAQ - most asked questions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted October 18, 2019 Share Posted October 18, 2019 18 hours ago, firstdefence said: I'm 99.999999999% sure I'm right. I am 100% sure that one should never assume that every Mac OS notification means what it says, particularly for the first few versions of each new release. Alfred 1 Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.4.1 Mac apps; 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7 Affinity Photo 1.10.8; Affinity Designer 1.108; & all 3 V2 apps for iPad; 6th Generation iPad 32 GB; Apple Pencil; iPadOS 15.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Dan C Posted October 18, 2019 Staff Share Posted October 18, 2019 On 10/15/2019 at 8:06 AM, firstdefence said: In this instance, I suspect it's to facilitate the use of colour pickers, not to actually record the whole of the screen. I'm here to alleviate the 0.000000001% of doubt - this permission request is indeed for the colour picker and this is required for its use as it functions beyond the bounds of the UI Alfred, VicH, R C-R and 2 others 4 1 Quote Please note - I am currently out of the office for a short while whilst recovering from surgery (nothing serious!), therefore will not be available on the Forums during this time. Should you require a response from the team in a thread I have previously replied in - please Create a New Thread and our team will be sure to reply as soon as possible. Many thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Divax Posted October 19, 2019 Share Posted October 19, 2019 Hi all, I'm new to Affinity Design. Does it record art strokes? I'm trying to do a speed painting kinda thing? I also got the prompt to record screen on my MacBook and i was thinking this was for recording art process. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Dan C Posted October 19, 2019 Staff Share Posted October 19, 2019 Hi Divax, Welcome to the forums Unfortunately this isn't a feature supported in Affinity apps currently - it's been requested previously on our forums and is a something we'd like to add in the future! Quote Please note - I am currently out of the office for a short while whilst recovering from surgery (nothing serious!), therefore will not be available on the Forums during this time. Should you require a response from the team in a thread I have previously replied in - please Create a New Thread and our team will be sure to reply as soon as possible. Many thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulsonb Posted October 21, 2019 Share Posted October 21, 2019 On 10/17/2019 at 3:26 PM, firstdefence said: I think I'm feeling a bit insecure lol! Turns out you had no need to feel insecure, here's the response I got: This warning is shown due to the Colour Picker within Affinity and we don't actually record your screen. It's a new feature brought in by Catalina and like i say, is linked to our Colour Picker which has the ability to pick a colour from anything on the screen, which the MacOS takes as screen recording. This is also present in other apps that happen to have the colour picker as well. By all means you can disallow it, but the colour picker won't work. firstdefence 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emerritt Posted January 14, 2021 Share Posted January 14, 2021 I'm on MacOS Catalina and with or without the permission granted, the color picker works on any part of any screen, in or out of the Designer UI. What am I missing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Dan C Posted January 15, 2021 Staff Share Posted January 15, 2021 Hi @emerritt, Welcome to the forums 14 hours ago, emerritt said: with or without the permission granted, the color picker works on any part of any screen This isn't something I've had reported previously and I don't currently understand how this is working for you! As far as I understand, you have previously had this option allowed, and you have since disabled the permission in System Preferences? Have you restarted the Affinity app / your Mac since changing this preference? It may be that the OS/App does not update before a restart. One of our Mac developers had the following to say here - "The colour picker will still show but the colour likely won’t be retrieved correctly - it will probably be black picking any colour not on our document." Can you please confirm for me, does the colour picker look correct when 'picking' outside of the apps UI? Does the app 'pick' the correct colour and offer this in the Colour Studio when picking from outside the apps UI, or does it always pick black when using the tool outside the app? Many thanks in advance! Quote Please note - I am currently out of the office for a short while whilst recovering from surgery (nothing serious!), therefore will not be available on the Forums during this time. Should you require a response from the team in a thread I have previously replied in - please Create a New Thread and our team will be sure to reply as soon as possible. Many thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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