Downzising files

[Casper8]

Hello Affinity users.

I bought Affinity Photo yesterday on discount, have read many positive thing about it, not familiar with the user interface, have pixelmator and photos om Mac.

When i am opening a photo or drag a photo to Affinity the file size is dropping from about 23mp to around 6-8 mp, and it is not accepting raw files, do not open i raw persona?, Apple Pro raw in this case, am i doing anything wrong, any thoughts?

Thanks for help, have a nice day.

Edited January 23, 2021 by Casper8

[John Rostron]

Hello @Casper8and welome to the forums.

When you say the file size is dropping from 23mp (megaixels) to 6-8p, how are you getting this file size? Where are these numbers coming from?

How are you attempting to open your raw files? File > Open or drag-and-drop or clicking on the raw file icon?

John

 

[loukash]

8 hours ago, Casper8 said:

I bought Affinity Photo yesterday […] not familiar with the user interface

Then this is likely the best place to start:
https://affinity.serif.com/en-gb/tutorials/photo/desktop

[Casper8]

30 minutes ago, loukash said:

Then this is likely the best place to start:
https://affinity.serif.com/en-gb/tutorials/photo/desktop

Thanks, seen them, not solved tough.

[loukash]

(never mind)

[Casper8]

5 hours ago, John Rostron said:

Hello @Casper8and welome to the forums.

When you say the file size is dropping from 23mp (megaixels) to 6-8p, how are you getting this file size? Where are these numbers coming from?

How are you attempting to open your raw files? File > Open or drag-and-drop or clicking on the raw file icon?

John

 

Thank you all for the support.

The 23,3 MB is Photo app on Mac, the other is open from photos to Affinity.

It should open raw personas automatic?

No difference if i drag or open the photo. It looks like ProRaw is not supported   

Edited January 23, 2021 by Casper8

[walt.farrell]

22 minutes ago, Casper8 said:

The 23,3 MB is Photo app on Mac, the other is open from photos to Affinity.

It should open raw personas automatic?

It will only open in the Develop Persona automatically if you open a raw photo.

From the size difference, and the use of the Photo Persona rather than the Develop Persona, I suspect that Photos is sending a TIFF version of the file, not the raw version of the file, to Affinity Photo.

[Casper8]

3 minutes ago, walt.farrell said:

It will only open in the Develop Persona automatically if you open a raw photo.

From the size difference, and the use of the Photo Persona rather than the Develop Persona, I suspect that Photos is sending a TIFF version of the file, not the raw version of the file, to Affinity Photo.

Thanks, but shouldn't it open then when i drag a raw photo from the mac app?

[walt.farrell]

Just now, Casper8 said:

Thanks, but shouldn't it open then when i drag a raw photo from the mac app?

If you drag it from the Mac Finder, yes. From other Mac Apps, perhaps it wouldn't.

[Casper8]

7 minutes ago, walt.farrell said:

If you drag it from the Mac Finder, yes. From other Mac Apps, perhaps it wouldn't.

Interesting, when i look it up in finder it says jpg at the end, and the file is only 2,5 mb.

But the photo app says DNG

 

Edited January 23, 2021 by Casper8

[walt.farrell]

That is interesting. Someone who knows more about MacOS may have more info about that.

[Pšenda]

12 hours ago, Casper8 said:

When i am opening a photo or drag a photo to Affinity the file size is dropping from about 23mp to around 6-8 mp,

 

1 hour ago, Casper8 said:

The 23,3 MB is Photo app on Mac, the other is open from photos to Affinity.

Maybe I didn't understand your question well, but in the case of the file size it is 25.3 MB (mega bytes), see the screenshot from Photo app, while in the second case it is the image size, ie 9.14 MP (mega pixels), see the screenshot from APhoto, which has nothing to do with the size of the file itself.

[Casper8]

26 minutes ago, Pšenda said:

 

Maybe I didn't understand your question well, but in the case of the file size it is 25.3 MB (mega bytes), see the screenshot from Photo app, while in the second case it is the image size, ie 9.14 MP (mega pixels), see the screenshot from APhoto, which has nothing to do with the size of the file itself.

Thanks, but why will it not open in raw persona and where can i se the 23mb size information?

Edited January 23, 2021 by Casper8

[Pšenda]

10 hours ago, Casper8 said:

and where can i se the 23mb size information?

You mean 25.3 MB from your screenshot?

 

12 hours ago, Casper8 said:

It looks like ProRaw is not supported

 

[Casper8]

7 hours ago, Pšenda said:

You mean 25.3 MB from your screenshot?

 

 

Thanks, yes that MB. Waiting for update then.

[Fixx]

I think if you try to export or drag image from Apple Photo it exports a developed version. If you want to export RAW as it is there should be a different command for it. I do not use Apple Photo so I cannot check this.

Affinity Photo does not show file size, except an estimate in export dialog. File size depends a lot about file format (which includes compression settings etc). 

[Casper8]

8 hours ago, Fixx said:

I think if you try to export or drag image from Apple Photo it exports a developed version. If you want to export RAW as it is there should be a different command for it. I do not use Apple Photo so I cannot check this.

Affinity Photo does not show file size, except an estimate in export dialog. File size depends a lot about file format (which includes compression settings etc). 

Thanks for input on the subject.