No LUT thumbnails and Save as ''view'' problem.

[Ilias]

Hello. 

The version of affinity photo 1.9 is fantastic but I found some problems that one of them is important to me. In the adjustments tab in the LUT category it does not show me thumbnails while in all other categories it shows the thumbnails, shows only titles with the name and not thumbnails and I did not find a way to fix it to display the thumbnails. I have also made my own LUT to test whether it displays the ones installed by the users but it still does not display my own LUT thumbnails.

The other problem is not so important. When I export and select the type of file I want to export ''PNG, JPG, etc'' when it reaches the window where I have to name the file in place of ''PNG, JPG, etc extensions'' it says ''affinity photo'' but saves normally the image in the extension I selected, the problem is only in the save window and not in the file.

I do not know if I described it correctly so that you can understand what I mean. I will upload two photos to help you understand better.

The image with the problem with the thumbnail preview:

The picture with the export problem as ''PNG, JPG, etc extensions''

[walt.farrell]

8 hours ago, Ilias said:

In the adjustments tab in the LUT category it does not show me thumbnails while in all other categories it shows the thumbnails, shows only titles with the name and not thumbnails and I did not find a way to fix it to display the thumbnails. I have also made my own LUT to test whether it displays the ones installed by the users but it still does not display my own LUT thumbnails.

That is an intentional change, not a bug. I believe it is because generating the LUT thumbnails can take a long time for users who have loaded many LUT presets into the application. It goes along with the new function that makes it easy to import large numbers of LUTs, which would have exposed many more users to the performance issue if the thumbnails were still displayed.

8 hours ago, Ilias said:

The other problem is not so important. When I export and select the type of file I want to export ''PNG, JPG, etc'' when it reaches the window where I have to name the file in place of ''PNG, JPG, etc extensions'' it says ''affinity photo'' but saves normally the image in the extension I selected, the problem is only in the save window and not in the file.

Yes, this is a problem that others have also reported. It will be less confusing if you configure File Explorer to show filename extensions.

[Ilias]

Hello @walt.farrell, thanks for your answers.

I understand that some users are having problems with their performance when they have a lot of LUTs. But for me and some others we would like to be able to preview before selecting any of the LUTs. Now I have to choose them one by one to see which one I like best. I would love if Affinity gives us the option to choose a size from thumbnails (Large, Medium, Small, Title only, etc). It would also be nice to be able to create folders and subfolders in case there are too many LUTs to avoid confusion (Landscape LUTs, Portrait LUTs, Retro LUTs, B/W LUTs) etc.

So that users can deal with their performance issues and we will all be happy.

[walt.farrell]

Those sound like good ideas for an enhancement, which you should post in Feedback for Affinity Photo on Desktop.

[Ilias]

So I will mention it in the link you gave me. Regarding the problem with the save window, indeed the problem is solved when I enable file extensions.