importing from Apple Photos into Affinity Photo for iPad

[Foxtrot]

Hi

I have checked around everywhere to find the answer before posting this but can't find anything. When I import an image from Apple photos into affinity Photo for iPad any changes I have made in Apple photos are ignored - eg Cropping, and it displays in affinity photo as it originally appeared in Photos before cropping. Is this deliberate, a bug or am I doing something wrong? (The iPad Photoshop app imports the cropped image  so it is not an apple issue.)

I also turned image B&W in Apple Photos and the import to Affinity Photo for iPad then restored the colour!!!!

Many thanks for your help

 

[DM1]

Try this. Open Apple photo app and tap on the changed image you want to use Tap the Share icon and select Open in Affinity Photo. Your changes should be retained.

There appears to be an issue when opening from the Affinity app that results in Apple photos edits being lost. By design or a bug? Don’t know but it’s been reported ages ago and is still that way.

[Foxtrot]

Thanks for your reply. I did try that but tapping the share icon does not give an option to open in affinity photo. 

 If it is a known issue I will live with it - I was just concerned I was doing something wrong to cause it.

Regards

 

[Alfred]

If you don’t have an ‘Open in Affinity Photo’ option (which is probably only present if you’ve set up a shortcut via the Shortcuts app) try this instead:

1. Open the file in the Photos app.

2. Tap on the ‘Share’ button.

3. Choose the ‘Copy Photo’ option.

4. Go to the home screen in Affinity Photo.

5. Tap on the ‘+’ icon.

6. Choose the ‘New From Clipboard’ option.

[DM1]

12 hours ago, Foxtrot said:

I did try that but tapping the share icon does not give an option to open in affinity photo. 

Simple enough to make a shortcut using the Shortcut app. Here are the required inputs.

[Blitz99]

The above open in Affinity Photo does not appear on ipad.. neither does the alternate copy image method work. Paste is greyed out in Affinity Photo, although the image can be pasted elsewhere. Yes it’s a pixel layer.

so… unable to import anything into Affinity Photo….

[Alfred]

1 hour ago, Blitz99 said:

Paste is greyed out in Affinity Photo, although the image can be pasted elsewhere.

Did you try ‘+ > New From Clipboard’ or did you only try ‘Edit > Paste’?

[Blitz99]

I can’t see a new from clipboard option?

[Blitz99]

Ok, i’ve fixed it. In case this helps anyone else: In settings, the paste from other apps was set to ask. However it doesn’t ask, and paste is greyed out. I’ve set it to always and can now paste from Photos to Affinity. It’s pretty clunky, but works. I don’t see the more integrated share UI in the examples in the earlier post. Something seems to have got broken in an update.

[Alfred]

47 minutes ago, Blitz99 said:

I can’t see a new from clipboard option?

It’s on the Home Screen (under ‘New’ in version 2 or ‘+’ in version 1).

[Brian_J]

I find the iPadOS ‘Open In’ shortcut really convenient, and it works for me on iPadOS 17.4.1. Here are screenshots from iPadOS 17.4.1 in case they’re helpful.

If you want to create shortcuts and have trouble doing so, let us know.

[Blitz99]

The new from clipboard doesn’t facilitate paste into an existing document though? It creates a brand new document, at the size and resolution of the image.

[Blitz99]

That shortcut opens the app, but I still can’t just paste an image into an existing doc? That’s all I’m trying to achieve.