AffinityAppMan Posted September 15, 2021 Share Posted September 15, 2021 Greetings, How can I get Affinity Photo and Designer to appear on the iPad os pop up menu so that I can open a selected file without having to import from the app menu? please see image attached Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted September 15, 2021 Share Posted September 15, 2021 If they don’t appear on the share sheet you can create shortcuts via the Shortcuts app: 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...
AffinityAppMan Posted September 16, 2021 Author Share Posted September 16, 2021 21 hours ago, Alfred said: If they don’t appear on the share sheet you can create shortcuts via the Shortcuts app: Thank you Alfred. I tried doing this, but I am having trouble doing it by just looking at screenshoots without a step by step guide. Is there a step by step guide somewhere? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted September 16, 2021 Share Posted September 16, 2021 1. Launch the Shortcuts app and tap on the ‘+’ icon next to the ‘Select’ link 2. Provide an appropriate name for the shortcut & enable 'Show in Share Sheet' 3. Tap on ‘Documents’ in the grid on the right-hand side 4. Scroll down to the Files section and tap on ‘Open In…’ 5. Choose ‘Shortcut Input’ as the File option 6. Switch off ‘Show Open In Menu’ 7. Tap on ‘Choose’ and then tap on the appropriate target app in the dropdown list DM1 and NotMyFault 2 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...
AffinityAppMan Posted September 16, 2021 Author Share Posted September 16, 2021 2 hours ago, Alfred said: 1. Launch the Shortcuts app and tap on the ‘+’ icon next to the ‘Select’ link 2. Provide an appropriate name for the shortcut 3. Tap on ‘Documents’ in the grid on the right-hand side 4. Scroll down to the Files section and tap on ‘Open In…’ 5. Choose ‘Shortcut Input’ as the File option 6. Switch off ‘Show Open In Menu’ 7. Tap on ‘Choose’ and then tap on the appropriate target app in the dropdown list Thank you Alfred. I see what my problem is, I am not showing a "Documents" icon when I try to do this. Very strange. I only get these 4 options: Apps, Scripting, Favorites, and media. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AffinityAppMan Posted September 17, 2021 Author Share Posted September 17, 2021 9 hours ago, Alfred said: 1. Launch the Shortcuts app and tap on the ‘+’ icon next to the ‘Select’ link 2. Provide an appropriate name for the shortcut 3. Tap on ‘Documents’ in the grid on the right-hand side 4. Scroll down to the Files section and tap on ‘Open In…’ 5. Choose ‘Shortcut Input’ as the File option 6. Switch off ‘Show Open In Menu’ 7. Tap on ‘Choose’ and then tap on the appropriate target app in the dropdown list 9 hours ago, Alfred said: Alfred, i figured it out. thank you for your help! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted September 17, 2021 Share Posted September 17, 2021 7 hours ago, AffinityAppMan said: Alfred, i figured it out. thank you for your help! That’s great news, @AffinityAppMan, but what was the solution? 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...
walt.farrell Posted September 17, 2021 Share Posted September 17, 2021 20 hours ago, Alfred said: 7. Tap on ‘Choose’ and then tap on the appropriate target app in the dropdown list After that, I must be missing something that actually saves the shortcut, but I can't figure out what. Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted September 17, 2021 Share Posted September 17, 2021 36 minutes ago, walt.farrell said: After that, I must be missing something that actually saves the shortcut, but I can't figure out what. I haven’t encountered the need to do anything explicitly. When I go back to ‘All Shortcuts’ the new one is there at the top of the list. 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...
Staff MEB Posted September 17, 2021 Staff Share Posted September 17, 2021 @walt.farrell, Tap the circle with the ellipsis in center of the interface (on top), give the shortcut a name, tap done in that dialog and simply go back tapping the My Shortcuts link on the top left of the interface to return to the main screen. Your new shortcut should be there with the name you gave it. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted September 17, 2021 Share Posted September 17, 2021 @Alfred and @MEB: Thanks. I hadn't thought of simply going back to the main shortcuts page; I was looking for some explicit "save" action of some kind, and getting confused when I couldn't find one. Alfred 1 Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikikuru Posted October 2, 2021 Share Posted October 2, 2021 Hi Guys, Running iOS 15, as soon as soon as I hit step 5, the high lighted section is added automatically. Then in photos when I say hey Siri “photo” it just responds with a “done” reply. Am I missing something? Looks so simple! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikikuru Posted October 2, 2021 Share Posted October 2, 2021 Ok, figured it out. Only thing is, it does not open RAW photos into the develop persona. You can then select the persona, but the image looks already processed, very different to opening the app first add then opening a RAW file. But still great for non RAW, so much appreciated! Alfred 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted October 2, 2021 Share Posted October 2, 2021 8 hours ago, Ikikuru said: Ok, figured it out. Good to hear, but (as above!) what was the solution? 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...
DM1 Posted October 2, 2021 Share Posted October 2, 2021 9 hours ago, Ikikuru said: Ok, figured it out. Only thing is, it does not open RAW photos into the develop persona. From memory I simply used the edit option on Share sheet to add Photo and Designer from Documents. Raw files open in Raw Mode for me. Just tap the 3 dots at side of page next to the file name and select Share. Tap edit if you need to add Photo to Share Sheet. Works in Files app too. Quote M1 IPad Air 10.9/256GB lpadOS 17.1.1 Apple Pencil (2nd gen). Affinity Photo 1.10.5 Affinity Design 1.10.5 Affinity Publisher 2, Affinity Designer 2, Affinity Photo 2 and betas. Official Online iPad Help documents (multi-lingual) here: https://affinity.https://affinity.help/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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