Sally_Jane Posted March 10, 2022 Share Posted March 10, 2022 Hello, I was wondering if Affinity Photo keeps a log somewhere of how long you have been working on a drawing/had it open, and where I might be able to find this. And if it's not a feature, might someone know of a secondary app I can use to time my art? Thank you 😊 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Komatös Posted March 10, 2022 Share Posted March 10, 2022 Hello @Sally_Jane and welcome to the forums. If you have a smart phone or Windows (10/11), the simplest way is to use the stop watch function from the clock.app Quote AMD Ryzen 7 5700X | INTEL Arc A770 LE 16 GB | 32 GB DDR4 3200MHz | Windows 11 Pro 23H2 (22631.3296) AMD A10-9600P | dGPU R7 M340 (2 GB) | 8 GB DDR4 2133 MHz | Windows 10 Home 22H2 (1945.3803) Affinity Suite V 2.4 & Beta 2.(latest) Better translations with: https://www.deepl.com/translator  Interested in a robust (selfhosted) PDF Solution? Have a look at Stirling PDF Life is too short to have meaningless discussions! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Dan C Posted March 10, 2022 Staff Share Posted March 10, 2022 Hi @Sally_Jane 3 hours ago, Sally_Jane said: I was wondering if Affinity Photo keeps a log somewhere of how long you have been working on a drawing/had it open, and where I might be able to find this. Unfortunately Affinity doesn't keep track of this information, my apologies. Another option would be to use File > Save as soon as you create the file, as you will then have a 'start' timestamp in Explorer/Finder where the file is stored. I hope this clears things up! 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...
NotMyFault Posted March 10, 2022 Share Posted March 10, 2022 Or create a snapshot when you start. By default the current time is used as name. Dan C 1 Quote Mac mini M1 A2348 | Windows 10 - AMD Ryzen 9 5900x - 32 GB RAM - Nvidia GTX 1080 LG34WK950U-W, calibrated to DCI-P3 with LG Calibration Studio / Spider 5 iPad Air Gen 5 (2022) A2589 Special interest into procedural texture filter, edit alpha channel, RGB/16 and RGB/32 color formats, stacking, finding root causes for misbehaving files, finding creative solutions for unsolvable tasks, finding bugs in Apps. Â Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markw Posted March 10, 2022 Share Posted March 10, 2022 Hello Sally_Jane and welcome to the Affinity forums🙂 You ask about possible third party apps? I’ve used an app called Klokki for a while now which fits my needs. It’s Mac only, but if you are on a Mac they do offer a 14 day free trial. Quote macOS 10.15.7 | 15" Macbook Pro, 2017 | 4 Core i7 3.1GHz CPU | Radeon Pro 555 2GB GPU + Integrated Intel HD Graphics 630 1.536GB | 16GB RAM | Wacom Intuos4 M Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
v_kyr Posted March 10, 2022 Share Posted March 10, 2022 There are a bunch for Macs ... The 11 Top Time Tracking Apps for Mac 18 Best Time Tracking Software for Mac in 2022 Toggl Track Use Apple Screen Time on your Mac ... etc. And there are probably even more for Windows then too. Quote ☛ Affinity Designer 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Photo 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Publisher 1.10.8 ◆ OSX El Capitan ☛ Affinity V2.3 apps ◆ MacOS Sonoma 14.2 ◆ iPad OS 17.2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sally_Jane Posted March 11, 2022 Author Share Posted March 11, 2022 Oh wow, thank you everyone! I guess I'll hunt down a timer or use an app, thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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