Corruption of Affinity Photo files in Windows 10

[CromwellRestoration]

seems I've lost this project twice. First time was  two dozen layers and I thought perhaps I had clicked on the correction layer on top while document was still loading though it was fully displayed. Today, I stopped at less than a dozen layers. Saved as an Affinity file. In attempt to open :

[RichardMH]

Are you using Open or Open Recent? I've had a similar problem with Open Recent but Open still worked.

[CromwellRestoration]

neither has worked. Furthermore,  I can still open layered photoshop files that I haven't converted. Saved as Affinity file and opened it again successfully. I'm going to look closer at my elements.

 

Edited April 9, 2022 by CromwellRestoration

[PeteMacca]

There have been a few mentions here of Hardware Acceleration causing a corruption of files.

Try turning OFF hardware acceleration to see if that's causing your problem.

> Edit > Preferences > Performance

[CromwellRestoration]

I had turned Hardware Acceleration off previously. I' m considering turning it on again but I am drastically under this deadline for tool issues. I'll be back. Thanks for the input

[RichardMH]

Are you saving it on a NAS or some other external drive?

[CromwellRestoration]

yes

[RichardMH]

Apparently that can cause file loading problems.

[CromwellRestoration]

I've constructed another file (only slightly smaller than the first). saved to the same external and opened it again without a problem. My first time in the group, is it appropriate to drop the affinity file here?

1095819988_VASASpringShow3rd.afphoto

[PeteMacca]

38 minutes ago, CromwellRestoration said:

My first time in the group, is it appropriate to drop the affinity file here?

Yes, it's even encouraged by staff.

[CromwellRestoration]

Chit Man!  Here's the pooched file. very cool... any help solving the twitch would be appreciated.

2015414191____aaVASAAprilteamshow.afphoto

[carl123]

Recoverd file is attached

Saving to NAS or external storage devices is a major factor in file corruption for Affinity files

Always work on a local drive and upload to external drives for backups or long-term storage of the file

Always make backups of the file as you work on it, saving to new file names (e.g. revisions) is highly recommended 

Today you were just lucky, most corrupt files are NOT recoverable

 

"01/11/22 Recovered file no longer needed so I have deleted it, as I need the upload space"

 

 

 

[CromwellRestoration]

Thankyou