KwameKofi Posted August 24, 2022 Share Posted August 24, 2022 We all need a good file viewer that supports Affinity Files. Affinity does almost everything right but we need an image/file viewer that includes Affinity files. Cannot believe that you have dragged your feet on this issue. Please give us some hope and guidance on this issue. Surely it can't be that hard? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Komatös Posted August 24, 2022 Share Posted August 24, 2022 Hi @KwameKofi Why an extra file viewer? Windows Explorer and/or the Mac Finder can do that quite well. Provided you set the generation of a preview image in the preferences of the Affinity programmes under General. PaoloT and Catshill 2 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...
kirk23 Posted August 24, 2022 Share Posted August 24, 2022 My guess OP mean something with basic key-wording , rating, metadata and a search based upon , something at Adobe Bridge level at least. Not those horrible file managers both Mac and Windows couldn't make useful for decades for some uncertain reason. But I definitely prefer it would be on OS side rather than Affinity one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pšenda Posted August 24, 2022 Share Posted August 24, 2022 3 minutes ago, kirk23 said: My guess OP mean something with basic key-wording , rating, metadata and a search based upon , something at Adobe Bridge level at least. But then a DAM (file manager) would be required, not a file viewer. Quote Affinity Store (MSI/EXE): Affinity Suite (ADe, APh, APu) 2.4.0.2301 Dell OptiPlex 7060, i5-8500 3.00 GHz, 16 GB, Intel UHD Graphics 630, Dell P2417H 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.3155. Dell Latitude E5570, i5-6440HQ 2.60 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics 530, 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.3155. Intel NUC5PGYH, Pentium N3700 2.40 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics, EIZO EV2456 1920 x 1200, Windows 10 Pro, Version 21H1, Build 19043.2130. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirk23 Posted August 24, 2022 Share Posted August 24, 2022 19 minutes ago, Pšenda said: But then a DAM (file manager) would be required, not a file viewer. Well. if windows explorer could write keywords not only for jpg and Finder could do hierarchical tags it could be well enough probably without any special DAM . But my guess it's nothing Affinity team could do about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaoloT Posted August 24, 2022 Share Posted August 24, 2022 But if one likes Adobe Bridge, why not using Adobe Bridge with the Affinity files, since it is free to use? Paolo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaoloT Posted August 24, 2022 Share Posted August 24, 2022 15 hours ago, Komatös said: Hi @KwameKofi Why an extra file viewer? Windows Explorer and/or the Mac Finder can do that quite well. I'm not a big DAM user, but the Gallery View in the Mac Finder seems to be a comfortable way to browse images. And searching + tagging can make filtering file types quite immediate. The reason I’ve never used Bridge is that I find the Finder perfectly fine. Paolo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fritz_H Posted August 28, 2022 Share Posted August 28, 2022 I guess @KwameKofi asks for an option to view/display/show native Affinity-Files without the Affinity-application, just using the tools the operating system provides. For Windows for example Nikon, Canon etc. provide DLLs (?) that enable to view RAW-Files without any extra-tools. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Komatös Posted August 28, 2022 Share Posted August 28, 2022 is the key. If activated Windows File Explorer is able to show the preview. XNview can also show the preview. 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...
AlainP Posted August 28, 2022 Share Posted August 28, 2022 I always had "save thumbnail" activated but Windows File Explorer and Faststone Image viewer don't display any Affinity file thumbnail. FE just display the Affinity logo in the color of the App, and Fastone doesn't display anything. Edit: After testing, this happens only when files are saved to One Drive. Anywhere else the thumbnail with a small Affinity logo corresponding to the app is displayed. The problen then seems to be with One Drive. Quote -- Window 11 - 32 gb - Intel I7 - 8700 - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 -- iPad Pro 2020 - 12,9 - 256 gb - Apple Pencil 2 -- iPad 9th gen 256 gb - Apple Pencil 1 -- Macbook Air 15" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted August 28, 2022 Share Posted August 28, 2022 5 minutes ago, AlainP said: I always had "save thumbnail" activated but Windows File Explorer and Faststone Image viewer don't display any Affinity file thumbnail. FE just display the Affinity logo in the color of the App, and Fastone doesn't display anything. If File Explorer isn't showing a thumbnail, then you may have its folder View options set incorrectly. You must use "medium icons" or larger. For Faststone Image Viewer: The files have thumbnails, accessible via the standard Windows mechanisms for displaying them, but Faststone only recognizes a limited set of file extensions. That's something you would need to take up with Faststone directly. 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...
AlainP Posted August 28, 2022 Share Posted August 28, 2022 Yes Walt, but the problem seems to be with One Drive. When saved anywehere else than One Drive Affinity files are displayed correctly (see my edit). This had been reported a long time ago. walt.farrell 1 Quote -- Window 11 - 32 gb - Intel I7 - 8700 - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 -- iPad Pro 2020 - 12,9 - 256 gb - Apple Pencil 2 -- iPad 9th gen 256 gb - Apple Pencil 1 -- Macbook Air 15" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlainP Posted August 28, 2022 Share Posted August 28, 2022 I found a way to display Affinity files thumbnails in Windows file explorer when using Onedrive. In Onedrive settings uncheck "Save space and download files as you need them" and thumbails will be back. But beware that all your Onedrive files will be downloaded locally on your drive. When "Save space" option is enabled Onedrive shows a "ghost file" that is just a reference to the real file on Onedrive. Quote -- Window 11 - 32 gb - Intel I7 - 8700 - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 -- iPad Pro 2020 - 12,9 - 256 gb - Apple Pencil 2 -- iPad 9th gen 256 gb - Apple Pencil 1 -- Macbook Air 15" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granddaddy Posted August 28, 2022 Share Posted August 28, 2022 6 hours ago, walt.farrell said: For Faststone Image Viewer: The files have thumbnails, accessible via the standard Windows mechanisms for displaying them, but Faststone only recognizes a limited set of file extensions. That's something you would need to take up with Faststone directly. During the past five years I've asked Faststone a few times to add support for APhoto embedded thumbnails. Version 7.7 was released on 8/24/2022. It still lacks support for .afphoto files. Perhaps if more APhoto users contacted Faststone they would correct this deficiency in their otherwise excellent viewer. Quote Affinity Photo 2.4.1 (MSI) and 1.10.6; Affinity Publisher 2.4.1 (MSI) and 1.10.6. Windows 10 Home x64 version 22H2. Dell XPS 8940, 16 GB Ram, Intel Core i7-11700K @ 3.60 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fritz_H Posted August 28, 2022 Share Posted August 28, 2022 I do not understand, why some discuss about thumbnails here. The person who started this thread asked for an image-VIEWER which can display Affinity-Files. Applications like IrfanView etc. do not support them. Perhaps because Serif did not make their file-format public? (or did they?) In this case bombarding Faststone and others with such requests will not be fruitful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted August 28, 2022 Share Posted August 28, 2022 1 hour ago, Fritz_H said: Applications like IrfanView etc. do not support them. But applications like XnViewMP do. 1 hour ago, Fritz_H said: Perhaps because Serif did not make their file-format public? (or did they?) No, the file format is not public, but the applications support the standard OS interfaces for extracting thumbnails. Thus any application that wants to support them, at least for displaying thumbnails, can. 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...
Fritz_H Posted August 28, 2022 Share Posted August 28, 2022 @walt.farrell XnViewMP does show a small = useless preview. I still think that @KwameKofi is asking for an image-viewer that shows the "real" image. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaoloT Posted August 28, 2022 Share Posted August 28, 2022 At least on the Mac (Mojave), Affinity files' preview is shown in the Finder. Paolo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted August 28, 2022 Share Posted August 28, 2022 25 minutes ago, PaoloT said: At least on the Mac (Mojave), Affinity files' preview is shown in the Finder And in File Explorer on Windows. PaoloT 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...
Winsome Posted August 28, 2022 Share Posted August 28, 2022 On 8/24/2022 at 7:47 AM, KwameKofi said: We all need a good file viewer that supports Affinity Files. Affinity does almost everything right but we need an image/file viewer that includes Affinity files. Cannot believe that you have dragged your feet on this issue. Please give us some hope and guidance on this issue. Surely it can't be that hard? We need to know for exactly what purpose and target audience. Otherwise, it results in an unfocused debate that misses the point of your inquiry. Is it for your own machine, or something a'la PowerPoint viewer that people without Affinity can install for free and view files made by others? Quote 10 Reasons Why Strategic Plans Fail Having a plan simply for plans sake - Not understanding the environment or focusing on results - Partial commitment - Not having the right people involved - Writing the plan and putting it on the shelf - Unwillingness or inability to change - Having the wrong people in leadership positions - No accountability or follow through - Unrealistic goals or lack of focus and resources. Get it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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