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Affinity Photo doesn't show as an option when you hit "Open In..." in Lightroom (for the iPad).

I have seen YouTubers using Affinity Photo as an external editor and I will love to take advantage of that functionality.

I can't seen to find how to enable that.

Most youTubers I've seen are in the UK. Is this something that is restricted to European Users?

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14 hours ago, photografia said:

Affinity Photo doesn't show as an option when you hit "Open In..." in Lightroom (for the iPad).

I have seen YouTubers using Affinity Photo as an external editor and I will love to take advantage of that functionality.

I can't seen to find how to enable that.

Most youTubers I've seen are in the UK. Is this something that is restricted to European Users?

Welcome to the forums !

The method most people use is to create an IOS Shortcut which will enable that functionality. I do not use LR but I expect it has a share icon which will allow you to use the ‘Open In Affinity Photo’  shortcut. My screen recording shows browsing my 55’000 image library in Apple Photos and then using the SHARE -> Open in Affinity Photo shortcut.

You must install the Apple Shortcuts app then create a shortcut which looks like this. 

 

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Affinity Photo, Designer, Publisher 1.10 and 2.5 on macOS 15.0 Beta Sequoia on M1 Mac Mini 16GB 1TB
Affinity Photo, Designer, Publisher 1.10 and 2.5 on  Windows 10 Pro.  (revived !)
Affinity Photo, Designer, Publisher 2.5 on M1 iPad Pro 11” on iPadOS beta 18(22A5326f) 

https://www.facebook.com/groups/AffinityForiPad

https://www.facebook.com/groups/AffinityPhoto/

https://www.facebook.com/groups/affinityphotoastrophotography

The hardest link to find https://affinity.help

Mud’s Macros Library:-

https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/156842-muds-macros-v11-library-content-aware-move-added/

 

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And here is how easy it is to create an IOS Shortcut and use it. This time I create a shortcut called ‘Import to Affinity Photo’ then use it to transfer an image directly from the Apple Photos app into Affinity Photo.

 

Affinity Photo, Designer, Publisher 1.10 and 2.5 on macOS 15.0 Beta Sequoia on M1 Mac Mini 16GB 1TB
Affinity Photo, Designer, Publisher 1.10 and 2.5 on  Windows 10 Pro.  (revived !)
Affinity Photo, Designer, Publisher 2.5 on M1 iPad Pro 11” on iPadOS beta 18(22A5326f) 

https://www.facebook.com/groups/AffinityForiPad

https://www.facebook.com/groups/AffinityPhoto/

https://www.facebook.com/groups/affinityphotoastrophotography

The hardest link to find https://affinity.help

Mud’s Macros Library:-

https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/156842-muds-macros-v11-library-content-aware-move-added/

 

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20 hours ago, photografia said:

Thanks, I figure there was a way using a shortcut.

That been said, after creating the shortcut, I get this error from any application I try to use it (see attached image).

I get the same error from Lightroom or Apple Photos.

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Screenshot your shortcut please, you may have used 'open app' when you need to use 'open file' perhaps?

 

Affinity Photo, Designer, Publisher 1.10 and 2.5 on macOS 15.0 Beta Sequoia on M1 Mac Mini 16GB 1TB
Affinity Photo, Designer, Publisher 1.10 and 2.5 on  Windows 10 Pro.  (revived !)
Affinity Photo, Designer, Publisher 2.5 on M1 iPad Pro 11” on iPadOS beta 18(22A5326f) 

https://www.facebook.com/groups/AffinityForiPad

https://www.facebook.com/groups/AffinityPhoto/

https://www.facebook.com/groups/affinityphotoastrophotography

The hardest link to find https://affinity.help

Mud’s Macros Library:-

https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/156842-muds-macros-v11-library-content-aware-move-added/

 

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I didn't. I followed your instructions to the letter.

I think is a bug on Affinity Photo and/or the Shortcuts app, or something wrong with my iPad. I changed the App to be something other than Affinity Photo (in this case the Camera+ App) and it still failed on the iPad. I was able to use it on my iPhone though.

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@photografia

Did you try using the shortcut from Apple Photos, did it work from there?  
EDIT: I read again and see you did that. It sounds like Affinity has not been granted access to photos so goto settings and enable access. The first time you try to import photos the app should have asked you for permission to all photo,

As I said I don’t have Lightroom so don’t know what format it shares image files. You could also try turning on some of the other import options such as ‘files’ & ‘folders’ in case Lightroom does strange things. I find that Apple Photos is a very good image DAM now.

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Affinity Photo, Designer, Publisher 1.10 and 2.5 on macOS 15.0 Beta Sequoia on M1 Mac Mini 16GB 1TB
Affinity Photo, Designer, Publisher 1.10 and 2.5 on  Windows 10 Pro.  (revived !)
Affinity Photo, Designer, Publisher 2.5 on M1 iPad Pro 11” on iPadOS beta 18(22A5326f) 

https://www.facebook.com/groups/AffinityForiPad

https://www.facebook.com/groups/AffinityPhoto/

https://www.facebook.com/groups/affinityphotoastrophotography

The hardest link to find https://affinity.help

Mud’s Macros Library:-

https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/156842-muds-macros-v11-library-content-aware-move-added/

 

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