Lightroom "edit in" function not opening files in Affinity 2

[Redman]

Hi there,

New to the forum. I use an older version of Lightroom (5.7) which worked well with APV1 via the "edit in" function. I have just installed APV2 and despite setting up my preferences with the correct path to the photo.exe (that was fun to find), Lightroom files will not open in APV2. The TIFF file is created in Lightroom but it will not open. I stuck with LR 5.7 as I didn't want to go down the subscription path with Adobe and to date Affinity has been great.

Are there any workarounds etc to help me sort this out?

Cheers

[RichardMH]

They have a little launch program that is better than using the path (which will change with updates). The other problem is similar to something I encountered with Capture One: Tiff created but not opened. There I had to reset all default apps in Windows settings. Don't have lightroom so no idea if it will work for you.

 

 

[Redman]

7 minutes ago, RichardMH said:

They have a little launch program that is better than using the path (which will change with updates). The other problem is similar to something I encountered with Capture One: Tiff created but not opened. There I had to reset all default apps in Windows settings. Don't have lightroom so no idea if it will work for you.

 

 

Cheers, I'll have a look and see how this works.

[hein]

I have the actually Version of Lightroom, i dont know this is working for you.

Go to your Lightroom Folder ,there is a folder Preferences, then go to External Editors Presets. Edit Affinity Photo V2.lrtemplate 

 

s = {
    id = "your id number",
    internalName = "Affinity Photo",
    title = "Affinity Photo V2",
    type = "ExternalEditor",
    value = {
        externalEditingFormat = "TIFF_None_16_ProPhotoRGB",
        externalEditingFormat_dpi = 240,
        externalEditorFullPath = "C:\\Users\\yourusername\\AppData\\Local\\Microsoft\\WindowsApps\\AffinityPhoto2.exe",
    },
    version = 0,
}

Change only the externalEditorFulPath and save. l Dont know you need the double backslash