Editing and saving DNG edits…

[Lee.M]

Hello, I am new to Affinity and a bit confused to how to save DNG edits in Affinity Photo. My workflow when I was using Photoshop was to first convert my raw Nikon images in Adobe DNG Converter, open the dng file into Adobe Camera Raw to edit, then open into Photoshop. If I was to close that photoshop file without saving, I could re-open the dng file (back into Camera Raw and my previous edits would be saved.

So I have opened a dng file into Affinity Photo 2 on iMac, it opens up in develop persona and I make my edits. I then click develop (raw layer embedded) and if I close the file without saving, and re-open that dng file again, the edits aren't saved.

Is this normal behaviour?

Is there a way to save the dng edits without making an affinity save file?

Lee.

[walt.farrell]

Welcome to the Serif Affinity forums.

DNG is not an output format for Affinity Photo (or other Affinity applications). You need to Save your file as a .afphoto file after you Develop it, if you want to save your edits in a way that you can continue editing later. Your original RAW file remains unaltered,.

[Lee.M]

Thank you for your reply.  I guess I'll have to find a new workflow. It's a shame that edits made in the Develop Persona don't get saved within the dng file or even in a side car xmp file. I'd rather not make another new file save of the edits, especially when I edit lots of photos at one time.