Martyn_Tee Posted March 2, 2023 Share Posted March 2, 2023 I'm new to Affinity Photo and using it on a MacBook Pro running macOS Ventura 13.0.1. When opening a RAW image in Affinity Photo 2 my understanding is that you should be able to select between Pixel Layer, RAW Layer (Embedded) or RAW Layer (Linked). When I open a RAW image it defaults to Pixel Layer but it's grey and unable to change it. Can anyone suggest how to resolve this. Thanks in anticipation Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hangman Posted March 2, 2023 Share Posted March 2, 2023 Hi @Martyn_Tee and welcome to the forums... You are indeed correct with your assumption and I'm slightly unsure why the options appear greyed out... Are you able to upload the RAW file shown in your screenshot so we can take a look with a view to trying to understand what is going on here... Quote Affinity Designer 2.3.1.2217 | Affinity Photo 2.3.1.2217 | Affinity Publisher 2.3.1.2217 Affinity Designer Beta 2.4.0.2294 | Affinity Photo Beta 2.4.0.2294 | Affinity Publisher Beta 2.4.0.2294 Affinity Designer 1.7.3 | Affinity Photo 1.7.3 | Affinity Publisher 1.10.8 MacBook Pro 16GB, macOS Monterey 12.6.8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martyn_Tee Posted March 2, 2023 Author Share Posted March 2, 2023 Hi @Hangman thanks for your swift response. Here is the RAW file I was working on. IMG_1094.CR3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hangman Posted March 2, 2023 Share Posted March 2, 2023 Hi @Martyn_Tee, um, well opening your file is giving me the expected options, the only obvious difference I can see here is the version of macOS... Quote Affinity Designer 2.3.1.2217 | Affinity Photo 2.3.1.2217 | Affinity Publisher 2.3.1.2217 Affinity Designer Beta 2.4.0.2294 | Affinity Photo Beta 2.4.0.2294 | Affinity Publisher Beta 2.4.0.2294 Affinity Designer 1.7.3 | Affinity Photo 1.7.3 | Affinity Publisher 1.10.8 MacBook Pro 16GB, macOS Monterey 12.6.8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martyn_Tee Posted March 2, 2023 Author Share Posted March 2, 2023 Hi @Hangman that's interesting. I wonder if I should try to install Photo2 again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Bruce Posted March 2, 2023 Share Posted March 2, 2023 @Martyn_TeeIn the Develop assistant change to the Serif Labs instead of the Apple. Hangman 1 Quote Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.2 Affinity Designer 2.3.1 | Affinity Photo 2.3.1 | Affinity Publisher 2.3.1 | Beta versions as they appear. I have never mastered color management, period, so I cannot help with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hangman Posted March 2, 2023 Share Posted March 2, 2023 9 minutes ago, Old Bruce said: In the Develop assistant change to the Serif Labs instead of the Apple. Well there you go, you learn something new every day, I didn't realise that restricted the options... Interestingly, if you change it to from Apple to Serif you have to reload the image as it doesn't change on the fly but maybe that is to be expcected... debraspicher 1 Quote Affinity Designer 2.3.1.2217 | Affinity Photo 2.3.1.2217 | Affinity Publisher 2.3.1.2217 Affinity Designer Beta 2.4.0.2294 | Affinity Photo Beta 2.4.0.2294 | Affinity Publisher Beta 2.4.0.2294 Affinity Designer 1.7.3 | Affinity Photo 1.7.3 | Affinity Publisher 1.10.8 MacBook Pro 16GB, macOS Monterey 12.6.8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martyn_Tee Posted March 2, 2023 Author Share Posted March 2, 2023 Hi @Old Bruce Thanks so much for your suggestion it has worked. Now I just need to work out the best option. I have all my raw files on an external hard drive so I'm thinking about the Linked option. Once I've edited the photo I export to jpeg and import to Apple Photos. That way it preserves the location data. I tried the share option but that doesn't seem to share the location data. Thanks again for your help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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