Geographical location from persona mode is not saved when the picture is developed and saved into photos application.

[abbaltes]

Hello

Previously I had no problem with an old macbook pro running affinity v1 but I moved to a new mac M2 MacOs Venture and purchased Affinity v2 (everything up o date).

When I open a RAW or JPEG file from my photo app library (regardless the source or camera) the geographical location from persona mode is not saved when the picture is developed and saved into photos application. However there is no onscreen error at any time. I can set the location on the map but at the end of the process this information is not visible in mac photos application.

Could you please advise?

[NathanC]

Hi @abbaltes welcome to the forums,

To clarify, in Apple Photos, are you going to Edit > (...) > Edit In Affinity Photo and then pressing Save > Save Changes to then pass it back to Apple Photos and then checking 'Info' on the Image in Apple Photos to confirm there is a location/EXIF GPS data?

I have managed to replicate an issue with this, in Apple Photos I opened a JPG via 'Edit In Affinity Photo' > added a GPS location in the develop persona > Develop > Save and I can see that the 'Location' panel is empty in Apple Photos, however if I go back and edit the same image again in Affinity Photo via 'Edit in', the GPS data is present in the Metadata EXIF panel/Location panel in the develop persona.

Since the GPS data is present in the EXIF panel after re-opening the same JPG image again in Photo 2, this could point towards the issue being with Apple Photos as Affinity had successfully passed the image metadata over to Apple Photos initially.

[abbaltes]

Thank you very much Nathan!

Yes indeed, it is precisely the way you defined.

Ok, what you say makes sense. I will see if I can figure it out. If I so I will post it.

Wishing you a great day 🙂

[jacquesv1]

Is there a chance that GPS info as collected/cretaed on an iPhone, is to be displayed and visualised/located in a map within AffinityPhoto 2 itself?

Edited August 17, 2023 by jacquesv1

[walt.farrell]

13 minutes ago, jacquesv1 said:

Is there a chance that GPS info is to be displayed and visualised/located in a map within AffinityPhoto 2 itself?

Welcome to the Serif Affinity forums.

I think the information is visualized within Photo, but only if you're on a Mac as it uses macOS-specific functions for the display. I'm relying on memory of prior screenshots here, as I'm a Windows user.