Unable to select the out put type in develop persona

[spaul]

Hello,

Having a problem with Affinity Phot 2.  I am unable to select the output type in the develop persona.  The field is greyed out???  This was working before but not now.  Maybe since the last update xxxx.4 ???  Is this a known problem or ....

[Old Bruce]

Most likely you have selected Apple instead of Serif in the Develop Assistant's Raw Engine.

[spaul]

I'll bet you're correct.  Thanks !

[Kubrick]

I also noticed that negatively. Why doesn't it work with the Apple Color Engine? Are there understandable reasons for this?

[Dan C]

Welcome to the Affinity Forums @Kubrick!

On 4/6/2023 at 11:41 AM, Kubrick said:

Why doesn't it work with the Apple Color Engine? Are there understandable reasons for this?

When developing RAW images non-destructively, each time you re-enter the Develop Persona the image is re-developed using the RAW engine.

As the Apple Core RAW engine is only available on macOS, if an Affinity Photo user was to non-destructively develop a RAW file on macOS, then save the .afphoto file and open it on Windows, the app would be unable to re-enter the Develop Persona with this RAW as the engine is not available - therefore the option is only enabled for the Serif Labs engine, as this is available on all OS's that Affinity supports