Affinity Photo save options

[Geoff Allison]

Hello,

I find the Affinity Photo file save options very annoying compared to every other application I use (in Windows). I expect when I choose “file” “save as” to allow me to choose the file name and file type rather than having to export every time. Also when I “export” as .png for example I would not expect to have to export to .png every time. Painful. Other photo apps allow photos in, for instance, .png format to just be opened and saved in the same format etc, or to be “saved as” if need be. Affinity photo forces imports to .afphoto and then an export. Nothing else I use or have used does this. Please urgently consider changing. Best regards.

[NotMyFault]

Even if this distinction may be uncomfortable, it has some good reasons:

• Save and save as will preserve the full edit-ability of the file, as it uses the native format, so all content and functions are preserved.
• Export will export to non-native formats, which almost certain will cause some loss of edit-ability, or even worse, loss of actual content if the target format does not support all features used in that file (e.g. loss of bit-depth, rasterisation, loss of alpha channel etc).

So this "restriction" is a kind of safety net like seat belts in cars or planes. 

[Geoff Allison]

Understood but have to say Photoshop handles this much better in my view and that is what I am used to. 

[1250RS]

On 4/4/2023 at 5:08 PM, Geoff Allison said:

Understood but have to say Photoshop handles this much better in my view and that is what I am used to. 

I totally agree. Also if I open an image (.tif file) and just Save it (yes, in Affinity Windows you can Save an image that you have not modified) the resultant .tif shouldn't be compressed/its file size reduced.

I really like Affinity and want to find reasons to stay with it, but how it handles saving files is making me consider other options. There should be a way to update it to make it work as other software like Photoshop.