Freddie360 Posted June 30, 2023 Share Posted June 30, 2023 Is it possible to lock an Affinity photo file, I would like to make a quick lock (light security) without to many computer contortions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted June 30, 2023 Share Posted June 30, 2023 1 hour ago, Freddie360 said: Is it possible to lock an Affinity photo file, Depends on what you mean by "lock". But regardless, yes, there is a form of locking for Affinity files, at least in V1. But no, you cannot do it; only Serif can lock them. Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freddie360 Posted June 30, 2023 Author Share Posted June 30, 2023 I am sorry Walt, I do not understand your reply. When I say lock, I just want to prevent other people from opening the file, if Affinity Photo does not do it, maybe there is a small app that does. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dominik Posted June 30, 2023 Share Posted June 30, 2023 1 hour ago, Freddie360 said: Is it possible to lock an Affinity photo file, I would like to make a quick lock (light security) without to many computer contortions. On Windows (and I assume on Mac OS, too) you can change the file's properties to 'read only'. That way you can open and view a file but you cannot save changes back to that particular file. The file remains unchanged. d. Quote Affinity Designer 1 & 2 | Affinity Photo 1 & 2 | Affinity Publisher 1 & 2 Affinity Designer 2 for iPad | Affinity Photo 2 for iPad | Affinity Publisher 2 for iPad Windows 11 64-bit - Core i7 - 16GB - Intel HD Graphics 4600 & NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M iPad pro 9.7" + Apple Pencil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarryP Posted June 30, 2023 Share Posted June 30, 2023 1 minute ago, Freddie360 said: I just want to prevent other people from opening the file If you don’t want people to be able to open the file then just don’t let them have access to the file. Komatös 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dominik Posted June 30, 2023 Share Posted June 30, 2023 1 minute ago, Freddie360 said: I just want to prevent other people from opening the file Crossposting 🙂 You answered my suggestion by this. You do not want other people being able to seeing the file's content. A simple way could be to ZIP the file and use a password. d. Quote Affinity Designer 1 & 2 | Affinity Photo 1 & 2 | Affinity Publisher 1 & 2 Affinity Designer 2 for iPad | Affinity Photo 2 for iPad | Affinity Publisher 2 for iPad Windows 11 64-bit - Core i7 - 16GB - Intel HD Graphics 4600 & NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M iPad pro 9.7" + Apple Pencil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted June 30, 2023 Share Posted June 30, 2023 7 minutes ago, Freddie360 said: I am sorry Walt, I do not understand your reply. When I say lock, I just want to prevent other people from opening the file, if Affinity Photo does not do it, maybe there is a small app that does. Affinity does not have any support for that kind of locking. It has support in V1 for a different kind of locking (allowing reading, but preventing modifications), but users cannot use that function. Only Serif can use it. Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freddie360 Posted June 30, 2023 Author Share Posted June 30, 2023 OK, thanks for the clarification Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freddie360 Posted June 30, 2023 Author Share Posted June 30, 2023 9 minutes ago, dominik said: Crossposting 🙂 You answered my suggestion by this. You do not want other people being able to seeing the file's content. A simple way could be to ZIP the file and use a password. d. Great, but how do you apply a password to a zipped file, I have searched but cannot find it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freddie360 Posted June 30, 2023 Author Share Posted June 30, 2023 12 minutes ago, GarryP said: If you don’t want people to be able to open the file then just don’t let them have access to the file. Simplistic, but not workable in my case. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarryP Posted June 30, 2023 Share Posted June 30, 2023 Why not? If you can give more details about the situation then we might be able to help better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freddie360 Posted June 30, 2023 Author Share Posted June 30, 2023 15 minutes ago, dominik said: On Windows (and I assume on Mac OS, too) you can change the file's properties to 'read only'. That way you can open and view a file but you cannot save changes back to that particular file. The file remains unchanged. d. I need the ability to prevent viewing the file. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freddie360 Posted June 30, 2023 Author Share Posted June 30, 2023 1 minute ago, GarryP said: Why not? If you can give more details about the situation then we might be able to help better. I want to prevent other people from accessing my Affinity Photo files, a simple password is want I would like. The Zipped idea sounds an easy way of achieving this, I just cant fine a way to apply a password to the Zipped file. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian_J Posted June 30, 2023 Share Posted June 30, 2023 5 minutes ago, Freddie360 said: Great, but how do you apply a password to a zipped file, I have searched but cannot find it. If you google password protect zip file there are a lot of results that may help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarryP Posted June 30, 2023 Share Posted June 30, 2023 6 minutes ago, Freddie360 said: I want to prevent other people from accessing my Affinity Photo files That’s not really more information about the situation, it’s just saying the same thing but slightly differently. Who are these other people? Where are these other people? Where are your files? How do other people access your files at the moment? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freddie360 Posted June 30, 2023 Author Share Posted June 30, 2023 Garry, I am going to use a free app (Encrypto) to solve my issue, thanks for your interest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wim Posted June 30, 2023 Share Posted June 30, 2023 Voor Windows 11, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dominik Posted June 30, 2023 Share Posted June 30, 2023 1 hour ago, Freddie360 said: Great, but how do you apply a password to a zipped file, I have searched but cannot find it. It seems you already found an app that solves the task for you. Wonderful. On Windows it seems to be possible to password protect a file from its properties window. I just read about this and haven't tried it by myself. d. Quote Affinity Designer 1 & 2 | Affinity Photo 1 & 2 | Affinity Publisher 1 & 2 Affinity Designer 2 for iPad | Affinity Photo 2 for iPad | Affinity Publisher 2 for iPad Windows 11 64-bit - Core i7 - 16GB - Intel HD Graphics 4600 & NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M iPad pro 9.7" + Apple Pencil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
v_kyr Posted June 30, 2023 Share Posted June 30, 2023 There are a bunch of such file & folder locker tools, which do mostly work with some applyed underneath running encryption/decryption agorithm. One of those (a free one) build-up for a bunch of platforms is for example ... AES Crypt AES Crypt Downloads Quote ☛ Affinity Designer 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Photo 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Publisher 1.10.8 ◆ OSX El Capitan ☛ Affinity V2.3 apps ◆ MacOS Sonoma 14.2 ◆ iPad OS 17.2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freddie360 Posted July 1, 2023 Author Share Posted July 1, 2023 19 hours ago, v_kyr said: There are a bunch of such file & folder locker tools, which do mostly work with some applyed underneath running encryption/decryption agorithm. One of those (a free one) build-up for a bunch of platforms is for example ... AES Crypt AES Crypt Downloads Thanks, but I have downloaded the Encrypto.app which I am using to easily add a password to folders/files. Thanks for your interest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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