Do you know why my images are being saved as a purple icon instead of the photo itself?

[Tommie]

I am editing my images in affinity photo v2 on a MacBook Pro. I have done quite a few edits and they have saved on my desktop as a small photo but now they are saving as a purple icon. Can anyone tell my why or what I did to have this happen? I would really like the small photo to show. I attached an image below to show you what has happened. Thank you

[Old Bruce]

38 minutes ago, Tommie said:

Can anyone tell my why or what I did to have this happen? I would really like the small photo to show.

Use the Command + J to show the View Options. In Finder it is View > Show View options. You can set this individually for each and every Finder Window or set it to be used as default.

[Tommie]

Thank you so much Old Bruce!!! You made my day!

[markw]

Also make sure in APhoto’s Preferences > General, that you have; ‘Save thumbnails with documents’, turned on.

[Tommie]

I just am lost... I opened my image in afphoto and Pushed command +J and it duplicated my image in layers as you can see in the image below. I went to view and did not see view options. I screen shot my actions and posted below Sorry this did not work for me. Any other suggestions...

[Tommie]

I will do that markw...thank you

 

 

[Tommie]

markw, I do have save thumbnails with documents turned on...

[Dan C]

27 minutes ago, Old Bruce said:

Use the Command + J to show the View Options. In Finder it is View > Show View options

7 minutes ago, Tommie said:

Iopened my image in afphoto and Pushed command +J and it duplicated my image in layers

@Tommie I believe the Command + J option you are looking for is within Finder, not from within the Affinity app itself.

Equally, you may find that the Thumbnail for the document is not shown within finder until the document has been saved & closed from the Affinity app. Whilst the document is still active in the app, the thumbnail may not be shown.

I hope this helps!

[Tommie]

Thank you Dan C. I appreciate you kind comment

Quote

 

 

[Tommie]

I did close the affinity photo program and I still cannot see the miniature photos... I did go to finder and then to show view options and clicked on photo..still no change. 

[Old Bruce]

One is.

Odds are the ones with the generic Photo icon have not had their Thumbnails generated, they would need to be opened and saved again. Any kind of edit, paste something into the document, delete it and save the document will do.

 

[Tommie]

Old Bruce...believe it or not...I tried that first. Unfortunately it did still did not work...BUT you know what did work....I restarted my computer and then voila, my icons are  there with a miniature photo. Soooo strange but so thankful. I really appreciate your help and everyone who commented. Thank you.