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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

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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.

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Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.6 
Affinity Designer 2.5.5 | Affinity Photo 2.5.5 | Affinity Publisher 2.5.5 | Beta versions as they appear.

I have never mastered color management, period, so I cannot help with that.

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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...

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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!

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One is.

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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.

 

Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.6 
Affinity Designer 2.5.5 | Affinity Photo 2.5.5 | Affinity Publisher 2.5.5 | Beta versions as they appear.

I have never mastered color management, period, so I cannot help with that.

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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. 

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