ElaineHurst Posted September 26, 2023 Share Posted September 26, 2023 I had Affinity Photo 1.10.6 on my Mac and I need to move some files to my windows laptop to work on. I have Affinity Photo 2.2.0 on my windows laptop. When I import the image from my Mac onto my laptop it gave me a message that I needed to "save as" in order to have the file editable. I don't know what I'm doing wrong but I cannot get the file to "save as" anything else but the same as it was so I can edit it. What do I need to do in order to be able to edit these files coming from different versions of Affinity Photo? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pšenda Posted September 26, 2023 Share Posted September 26, 2023 Can you show said message? As far as I know, when opening a document from V1, a warning is displayed that if you save the file under the same name, it will no longer be possible to open it in V1 - and therefore it may be more appropriate to save it under a new name using SaveAs. If you no longer need this preservation of compatibility with V1, you can save it normally with Save. Quote Affinity Store (MSI/EXE): Affinity Suite (ADe, APh, APu) 2.5.5.2636 (Retail) Dell OptiPlex 7060, i5-8500 3.00 GHz, 16 GB, Intel UHD Graphics 630, Dell P2417H 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.4317. Dell Latitude E5570, i5-6440HQ 2.60 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics 530, 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.4317. Intel NUC5PGYH, Pentium N3700 2.40 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics, EIZO EV2456 1920 x 1200, Windows 10 Pro, Version 21H1, Build 19043.2130. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted September 26, 2023 Share Posted September 26, 2023 There is some kind of issue with the Affinity 2.2.0 applications on Windows accessing files from iCloud folders. https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/search/&tags=AF-441 Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. Laptop 2: Windows 11 Pro 24H2, 16GB memory, Snapdragon(R) X Elite - X1E80100 - Qualcomm(R) Oryon(TM) 12 Core CPU 4.01 GHz, Qualcomm(R) Adreno(TM) X1-85 GPU iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 18.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sequoia 15.0.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElaineHurst Posted September 26, 2023 Author Share Posted September 26, 2023 (edited) I clicked the "do not show again" button because I thought I understood so it doesn't show up any longer. It basically said what you said Psenda "warning is displayed that if you save the file under the same name, it will no longer be possible to open it in V1 - and therefore it may be more appropriate to save it under a new name using SaveAs." I have tried to "saveas" something else and reopen it and it still isn't where I can edit it. Walt I pulled the files over with a jump drive not icloud. I'm at a loss! I hope it wasn't a waste in purchasing the program for my laptop. If I can't open my previous files then it doesn't help me at all. Edited September 26, 2023 by ElaineHurst Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pšenda Posted September 26, 2023 Share Posted September 26, 2023 (edited) 9 minutes ago, ElaineHurst said: If I can't open my previous files then it doesn't help me at all. Unfortunately, we still don't understand why you can't open them? The fact that you are getting a warning is proof that you can open the files. Can you provide a screenshot or video of what is going wrong? Edited September 26, 2023 by Pšenda Quote Affinity Store (MSI/EXE): Affinity Suite (ADe, APh, APu) 2.5.5.2636 (Retail) Dell OptiPlex 7060, i5-8500 3.00 GHz, 16 GB, Intel UHD Graphics 630, Dell P2417H 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.4317. Dell Latitude E5570, i5-6440HQ 2.60 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics 530, 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.4317. Intel NUC5PGYH, Pentium N3700 2.40 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics, EIZO EV2456 1920 x 1200, Windows 10 Pro, Version 21H1, Build 19043.2130. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElaineHurst Posted September 26, 2023 Author Share Posted September 26, 2023 I can open the files but I just can't edit them. They are one complete layer. I can't get to the individual layers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan C Posted September 26, 2023 Share Posted September 26, 2023 Hi @ElaineHurst, Welcome to the Affinity Forums 1 hour ago, ElaineHurst said: I had Affinity Photo 1.10.6 on my Mac and I need to move some files to my windows laptop to work on. I have Affinity Photo 2.2.0 on my windows laptop. When I import the image from my Mac onto my laptop it gave me a message that I needed to "save as" in order to have the file editable. I suspect the dialog you're referring to is the following: When opening a V1 Document within Affinity V2, the above warning message will be shown. This is because Files saved in V2 can no longer be opened within V1. If you do not plan on editing this document further within Affinity V1, and instead plan on only using Affinity V2, then you can simply edit this file and use File > Save as usual to save your document changes, overwriting the existing file. If you do plan on editing the existing file again within Affinity V1, you need to use File > Save As to create a new document, which will only be accessible within V2. This means you can continue to edit the original file in V1, as required. The dialog being shown in simply a warning to users, such that you do not overwrite any V1 files, due to saving them within V2. There is no concern with this dialog showing (or not showing after ticking the 'Do not show this warning again' option), provided you are aware of the above file limitations after saving a document in V2. I hope this clears things up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElaineHurst Posted September 26, 2023 Author Share Posted September 26, 2023 (edited) Yes Dan that is the message I got! But once open they are still one complete layer. I can't get to the individual layers. Edited September 26, 2023 by ElaineHurst Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pšenda Posted September 26, 2023 Share Posted September 26, 2023 23 minutes ago, ElaineHurst said: I can't get to the individual layers. And is the document saved with layers? or is it a raster image? Can you provide a Screenshot/video (with Layers panel) of what this "open" file looks like in version 1 and in version 2? Can you provide the file? Quote Affinity Store (MSI/EXE): Affinity Suite (ADe, APh, APu) 2.5.5.2636 (Retail) Dell OptiPlex 7060, i5-8500 3.00 GHz, 16 GB, Intel UHD Graphics 630, Dell P2417H 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.4317. Dell Latitude E5570, i5-6440HQ 2.60 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics 530, 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.4317. Intel NUC5PGYH, Pentium N3700 2.40 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics, EIZO EV2456 1920 x 1200, Windows 10 Pro, Version 21H1, Build 19043.2130. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan C Posted September 26, 2023 Share Posted September 26, 2023 Thanks for confirming that for me! 1 hour ago, ElaineHurst said: But once open they are still one complete layer. I can't get to the individual layers. I can verify this is not related to the dialog I've provided above - opening a V1 file in V2 will open the document with all the layers it was saved with, and using either File > Save or File > Save As will not change this. As requested above, can you provide some more information regarding the file you are opening, or provide a sample of this so we can investigate further? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElaineHurst Posted September 26, 2023 Author Share Posted September 26, 2023 (edited) Screenshot 18a shows no layers - V2 Screenshot 19 shows all of my layers - V1 saved showing all layers Edited September 26, 2023 by ElaineHurst Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Bruce Posted September 26, 2023 Share Posted September 26, 2023 Try dragging the Layers panel out of the Left hand studio. Or collapse some of the panels above and below it by double clicking on their names, Histogram and Navigator. I will wager they are there. It is just that the layers panel is too small to show them all. Dan C 1 Quote 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElaineHurst Posted September 26, 2023 Author Share Posted September 26, 2023 Oh my goodness Old Bruce (That almost feels disrespectful) to call you that but that worked! The layers are in there it's just very crowded! Duh! Sorry for the trouble! Old Bruce 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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