lynxar Posted April 14, 2016 Share Posted April 14, 2016 When I try to open a RAW file from Photos using Affinity Photo, the file becomes a JPEG file. But when I work on a photo in Photos usinf Affinity extension, I am working on a RAW file. What am I doing wrong with Affinity photo? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted April 14, 2016 Staff Share Posted April 14, 2016 Hi lynxar, Welcome to Affinity Forums :) There's no way to open a RAW file from Apple Photos in Affinity Photo directly. You have to do it manually: in Apple Photos go to menu File ▸ Export ▸ Export Unmodified Original.... Then open it in Affinity Photo, edit the image and save in your preferred format. To import it back to Apple Photos go to menu File ▸ Import... and select the file or drag it from the Finder to Apple Photos. There's a third party extension (called External Editors) that is able to send the RAW file directly from Apple Photos to Affinity Photo but then there's no way to send the result back to Apple Photos automatically. When you work in Apple Photos and edit your images all changes are also saved as JPG. lynxar 1 Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lynxar Posted April 14, 2016 Author Share Posted April 14, 2016 MEB that is great and it works! The RAW files opened in Develop Persona which I have not used before. Working on RAW files in Persona I expected to have the choice of tools as in Affinity Photo. The choice is limited. Is there a reason for this? Is it better to work in Photo on JPEG files, which is against the advice of professional photographers because of the damage to JPEG files and loss of quality? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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