Affinity Photo 2 upgrade 2.5.7 can't open document created with previous version.

[matti-san]

There is a document created with Affinity Photo 2 previous version. After upgrading today to version 2.5.7 the document opens with no layers but just a blank screen. If saved as a new document, the size remains (67.8 MB) but when opened this new document result is the same. Blank screen (white), no layers. 

[Hangman]

Hi @matti-san and welcome to the forums,

Can you upload your Affinity Photo file so we can take a look at what might be going on...

Are you on Mac or Windows?

[matti-san]

Here it is. I'm on Mac Sonoma 14.6.1 3,3 GHz 6-Core Intel Core i5 32 GB 2667 MHz DDR4

Edited December 20, 2024 by matti-san

[carl123]

Very weird document.

Only way to recover it fully was via Publisher (add pages) then edit in APhoto and saved as APhoto document (attached)

Do backups!

 

 

kansi-recovered.afphoto

[matti-san]

Thanks a lot! 
Backups alway done, so not a problem. I wonder which way the document is "weird". I have done some fine tuning here and there, but everything with AP editing tools. So what makes it very weird?
BTW I opened it also in Publisher which only gave me the first layer on the first page plus one blank white page.

[mopperle]

In AFPhoto 2.5.6 I also see a blank page. But in the bottom status bar it shows that there are 2 pages. clicking the left arrow it goes to page one and displays it correctly. Maybe you can try this too.

 

[thomaso]

On 12/18/2024 at 8:24 AM, matti-san said:

created with Affinity Photo

4 hours ago, matti-san said:

So what makes it very weird?

18 minutes ago, mopperle said:

But in the bottom status bar it shows that there are 2 pages

Two pages in an .aphoto document may indicate it has been created or edited in APub, the only Affinity app that enable us to add pages.

[matti-san]

Looks like thomaso has correct. I remember having opened the .afphoto in Publisher. Probably by accident and most likely have added a "page" to it. Removing the page in AP fixes the issue. Thanks all.

Edited December 20, 2024 by matti-san