AOK111 Posted September 28, 2016 Share Posted September 28, 2016 I need to replace Aperture. Does Affinity serve as a library for photos? If not, which applications allow Affinity as an external editor and preserve the original RAW or NEF files for future editing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Lee D Posted September 29, 2016 Staff Share Posted September 29, 2016 Hi AOK111, Welcome to the forums. Affinity Photo has a built in Media Browser which will read Photo's library files you can also add folders to it by dragging them into the window. Hope this helps L Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Travelling Man Posted September 29, 2016 Share Posted September 29, 2016 Have you looked at Picktorial - it certainly appears interesting and there is a trial from the web site. Edited as I spelt Picktorial incorrectly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Travelling Man Posted September 29, 2016 Share Posted September 29, 2016 Hi AOK111, Welcome to the forums. Affinity Photo has a built in Media Browser which will read Photo's library files you can also add folders to it by dragging them into the window. Hope this helps L Does that mean we can add folders to Apple Photos via the media browser? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted September 29, 2016 Staff Share Posted September 29, 2016 Hi AOK111, Affinity Photo is a RAW converter/developer and photo editing application. It's doesn't manage libraries as Aperture or Lightroom, however you can access Aperture (and Apple Photo/iPhoto Libraries as well as individual folders) as Lee D pointed out through the Media Browser. You can use Affinity Photo with any application that supports editing in an external editor (like Aperture, Lightroom etc and even Apple Photos through an extension). Version 1.5 (still in Beta) has improved this adding the ability to overwrite PSD's and well as improving TIFF as an exchange format (the current MAS version is still a little limited in this regard). We also have plans to develop our own DAM (digital assets management) application later which will integrate seamlessly with Affinity Photo. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted September 29, 2016 Staff Share Posted September 29, 2016 Does that mean we can add folders to Apple Photos via the media browser? No, it just adds a new alias to the Media Browser to access the folder you have added. It doesn't mess with Apple Photos Library. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
v_kyr Posted May 27, 2020 Share Posted May 27, 2020 For those hard core Apple Aperture users out there who might have possibly a need for it, according to "Tyshawn Cormier" and his Retroactive app project, you can run Aperture (maybe also iPhoto, iTunes, Final Cut Pro 7, Logic Pro 9, Xcode 11.5 or 11.4.1, and iWork ’09) on macOS Catalina. - In case anybody want's to tryout those updates and compatibility ... How to run Aperture, iPhoto, and iTunes on macOS Catalina GitHub Retroactive Quote ☛ Affinity Designer 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Photo 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Publisher 1.10.8 ◆ OSX El Capitan ☛ Affinity V2.3 apps ◆ MacOS Sonoma 14.2 ◆ iPad OS 17.2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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