awhite Posted June 10, 2017 Share Posted June 10, 2017 I understand that it's not an option to change the default TIF extension from .TIFF to .TIF (because .TIFF is a standard?). In my case all other applications I use save as .tif. It would be helpful to at least add a .tif filter to the AP export dialog so that files with both extensions are visible in the window, currently the window is always empty :) (See attached screenshot). Thanks for consideration. rafikiphoto 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
- S - Posted June 10, 2017 Share Posted June 10, 2017 I agree. I have tens of thousands of TIFF images dating back almost a hundred years. The originals and post-processed master files are all in *.tif format and therefore I will continue to use *.tif for consistency reasons. Having a mixture of *.tif and *.tiff would be an error waiting to happen especially when carrying out searches/filtering, or carrying out operations in bulk using command line tools. In addition the Affinity Photo 'save as' dialogue box doesn't see any *.tif files at all, which is a PITA. In all honesty I don't understand why Serif don't just standardise on *.tif anyway. I don't see any advantages of defaulting to *.tiff when everyone else uses *.tif and have done for a long time. In my eyes it adds unnecessary complications with no benefit. rafikiphoto and awhite 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awhite Posted November 5, 2017 Author Share Posted November 5, 2017 I know there are more important things to fix/implement in AP, but this is really annoying for me. You don't have to be different from "that other app" in this :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dadesign Posted December 10, 2017 Share Posted December 10, 2017 +1 for *.tif Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
- S - Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 Even MS Paint allows this... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted January 28, 2018 Share Posted January 28, 2018 Just wanted to point out that (on Windows) you can export your files as something.tif, but to do so you need to put the filename in quotes. Use "something.tif" in the export dialog. However, you would need to remember to do that each time, so it would be better for the Affinity applications to determine the qualifier via a user preference. 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...
- S - Posted January 28, 2018 Share Posted January 28, 2018 52 minutes ago, walt.farrell said: Just wanted to point out that (on Windows) you can export your files as something.tif, but to do so you need to put the filename in quotes. Use "something.tif" in the export dialog. However, you would need to remember to do that each time, so it would be better for the Affinity applications to determine the qualifier via a user preference. I have file extensions visible so it's possible to delete the last 'f' in the file extension. However even ignoring that users need to continuously remember to change it, it's still no good as it's not possible to see any *.tif files that are already in folders. The below folder has 35 TIFF images in it, but the Affinity Photo 'Save As' dialogue doesn't show a single one (shows as empty) as it will only display *.tiff files. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 7 hours ago, Sima said: The below folder has 35 TIFF images in it, but the Affinity Photo 'Save As' dialogue doesn't show a single one (shows as empty) as it will only display *.tiff files. Typing *.tif in the ‘File name:’ box ought to reveal them, but we shouldn’t need to resort to such workarounds. Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.5.1 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pšenda Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 On 10. 6. 2017 at 0:56 PM, Sima said: I have tens of thousands of TIFF images dating back almost a hundred years. The originals and post-processed master files are all in *.tif format and therefore I will continue to use *.tif for consistency reasons. Rename them to *.tiff, which is the standard? TotalCommander (and many other file managers), it searches and renames them in a few second. 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...
Alfred Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 14 minutes ago, Pšenda said: Rename them to *.tiff, which is the standard? Engineers (including, but not limited to, software engineers) love standards. That’s why there are so many of them! PaoloT 1 Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.5.1 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
- S - Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 29 minutes ago, Pšenda said: Rename them to *.tiff, which is the standard? *.tif is the de facto standard. Affinity Photo is the odd one out by only allowing *.tiff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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