Eetfart Posted March 22, 2018 Share Posted March 22, 2018 Hi As I drag a RAW file from Photos app (Macbook, High Sierra) to Affinity it apparently converts it to JPEG, as Affinity doesn't open the Develop Persona. When I try to open raw file from File -> Open, I cannot find any of those files. When I open them in Photos app, they are in CR2 format and I can edit them normally in Photos apps own editor. I've already tried to change the RAW engine. My camera is Canon 700D What should I try next? Eetu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Gabe Posted March 22, 2018 Staff Share Posted March 22, 2018 Hi Etu, Welcome to the forums. We fully support Canon 700D. The proper way of importing RAW would be File>Import or Drag-Drop from Finder. Drag-drop from Photos app would only load the jpeg preview. Can you please upload a raw file to our Dropbox Account so we can have a look? Thanks, Gabe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted March 22, 2018 Staff Share Posted March 22, 2018 Hi Eetfart, Welcome to Affinity Forums It's not possible to drag a RAW file directly from Apple Photos to Affinity as you discovered. You either have to select the CR2 in Apple Photos then go to File ▸ Export Unmodified Original For x Photos... to export it to a folder on your Mac from which you can then open in Affinity Photo (using File ▸ Open) or use our own Apple Photos extension called Edit in Affinity Photo or a third party extension like External Editors for Photos to send the RAW file directly from Apple Photos to Affinity Photo Develop Persona. Note: it's not advisable to open directly a file stored in Apple Photos Library (on Finder) from a photo editor. That library is managed by Apple Photos itself. If you edit/perform changes to those files outside the Apple Photos you may corrupt the whole library. So always use the commands provided by Apple Photos itself to export originals/files to Finder, then open those files in the photo editor app or use the extensions when provided. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted March 22, 2018 Share Posted March 22, 2018 2 hours ago, MEB said: It's not possible to drag a RAW file directly from Apple Photos to Affinity as you discovered. Or for that matter to drag a RAW file from Apple Photos onto the desktop or into a folder in a Finder window. If you try this Apple Photos will always output a jpeg version. IOW, it has nothing to do with Affinity or any other app besides Apple Photos itself. Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.4.1 Mac apps; 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7 Affinity Photo 1.10.8; Affinity Designer 1.108; & all 3 V2 apps for iPad; 6th Generation iPad 32 GB; Apple Pencil; iPadOS 15.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eetfart Posted March 22, 2018 Author Share Posted March 22, 2018 Hi Gabe and Meb Thanks for your response. Importing CR2 from Apple Photos to somewhere else was helpful. Keep up the good work with awesome Affinity Photo! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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