![]() I referred to the linked afphoto file as a 'sidecar' (note the quotes) file because it acts in that way. ![]() Thanks for the reply, but it's not quite right. It does not look as if anyone from Serif is looking at this, so I'll give up at this point and work out my own solution. This preserves a catalogue with a good quality thumbnail showing the image as I last left it. For me this is a huge gap in the offering and means I am likely to have to stay with my current workflow of using Apple Photos for primary editing and dipping into AF2 when something more serious needs doing. I am only interested in the linked file and cannot see why AF2 does not store metadata there as in other files. However, if you make any change that forces a layer to become a pixel layer then the file is stored as an embedded file, or at least it appears to be as its size increases to 00s of MBs. ![]() I know that this is not the history - it's just the status (including layers) the last time it was saved. If you make some edits, such as levels, a bit of masking or whatever, save and re-open that file the last edit state is recalled. If you develop a RAW image as a linked image (rather than embedded or pixel) and save that file it saves a small file (KBs not MBs). It seems that if AF2 could take this one step forward we'd have a realistic replacement for Lightroom. While NeoFinder is able to add its own metadata, using the industry standard Adobe XMP sidecar mechanism, the handling of that metadata inside of the Affinity products is still inconsequential, and they don't offer an API to access their own embedded metadata yet. It seems they only provide a small version of this. NeoFinder uses the QuickLook plugins supplied by Affinity to grab the thumbnails of these formats. I asked NeoFinder about this and they replied as follows: Whereas I can re-open the afphoto file and continue working from where I left off, the metadata is not copied from the original RAW file and the thumbnail is too small, even though it does reflect the current view. This creates 2 files: an afphoto file and an XMP sidecar file. I can now process RAW images and do almost all my work non-destructively, saving the file as a linked RAW file. I have tried deleting know that DAM has been discussed forever, but I think that AF2 is close to being able to provide a solution alongside NeoFinder. I have tried everything from the list below: I have a iMac 27", 2017, running on the latest Mojave (10.14.6) –Įverything was moved on this iMac from Time Machine backup. I'm experiencing another case of a situation, the thumbnails for documents (images, pdfs, etc.) are no longer showing, and the display is a universal generic icon. I'm really frustrated and would love your input on this problem.įinder preview – just universal thumbnail (for JPG, PNG, PDF, etc) Hi all, I've had 2 chats with apple support and 2 phone calls the final "solution" provided to me was to restore from backup- problem persists. Removed apps from launching when booting up Mac, problem persists.I have put my computer in safe mode, problem persists.The main user on my computer has permission to read and write. ![]() I have created a Test user and downloaded an image- the thumbnail WORKS in the test user.Finder's "show icon preview" is on I have tried unchecking and re-checking the box, problem persists.I have tried deleting several times, problem persists.I have tried everything and have failed at a solution- list below: I have a Macbook Pro 13-inch, 2018, four thunderbolts 3 ports, running on Mojave Version 10.14.6 For some reason, the thumbnails for documents (images, pdfs, etc.) are no longer showing, and the display is a very generic icon.
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