Note, again, saving is done while looking at the document icon from within the Affinity Photo file browser and choosing save from the widget from the lower right corner. I can save at any time and any changes I make get saved back to the file just as I would expect. Files stored in the Files app should have the option to close.Īs long as the files are in the “Photo” folder on “On my iPad” they can easily be opened “in place” from Files by a simple tap to it’s icon. Files stored internally should have the option to Delete. It’s a bit confusing and I hope the folks at Affinity change the way it is labeled. In this latter case it is closed from the application but remains in the Files app as one would expect. Now, if I then open the newer copy of the file from within the Files app and make changes I can choose the option (again, the widget is in the bottom of the file icon) to Save and then Close. They really should call it Delete not Close. Interestingly, the way to delete a file from the application storage is simply to select the same corner widget where the Save function is, but choose Close. After a file has been saved to Files I will delete the original that remains within the Affinity Photo app storage system so as to not have duplicates. I’ll save in folders by project and/or client and also begin using some of the tags that I have set-up for the Files app.
So, going forward, I’ll be moving my current Affinity Photo files over to this local iPad storage and will save all new files there. The Affinity Photo folder is very easy to spot thanks to the icon. From the Files app I can now see the file size and easily share the file via the share sheet or via drag and drop from the Files app to any location or to email as an attachment or Messages or whatever. After that I can open it up from the Files app using the “On my iPad” location in the side bar.
The file is then saved into “On my iPad” in the “Photo” folder on iPad. To save my Affinity Project files to this Files accessible storage area I access the corner widget of the document icon in the built-in document browser and chose “Save”. But given the bandwidth Iimits I have (rural satellite) I chose “On my iPad”. If I had better internet I would have gone with iCloud. How do I move these over to the Files app and what are the options? There are two options for storage in the Settings, general tab: iCloud or “On my iPad”. It’s not possible to see file sizes from this location. A sort of hidden storage area which only shows up in the documents browser within Affinity Photo. I’d previously tinkered with it but it seemed a bit confusing.īy default files are stored within the Affinity Photo built in storage system on the iPad. So, I decided it was time to have a serious look at how Affinity Photo uses the Files app. File management is the only part of the app that I found average. But if I’ve got 150 files in 12 folders you can see how cumbersome this can be. That’s not a problem if I’ve just got 10 files. There’s no way to tag or search files either. Now, I’ve got plenty of storage on my iPad but I don’t like the feeling that if I want to move or copy my files I have to do it one file at a time.
Using the Affinity Photo file browser to browse a folder containing 4 files Another limitation is that if I want to back-up a bunch of files, copy or move them I have to do it one at a time via the “Save as” option. But using the apps built in method for file interaction provides no indication of file sizes so really, it’s all just guessing. By chance I was poking around the iPad Settings app and took a look at my iPad’s storage and saw that Affinity Photo was using up 22GB! I’ve got quite a few projects but expected it to be half of that. I’ve mostly been ignoring those limitations until today. This is great because while the app has a decent built-in interface for managing files and folders that interface does have limitations.
Affinity photo ipad presets update#
With the first update of 2018, version 1.6.7 the developers added the ability to open and save files in place. I’ve been using it for client projects literally since the day it was released in June 2017. It is the most used app on my iPad and always a pleasure to use. To say that I am an enthusiastic user of Affinity Photo would be an under statement.
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