It is definitely something in your setup, I use Faststone to Affinity Photo as my workflow (for 5 years) and it works flawlessly. You need to add AP in the edit in external program dialog, it must point to the exact program path on your drive.
Did you see my previous post where there is a screenshot with the configuration of the external program in FastStone? Either set up your app the same, or as Walt already wrote, show a screenshot of your setup.
Hi, sorry to jump in on this conversation, but I've just recently put Affinity 2 and faststone image viewer on my PC (finally ditched Adobe) I found this conversation as I'm trying to link the 2 together so I can edit using external program, I've gone into settings but can't fathom out how to do it, can anyone give me step by step guidance please ?
Hi, OK open Faststone, go to Settings from top bar next to Help, Click on Programs when open click ADD button, I am on Windows so I go to C drive Program files, Affinity, open Affinity/Photo and down at the bottom you should see Photo Application click on that and open when box pops up just click OK. Russ.
Yes, that's the principle of MSIX installation, which complicates the external launch. For these cases it is therefore advisable to use MSI/EXE installation (this is mentioned many times on the forum).
FSIV leaves up to its name. It is a very fast image viewer and it also allows to assign 1-5 star ratings. Then you can filter based on ratings. Some basic image editing is also possible - like color correction, cropping, enhancing etc. It stores its data in an Sqlite database which you can open using suitable 3rd party database editor and query using SQL commands (if you know how to use them). One thing I like to add is the ability to store a textual description of an image. They could easily ...
FastStone has been my favorite application on Windows for years. It makes viewing pictures and light editing a joy. Its user interface is brilliant, with full screen uncluttered view as default, yet with all the tools still easily available at any time by just touching the edges of the screen. With the recent update (v7.7) it finally gets a perfect 10/10, thanks to several new features related to RAW+JPEG handling and filtering. At last folders with both file types are now convenient to ...
I had stumbled upon the FastStone Image Viewer decades and a previous century ago while using film. Eventually switching to DSLRs, I eventually quit using it then for one reason or another, then began using a variety of other such programs, like ACDSee, and finally settling on the then Ulead Photoimpact which I got free when I purchased a scanner. I began using PI3 then, continued using it with various upgrades up to 6, went to the version 7 upgrade but didn't like it, and still have PI6 ...
This is my default image viewer and the fastest software I've used for culling thousands of raw images. Reads and displays the embedded jpegs rapidly, renders the raw in a reasonable time if I need to inspect at 100%, and sends the ones I choose where I want them. No idea about it's editing features - I use it for the purpose for which it is named: an Image Viewer. For that it excels.
I will get the negatives out of the way first. If you want to work with raw files, forget faststone, other software is much better. Faststone works well on JPEGs. Main omissions that prevent me from giving 5 stars are an eye dropper for setting the WB in one go. An instant fix facility and a pseudo colour temperature slider that works similar to Raw developers. Now the good points. It is fast, even on modest hardware. Has most basic functions and they work well. I love the shadow/highlight ...
Definitely the worst piece of software I've had to use in over 10 years. Does not allow you to view the photo you're editing, and doesn't actually perform the task you ask it to do. I'm trying very hard to follow the rules here and be civil, but I just spent a miserable hour with this thing and stomped home swearing. Not worth the time spent downloading it. Negative -1 star out of 5. Was that polite and civil enough?
Best free editor/viewer out there. V 5.1 (which is the one I have) handles multiple file types including .raw files from all of the major camera manufacturers and saves in many formats including .tif files. Shows Exif data and histogram. Has all the basic editing tools you need clone and heal, curves, levels, sharpening, noise reduction, (which is fairly good for photos that aren't too extreme) and one I really like, they called "Lighting Adjustments" which is basically like Photoshop's ...
I think that this software is excellent! The features include things like image conversion,red-eye removal,selective editing,straitening,and is very quick. This is a photo I have edited with this software
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