Just make sure to release it on Windows, There are more installed copies of Win 10 amd Win 11 than all iOS, MacOS, OSx systems combined
Toutouxc•Jul 21, 2026
It’s written in Swift and uses SwiftUI and UIKit and AppKit.
Seriously, what the hell are you talking about and why.
mplewis•Jul 21, 2026
I encourage you to take a crack at it!
cristi_baluta•Jul 21, 2026
Unfortunately I have time to build only the software that I need, and I'm a Mac user. If I'd do a cross platform version it will end up like the other crappy cross platform apps out there.
gilesvangruisen•Jul 21, 2026
not being used by photographers
mplewis•Jul 21, 2026
Thank you for building high-quality alternatives to Adobe software!
Toutouxc•Jul 21, 2026
I’ll check this out. The macOS photo library situation is really embarrassing. I actually migrated from Affinity to DxO Photolab (expensive!) a few years ago just for that.
cristi_baluta•Jul 21, 2026
Hope it's to your liking
kmeisthax•Jul 21, 2026
As someone who has had to use Creative Cashcow tools in the past... dare I ask what the hell was Bridge even for? Just an Adobe-developed file manager?
cristi_baluta•Jul 21, 2026
Yes, but comparing to Finder you could actually have a useful preview of your files, with caching and stuff
jonaias•Jul 21, 2026
Wow, nice implementation, very smooth.
I’m building photopipe.app, a paid cloud-based culling tool, so I’m taking the opposite approach. Curious what made local-first important for you.
cgomez•Jul 21, 2026
This looks so promising as a lightweight replacement for Bridge or Photo Mechanic and the interface is great.
Has a lot of opportunity on the actual image rendering and performance side, but will definitely keep up with updates on how it evolves!
hankbond•Jul 21, 2026
I would argue that the choice to render the embedded JPG is optimal from the UX of a Fuji user. We tend to use the JPG as the creative reference we want to start from using the film sims.
dofm•Jul 21, 2026
These things are such a puzzle because there are so many that pop up and just don’t survive. I loved FileLoupe, for example, but it appears abandoned.
So I am sure to try this. I’d love to see closer integration with Affinity where that is possible.
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Seriously, what the hell are you talking about and why.
I’m building photopipe.app, a paid cloud-based culling tool, so I’m taking the opposite approach. Curious what made local-first important for you.
Has a lot of opportunity on the actual image rendering and performance side, but will definitely keep up with updates on how it evolves!
So I am sure to try this. I’d love to see closer integration with Affinity where that is possible.