I have just tried registering Affinity v1 in Workspace and then launching a photo from it. I had no idea how to do it but it worked first time.
In Workspace go to tools - options - registered application.
Select “Use” and if Affinity is not in the first box (for me it was not) select others. Clicking on the file icon to the right takes you to programme files. Locate the Affinity folder open it, select “Photo” and scroll down until you see the main Affinity icon (Photo.exe)
Click on this then click on OK.
To operate the link you select a photo in Workspace then in the photos tab is an option to launch registered applicaton, clicking on this opens the file in Affinity v1.
I tested this on a jpeg as I didn’t have any raw files!
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Faststone does a lot.
I make use of a small proportion of it. Just for sorting, comparing and selecting and then, as I said, using the edit in external programme option.
It probably does all the editing I need… for now, anyway. I usually shoot bugs and by the time I’ve selected the keepers, identified the bugs, tweaked the photos, uploaded to Flickr, moved them to the appropriate folder and shared them in various places online… it’s past my bedtime 
I am glad you have found something that does what you want.
Looking forward to seeing some of your bugs.
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Same here. I try to get it right in camera so I do not have to spend time in front of the computer. However when birding I often need to crop in Workspace because the Oly 150-300 + 2x teleconverter looks daft on my Pen-F.
The advantage of Workspace is that when editing a raw file except for iso, aperture, exposure, and the scene modes every setting matches the settings in the camera and can be adjusted. This has helped me understand the features of my camera from the comfort of my laptop instead of having to fiddle around in the field keeping my subjects waiting.
I really want to use WS. I believe it has a slight advantage in processing ORFs particularly HR ORFs. However, that’s all it’s got. All the rest, culling, editing, data management coupled with onerous hardware requirement, is woeful. I so wish OMDS produces a plugin for Lightroom.
With my E-M5.3, i often use in- camera stacking for floral images. I find that the editing tools in Faststone are all i need for editing these jpg images.
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