Nothing has changed in that regard.  It always puts the current export in the root export folder and then when Qimage opens, it looks in the export folder and creates the by-date subfolder.  The image(s) are left in the main export folder until the next export so that the most recent export remains and is always there for diagnostic purposes.

If folders are not being created, then something is stopping the ability to create subfolders or there is a conflict in the application data folder where Qimage thinks the application data folder is in another location: that can happen if Qimage was reinstalled or moved to a different location.  You might want to try just running the installer again to see if that clears it up: maybe that will get the export folder location(s) in sync.

Regards,
Mike

I think Capture One has the ability to do something like "Send To" so you could send photos to Qimage that way.  I'm not sure because I don't use Capture One.  As for Affinity Photo, the issue with that software is that while they support Photoshop plugins, they only support editing plugins.  They need to support file automation plugins and then the Qimage PS plugin would work.  If more people are moving away from Adobe (again), it might be a good time for Affinity to look into adding that feature.  But that would be up to them: nothing we can do from our end.

Regards,
Mike