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This is because 72 is the native dpi that Illustrator operates in. Mithferion, well that’s interesting, about Photoshop and the court LondonSquirrel Posted November 30,
 
 

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Here’s to the crazy ones! Ashf, That would be great. Anyway, if the goal is to save the file so its exactly the same in Illustrator or other apps as the file you created in Affinity Designer, then the exported file really does need to be the same This works in certain very narrow circumstances, e. But the graphics industries are vast and varied, so anyone making some new software, e. Serif, is quite likely going to reinvent the wheel by making a new file format for itself. This will inevitably go through various stages of enhancements, improvements, and so on.

It’s a pity that the ‘industry’ cannot define a set of interoperable file formats and adopt them as ‘the standards’. Even moderate programmers can begin to write effective internet clients and servers in whatever language they chose in a short time by reading the standards. I’m not talking about using somebody else’s prebuilt libraries to do this though that is not a bad thing , but writing from scratch code which will open a TCP connection and do something.

Anyone wanting to can start writing an SMTP server or a web server by reading the open standards. If their program does not interoperate with those standards correctly that is their fault.

I don’t see that the standards themselves have held back any development of the internet, actually my view is the precise opposite. The equivalent of the closed-format operators, e. CompuServe, tried to cling on to their closed ‘standards’, and failed.

The same is pretty much true on local networks too. Who hears of those these days? I hope that everyone knows that the internet came about by government mandate, but the standards themselves are open. Who knows if AI is the ‘best’ format just because a lot of people use it?

Maybe it is, but others may disagree. Perhaps the only solution is government-mandated open file formats. It would be no bad thing in my view, and the naysayers will always be the naysayers. Let me add, and even if something is standardized, like for example SVG Scalable Vector Graphics , do not all who make use of that format in their software then do support the whole spectrum of the standardized spec.

The later then often can lead to incompatibilities between software for an exchange here. At work, we have old and new equipment that utilize Adobe Illustrator files. And AI8 is more than sufficient. You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account. Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible. Paste as plain text instead.

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Mithferion, well that’s interesting, about Photoshop and the court Guest Posted November 29, Everything looked great except for the loss of the guidelines and the layer organization.

It looks like SVG is useless for exchanging Affinity vector files with other programs. Strokes were outlined and the appearance was far from ready for presentation to a client. I suggest trying a SVG file, it maintains layers and names. My vector brushes where outlined, but I was planning to do that anyway, it really solves me a step. At least for a simple design no filters or effects it seems to work perfectly.

It sounds like to be the best way, but for me there is an error [cant] when I try to open the svg file made from AD in Illustrator CS6! Although it seems to me that I had already done the operation successfully!

Yes Nick, it may be because of the version of AI. But Raul says that it works with its Illustrator CS5! But on the other hand, it could work with CS5, but not with CS6… because not using, reading, recognizing, the same version of svg … With a light document, having a very few layers, the best is probably to copy and paste layer by layer, with a large rectangle around all elements to be copied to ensure their positioning.

Even if I release the clipping mask, the objects are ineditable. I was excited about this method because — like you said — I have clients that would want the file saved as. A single stroke outline applied in Affinity is converted into a shape with an outer and inner line, plus everything is grouped into a million groups and subgroups, which would make it awkward — at least — for anyone to edit.

It is that the PDf file loses all the layers created in AD, and in AI there is only one layer where all the elements contained in the creation are gathered. But indeed, everything remains editable, even if you lose all the advantages of working with layers.

I tried this, and it seemed to work at first glance. I opened an Adobe Illustrator file in Affinity Designer. Then I saved it as a Designer file. Then I changed the suffix from. Then I tried to open that file in Illustrator. It opened fine… but the layer structure was destroyed. Every item many dozens was placed inside a single layer, rather then being distributed among about two dozen layers.

All the items came across, but none of the carefully-designed layers I had set up in Illustrator, originally were present. Any ideas? Am I doing something wrong? Hi Keith, one of the unfortunate downsides of using this method is that layer information is not preserved. Your email address will not be published. Save my name and email in this browser for the next time I comment.

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This is done by using a dedicated tool that allows you to scale the width and height in a multitude of Skip to content. Thanks for the suggestion! Sounds like SVG is the way to go.

Yes, this is one of the downsides of working cross platform. Leave a Reply Cancel reply Your email address will not be published. Read More. Unfortunately, there is no direct way to save as AI with Affinity Designer. However, as a workaround, you can save a PDF file and then change the file extension from. Become A Master of Affinity Designer!

 

 

I’m not talking about using somebody else’s prebuilt libraries to do this though that is not a bad thing , but writing from scratch code which will open a TCP connection and do something. Anyone wanting to can start writing an SMTP server or a web server by reading the open standards. If their program does not interoperate with those standards correctly that is their fault.

I don’t see that the standards themselves have held back any development of the internet, actually my view is the precise opposite. The equivalent of the closed-format operators, e. CompuServe, tried to cling on to their closed ‘standards’, and failed. The same is pretty much true on local networks too. Who hears of those these days? I hope that everyone knows that the internet came about by government mandate, but the standards themselves are open. Who knows if AI is the ‘best’ format just because a lot of people use it?

Maybe it is, but others may disagree. Perhaps the only solution is government-mandated open file formats. It would be no bad thing in my view, and the naysayers will always be the naysayers. Let me add, and even if something is standardized, like for example SVG Scalable Vector Graphics , do not all who make use of that format in their software then do support the whole spectrum of the standardized spec.

The later then often can lead to incompatibilities between software for an exchange here. At work, we have old and new equipment that utilize Adobe Illustrator files. And AI8 is more than sufficient. You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

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Share More sharing options Followers 2. Reply to this topic Start new topic. Recommended Posts. RobKlein Posted November 29, Posted November 29, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options Mithferion Posted November 29, Best regards!

Mithferion, well that’s interesting, about Photoshop and the court Guest Posted November 29, Old Bruce Posted November 29, LondonSquirrel Posted November 30, Posted November 30, I’ve seen this subject repeated in several threads.

Actionscript Posted November 30, Posted June 6. Join the conversation You can post now and register later. Reply to this topic Go to topic listing. This is okay though. This is also true for a file that you save as AI with Affinity Designer. For the most part, the properties and attributes of your design — like colors, gradients, text, etc. However, more advanced features that are specific to Affinity Designer may not transfer over as well. Some examples of such are as follows:. At the end of the day though, the only way to ensure that a design will be completely editable and functional in Illustrator is to create it with Illustrator.

However, if it helps in placating a client, then simply generating a PDF file and changing its file extension should do the trick. If you have any questions, or if any part of this lesson was unclear, just leave a comment below! Want to learn more about how Affinity Designer works? Enroll Now. Want to learn more about how Adobe Illustrator works? Check out my Illustrator Explainer Series – a comprehensive collection of over videos where I go over every tool, feature and function and explain what it is, how it works, and why it’s useful.

This post may contain affiliate links. Read affiliate disclosure here. Thank you for such helpful information. Everything looked great except for the loss of the guidelines and the layer organization. It looks like SVG is useless for exchanging Affinity vector files with other programs. Strokes were outlined and the appearance was far from ready for presentation to a client. I suggest trying a SVG file, it maintains layers and names. My vector brushes where outlined, but I was planning to do that anyway, it really solves me a step.

At least for a simple design no filters or effects it seems to work perfectly. It sounds like to be the best way, but for me there is an error [cant] when I try to open the svg file made from AD in Illustrator CS6! Although it seems to me that I had already done the operation successfully! Yes Nick, it may be because of the version of AI. But Raul says that it works with its Illustrator CS5! But on the other hand, it could work with CS5, but not with CS6… because not using, reading, recognizing, the same version of svg … With a light document, having a very few layers, the best is probably to copy and paste layer by layer, with a large rectangle around all elements to be copied to ensure their positioning.

Even if I release the clipping mask, the objects are ineditable. I was excited about this method because — like you said — I have clients that would want the file saved as. A single stroke outline applied in Affinity is converted into a shape with an outer and inner line, plus everything is grouped into a million groups and subgroups, which would make it awkward — at least — for anyone to edit.

It is that the PDf file loses all the layers created in AD, and in AI there is only one layer where all the elements contained in the creation are gathered. But indeed, everything remains editable, even if you lose all the advantages of working with layers. I tried this, and it seemed to work at first glance. I opened an Adobe Illustrator file in Affinity Designer. Then I saved it as a Designer file. Then I changed the suffix from. Then I tried to open that file in Illustrator. It opened fine… but the layer structure was destroyed.

Every item many dozens was placed inside a single layer, rather then being distributed among about two dozen layers. All the items came across, but none of the carefully-designed layers I had set up in Illustrator, originally were present. Any ideas? Am I doing something wrong? Hi Keith, one of the unfortunate downsides of using this method is that layer information is not preserved.

 
 

 
 

With Affinity Designer becoming a popular new alternative to Adobe Illustrator and with Affinity Publisher on its way , are there any plans to introduce a native export to Affinity Document command in Rhino for Mac? Affinity Designer looks great. What file formats and workflows do you use with Affinity Designer?

My process is to create a 2D drawing and just format it a bit in Illustrator or copy parts of the drawing to incorporate in presentations. If possible for McNeel, a path forward may be to update the rather old. This may have other benefits too, such as the ability to place Rhino exported.

Does anyone know a good person to ask on their development team? Thanks for the link to their forum. Obviously, we need to update our Illustrator format support, but that seems like a separate issue to me. If Affinity does not publish a toolkit for their format. NET flavors. Affinity Designer does seem to recognize layers created in Rhino. While AD does not retain the name, it groups your curves by layer s. This needs to be done anyway! They have listed. Printing a vector Adobe PDF from Rhino seems to convert smooth curves to interpolated curvature by using straight line segments.

I have tried exporting. I could then export the geometry from either of those programs as a. As other users have suggested, please consider adding. Thanks for listening. Hey, I guess these posts are still relevant. As Affinity is gaining popularity and is really a great tool, it would be really great to export from Rhino to Affinity Designer in a proper way. Could the. AI export be lifted to a newer standard or as an option. Software is on the one hand, but machines are on the other.

Check out this post. Using this technique affinity designer will be able to read the pdf while keeping Rhino layers and the line quality. Have been a fan of Affinity products for a while, more and more architects and designers are switching from Adobes restrictive subscriptions to a more free feeling buy and use as you like. As well selecting the geometry in Rhino seems to have no impact on what will be exported. In AD I just get a huge list of lines and planes.

Do you have any idea what could be the issue? I just figured that out while ready your linked discussion twice. Download is on its way. Currently, Affinity Designer cannot open the. Is there a reason the. This thread touches on the outdated. Export to AI make modern Wish. It will then prompt you to specify the file name. Open up your newly saved. Thanks for sharing! Rhino for 2D design. Can anybody help me? AD beside is working on dxf import option, which would be nice, too.

Maybe I am missing something. In case, please let me know. Hi ivo. Download is on its way Thank you for the quick help.