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So after exporting my Affinity file to a PSD and import it to After Effects, it doesn’t give me the little window to make it a footage or a composition. It ignores it and just flattens the file to one layer instead.

When I import PSD files that have been made in Photoshop. It gives me the little window to convert them to footage or comp. Is there a fault with the PSD exports from Affinity or do I have to export the PSDs in a specific custom way via Affinity?

Hello, I’ve been struggling with move tool in affinity (I use all programs, mainly publisher) since yesterday.

When I try to copy from one work to another, the version I paste can’t move.

For example. I have two files open. I copy one layer (lets say its png) in the first file and then I go to the second file where I paste the layer. The layer in the second file suddenly doesn’t work with move tool, even though it have worked fine in the first layer and other layers that are not pasted are okay.

When I move with the layer in the first file, it has normal borders, when I try to move the pasted layer in the second file, the border is quite different, its not around the picture, it’s somewhere else instead.

Did it happen to anyone else? What can I do to fix it?

I have the ipad bundle license, would I get a discount if I want to upgrade to the universal license?

Im very happy with not having to pay adobe monthly, but i miss gradient meshes. are they coming to affinity designer?

I am currently in an airport, away from my iPad. Is it physically not possible to purchase an iPad app (in this case Designer) from my iPhone?

I'm currently test driving a friend's M1 MacBook Air and Affinity Designer 2 keeps crashing. It's crashed 4 times in the last 2 hours, and it's a very basic design (like 10 layers, all solid fill, etc). This is a file that my 2017 i5 MacBook Pro would have no issues with.

I'm running 2.5.6 in Designer 2, and the M1 MacBook is running 15.1.1, so both up to date.

I read something from early in the M chip days that Affinity doesn't run well on M1. I'm debating on buying this laptop from my friend or springing for an M4 Mac mini, so I'm wondering if the Affinity software runs better on later M chips from Apple.

Thank you for any insight!

If I try launching Affinity Photo from my start menu, my taskbar, my desktop icon, or from the executable itself, I get the loading screen which shows version 2.5.5, then the app appears for part of a second and closes itself before getting the welcome dialogue.

The only way I can get Affinity Photo to launch is to run the version 2.5.6 installer, which tells me I already have that version installed and offers to launch it. If I launch from there, I get the 2.5.6 loading screen and the app opens without closing itself.

This doesn't happen for Designer or Publisher, they both launch just fine from any shortcut. Reinstalling 2.5.6 didn't change anything.

Has anyone run into this? It's really obnoxious launching from the installer, and I don't get why the 2.5.5 version is trying to load at all.

I make an 30-60 page photo book of us and our kids every year and every year I face the question, "what's the most effective software." Affinity Designer is currently my favorite (3rd year), but now I have the issue of having trouble tracking which photos have and have not been used as I progress.

Software made explicitly for photobooks (typically designed by the service that will print the books) always shorts me on customization, but DOES typically preload photos into a strip or window, greying each out as it gets used. This is very helpful when handling 200-300 photos.

Does anyone have tips on how to recreate this workflow tool\method in Publisher V2? Is there any way to preload and sort images, or any other assisting software I could use instead?

I am looking for a customizable GameDay poster template for hockey that I can edit with my own hockey photos. Ideally, the file should be in Affinity Photo format (.afphoto) to allow for easy editing. If you have any templates available or could guide me to someone who provides such designs, I would greatly appreciate it.

On 19th November I bought the affinity designer v2 for 490 Turkish liras (about 15 dollars) and I was looking to buy either the universal pack or the photo app today.

I checked the pricing, and its in terms of dollars now. 35 dollars with the black friday sale for all the apps, and the universal license is 83 dollars. It was about 1000 liras, which is ~29 dollars.

I saw others who had this kind of situation (for better or for worse), and I wonder if the prices will likely be back to liras for my country or will they stay in dollars when the black friday sale ends. How is the pricing right now at other countries?

I’ve gotten my base information and knowledge from a course + books, and want to start applying the fundamentals I’ve learned.

Which is the best affinity software to start from and what tutorials etc did you follow? I want to do some sort of project-based learning so I can grow my portfolio simultaneously too, so I would appreciate suggestions with something of that sort.

Thank you in advance.

I keep getting payment was unsuccessful. I tried multiple forms of payment and credit card

Hi, i'm doing this post because i didn't find an answer. Basically, i'm trying to find a substitute for Corel at work, and since I use this option (https://youtu.be/wggJmyS6Zns?si=dP4MjsrKxXXSwSOn link to understand what i mean) to print without creating manually a layout and be sure that thefront and back of the print are aligned, i'd like to know if there's something like that or i should stick to corel for this kind of things.

I notice the official "recommended" OS for Windows starts with Win 10, but will it run on Win 7 too (x64 not x32)? Is "recommended" just for best performance (and/or because anything below Win 10 is no longer officially supported) or an actual hard limit?

Has anyone got personal experience with this?

I know V1 runs fine on Win7 but sadly it seems to be unavailable to buy now.

I was going to buy the whole V2 suite during the big sale but want to make sure I can use that version first, or if I should stick with V1 (or something else).

Same question for Photo and Publisher, though those are less important to me currently.

Until when can I grab the black friday offer?

Hi all, have recently got a fairly beefy Windows 11 laptop following only using Macs for years.

I've been looking at some image editing software to replace what I had on Mac that is cheaper than Adobe.

I've downloaded a trial of Photo to create a Christmas card design for my family. Perhaps I should be using one of the other programs to do this but it's irrelevant to the issue I am having.

I have a background for my card, I add in another photo I would like to add to it and try to select the parts of that photo I would like to remove. It crashes.

I reload. It crashes. etc etc Every single time I start doing anything further than the above.

I've selected my graphics card as the renderer under Performance as I have seen mentioned in other threads with no luck. I have updated my graphics card drivers. Neither of these has helped.

I've just tried uninstalling and reinstalling and it crashed again the moment I selected the selection brush tool.

Anyone have any ideas? This seems kinda ridiculous, I was considering picking it up in Black Friday but I haven't been able to begin to trial it yet!

Hello, I'm a disilussioned ex Adobe user. Been looking for an alternative for the past months, and Affinity fits the bill for that. I have a few questions though:

1. Should I just get one program's license or should I jump on the Universal license (it's at a discount for Black Friday which is perfect for my budget and savings)
2. What's the catch on the Universal license? After I pay that initial fee, more will come for extra features, for updates, etc? Are there any under the table shenanigans I should be weary about?

All the info will be appreciated.

I used to be able to hover my mouse over the text size box and scroll and increase or decrease the text size in Affinity photo or publisher. It stopped working at some point. Any idea why that would be?

Hai!

As my subscription of Adobe Creative Cloud expires in 2 weeks, and finding out there is no discount whatsoever even around Black Friday (only for first year, but that's laughable), with quick research and great discount available on Affinity, without two thoughts I am making switch (and with great regret not doing it last year).

So my questions is -

_ Should I need to watch some tutorials for all 3 programs or after Adobe it will be intuitive to switch and use?
_ Is there some cool features that I should know about?
_ How about file transfer. I have loads of files in Illustrator on Cloud, do I just save them locally and open in Affinity?

Just general advices, tips, suggestions, I am all ears.

Does anyone else feel like the pen pressure in Designer isn't very good? It's not very accurate and for some reason it almost ALWAYS wants the line to start and end at 0 pressure, which creates little balloon nipples at the end of lines. When I draw it, it seems normal, but after I let go it modifies it to some pressure chart that doesn't match how I drew. Is there some solution to this or is it just like that?
I'll admit I don't use a professional drawing tablet, I do just connect my Galaxy Tab to my computer and use the stylus that comes with it, but it used to work very well for me in Adobe Illustrator...

I bought V2 at launch (with 40% OFF offer) and I had to pay around $100 in my country, India.

In the current sale (50% OFF), the price is only around $33 for same. That's a massive drop.

I wonder if it's happened only in a few countries or global? And why do you think it has dropped?

Hi all,

In Photo I have two A4 size images - car 1 and car 2 each with various sub layers - how can I arrange them so one image is next to the other and I can see / compare / edit both images at the same time? In Designer I can do this with Artboards but for some reason Photo does not have artboards. I cannot open the Photo document in Designer because it gives me some error about the version number (Photo is 2.6 beta and Designer is 2.5.6)

I saw the offer and I think to jump to Affinity bandwagon . They say is perpetual licence but I'm imagine if it will be a version 3 you will need to pay again. So I'm interested what is their life cycle business model. When do I need to expect to pay again for version 3.

Hai!

As my subscription of Adobe Creative Cloud expires in 2 weeks, and finding out there is no discount whatsoever even around Black Friday (only for first year, but that's laughable), with quick research and great discount available on Affinity, without two thoughts I am making switch (and with great regret not doing it last year).

So my questions is -

Should I need to watch some tutorials for all 3 programs or after Adobe it will be intuitive to switch and use?
Is there some cool features that I should know about?
How about file transfer. I have loads of files in Illustrator on Cloud, do I just save them locally and open in Affinity?

Just general advices, tips, suggestions, I am all ears.