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i have been through same problem, have you added any live filters? that occured to me mostly when i was working with live filters on older systems (win 7)

Thanks! Much love

Thanks for the reply. completely agree. but the same is not an issue whe you use other apps. for example corel. i cannot pinpoint the real cause or what leads to it but it is definitely very frustrating. :)

My last thread has same issue, but i was pointed out by moderator that it was due to different document resolution. I agreed upon as that was the case, but today i came across yet same issue again, with this time almost all contraints of documents equal. Hence i raised this topic again. Also i provided all the files this time, so it will be very easy to pinpoint what's happening here, rather than guessing :) Please dont consider this post as spam, the issue is same but had all legit reasons to reconsider :/

I made a thread some week ago mentioning how affinity was somehow affecting the image quality when we try to copy some data from affinity publisher-> adobe illustrator. I am still having some issues with the same problem, recently. Would it be possible for anybody to take a look? Right now i am providing dummy project files from both software along with their dimensions and dpi that i used for document creation. The very same image when copied from affinity to illustrator degrades in quality to a good degree. i am also providing with images. Screenshots are taken at 100% document zoom 1920x1080 @300 ppi Artboard Dimension Image resolution at 1080x1080 RGB color mode No sort of manipulation done. Raw image copy affinity -> adobe I also have a whole project i am working upon where this problem gets worse. Since we are required to sometimes hand our project files in PSD it create too many conflicts. I am currently providing here the dummy document project files so that you can check how different image is when copied directly to illustrator vs copying affinity -> adobe illustrator. i am also linking to a google drive folder :) Have a great day ! https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1F4_wj9xb2IMbQr8GuzBH41CeMreY9PaZ?usp=sharing Edit: This post has nothing to do with any previous thread, except the fact that they both have similar issue. Also please dont consider this as spamming in any sense :) i have 0 intention to spam here affinity.afpub direct-import_illustrator-quality.ai illustrator.ai

Hi @Gabe Thanks! indeed i had illustrator using inches units instead of pixels. And like you suggested i tried recreating the same with same units but did not occur. so yes you were right, it was my mistake here, and not any bug. i apologize for any inconvenience and i am really thankful for such an elaborated and definitive answer. :) ps: i thought maybe both affinity and illustrator do not work in pixel, so why would units interfere here but i was wrong :) thanks for clearing it out to me again. you're wonderful.

hi i really appreciate your response, but i am not talking about onject losing color. For sure if i work in rgb, moving object to cmyk document will lose its color. My point was my image was getting pixelated from affinity to illustrator, affinity was kind of degrading their quality though copy paste using clipboard. This was the main issue i was referring to :-)

hi, much appreciated for resonse but it doesn't help either. The object here i am trying to copy is image jpg/png . Other objects like vectors/svg or text are copied just fine. This is a website design and client need a psd to handover to developer.

Hello everyone, i know this is an affinity feature, but it is creating a lot of issues. We being designers need to use multiple software, which suits our needs. As a result we need to transfer data from one software to another, sometimes using export and MOST OFTEN using clipboard Affinity is somehow restricting and degrading the quality of data { images "jpg png" not text/svg } while copying them to other software. This is a Critical issue !!! kindly let me know if there already exist a way around copying high quality images to clipboard, or if not, i request affinity to look into this problem and prove an alternative copying method. I am providing a proof image. PS : * "Before any suspicion about target/destination software emerges, i would like to clarify the software is illustrator. so this is not a pixel problem. also canvas size is same as affinity artboard in this case here." * copy item as svg option also does not help the situation. the logo i am trying to copy is not svg but a high quality png image. affinity reduce quality on images only.

Hi @Gabe Thanks for response. The file was stored on local drive. Although, it happened first time and not a casual occurrence 🤷‍♂️

"This document appears to be corrupted.\n\nThe document must now be closed" I worked on this document last night, saved everything and closed. Logged in today only to find out my file is properly loading in background but affinity is displaying an error message and the document shall be closed. all of my work is lost! here is a video and i am providing the file too for developers to take a took. ScreenRecorderProject2.mp4 Template1.afpub

Sounds awesome, let me add it in list i hope developers have a look at our effort as well

You made a very good point. Indeed it exist already elsewhere. thanks for mentioning

Well, i'd rather disagree as the point you mentioned is correct but HSL color wheel feels incomplete without it and people working on their laptops without any other external monitor cannot do that.

Well, it may not make sense at first but this conversion is really helpful for Css/Html Also the conversions are already taking place in affinity under the hood. I felt it'd be handy if we can see then on a single/same dialog box, rather than switching in between

Okay, Please see the video i've attached. As you will see, If i select any color on HSL color wheel, then i switch to RGB hex dialog, there DO EXIST a hex for it. Similarly, if i generate a color in RGB hex color box, then if i switch to HSL color box, it does represent the very same color on HSL color wheel. This means Affinity is already doing Hex to HSL (and vice versa) conversions under the hood. All i asked is, if this is possible, then why cant affinity place a HEX input field straight under/beneath Hsl color wheel (within Hsl color wheel dialog box), so that Web designers/developers do not have to switch everytime between RGB Hex and HSL color wheel dialog to Obtain or Paste the Hex color code. 😀 ScreenRecorderProject1.mp4

Yes, i am sorry i was not able to properly describe what i was looking for, but the later part of your comment is in perfect direction. Displaying the hexadecimal values alongside the hsl color wheel so as to be able to transfer back and forth without having to jump from Hsl to rgb dialog box, everytime, for each color, while working with Html/Css. Because the HSL color wheel is very intuitive but it does not show/obtain or let us enter color values directly without having us first switch to rgb dialog box and then enter/get hex values.

i would rather agree, but since the methods exist and already being implemented in affinity, i think translation is quite possible. Apparently for every RGB hex there do exist a HSL value and vice versa. These are just methods to find color under a single color space that your document is based upon. https://www.rapidtables.com/convert/color/hsl-to-rgb.html

***Affinity feature requests*** * Having a Hex color Input box on "HSL color wheel" dialog box. * Global Gradient Swatches. Are they this hard to implement in affinity software...it's been 3 years almost and the top design app for mac still doesn't support global gradient swatches, why is that? * Dynamic Styles. Yes, a workaround for this is using a symbol but having a dynamic style instead of using a Symbol can be used in many areas, means, i can implement a dynamic style with shadows and glow to a circle, a rectangle, a polygon...while having ability to manipulate and watch effects like shadows taking change on multiple objects in real time. You get the idea, right? Specially for Ui/Ux designers. * Symbol lock (Sometimes we end up making changes to symbols only to zoom out and realizing those changes impact symbols on the entire page. Hence a special symbol locking mechanism would be very welcomed where we can lock symbols so that they can be moved and resized but cannot be modified or implement changes to their appearances) * PDF, Word documents (and i suspect some other document types) could not be set as linked like various image formats. They remain embedded and could not be linked which clutter the affinity document thus increasing file size. * It's impossible to separate/group swatches within a swatch category, please do something about it * Shape builder tool (We all know it how much us designers are craving for this handy dandy boolean operation tool. come on team serif * We can create separate grids for separate artboards, but we cannot set different grid line color for each cardboard. Suppose if i change grid line color or opacity to "green" on one artboard, all other artboards also have same grid line color and opacity. This gets troublesome when we have multiple artboards with different grids and you have to jump in between. * Shape Blend tool (least priority but essential tool) * Mirroring tool (I get the idea to use symbols as workaround for mirroring but wont a separate tool make tasks a lot easier for logo/graphic designer?) * Functionality to add more Api within Affinity software to grab assets from websites, just like unsplash is the only one currently supported. (https://developer.flaticon.com/landing) * When exporting an artboard, the default filename should be the name of the artboard. For bonus points, a way to export multiple artboards (from the same document, with the same settings) at once would also be very helpful. * Export Persona (or something that make exporting easy) for Publisher as well. Would love to hear your thoughts on this thread. Also, if you found my post/thread/content contributing and containing genuine new feature requests do mention and share your views. it'll make my day 😃

Oh, apologies. But nonetheless thanks for response and i am glad to share my insights with a moderator. Yes! you're right. i was actually considering EPS as a universal vector format, to be supported by every vector app and being treated equally. i didn't gave Ai format a try, neither expected the Pdf dilemma nor was aware about it's existence even in Eps. thanks for breaking it down for me 😃

***Affinity issues*** (2020 July) * We can create separate grids for separate artboards, but we cannot set different grid line color for each artboard. Suppose if i change grid line color or opacity to "green" on one artboard, all other artboards also have same grid line color and opacity. This gets troublesome when we have multiple artboards with different grids and you have to jump in between. * It's impossible to separate/group swatches within a swatch category, please do something about it * Unable to zoom in/out of document when "text styles" popup window is open. Whereas any other window like "effects window", or "preferences popup window" allow zooming in/out of document flawlessly in Background. * So many vector documents downloaded from sites like Freepik (An example this: https://www.freepik.com/free-vector/cryptocurrency-landing-page_4649920.htm) appear to be faded when opened in affinity applications, but the case is not same with illustrator, they're vivid and bright in illustrator. Overall affinity have some color rendering issues. I tried to apply every color profile available in affinity but they're inadequate. Try yourself! * Affinity still cannot work properly with vector blend modes to produce lights effects (color dodge blend mode). Here, open this template in affinity and see for yourself. https://www.freepik.com/free-vector/collection-realistic-spotlight-illumination_4947159.htm * PDF, Word documents (and i suspect some other document types) could not be set as linked like various image formats. They remain embedded and could not be linked which clutter the affinity document thus increasing file size. * Sometimes enabling grids on one "view mode" enable grids on other "view mode" as well.It only happen sometimes, but it does.

***Affinity feature requests*** * Global Gradient Swatches. Are they this hard to implement in affinity software...it's been 3 years alomst and the top design app for mac still doesnt support global gradient swatches, why is that? * Dynamic Styles. Yes, a workaround for this is using a symbol but having a dynamic style instead of using a Symbol can be used in many areas, means, i can implement a dynamic style with shadows and glow to a circle, a rectangle, a polygon...while having ability to manipulate and watch effects like shadows taking change on multiple objects in real time. You get the idea, right? Specially for Ui/Ux designers. * Symbol lock (Sometimes we end up making changes to symbols only to zoom out and realizing those changes impact symbols on the entire page. Hence a special symbol locking mechanism would be very welcomed where we can lock symbols so that they can be moved and resized but cannot be modified or implement changes to their appearances) * Shape builder tool (We all know it how much us designers are craving for this handy dandy boolean operation tool. come on team serif * Shape Blend tool (least priority but essential tool) * Mirroring tool (I get the idea to use symbols as workaround for mirroring but wont a separate tool make tasks a lot easier for logo/graphic designer?) * Functionality to add more Api within Affinity software to grab assets from websites, just like unsplash is currently supported. (https://developer.flaticon.com/landing)

Hey! Thank You so much. Thats a clever and cool way to extend column more than your document size. yes i get it :) again im so grateful for your support. wondering why it didn't strike me lol

Hello, i have been playing a lot with grid manager lately. but i couldn't figure out, if i create a simple grid, how can i keep only one directional lines. here i am NOT talking about dividing the complete art board into "some number" of rows and column. i want unidirectional lines "either horizontal or vertical" with a provided space "custom space, lets say 88px" is there any way to achieve it right now? if not, any workaround or feature request would be greatly appreciated how can i create lines like in this pic ...

thanks to you MEB for your response, but i am sorry to say the "drag file from explorer on picutre frame" still dont work sadly. As always, desperately excited for upcoming updates and hearing for you. long live affinity ^^)