Silas

AH! You are correct. My life is complete again! Thank you for your response.

Hi there, I'm on a Mac running macOS 13.4 (Ventura) and Designer 2.1.1 Apologies if this is a repeat question. I have searched the fora for this and I see similar questions but nothing that describes what I am seeing. For a long time now, using AD version 1, I have been able to copy art boards, groups and even a collection of layers and then simply paste them into another application such as Pages or even Slack and magically get a portable image that works everywhere. I really had become quite accustomed to this miracle. So when I updated both applications recently I was horrified to discover that now what I get is SVG code. In order to get similar behaviour I have to create a new document from the clipboard in Preview and copy from there before pasting. I see from the bug fixes that there were some changes to the way copy/paste is handled so I am wondering ... Is anybody else hampered by this change? Is there something I have overlooked? Is there a configuration somewhere that I can tweak? I appreciate any information you can offer.

Well, You avoided my main point, but really I think you guys are over-analysing this whole thing. I want Serif to build stuff for my OS of choice because on that OS I have everything I want but one thing ... Serifs excellent and sensibly priced and marketed software. While making my argument I think that there are benefits to Serif, so I mention that. The only real argument from the customer side for building the thing is that there is a market for it. I think there is. The rest is up to them. I am here to be counted. If I said nothing then that would be dumb. If I dug holes in the argument for what I want then that too would be dumb.

Just want to add a voice to those calling for Linux versions of the Affinity Suite. I can drag out the old tale of how I am disillusioned with Apple, or how Windows is not Unix enough for me. I can drag that out, and it would be true, but the real thing for me is that with the presence of very useable (even pleasant!) distros like Mint and PopOS, and with the range of software now available for these distros Linux is a real desktop alternative. The one thing that is missing is a good graphics package. GIMP does not cut it and neither does Inkscape. If Serif was present in this space they would be alone, and they would be singlehandedly making the platform a more viable choice for technically-inclined graphic designers such as myself. Kid yourself not, there are a lot of us. The beauty of PopOS combined with access to a proper suite of graphics tools could push many of us over the edge. There are two things I like in my computer world right now, PopOS and the Affinity Suite. I cannot and will not attempt to instruct Serif on the economics of the thing, but one way or another I am migrating to PopOS out of despair of my other options and Apple's once-fabulous hardware. I am begging Serif to come with me, and I can't be alone.