Little Trove

I would like to say that I am I the same position as Suzylavor with pixels icons and using symbols. It too is driving me crazy and I’ve had to abandoned using pixel icons to a great degree in my repeat pattern work. I’m hoping this is temporary and a fix is made soon please. I am well into the work flow of using both Designer and Photo and being asked to teach it so I’d really love to be able to do that without having to leave out patterns with pixel icons. I know these files must get very complex and huge using pixels so of course the other chestnut that would help here is the introduction of an image trace to speed up converting into vector drawings. I myself will crack open a champagne when you announce that addition!

Is it possible to find an auto save file on iPad after a file crashes and gets corrupted?

I just wish global was possible on the iPad version. I have to do some work on desktop and then swap to iPad which means I have to think about where and when I can set work up. I guess it will get there eventually!

Ok so I am excited to find (after joining the dots on good advice/comments from lots of different sites) a fairly painless workflow to get my finished pattern repeats into illustrator using SVG. Basically, it all becomes much easier when you use minimal groupings in Affinity, ensure icons are merged to their smallest components and then use “place” to put the repeat file into a new Illustrator document rather than opening the svg file straight into Illustrator. It comes in with a clipping mask which you can delete if you want to see all of your icons that hang over the edges of the repeat or leave it in to form the mask that you need to drag the pattern into your swatch panel. Sometimes there are groups within groups that require a quick tidy up and this sometimes means retyping group names, but generally it’s fairly easy if you have made sure that you have the lowest amount of grouping while in Affinity prior to exporting. There’s a warning message that pops up along the way in regards to a file that won’t make a return journey which apparently is to do with developing mobile apps but you can safely ignore it and continue. I feel so relieved that I found something that allows me to do all my work in Affinity after a few depressed days searching for something that works.

Thanks Wosven. Yes its been interesting getting to know and love the Affinity software but sadly I think, for the time being, I am going to have to use my CS6 version of illustrator for work done for agencies and Affinity for work that doesn't require client manipulation/editing. I have tried messing around with the SVG export but I wouldn't send that to a client because its just not user friendly. If I don't use a stroke on my shapes and also ensure that things are not grouped before exporting its ok-ish but still requires tidying and sorting back into sensible groups so lots of double handling. I'd be interested to know if anyone has come up with some other reasonable work around or work flow routes that make it a bit less trouble!

Hi All. I'm a illustrator and surface pattern designer and I have been using Affinity software for about 6 months. I have to say that making patterns in Affinity is a joy and I've made lots. For me, Affinity takes the focus off the software (and how to pay the subscription) and back onto design and colours. However! .... as much as I can make out, Affinity cannot export complex vectors suitable for seamless use in illustrator. I am more than sure that if the Affinity team could , they would have done this already. The industry gold standard is to receive/edit work using Illustrator/Adobe products. To my mind, this limits the work available to Agencies to the decreasing number of people who are able to afford an Adobe subscription. With Affinity software ridiculously well priced, my question is: what needs to be done to convince the buyers of design work (our clients) to make use of the software? I would like to know if the software really works in a Agency production environment...does it translate to the real world processes that these companies use to do their work? Having invested time learning the software and producing a considerable amount of work, am I even going to be able to send it out to clients?