[AD File Corrupted randomly, file also hung on saving just prior]

Just adding - the server never sleeps/is never off

Anyways, let's see if the Affinity Team is able to parse through it and possibly recover it. I started recreating locally what I can remember

And yes, it is definitely true: as much as possible work directly off your local disks, which is what I usually/mostly do, but in this rare occurrence, alas, a network file and wonky tonk happenings abound (first time ever though, because I've worked off the network server on AD/AP files before without these kinds of issues before) - point is I agree, it's definitely not meant to be the default method (was more so emergency).

[AD File Corrupted randomly, file also hung on saving just prior]

Please let me know if there is somewhere I can privately send the file for you all to look at it. Thanks so much

[AD File Corrupted randomly, file also hung on saving just prior]

Ok, so I am in the middle of working on a project and then hit save as usual and then the saving was lagging for forever (it basically wouldn't save). Then the app force quit and once tried to reopen the file it says: file corrupted and now I cannot open it at all.

1. Which Operating System are you using? - macOS Monterey 12.6.2
2. Which version of Affinity did the file last get saved in? Affinity Designer 2.0.0
3. What drive type was the file last saved/saving to?
   Network Server

4. Any other information you think would help us try to find the problem?

I suspect the issue was triggered from the fact that file wouldn't save and then the app force quit. Really hoping the Affinity team can help me recover it.

Thanks for your help!

 

 

[IDML export]

Adding my vote for Affinity Publisher to include IDML exports, and even Keynote/PowerPoint exports for full versatility.

[EXPORT TO KEYNOTE OR POWERPOINT]

Wondering, is this something that will be included in Publisher? A good amount of people still haven't dived into using Affinity apps and they are still using Microsoft and Keynote as well. It would be amazing if Publisher (and all the affinity apps really) could include exporting out to Keynote and PowerPoint apps, and even having an IDML file format. Any moderators or Affinity team members can chime in on this?

[[Implemented] How add Hyperlink (url) on the text]

Adding my +2000 votes for this. This is a MUST HAVE feature. This would be such a time suck to still create books/pdfs in Affinity Publisher and still end up having to use an external tool to link urls in text (whether explicit links or ones hidden behind custom text).

Please certainly consider adding this to the immediate release, and I truly believe this feature alone would be a winner for many. 

[PDF Export Reverses Page Order]

Oh and another question, is there a way to add multiple artboards when you just create a brand new document? So when that dialog box pops up and you have a check mark for "create artboard" is there some way that it can create multiples and not just 1? Or can we only do that after the doc is opened?

[PDF Export Reverses Page Order]

Thanks everyone!!! Totally didn't know that's how AD worked in exporting, good to know now.

 

 

I wouldn't have thought it would be necessary to have a rearrange option during export. Artboards are exported in is the same order they are created, so normally there should be no need to reorder them at all. New document, create 3 artboards Artboard1, Artboard2, Artboard3, and they'll export as Page 1, Page 2, Page 3 respectively.

 

We plan to add proper multi-page support, with a Pages panel, and that should render this issue moot.

 

Ok thanks, and yes that option would be helpful! This was my first time using AD to do a PDF, I normally would use Illustrator Artboards or Pages or InDesign to whip up something super quick. I was just used to in Illustrator that once we give the boards names it takes the preference of that and also if we lay it out 1 to 14 it would honor that. I think when I created the document, I started with cover page and onwards, but I like ordering my layers from top to bottom so it makes sense looking at it visually. Lol, so that I see is what caused the error. It'd be nice that if we name the boards it could honor the Alphabet or numerical naming system, or somehow gives the option on export like you said, that would be great. I'll definitely try that trick to reversing the orders of the artboards and see how it works out. Prior to seeing the replies here, I did just go ahead and use Adobe Acrobat to put the pages in order and add links.

 

Will the new Publisher app have ability to add links, and media and such to PDFs and can we also use it to create eBooks?

[PDF Export Reverses Page Order]

Hey everyone. I need to know if there is a way to establish a page order when we export multiple artboards to a PDF. Currently, even though I set up my artboards in order, once they were exported, they actually came out in the reverse. So instead of 1 to 14, it came out 14 to 1 in page order.

 

 

How can I reverse this? Is there some way to also set the order on export and is there a certain way we must lay out our multiple documents in order to get the pages right all the time? Thanks.

[Crop and Resize]

Definitely would be a nice touch! +5

[Why is artboard creation buried under an unrelated tool?]

I have to agree with @jpespinal about the artboard "tool" would better be placed at the menu right next to preferences like his diagram suggests and should have a menu that opens up. That feels more natural, and actually that's what I had expected when I first heard artboards are here in Affinity Designer 1.4. I'd also love to still see that button in the sidebar menu area, but NOT under the move tool, that's super confusing, and I didn't even know it was there till I watched a video on your Vimeo channel showing exporting artboards. Hoping to see these fixes soon, otherwise I enjoy the artboards feature and really appreciate all the improvements that continue to be made.

[Chance to WIN an iPad Pro and Pencil!]

Retweeted and shared! Thanks for the opportunity and congrats on this accomplishment, well deserved!!

[Affinity Designer + future apps listed at Lynda.com]

This is my own personal opinion: If Lynda.com does start an Affinity Designer/Photo course, it will be a great thing. However, I'm not holding my breath and this is why. Lynda.com has unofficially acted as Adobe's commercial for so many years that I doubt that the big, red "A" would want them to promote anyone who has the potential to take away a substantial portion of their market share. My test is simple, Designer will have been around for a year in October. If, by October 2015--with all the press Designer has been getting--lynda.com STILL does not have it on the radar for a course, I think it's safe to say that we all know who's keeping that from happening behind the scenes.

 

Pretty Much,..I was thinking something similar, because in almost every tutorial Lynda shares it's almost always sponsored by Adobe. Them joining the ride to promote Affinity Products would probably rub Adobe the wrong way, unless there is some contract or clause they can use to do so will still maintaining a good relationship with Adobe. 

 

I look forward to seeing major tutorials however on places like SkillShare, CreativeLive, Udemy (in addition to Ronnie's course that is) and also perhaps real in-depth tutorials directly from the source - the Affinity team! Stuff like designing a UX.UI layout, creating mockups, drawing an elaborate scene in Designer, etc.

[Free Affinity Artwork files.]

Really nice work on these!