So I have been pretty desperate since I bought Affinity Suite and decided to switch from Adobe CC, because I have tons of work in Adobe Illustrator (been using for 10yrs+) where are multiple objects or vectors outside the canvas – and I'm sure I'm not the only one with this HUGE issue. The problem is it's absolutely not possible to open .ai files in Affinity Designer 2 correctly with every data made in the file. I found some old forums QA (from 2015) where someone says it's just not possible. But my question is: Did really no one found a way in 9 years how to open .ai file in Designer 2 with everything included in the original file?
The only way seems to be using Illustrator again and manually re-saving EVERYTHING with resizing the canvas/artboards all over the places where are my objects and vectors... Sorry Affinity devs, I really appreacite that you made and outstanding competition to the Adobe which is on a throne for a really long time. But this feature not resolved after that many years is simply incomprehensible.
So my final question: Is it really not possible to open .ai files in Designer 2 with objects/vectors outside the canvas/artboards in 2024? (Without the need of manually re-saving original .ai files with expanded canvas/artboards).
Thank you for you answers.
