dariobros

Thanks for the clarification re file specs. I am looking from an end-user (designer's) perspective hence the expression 'layered' png as these files do have layers. Us designers working with FW want to seamlessly move from 'ancient' templates into the modern world. Tackling the problem of FW pngs is one of the challenges.

thanks, CartoonMike this is very helpful, saving PNG from Fireworks as PSD does the trick (at least partially, I need some time to test it) and it can be opened in AD! A large number of our templates were designed in FW, it would be however impossible to recreate them all (eg. 1 FW PNG file contains ca 10-17 pages - banners). Keep up the good work, AD!

I work at a creative dept for a big company hiring more than 10000 employees. We have decided to replace Fireworks with other software and Affinity Designer is on our list. From the research that was done recently we have rated Affinity Designer quite high in comparision to other software, 2 major points that still stop us from switching are: lack of smart objects and it's not possible to open layered png files (Fireworks png). With these two features added, Affinity Designer will become an amazing piece of software, good enough not only to gain all ex-fireworks users at once but to compete with Adobe Suite! I keep my fingers crossed and perhaps another pair of hands could reprioritise your development program.