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Hi guys,
 
first of all a big Thank you - I am a huge fan of Affinity Design and use it for all my projects. In general the usability is great and it is a pleasure to work with.
 
But there is this tiny detail that has bitten me so many times that I at least wanted you to know :) 
 
The thing is: AD obviously remembers the last directory that I have saved or exported to. In general this is very helpful because when saving or exporting repeatedly from the same file, it is very likely that I intend to do that into the same directory.
 
BUT...
 
I often start my work by opening a recent file and saving this under a new name (e.g. "mydesign_02"...). And when I do, I usually want this copy to go into the same directory as the original file, not some other projects export folder from yesterday.
I cannot count how many times I have done "Save as", then worked in the copy, then closed AD, only to notice that the file is not, in fact, in the same folder as the original. So I have to start AD again, open some file, select "Save as" and check which folder it is saving to, then find my copy and move it to its intended location. Pretty annoying :)
 
I assume that this is not very easily fixed, but I still wanted to let you know :) I have a feeling that these kinds of usability details are exactly what you're trying to get right, so maybe you will come up with something smart ;)
 
Thanks again, best,
Ole.
 
 

Hi Ole, while waiting for support, please try renaming the folder containing the linked images (or the images themselves) and then open Designer. If the issue is with the linked resources and Designer can't find them, then it shouldn't crash.
If it opens, do not open the Resource Manager or it may crash. Instead, delete those images from the document and add them back again. Save under a new name for safety and that may fix it.
Good luck!

You're welcome. Now it might happen again - there's a known bug in 2.0.0 and 2.0.3 where linked resources that are updated outside of the app can cause it to crash when the document is reopened. One workaround is to embed the resources instead of linking them but that inflates the document size.

Hi MikeTO, you are a wizard  That helped wonders! I had in fact already tried to move the linked images to a different folder, but I still had the Resource Manager open when opening the file. Closing the resource manager in addition to moving the linked files did the trick  Amazing!
Thanks for helping me out, it is much appreciated!
Cheers, Ole.
 
 

Could the software please remember the last used directory separately for opening and for exporting.
 
A frequent workflow for me is:
1) Open Image
2) Edit Image
3) Export Image
(repeat many times)
 
It's a waste of time to have to navigate back and forth between my "originals" and my "export" directory for every photo I edit.  Export should remember the last directory I exported to and this should not interfere with remembering the last directory I opened a file from.
 
This is a very simple software change but would save users a lot of time.