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I thank one & all for your input. As a graphics-newbie it's what I hoped to learn. MikeW, the lines were there because I mistakenly exported without turning off the (grid) background. As for the font (American Typewriter), I'll try this again with a standard font to avoid the substitution and see what happens. A special thanks for describing your workflow. R C-R, I'll dig around and see what the required vs. optional elements are for SVG. I did this regularly with browser HTML compatibility. Slipped my mind here. I sent Graphic support an email, complete with PNG before/after and the SVG export from Graphic. I'll share their response when/if it arrives. Thanks again.

I never downloaded the file from Graphic as an SVG until I did it this week in order to open it in AD. All previous downloads were PNG files to use in a website. Subsequent to the PNG downloads, I did the SVG download in order to see if Graphic's SVG file could be successfully exported and used in another program, AD in this case. Needless to say I was disappointed that the presumed compatibility wasn't there. I had hoped to use Graphic on my iPad Pro, AD on my PC and share graphics - with SVG seeming to be the only common format. Not looking to assign blame; trying to understand why standards aren't standard.

Thanks for the reply. Here's the SVG file as exported from Autodesk Graphic. It results in the right-most thumbnail, as shown in my OP, when opened in AD. Is this what you meant? Webitz Logo 2.svg

Still nothing. Next quiz will only contain easy questions.... B) Seriously - it is surprising that no one, especially Affinity-folks, have no insight/tips to offer on the subject of file format compatibility since it's an issue that's with us all of the time. Since I've heard nothing after two days I'll move on - lesson learned, just not the desired one.

Surprised there are no replies. Didn't realize I was diving into a deep unknown. I'll keep digging and report back...

New to Designer (and vector graphics in general). I have two simple vector-based images created in Autodesk Graphic (latest release). I exported them from Graphic as SVG files and opened the resulting SVG files in Designer. Here's the problem - both images, as viewed with Designer, differ from the original (e.g., compare before/after thumbnails for one of these below). Why? and how can I solve this? I'd rather not have to start from scratch in AD. If I had to guess, it looks as if using Graphic's Effects-options (drop shadow and the like) causes problems - just a guess and not sure what other incompatibilities are lurking. Excuse the possibly dumb question - learning....

You're most welcome, epirot

Nik Collection resources to add a bit of magic to Affinity Photo The material referenced here used the Nik plugins with various (non-AP) photo editing programs. The usage and results apply equally to AP. 1. Nik Tutorials: A few weeks ago, I posted a link on this forum to Nik tutorials (written when I was an invited Nik beta tester, pre-Google) - the most comprehensive tutorials available IMO. 2. Luminosity Conversion & Blending: A week or so later I added a Nik related series with useful (little known) color theory and Nik luminosity-based B&W conversion techniques and blending that greatly enhance image quality. 3. Masking & Control-Points: In browsing the Affinity forum, I see that masking is a topic of interest. Nik Control-Point technology makes masking easy-peasy as shown here. I'll keep adding to this list. Keep in mind, the blog in which these appear is searchable; just type a keyword or two to find items of interest in the nearly 2,000 posts. Since Control Points set Nik apart form other photo editing software, try searching "control points" for all that you'll ever want to know.

Here's an illustration of the power of Nik Collection in combination with a photo editor. The editor used when the material was written was PS Elements, but AP will more than suffice. This three-part blog series contains useful (little known) color theory and B&W conversion techniques that greatly enhance image quality. Part 1 Part 2 Part 3

An Affinity newbie here. Long ago and far away I was a Nik beta tester (pre-Google days). I also did a daily photography blog and used it to document the Nik software via a large number of blog tutorial posts. Some of the tutorial info was based on detailed discussions with the developers and can't be found anywhere else. Long story short - if you've downloaded and installed the Nik Collection in Affinity Photo, take a look at these tutorials and speed your journey up the learning curve. Enjoy!