jbartley

We are going to through the process of figuring out how to transition from PS to AP. We are a catalog company that have a few thousand images that ave clipping paths saved inside the PSD or tiff files that we use in Indesign as silhouettes images. Basically the path is used as a mask that Indesign recognizes. These curves remain live so they are editable for edge refinement and repositioning. Am I clear in the understanding there is no way for curves to make the leap from PS to AP? The forum thread I found that talked about this issue was from 2016. I didn't know if the status of this has changed. I did try the shape layer approach, but this still does not leave me with curves. They PS shape layer comes in as a color fill. Maybe my approach was wrong. The color fill would work if I was able to turn my selection into curves, but I know that is not currently possible. As a side note: Affinity photo is able to turn curves into selections, but can not turn a selection into a curve. I always thought that was strange. I know auto trace...its on the roadmap.... Recreating all of those paths in all those files is not a real viable or cost effective solution for us. I am open to any workflow suggestions anyone can offer.

Recognizing multiple saved channel something Apub and Aphoto does not recognize. Ive ask about this fix on multiple occasions. Apparently it on the bug list, but have not seen any progress. Hopefully this will be fixed. We same our extra channels on Tiff formatted images.

Just checking in to see if this issue will be addressed in the current Photo beta? So far I have not seen any changes in this area. I am still hopeful this will be addressed before the release of Publisher.

I would like to see this also. This is something that could be added to guide manager.

I also would like the ability to dock the Resource manger in the studio. Also, It would be great to change and add for categories to the manager to bar. Color space, Icc, Original DPI..ect. Items that are already in the detail view once you click on them. It would be nice to get a over all view of the assets in your document without the need of clicking on each one.

I will have mention that the paths don't show show up in Affinity photo as a curve layer as I would hope to expect. They are present in the paths in tab in PS, which may be a separate issue all together. I have been taking my PS tiff and turning the path into a selection and making a mask from that for Affinity Photo to see. I have been re-saving the tiff and placing them in Publisher. Not the most efficient work around but it works. Once I get the layers converted to something publishers can see... I have the issue stated above. I see two issues going on. 1. Publisher not seeing separate masks/paths. 2. Affinity photo see seeing channels (reported as bug) and paths coming from photoshop.

Uploaded 3 files for you. Each file contains 2 path layers edited in Photoshop and saved Tiff format. These are examples of how we use paths in our catalog layout. Hope you find these useful. Let me know if you need any more examples or explanation on this issue.

Publisher should allow to choose the mask layer you are wanting to use when image contains multiple masks within an image. Currently all mask layers are combined when placing an image. The work around is to export a new image with unwanted mask layers turned off. Exporting a new image just adds unwanted image management complexity issues to my workflow. We use these mask layers as text wraps built into the image itself or "bust outs" ( images that overhang the background). Along with these masks we also have masks layers for color correction and object isolation. We could have up to 3 or more mask layers within an image that server different purposes within image production. Those mask stay on the image in case we have to go back after and make further tweaks and changes. I would expect that Publisher would recognize the individual mask layers and allow me to choose which one I want to use within the page. This is how indesign currently handles them. I would hope Publisher could handle multiple masks layers in the same fashion.

100% Agree. Notification of some kind is a must. Not having a visual indication is a sure way that something is going to get missed and copy is going to get clipped.

Look at this post to see how to get the mask as a selection: Once you have the selection you can save the selection out to a file. Top menu bar: Select-> Save Selection -> To File.... You can use that saved selection file to load into the other tiff. Top menu bar: Select -> Load Selection From File....

Thanks for the Bump. After 2.5 years since the start of the thread....I'm still hoping too.

I am just curious why Transparency Tool and Gradient Tool were broken out as separate tools. Isn't the Transparency tool just a gradient with a no fill (0% opacity) on one end?

A dialog box to input a length and width of the square, circle.... ect. when you double left click in the canvas with the tool selected . Also, the dialog box would remember you last input. I know you can input the sizes in the transform box after you draw it out... but I think the double click to size would be a quick nice addition to getting the size you want.

Great news! Thanks for the reply.

Could a Save Selection be added. Maybe as a selection layer. Also could a curve to selection be added. These two functions work hand in hand for me. I am always using my curve tool to isolate parts to adjust color or add an effect. I often need to go back into the file to recolor or edit that selection later. I don't what to loose my selection once I worked so hard to isolate a particular part of the image. I would just add a curve layer and leave it at that... but I do not see a way to convert that curve into a section for later edits. As a work-around I am creating a closed curve layer and filling it as my potential selection. I use the selection brush to select my fill to get my selection back. Kind of a long way to get a simple result. ;)

Could DXF export be added as a export option. I sometimes have have to send my designs to a CNC and vinyl cutting shop. There preferred format is DXF. It would be great not to have to import my design into cad program before sending it them. I currently use this feature in illustrator and it works nicely.

Can the line units or text units be change to anything else other than points? I am wanting to be able to choose inches or centimeters if I could.

Thanks for the welcome. I think the program is fantastic. Keep up the good work! Thank you to pointing out the threads about the offset. I swear I searched the forum before posting. Glad to know it will be addressed. Thanks

I would like to see a offset path function. This is operation I use often and can not go with out. Outline object and outline stroke would be nice too.