GrahamMYC Posted October 25, 2019 Share Posted October 25, 2019 I wish to export some styles from Affinity Photo or Designer to transfer them elsewhere. When I select a styles category and select "export styles category", nothing seems to happen. If it is exported I do not know where. I am using Affinity Photo 1.7.3.481 on Windows 10 pro 64 bit Also Styles that I have imported into the PC will not import from iCloud into the iPad (Ipad Pro). Advice plse Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Dan C Posted October 25, 2019 Staff Share Posted October 25, 2019 Hi GrahamMYC Sorry to hear you're having trouble. When you select 'Export Styles Category' you should see a Windows Explorer window open, allowing you to decide where to save the .afstyles file, and to name it if you wish. Is this dialog not appearing for you? If not, please try restarting your PC and exporting your styles once more. In regards to your iPad, please open the Files app and move/copy the .afstyles file from the iCloud to your local iPad storage and try importing these again - does this allow you to import the file? Quote Please note - I am currently out of the office for a short while whilst recovering from surgery (nothing serious!), therefore will not be available on the Forums during this time. Should you require a response from the team in a thread I have previously replied in - please Create a New Thread and our team will be sure to reply as soon as possible. Many thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrahamMYC Posted October 25, 2019 Author Share Posted October 25, 2019 I have done as you suggest (including doing a disk cleanup, and a Norton file cleanup). I do not get a windows dialog when I select "Export Styles Category' Regarding the ipad, it worked well once I had discovered the location of the styles tab! My ignorance is now marginally less than it was! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Dan C Posted October 25, 2019 Staff Share Posted October 25, 2019 Thanks for confirming that and I'm sorry to hear it. Could you please select the 'Export Styles Category' option, then hold down the Windows Key and press either the Left or Right arrow key - does this bring the dialog into view? I'm glad to hear it, thanks for letting me know Quote Please note - I am currently out of the office for a short while whilst recovering from surgery (nothing serious!), therefore will not be available on the Forums during this time. Should you require a response from the team in a thread I have previously replied in - please Create a New Thread and our team will be sure to reply as soon as possible. Many thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrahamMYC Posted October 25, 2019 Author Share Posted October 25, 2019 Sadly no change. Incidentally the next item down "show as list" is also not working Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Dan C Posted October 25, 2019 Staff Share Posted October 25, 2019 Thanks for letting me know - resetting your app back to default settings should hopefully fix this. You can reset your app back to its default settings by holding down the CTRL key while launching the app. When the Clear User Data window appears, click Select All and then Clear. The app will now open. Be aware that resetting your app back to its default settings will lose any custom settings such as keyboard shortcuts and brushes etc. To backup such settings before resetting the app, please watch our Affinity - Exporting User Settings and Keyboard Shortcuts video. https://player.vimeo.com/video/189596577/ Quote Please note - I am currently out of the office for a short while whilst recovering from surgery (nothing serious!), therefore will not be available on the Forums during this time. Should you require a response from the team in a thread I have previously replied in - please Create a New Thread and our team will be sure to reply as soon as possible. Many thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrahamMYC Posted October 25, 2019 Author Share Posted October 25, 2019 Dan C As this is a new machine resetting presented no problems. However, I did not select "reset object styles" as this would mean a lot of work if the styles were lost. I should point out that Designer is behaving in an identical manner Still no result. I have used a workaround so that I do not need to export styles at the moment, but it would be good to get to the bottom of the problem. Thanks for your patience Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted October 25, 2019 Share Posted October 25, 2019 2 hours ago, GrahamMYC said: However, I did not select "reset object styles" as this would mean a lot of work if the styles were lost. "Reset object styles" would not delete all styles. Rather, it would reset your Affinity to use its default set of styles. The only styles that would be deleted are ones you had added or replaced yourself before doing the reset. It is odd that you're not seeing those dialogs, and that both applications are behaving the same way in that regard. Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrahamMYC Posted October 25, 2019 Author Share Posted October 25, 2019 walt. Farrell And therein lies the problem I have spent a lot of time importing styles from sets I have accumulated over the years, so I would lose a lot by doing a reset. If possible I want to avoid that. Also, I do not need in the short term to export styles, so the costs outweigh the benefits. Nevertheless, I would like to track down the problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Move Along People Posted October 25, 2019 Share Posted October 25, 2019 - Quote Move Along people,nothing to see here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrahamMYC Posted October 26, 2019 Author Share Posted October 26, 2019 Thanks for the idea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Dan C Posted October 30, 2019 Staff Share Posted October 30, 2019 Apologies for the delayed response Graham, could you please open Windows Run (Windows Key + R) then paste the following string and press OK: %AppData%\Affinity\Photo\1.0\user In the window that opens, please select objectstyles.propcol, then attach this to your reply here. Many thanks in advance! Quote Please note - I am currently out of the office for a short while whilst recovering from surgery (nothing serious!), therefore will not be available on the Forums during this time. Should you require a response from the team in a thread I have previously replied in - please Create a New Thread and our team will be sure to reply as soon as possible. Many thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrahamMYC Posted October 30, 2019 Author Share Posted October 30, 2019 Dan C File data as requested Regards Graham objectstyles.propcol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Dan C Posted October 31, 2019 Staff Share Posted October 31, 2019 Thanks for your file, I wanted to test to see if I could export your Styles to determine if it was a specific Style issue or a PC issue - I'm able to open and export all of your Styles from your Propcol file, so it seems to be the latter here. If you open the Brushes Studio and try to export your Brushes, does the Windows dialog show for this? Quote Please note - I am currently out of the office for a short while whilst recovering from surgery (nothing serious!), therefore will not be available on the Forums during this time. Should you require a response from the team in a thread I have previously replied in - please Create a New Thread and our team will be sure to reply as soon as possible. Many thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrahamMYC Posted October 31, 2019 Author Share Posted October 31, 2019 Yes. If I export brushes, I get a Windows dialog I thought I would check back. If I try to export the styles category now, I also get a Windows dialog. It seems something was jammed, and is no longer jammed. Irritating, but I suspect we will not find it now! (Footnote: Windows has been automatically updated in recent days) Dan C 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Dan C Posted November 1, 2019 Staff Share Posted November 1, 2019 Thanks for letting me know Graham, I'm glad to hear it and I'll keep an eye out for similar issues in the future Quote Please note - I am currently out of the office for a short while whilst recovering from surgery (nothing serious!), therefore will not be available on the Forums during this time. Should you require a response from the team in a thread I have previously replied in - please Create a New Thread and our team will be sure to reply as soon as possible. Many thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lilslow Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 I was having the exact problem as OP with Affinity Designer, not being able to export styles (no dialog box opened). However, I just noticed and wanted to share, that this happened when I right clicked on the style name and selected "Export styles category..." from the options in the right click menu window. However, when I click on the hamburger menu for styles, and choose the "Export styles category..." from this section, the dialog box appears. So, for me, problem solved. Perhaps OP was doing the same thing as I was, or others are having this issue. Hope this helps. Dan C 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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