Kaseyh Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 Hello, We are migrating our forms overlay process to Affinity Publisher and are forced to work with Windows Meta Files (.wmf) as our overlay. We start with the original overlay file (wmf) to open/import into Affinity, then save to .afpub. Next, we would make any changes, as needed, then save, and export to .wmf. Affinity creates a new .wmf file, but it is significantly larger than the original, it also can't be opened The problem with the .wmf file Affinity created is that it can't be opened by other windows programs. While our application is proprietary, Affinity's files can't be opened or viewed using the usual programs, like paint, which seems to be the issue. Any tips or setting change suggestions, or even what the issue is would be greatly appreciated. I have attached the original (FINL-org.wmf) file, the (FINL.afpub) and the Affinity created (FINL-pub.wmf). FINL-pub.wmf FINL-org.wmf FINL.afpub Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pšenda Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 And export imported wmf without any changes? Quote Affinity Store (MSI/EXE): Affinity Suite (ADe, APh, APu) 2.4.0.2301 Dell OptiPlex 7060, i5-8500 3.00 GHz, 16 GB, Intel UHD Graphics 630, Dell P2417H 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.3155. Dell Latitude E5570, i5-6440HQ 2.60 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics 530, 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.3155. Intel NUC5PGYH, Pentium N3700 2.40 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics, EIZO EV2456 1920 x 1200, Windows 10 Pro, Version 21H1, Build 19043.2130. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 12 hours ago, Kaseyh said: The problem with the .wmf file Affinity created is that it can't be opened by other windows programs. While our application is proprietary, Affinity's files can't be opened or viewed using the usual programs, like paint, which seems to be the issue. Welcome to the Serif Affinity forums, Kasey. Sorry you're having problems. However, the version created by Affinity does open in Paint for me. I agree that it has much larger pixel dimensions, which I do not understand. Interestingly, exporting in EMF (Enhanced Meta File) format is much closer to the original, with the pixel dimensions increasing by only about 150 or so. Possibly someone else will be able to help. 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...
Kaseyh Posted January 7, 2020 Author Share Posted January 7, 2020 Thank you both for your responses. 7 hours ago, Pšenda said: And export imported wmf without any changes? The files I previously attached were not edited between import and export. I simply opened the original wmf in Affinity, saved and exported as a demonstration for this forum. 4 hours ago, walt.farrell said: Sorry you're having problems. However, the version created by Affinity does open in Paint for me. I agree that it has much larger pixel dimensions, which I do not understand. Interestingly, exporting in EMF (Enhanced Meta File) format is much closer to the original, with the pixel dimensions increasing by only about 150 or so. I've also opened a new document, added text "This is an overlay." and exported to wmf (emf will not work for our application), while I could open in paint, it is massive (compared to the ancient editor we previously used). Is there any way to reduce the resolution when exported? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmpickrell Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 (edited) I have the same issue occurring. It doesn't matter if I modify the file or don't anything I export from Affinity Publisher or Designer as a wmf or emf file gets increased exponentially in size and won't open in the program being used. I would ask the same thing as Kaseyh - is there a way to reduce the resolution when exporting to a wmf/emf file type? Why does Affinity increase the size of the file exponentially? If I upload the file to see the metadata the file has a very small height/width but when I upload the one exported from Affinity it blows it out to 12 times the size on the height/width. To add to this I also tried the same thing out of Inkscape and it works correctly. I don't understand what Affinity is doing in the export process. If I try to export to an emf it makes the file exponentially larger than it does doing it to a wmf. I've also tried the svg file types and can't open those once exported either. (Actually tried pdf, svg, emf, wmf, tiff, etc..... and none of them seem to work.) Edited January 8, 2020 by jmpickrell Additional information Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Lee D Posted January 10, 2020 Staff Share Posted January 10, 2020 @Kaseyh I can reproduce this issue and I've passed it over to the developers to investigate further. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmpickrell Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 Excellent @Lee D and thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaseyh Posted January 10, 2020 Author Share Posted January 10, 2020 Thank you, @Lee D. Just curious: do you have any idea of if, and/or, when a patch can be available? We would also be willing to test a patch, or provide any other assistance, as we are highly motivated to abandon our current software and move full time to Affinity Designer and Publisher (both experience the same issue). Publisher 1.7.3.481 / Designer 1.7.3.481 PC: Windows 10 Pro v. 1803 (17134.1184) / Intel i7-8650U @ 1.90GHz / 16GB RAM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Lee D Posted January 13, 2020 Staff Share Posted January 13, 2020 @Kaseyh We don't provide timescales on fixes as this is down to the developers. We do have available to download and install along side your existing versions our 1.8 betas, fixes will always be added to betas for testing first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daphne Dawn Posted September 29, 2023 Share Posted September 29, 2023 Hello, I am currently having the same issue, has something been changed about this? We sadly can also only use a WMF file. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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