Collect renames and saves multiple instances of the same graphic

[Radd]

The new Collect feature creates a copy for every instance of the same graphic used multiple times in a document. See the screenshot for post-collect view of the Resources panel. This prevents me from editing the main file later and having them update en masse within the document.

The alternative would be to exclude these files from the collect but if I'm sending elsewhere, or just want all the artwork together in one place for archiving then I'll need to add in the 'master' graphics into the collect folder manually and update the links in the Resource panel.

Whilst I appreciate the Collect feature is massively useful, is there a reason for this default behaviour?

 

[carl123]

Problem confirmed in Windows also

[Jon P]

It isn't a bug as such, but the behavior here could definitely be improved, we should ideally be creating 1 image and linking to it 4 times.

I've logged this, thanks for the report

[Patrick Connor]

We have made fixes/improvements to this area (JIRA_TITLE) of the program in the latest release.

The fixes and how to update are described in these forum posts.

• Affinity Designer 1.8.3 for Windows            ( Microsoft Store and Affinity Store )
• Affinity Designer 1.8.3 for macOS               ( Mac App Store and Affinity Store )
• Affinity Designer 1.8.3 for iOS                      ( Apple iPad Store )
   
• Affinity Photo 1.8.3 for Windows                ( Microsoft Store and Affinity Store )
• Affinity Photo 1.8.3 for macOS                   ( Mac App Store and Affinity Store )
• Affinity Photo 1.8.3 for iOS                          ( Apple iPad Store )
    
• Affinity Publisher 1.8.3 for Windows         ( Microsoft Store and Affinity Store )
• Affinity Publisher 1.8.3 for macOS            ( Mac App Store and Affinity Store )

We would appreciate you checking that this issue has now been resolved for you,