doobox Posted September 14, 2014 Share Posted September 14, 2014 Hi there, Affinity designer looks great, and i'd be happy to drop Illustrator in favour of the app with one addition.... Part of my daily workflow is creating splines for importing into Cinema 4D. Cinema 4D requires the splines be saved as .ai files.. specifically illustrator version 8 .ai files. Generally i think .ai file option would be welcome. But the option to save a file specifically in Illustrator version 8 .ai perhaps in the guise of C4Dspline would be awesome. See attached image : Kind regards Gary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doobox Posted September 16, 2014 Author Share Posted September 16, 2014 Further experimenting and testing has revealed that you can in fact import an eps file created in the Sketch app into Cinema 4d. You just need to close the spline after import (no big deal). But attempting to import an eps file created with Affinity yields nothing. Cinema does not throw any error messages, it just yields nothing. I am testing with a simple circle object, 1px stroke, and no fill. Kind regards Gary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dale Posted September 16, 2014 Share Posted September 16, 2014 Someone on Twitter has also asked for an older AI file support for compatibility with another app. https://twitter.com/cutandburnuk/status/511802116638539776 Quote Twitter: @Writer_DaleAffinity apps run on: Ryzen 5 3600, 32GB RAM, GTX1650 Super Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrograde Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 Hi Gary, for what it's worth I just tried exporting out a simple SVG file and it imports perfectly in Blender... don't know about C4D. Give it a try... Quote http://www.kevincreative.com https://www.behance.net/kevincreative https://dribbble.com/kevincreative https://www.instagram.com/kevincreative/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kvantti Posted October 13, 2014 Share Posted October 13, 2014 I'm able to import EPS from Affinity to C4D (R15), but it leaves a gap in the spline I can't close. Using weld tool on it just chases the gap to the next vertex point. Am I missing something here? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kvantti Posted October 13, 2014 Share Posted October 13, 2014 If you route the EPS created in Affinity Designer through AI and save it in AI8 filetype, the imported .ai works in C4D. So you can use that as a workaround. I would still love to have an option of exporting it straight from Affinity to some format read correctly by Cinema 4D, as the workflow would be nicer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aledel Posted June 14, 2015 Share Posted June 14, 2015 Yes please, support for illustrator 8 would be great, mostly for Cinema 4D users. Right now Im using the workaround but this is time consuming, especially when you have to create severals 3d models at day :/ and well.. you still need to open Illustrator.. That said, this is more a problem related to Maxon, they should add support for SVG and EPS, both are standard exchange files. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bercik Posted June 14, 2015 Share Posted June 14, 2015 I'm using after effects and need AI format also for proper working. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeh64 Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 another vote for AI file export - or some other way to get layers in to After Effects Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rchrdnsh Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 I support this feature as well. It takes time to get comfortable with AD, and when I person is working with other people on the same project that only know illustrator it is best to be able to move the file back and fourth freely between the two programs with as few issues as possible. If new users cannot integrate with their existing workflow then they will be less likely to want to try out AD, much less switch to AD full time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Harris Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 We're unlikely to export .ai format because it is a closed propriety format owned by Adobe. With .psd there is some documentation publicly available, and .pdf is well-documented, but for .ai there's no information so we just can't do it. Sorry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edo75 Posted July 15, 2015 Share Posted July 15, 2015 Too bad for After Effects importation. So you have to make an After Effects alternative now ^_^ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
safoster71 Posted July 15, 2015 Share Posted July 15, 2015 i have cinema 4d and Designer. Export your outline as a eps and it opens perfectly in c4d (at least for me). Be sure to check "close spline" in cinema 4d btw. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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