Juan T Posted April 9, 2020 Posted April 9, 2020 How do you enable Studiolink in Affinity Photo and Affinity Designer? It's only enabled in Affinity Publisher? Quote
Joachim_L Posted April 9, 2020 Posted April 9, 2020 7 minutes ago, Juan T said: It's only enabled in Affinity Publisher? Correct. But you can switch easily to APublisher (if installed) with File -> Edit in ... Juan T 1 Quote ------ Windows 10 | i5-8500 CPU | Intel UHD 630 Graphics | 32 GB RAM | Latest Retail and Beta versions of complete Affinity range installed
Juan T Posted April 9, 2020 Author Posted April 9, 2020 @Joachim_L Why is it only in Publisher? Anyway to install studiolink in Photo and Designer? Quote
GarryP Posted April 9, 2020 Posted April 9, 2020 It’s only in Publisher because that’s the way Serif want it to be; we, the users, have no say in that. You can think of Publisher as the ‘hub’ for Studiolink. Studiolink is not something you can install. It exists in Publisher, and only Publisher, by default. You should be able to access the Designer or Photo Personas of Studiolink from Publisher if you have got either Designer or Photo already installed. Juan T 1 Quote
Juan T Posted April 9, 2020 Author Posted April 9, 2020 I see, I understand now. Thanks to all. Quote
Paulse Posted June 12, 2020 Posted June 12, 2020 I have all 3 apps installed on my Mac Book but when I select the Photo Persona in Publisher I get a message box telling me to 'Please install and launch your other Affinity Apps to register them with Studiolink. ' Affinity Designer already shows as linked and immediately goes to the Designer screen if selected. Both were already on the computer before I added Publisher. The Affinity Photo part of the message box shows 'App Launch Required' in Red and the button shows the text 'Buy Now'. How do I get to Studiolink my copy of Photo to publisher? I can use Photo perfectly satisfactorily in all other respects so I don't think it's because of any registration issue. I have also checked on my iMac and the Photo Persona in Publisher links already to Affinity photo. Any suggestions please as to how I enable studiolink between Publisher and Photo on my Mac Book? Quote
walt.farrell Posted June 12, 2020 Posted June 12, 2020 2 hours ago, Paulse said: I have all 3 apps installed on my Mac Book but when I select the Photo Persona in Publisher I get a message box telling me to 'Please install and launch your other Affinity Apps to register them with Studiolink. ' Affinity Designer already shows as linked and immediately goes to the Designer screen if selected. Both were already on the computer before I added Publisher. The Affinity Photo part of the message box shows 'App Launch Required' in Red and the button shows the text 'Buy Now'. How do I get to Studiolink my copy of Photo to publisher? I can use Photo perfectly satisfactorily in all other respects so I don't think it's because of any registration issue. I have also checked on my iMac and the Photo Persona in Publisher links already to Affinity photo. Any suggestions please as to how I enable studiolink between Publisher and Photo on my Mac Book? Welcome to the Serif Affinity forums. First, please verify the version of Publisher and of Photo that you have installed. Make sure you have matching versions. Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. Laptop 2: Windows 11 Pro 24H2, 16GB memory, Snapdragon(R) X Elite - X1E80100 - Qualcomm(R) Oryon(TM) 12 Core CPU 4.01 GHz, Qualcomm(R) Adreno(TM) X1-85 GPU iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 18.3, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sequoia 15.0.1
Paulse Posted June 12, 2020 Posted June 12, 2020 Sorry about the delay, been away from the computer. Am running versions 1.8.3 of both programmes. As you've probably gathered am running both on Apple machines and running Mac OS High Sierra on both. Quote
emmrecs01 Posted June 12, 2020 Posted June 12, 2020 @Paulse Have you opened Affinity Photo (without Publisher open) at least once since installing Publisher? I understand this is needed in order for Publisher to fully "register" the StudioLink. HTH Quote Win 11 Pro, intel i7 14700, NVidia GTX 4060, 32G RAM, intel UHD 770. Long-time user of Serif products, chiefly PagePlus and PhotoPlus, but also WebPlus, CraftArtistProfessional and DrawPlus. Delighted to be using Affinity Designer, Photo, and now Publisher, version 1 and now version 2. iPad Pro (12.9") (iOS 18.2) running Affinity Photo and Designer version 1 and all three version 2 apps.
Paulse Posted June 12, 2020 Posted June 12, 2020 Hi emmrecs01, Thanks for your reply. Yes, I have found another thread which suggests this as the solution so I tried that, I have tried opening Publisher first, then opening Photo, and opening Photo First and then opening Publisher, both to no avail. I have even rebooted my MacBook to see whether it needed to be done, same result. I have checked the location of my Affinity Apps and they are all in the Applications folder on my computer as this was also suggested as a potential problem. All are running v1.8.3 and Designer is already linked so I know the versions are compatible. Confused Quote
walt.farrell Posted June 12, 2020 Posted June 12, 2020 Can you check to see where (what directory) you have Photo installed in? Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. Laptop 2: Windows 11 Pro 24H2, 16GB memory, Snapdragon(R) X Elite - X1E80100 - Qualcomm(R) Oryon(TM) 12 Core CPU 4.01 GHz, Qualcomm(R) Adreno(TM) X1-85 GPU iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 18.3, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sequoia 15.0.1
R C-R Posted June 13, 2020 Posted June 13, 2020 7 hours ago, walt.farrell said: Can you check to see where (what directory) you have Photo installed in? @Paulse mentioned in the post just before yours that all the Affinity apps are in the Applications folder. Also, supposedly in one of the 1.8 Mac updates they made it possible to link to Designer & Photo even if they are not saved there. The only thing I can think of that might help is to restart the Mac, & if that does not help to reinstall Publisher and/or Photo, launch Photo one more time & then relaunch Publisher. Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.5.7 Mac apps; 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7 All 3 V2 apps for iPad; 6th Generation iPad 32 GB; Apple Pencil; iPadOS 15.7
SallijaneG Posted April 24, 2024 Posted April 24, 2024 On 4/9/2020 at 7:53 AM, GarryP said: It’s only in Publisher because that’s the way Serif want it to be; we, the users, have no say in that. You can think of Publisher as the ‘hub’ for Studiolink. Studiolink is not something you can install. It exists in Publisher, and only Publisher, by default. You should be able to access the Designer or Photo Personas of Studiolink from Publisher if you have got either Designer or Photo already installed. I used to use it automatically, not knowing the name Studio Link, but since I updated Publisher it no longer seems to recognize the other programs. I have in fact used Designer on its own not sure about Photo; will try opening each. I have Version 2 of all 3, though I have not updated Designer nor Publisher to the latest “.x” version—space issue on my computer, which I am addressing. See attached screenshot: all 3 programs open (all Version 2), but Studio Link is inactive. Quote
R C-R Posted April 24, 2024 Posted April 24, 2024 1 hour ago, SallijaneG said: I have Version 2 of all 3, though I have not updated Designer nor Publisher to the latest “.x” version—space issue on my computer, which I am addressing. {...} See attached screenshot: all 3 programs open (all Version 2), but Studio Link is inactive. In your screenshot, did you overlook the red text telling you that you need to update both Affinity Designer & Affinity Photo for StudioLink to work? Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.5.7 Mac apps; 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7 All 3 V2 apps for iPad; 6th Generation iPad 32 GB; Apple Pencil; iPadOS 15.7
SallijaneG Posted April 24, 2024 Posted April 24, 2024 27 minutes ago, R C-R said: In your screenshot, did you overlook the red text telling you that you need to update both Affinity Designer & Affinity Photo for StudioLink to work? I saw that; I don’t understand why if I have version 2 of the 3 programs I would need to update to a specific .x version—I guess that makes some sense, though one—at least I—would not expect that important a change outside of a major version upgrade, which I have done from 1.x to 2.3 for Publisher, 2.2.0 for Designer (current is 2.2.4.2), and 2.2.1 for Photo (also latest 2.2.4.2). I have gotten a new drive to offload some stuff and make more room (done some already), so yes, I will do that. I was wondering if it was seeing the 2.2.0/2.2.1 versions, which I would have thought would play nicely with Publisher 2.3—I guess I am wrong, I didn’t really see any way to check that. O.K., this is beyond weird to me: I just checked for Publisher updates, because why not?, and it says, “Publisher 2.2.4.2 is now available—you have 2.3.0. Would you like to download it now?” Weird world where 2.2.4.2 comes after 2.3.0! I guess I found my answer, though! Thanks. Quote
Brian_J Posted April 24, 2024 Posted April 24, 2024 1 hour ago, SallijaneG said: Weird world where 2.2.4.2 comes after 2.3.0! It can be confusing when viewing the version number of Affinity v2 apps. What you were actually seeing is ‘Publisher 2 2.4.2 is now available’ — the first “2” is part of the app name, not the version number. Quote Windows 10 22H2, 32GB RAM | Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 (MSI/EXE)
Alfred Posted April 24, 2024 Posted April 24, 2024 57 minutes ago, Brian_J said: It can be confusing when viewing the version number of Affinity v2 apps. What you were actually seeing is ‘Publisher 2 2.4.2 is now available’ — the first “2” is part of the app name, not the version number. It would be clearer if it were expressed as ‘Version 2.4.2 of Publisher 2 is now available’ or ‘the latest version of Publisher 2 (2.4.2) is now available’. Brian_J 1 Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.5.1 (iPad 7th gen)
SallijaneG Posted May 6, 2024 Posted May 6, 2024 On 4/23/2024 at 10:39 PM, R C-R said: In your screenshot, did you overlook the red text telling you that you need to update both Affinity Designer & Affinity Photo for StudioLink to work? OMG, it is weird stupid typography! a simple V in this phrase would have made it much clearer: Affinity Publisher 2 2.4.2 would have been more understandable as Affinity Publisher 2 V 2.4.2; or even Affinity Publisher 2 version 2.4.2. SMH; why do I not get the “there is a new version available” as I do on the other 2. I would not have said, skip the version, at most I would have asked for a later reminder. Anyway, problem solved, if staff folks are here and watching, consider this potentially-helpful feedback. Quote
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