Publisher Picture Frame Information

[eon Designs]

Hello

An odd one - In Affinity Publisher, why does the top menu sometimes show the picture frame size and zoom information, but sometimes not? For example. I have 2 picture frames, both the same size, both with the same size and  resolution image in them. Only difference, one contains a PNG the other a PSD. When I select the one with a PNG in, it says (in the top left hand corner) Picture Frame 3840 x 2160 pixels @ 335dpi (89%) and an arrow to change DPI or scale (Very helpful). But when I select the other picture frame that contains the PSD it does not show this information? (Not very helpful)  Is is just because it is a PSD and Publisher treats them differently?

Thanks. 

[walt.farrell]

Yes, image files (PNG, JPG, TIFF) are handled differently from document files (basically, everything else).

[R C-R]

Am I correct in thinking that "basically, everything else" is anything with a layer structure of its own?

[walt.farrell]

3 hours ago, R C-R said:

Am I correct in thinking that "basically, everything else" is anything with a layer structure of its own?

Yes, to an extent, but it gets more complicated than that.

The native Affinity formats (.afphoto, .afdesign, .afpub) share some characteristics with image formats (JPG, PNG, TIFF) for some purposes. They can be Linked, and can be edited as Linked documents where the changes are saved back to the original files. That doesn't happen with PDF, SVG, and other document types, which can only be edited as embedded documents, where changes are saved only locally to the Publisher document.