Andy-M Posted April 21, 2020 Share Posted April 21, 2020 Would be useful if there was an option from the File menu to Duplicate the current file. On a Mac applications including Preview, Pages & Numbers all offer a File > Duplicate option. This saves the need to drop into Finder and create a Duplicate that way. This option would be great in all apps - Designer, Photo and Publisher Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dominik Posted April 21, 2020 Share Posted April 21, 2020 29 minutes ago, WoodChip said: Would be useful if there was an option from the File menu to Duplicate the current file. On a Mac applications including Preview, Pages & Numbers all offer a File > Duplicate option. This saves the need to drop into Finder and create a Duplicate that way. As soon as you save the file under a new filename you have a duplicate. It's called 'Save as...'. There is no need of such a function. In contrary: if you duplicate the file you have to save it afterwards under a new filename. This would be even one step more. Cheers, d. JET_Affinity 1 Quote Affinity Designer 1 & 2 | Affinity Photo 1 & 2 | Affinity Publisher 1 & 2 Affinity Designer 2 for iPad | Affinity Photo 2 for iPad | Affinity Publisher 2 for iPad Windows 10 21H2 (19044.2251) 64-bit - Core i7 - 16GB - Intel HD Graphics 4600 & NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M iPad pro 9.7" + Apple Pencil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Rostron Posted April 21, 2020 Share Posted April 21, 2020 I do recall seeing a procedure here for sharpening an image that asked for two copies of the file to be loaded. You applied different actions to each before combining them. The procedure worked well and I did wonder at the time whether it would be possible to work with just a single file, but I never got round to it. There was never the need to save both. I cannot think of any other reason to load two copies of the same file. John Quote Windows 10, Affinity Photo 1.10.5 Designer 1.10.5 and Publisher 1.10.5 (mainly Photo), now ex-Adobe CC CPU: AMD A6-3670. RAM: 16 GB DDR3 @ 666MHz, Graphics: 2047MB NVIDIA GeForce GT 630 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dominik Posted April 21, 2020 Share Posted April 21, 2020 3 hours ago, John Rostron said: I cannot think of any other reason to load two copies of the same file. Hi @John Rostron, I could imagine someone wants to create a couple of variations of a certain design. Of course there are snapshots or multiple artboards to use them in the same way. I also do this to keep a history of development steps in case I need to go back and look at what I did 😉 In that case I just save the file under with a new name, e.g. with a counter at the end of the name. That makes it easy to keep versions seperate. Cheers, d. emmrecs01 1 Quote Affinity Designer 1 & 2 | Affinity Photo 1 & 2 | Affinity Publisher 1 & 2 Affinity Designer 2 for iPad | Affinity Photo 2 for iPad | Affinity Publisher 2 for iPad Windows 10 21H2 (19044.2251) 64-bit - Core i7 - 16GB - Intel HD Graphics 4600 & NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M iPad pro 9.7" + Apple Pencil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunda Posted November 30, 2020 Share Posted November 30, 2020 I support this feature request. It's useful to be able to make duplicates of an image as alternative working copies for comparison and experimentation without needing to save and reopen them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pšenda Posted November 30, 2020 Share Posted November 30, 2020 3 hours ago, gunda said: without needing to save and reopen them Just do SaveAs - and you can work on a new copy of your working document. Fixx 1 Quote Affinity Store (MSI/EXE): Affinity Suite (ADe, APh, APu) 2.2.1.2075 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 22631.2506. Dell Latitude E5570, i5-6440HQ 2.60 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics 530, 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.2506. 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...
gunda Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 I'm a new member here - this is just my fourth post - so I wanted to reassure other forum members that I do read previous replies before I post to support a FR. I did read the previous reply suggesting save and reopen as a workaround, and the fact that I still posted should be taken as indicating that while that workaround works, it's not an efficient workflow for some people, and so my support for the FR stands. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carl123 Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 Bear in mind You also have the New Document from Snapshot option which lets you duplicate a document without actually saving it to disk. Useful for temporary comparison purposes or experimentation on a copy of your document gunda 1 Quote To save time I am currently using an automated AI to reply to some posts on this forum. If any of "my" posts are wrong or appear to be total b*ll*cks they are the ones generated by the AI. If correct they were probably mine. I apologise for any mistakes made by my AI - I'm sure it will improve with time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunda Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 21 minutes ago, carl123 said: Bear in mind You also have the New Document from Snapshot option which lets you duplicate a document without actually saving it to disk. Useful for temporary comparison purposes or experimentation on a copy of your document Thank you, that''s helpful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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