Is there no function to link images in Afinity Designer?

[Andreas Berlin]

Hi there,

I'm starting to work with Afinity Designer.
Usually, images in other programs are linked to a location on a medium (hard drive or other media). If not, all image information is completely embedded in the documents, which increases the file size enormously. Image data updates become difficult in the work process. You then have no option of sending individual parts of publications separately.

Is there no function to link images in Afinity Designer?

Thanks and Have a nice day
Andreas Pankalla

[Joachim_L]

47 minutes ago, Andreas Berlin said:

Is there no function to link images in Afinity Designer?

Welcome to the forums. You cannot link images in AD ... maybe one day this will be changed? Would be a good addition.

But if you have APublisher also installed you can work around: Use menu "File" -> "Edit in Publisher", in APu call "Document" -> "Resource Manager" and make the image linked. Then "File" -> "Edit in Designer" to work on your document in AD.

[Andreas Berlin]

Thanks a lot, but it would be a good idea to program this function in "Afinity Designer".

Greatings from Berlin

Andreas

[walt.farrell]

3 hours ago, Andreas Berlin said:

but it would be a good idea to program this function in "Afinity Designer".

You mention you need this for "publications". Perhaps you should be using Publisher instead of Designer, for that purpose?

[Andreas Berlin]

Sorry, "publications" was the wrong term.
I thought that if I used too much image material for an illustration, I could send the individual images separately for editing or simply archive them in connection with the illustration.

And yes, in Publisher I can do that, but I would also need this function in Designer