Editing an .afphoto embedded in Affinity Designer in Affinity Photo

[Lee Marrett]

Hi there,

This should be a simple question but I'm struggling trying to find an answer!

I have a file in Designer with an .afphoto file embedded in it. If I double click the layer, or choose "edit document" it takes me to another tab in Designer, but that has fewer photo editing tools. What if I want to edit the embedded file in Photo? Is that possible?

[walt.farrell]

Welcome to the Serif Affinity forums, @Lee Marrett.

Using only Designer and Photo:

1. File > Edit in Photo... and the currently open document will be transferred to Photo, and disappear from Designer. Then in Photo,
2. Double click on the embedded layer to open it for editing in another tab. Do your edits, and close the tab.
3. Once back in the original tab in Photo, File > Edit in Designer... and the document will be sent back to Designer, disappearing from Photo.

Note that it might be wise do do a File > Save before step 1 and before step 3, just to be safe.

If you also have Publisher, just do most of your work in Publisher. If you need functions from the main (Designer) Persona in Designer, just switch to it. If you need functions from the main (Photo) Persona in Photo, just switch to it. Your workflow for this case is then: Double-click the layer to open in a new tab; switch to the Photo Persona; do the edits; close the tab.