Beard Famous Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 Hi all, Just looking for some help. I am using a mock-up template that has a smart object layer for where you can update the designs. Shows as embeddded document on affinity. it was working fine yesterday updating on the main layer when I changed anything on the smart object but tonight it’s not updating. how do I fix this. I haven’t changed any settings just saved the project. cheers S Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 Welcome to the Serif Affinity forums, @Beard Famous. Without a sample file to examine, or some screenshots, I think it will be a guessing game to figure out what might have happened. lepr and Callum 2 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 17.7, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lyons_Racing_Iracing Posted Monday at 02:24 AM Share Posted Monday at 02:24 AM Having same issue I would like this to update on main template. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted Monday at 11:07 AM Share Posted Monday at 11:07 AM 8 hours ago, Lyons_Racing_Iracing said: Having same issue I would like this to update on main template. And what happens when you try? What kind of change did you make to the embedded document and what was the result in the main document? 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 17.7, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lyons_Racing_Iracing Posted Monday at 07:31 PM Share Posted Monday at 07:31 PM I think I saved it as a Affinity Photo file, I just saved it as a psd editable file see if it retains the smart objects. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted Monday at 09:09 PM Share Posted Monday at 09:09 PM 1 hour ago, Lyons_Racing_Iracing said: I think I saved it as a Affinity Photo file, I just saved it as a psd editable file see if it retains the smart objects. No Saving should be needed if you're just double-clicking on the Embedded layer and making a change to it. Changes you make should be applied immediately in the outer document. And that should continue if you Save as a .afphoto file. If you Export a PSD you'll lose the Smart Object function, I think (but I haven't tried it, and I don't have Photoshop to confirm). 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 17.7, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lyons_Racing_Iracing Posted Tuesday at 04:15 AM Share Posted Tuesday at 04:15 AM I saved as .afphoto and lost the ability, So i will try editable PSD also i cannot drag files into afinity photo or copy past from out side afinity photo since windows cumulative update recently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted Tuesday at 11:05 AM Share Posted Tuesday at 11:05 AM 6 hours ago, Lyons_Racing_Iracing said: also i cannot drag files into afinity photo or copy past from out side afinity photo since windows cumulative update recently. I have not seen that, nor seen it reported by anyone else. I doubt it is related to what we've been discussing, but I'm still a bit puzzled by what it is that you're reporting. Your initial statement of the problem seems to be that you can't update the Embedded document and see a change in the outer document. Now it seems to be related to Saving. Is it only a problem after Saving? Can you share the document with us? 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 17.7, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lyons_Racing_Iracing Posted Tuesday at 03:59 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 03:59 PM Ok i know saving as afphoto file does not allow the smart object to work its half it will open it but not make changes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted Tuesday at 08:29 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 08:29 PM 4 hours ago, Lyons_Racing_Iracing said: Ok i know saving as afphoto file does not allow the smart object to work its half it will open it but not make changes. It should allow changes, even after saving as .afphoto. Something else is happening, but unless you can share the original (.psd?) file it will be difficult to say what. 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 17.7, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lyons_Racing_Iracing Posted Wednesday at 10:18 PM Share Posted Wednesday at 10:18 PM I am not allowed to share the original file, The company I bought it from has policy's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lyons_Racing_Iracing Posted Thursday at 07:22 PM Share Posted Thursday at 07:22 PM still not able to edit stuff weird. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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