rodsal23 Posted January 19, 2021 Share Posted January 19, 2021 Please need a tutorial how to import my characters created from Affinity designer into toon boom to animate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pšenda Posted January 19, 2021 Share Posted January 19, 2021 You mean "Export" characters/drawings from ADesigner? https://affinity.help/designer/en-US.lproj/pages/ShareSavePrint/export.html https://affinity.help/designer/en-US.lproj/pages/ExportPersona/exportPersona.html rodsal23 1 Quote Affinity Store (MSI/EXE): Affinity Suite (ADe, APh, APu) 2.4.0.2301 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 22631.3155. Dell Latitude E5570, i5-6440HQ 2.60 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics 530, 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.3155. 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...
rodsal23 Posted January 19, 2021 Author Share Posted January 19, 2021 I'm not quite satisfied with toon boom's brushes and effects, I'm new to it, I'm quite familiar with affinity so I would like to create my characters here then export to toon boom to animate but I couldn't find any tutorial even on YouTube on how to do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pšenda Posted January 19, 2021 Share Posted January 19, 2021 Try search: https://www.google.com/search?q=toon+boom's+site%3Aforum.affinity.serif.com Quote Affinity Store (MSI/EXE): Affinity Suite (ADe, APh, APu) 2.4.0.2301 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 22631.3155. Dell Latitude E5570, i5-6440HQ 2.60 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics 530, 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.3155. 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...
DDesignDude Posted November 28, 2023 Share Posted November 28, 2023 I've made a video showing a potential way of importing Affinity Designer vector art into Toon Boom while retaining the project's layer order. Unfortunately, Toon Boom doesn't recognize separate layers from PDF files exported from Affinity Designer. And the only other vector file types that can be imported into Toon Boom are SWF and Illustrator files. So the only workaround I know for Affinity Designer is to export each layer as individual PDFs and then re-assemble them into Toon Boom. I have optimized the process as much as I can by numbering my layers so that they maintain the proper order automatically, but it still can be a little tedious without the ability to use Affinity Photos's batch jobs feature or script automation in V1 of Affinity Designer (As far as I know). I've also run into scaling issues when importing the PDF file into Toon Boom and have a workaround for that as shown in my video. None of this extra work is needed when importing Illustrator (.AI) files instead since Toon Boom is built with basic Illustrator file compatibility and can recognize its topmost layers with no issues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pšenda Posted November 29, 2023 Share Posted November 29, 2023 6 hours ago, DigitalDesignDude said: but it still can be a little tedious without the ability to use Affinity Photos's batch jobs feature You can open the *.afdesign document in APhoto (or transfer it using the Edit in Photo command) and try using the batch jobs. Alternatively, you can try using some OS-level automation tool, something like https://www.autohotkey.com. Quote Affinity Store (MSI/EXE): Affinity Suite (ADe, APh, APu) 2.4.0.2301 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 22631.3155. Dell Latitude E5570, i5-6440HQ 2.60 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics 530, 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.3155. 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...
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