ra.skill Posted May 6, 2021 Share Posted May 6, 2021 Forgive me if this topic has already been discussed... but I couldn't find it. I would really like to things like brushes, styles, symbols, assets etc. associated with the document they're used in as well as the software. For example I have Affinity on both my work computer and my home computer.... if I create a "style" at work then open that document at home the style does not appear in style palette.... having this feature feature makes sharing and collaboration much easier as well as better work flow between computers. Don't like to compare, but Illustrator works like this with brushes and graphic styles etc being connected with document. Another feature I hope to see :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulEC Posted May 6, 2021 Share Posted May 6, 2021 I would hope that anything like this would be optional, as I assume it would increase file sizes considerably. Personally I've never had a problem with transferring between work and home computers; it's quite easy to install the same content on both. (Just copy over the user files in appdata.) Quote Acer XC-895 : Core i5-10400 Hexa-core 2.90 GHz : 32GB RAM : Intel UHD Graphics 630 : Windows 10 Home Affinity Publisher 2 : Affinity Photo 2 : Affinity Designer 2 : (latest release versions) on desktop and iPad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ra.skill Posted May 6, 2021 Author Share Posted May 6, 2021 19 minutes ago, PaulEC said: I would hope that anything like this would be optional, as I assume it would increase file sizes considerably. Personally I've never had a problem with transferring between work and home computers; it's quite easy to install the same content on both. (Just copy over the user files in appdata.) I’m not imagining the entire brush, style, asset and symbol libraries being embedded in document… just the ones that are used within document. This should not increase file size too much, it works for Ai and file size is never an issue so don’t see any problems with it working in AD. But I hear you this could be an optional feature, much like embedding images is. True… I could copy appdata file but doing this every day back and forth is a drag and not what I call “workflow”. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carl123 Posted May 6, 2021 Share Posted May 6, 2021 2 hours ago, ra.skill said: If I create a "style" at work then open that document at home the style does not appear in style palette.... Can't you just right-click the object with the style and select "Create Style"? 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...
walt.farrell Posted May 6, 2021 Share Posted May 6, 2021 45 minutes ago, carl123 said: Can't you just right-click the object with the style and select "Create Style"? Yes, that should work. 2 hours ago, ra.skill said: would really like to things like brushes, styles, symbols, assets etc. associated with the document they're used in as well as the software. Aren't Symbols were local to the document in all cases? Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joachim_L Posted May 6, 2021 Share Posted May 6, 2021 2 minutes ago, walt.farrell said: Aren't Symbols were local to the document in all cases? Yes they are. I would like to see the contrary, symbols globally available. Right now copying from one document to another. walt.farrell 1 Quote ------ Windows 10 | i5-8500 CPU | Intel UHD 630 Graphics | 32 GB RAM | Latest Retail and Beta versions of complete Affinity range installed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ra.skill Posted May 6, 2021 Author Share Posted May 6, 2021 2 hours ago, carl123 said: Can't you just right-click the object with the style and select "Create Style"? Yes you could do this…. But having to recreate my library every time I want to use it kind of defeats the point of a library. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carl123 Posted May 6, 2021 Share Posted May 6, 2021 8 minutes ago, ra.skill said: Yes you could do this…. But having to recreate my library every time I want to use it kind of defeats the point of a library. Serif recently added the "Save as package" function to allow better collaboration between different users/computers. Currently it includes Fonts and Images, maybe that could be expanded in the future to include other things walt.farrell and Fixx 2 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...
ra.skill Posted May 7, 2021 Author Share Posted May 7, 2021 10 hours ago, carl123 said: Serif recently added the "Save as package" function to allow better collaboration between different users/computers. Currently it includes Fonts and Images, maybe that could be expanded in the future to include other things You're correct "save as package" is the best function for collaboration. I'm more wanting to improve the workflow between my home and work in a seamless experience.... I use the cloud to store my files so it's truly a seamless from opening a file at home, working on it, saving it to cloud and then opening at work and continuing with nothing missing (bar fonts) all created brushes are with file, all styles are there, all symbols are in symbol palette.... at least this is how it was when I used Ai for past 20years. Yes I can "save as package", yes I can copy "app.data" package, yes I can right click on each "style" and recreate the library when I get home but none of these things are what I'd call seamless... they're great for one off situations or collaboration. Saving as package every day before I go home results in multiple files and confusion , plus if I forget to do this then I'm stuck. Anyway, looks like I'm the only one missing this Ai feature?? elguapo 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elguapo Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 On 5/7/2021 at 3:49 AM, ra.skill said: Anyway, looks like I'm the only one missing this Ai feature?? +1 for this feature. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moi.cool Posted June 17, 2021 Share Posted June 17, 2021 win10 C:\Users\***\AppData\Roaming\Affinity\*\1.0 assets.propcol 资产fills.propco 色板(样本条)objectstyles.propcol 样式raster_brushes.propcol 笔刷vector_brushes.propcol 矢量笔刷macros.propcol 库doc_spread_presets.propcol 文档预设 filler_text.propco 填充文字autocorrect.propcol 自动修正title_exceptions.propcol 标题table_formats.propcol 表格格式 Use MEGA/Google Drive to sync brushes, styles, assets, and other data. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fde101 Posted June 17, 2021 Share Posted June 17, 2021 3 hours ago, Cynops said: Use MEGA/Google Drive to sync brushes, styles, assets, and other data. Bad idea to try automating that if the app itself isn't set up to allow for it. High potential for corrupted files. You want to make sure the app is not running on either side when the sync takes place and there is always some risk of seeing changes on both sides which a generic solution like that won't know how to merge, meaning it would be forced to pick a victim and something could disappear. On 5/6/2021 at 6:20 AM, ra.skill said: just the ones that are used within document. The problem is that none of those things are actually used in a document, except for symbols which as discussed earlier already exist in the document. When you apply a style, it adjusts the attributes of the object directly - it gets "copied" to the object - there is no connection back to the style itself. You use it then its role is over. Similarly, drag an asset into the document and it gets copied into the document. No connection back to the original. Same again with a brush. Note however that you can already embed a category of assets by clicking the hamburger menu at the top of the Assets panel and choosing "Embed in current document". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fixx Posted June 20, 2021 Share Posted June 20, 2021 On 6/17/2021 at 3:48 PM, Cynops said: Use MEGA/Google Drive to sync brushes, styles, assets, and other data. I guess that with some tuning Dropbox can be used to keep work environments in sync. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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