Matthias Posted October 22, 2015 Share Posted October 22, 2015 Maybe this is a Publisher feature but I think it should work as well in Designer: Images should also be placeable as mere references. Embedding is fine for convenience in some use cases but I see many cases where it is the less desireable way to deal with pixel images in a vector environment. With non-embedded images I can change a picture externally and have it updated automatically as long as its name hasn’t changed. But more importantly: This would keep file size small. Today I am working on a package design with lots of imported images – the AD file size keeps on growing. But this is redundant as I have to keep my original image files anyway. Best Matthias aitte, Julian23, anon1 and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted October 22, 2015 Staff Share Posted October 22, 2015 Hi Matthias, This is already planned (linked files/images) but it may still take a while. Johannes, aitte and Salazar 3 Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Podd Posted October 27, 2015 Share Posted October 27, 2015 @ Matthias - I've noticed if you 'rasterise' the imported raster art it will decrease the overall size of the Designer file (sometimes dramatically). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anon1 Posted October 27, 2015 Share Posted October 27, 2015 But if you rasterise it it's not linked anymore so it's not editable itself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthias Posted October 27, 2015 Author Share Posted October 27, 2015 @ Captain Podd: File size is one point, the other point is a shared environment. An example: I use a photo in different layouts like an ad, a flyer, whatever. With a linked photo every change in the photo affects every instance where it is being used. Which is good. Fortunately we do know linked files will come eventually, yeah! anon1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gricko Posted November 5, 2015 Share Posted November 5, 2015 i would like to second that feature. +20 years in design for printed media. inability to link images is the deal breaker. file size is a very serious issue when working 70x100cm@300DPI layout. updating bit-mapped images in PSD or AP and refreshing in AD is regular workflow. as matthias said, one image is shared among many layouts and/or documents. illustrators, UX designers, even web designers might not benefit from that feature, but in print production that is the deal breaker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brandbrilliance Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 I agree. Pretty much a deal breaker in print layouts. Quote BRANDbrilliance • Graphics • Websites • Printing • E-marketing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oval Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 Hi Matthias, This is already planned (linked files/images) but it may still take a while. Well, we cannot see what is planned but how does it get onto the C F R I or into the feature roadmap? Is it a more mathematical or a human process? When this feature was already planned, it was perhaps a secret or an element of the first concept? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted April 13, 2016 Staff Share Posted April 13, 2016 Hi Oval, Linked files/images will be necessary for Affinity Publisher otherwise you will end up with huge files if you embed everything. It will then be eventually ported back to Designer since it can also be useful here. It isn't necessarily in Designer's roadmap now because this will be probably introduced with Publisher but it may end up there too due to the software suite synergies. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Johannes Posted April 13, 2016 Share Posted April 13, 2016 ...this will be most likely a designer V2 feature because designer is 18month in the wild now and thus in 6 months the current version will not get major new features. And APub is delayed to late 2016/ early 2017 which is more than 6 months. So I'd say that linked documents along with vectorising capabilities will be among the unique selling points of V2. V2 First time to hear of a Version 2. What will the paying cycle be? — 50 € every two years? Quote Advertising designer - Austria — Photo - Publisher - Designer — CS6 d&wP — Mac Pro 5,1 (4,1 2009) 48GB 2x X5690 - RX580 - 970EVO - OS X 10.14.6 - NEC2690wuxi2 - CD20"— iPad Pro 12.9" gen1 128 GB - Pencil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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