Affinity Photo does not import Mac Preview pdf annotations

[hm933]

Mac OS 11.3.1, M1 Macbook Air, Affinity 1.9.3

When I import pdfs annotated in Mac Preview, annotations (symbols, lines, text, etc.) do not get recognized - only the "base" image is recognized. If I re-export the image as a pdf in Preview, Affinity Photo now sees everything as an image, but exporting to a new document destroys my ability to change the document in Preview. Adobe Reader and the inbuilt pdf reader at Google Drive can see the annotations just fine. Attachments

• A) "test.pdf" (I'm not sure what uploading it will do, but there should be a small screenshot with black text "annotation added using Preview markup tools" underneath and if opened in Mac Preview, that black text should be editable.),
• B) "test.png" what test.pdf looks like if opened in Preview, Reader and Google Drive
• C) "AffinityImport.png" - screenshot of the file as imported into Affinity - the screenshot image comes in, but the text does not

Test.pdf

[MEB]

Hi @hm933,
Welcome to Affinity Forums
Currently Affinity apps do not support markup/annotations. This is a known issue that's already logged to be looked at. Thanks for reporting it though. Much appreciated.

[LiveDiamond]

@MEB Is there any movement on this topic?

Cheers.

[MEB]

Hello @LiveDiamond,
Welcome to Affinity Forums
No, sorry, no progress here. The issue remains open and I've updated/bumped it to bring it up to devs attention again but considering other more problematic ongoing bugs/issues it's possible this one may take a while until it gets addressed, sorry.