pmchile Posted June 5, 2021 Share Posted June 5, 2021 How can I open an Indesign .indd or .idml graphics file with Affinity Designer? I have been able to open PSD files and save for Photoshop. I do not use Adobe products, but I work with designers that do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted June 6, 2021 Share Posted June 6, 2021 Affinity Designer cannot place/import indd or idml files but Affinity Publisher will place/import idml files Quote iMac 27" 2019 Sequoia 15.0 (24A335), iMac 27" Affinity Designer, Photo & Publisher V1 & V2, Adobe, Inkscape, Vectorstyler, Blender, C4D, Sketchup + more... XP-Pen Artist-22E, - iPad Pro 12.9 (Please refrain from licking the screen while using this forum) Affinity Help - Affinity Desktop Tutorials - Feedback - FAQ - most asked questions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmchile Posted June 7, 2021 Author Share Posted June 7, 2021 Thanks. I didn't really know the difference in Affinity Publisher and Design. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted June 8, 2021 Share Posted June 8, 2021 Affinity Designer is vector graphic based, Affinity Publisher is for magazines, books, leaflets etc and to complete the trilogy, Affinity Photo is raster images, photo editing etc. A short explanation of vector vs raster: https://affinityspotlight.com/article/vector-vs-raster-what-you-need-to-know/ https://affinityspotlight.com/articles/category/learning/ Quote iMac 27" 2019 Sequoia 15.0 (24A335), iMac 27" Affinity Designer, Photo & Publisher V1 & V2, Adobe, Inkscape, Vectorstyler, Blender, C4D, Sketchup + more... XP-Pen Artist-22E, - iPad Pro 12.9 (Please refrain from licking the screen while using this forum) Affinity Help - Affinity Desktop Tutorials - Feedback - FAQ - most asked questions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted June 8, 2021 Share Posted June 8, 2021 6 hours ago, pmchile said: I didn't really know the difference in Affinity Publisher and Design. You were probably misled by the similarity between the names ‘Designer’ and ‘InDesign’. The former is vector graphics software like Adobe Illustrator; the latter is page layout software like Affinity Publisher. Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.5.1 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmchile Posted June 8, 2021 Author Share Posted June 8, 2021 Thank you Alfred. I believe Affinity Publisher may work better with Indesign. It would really help to be able to work in Affinity, and still be able to work with a team that works in InDesign. Like I have been able to do with Affinity Photo and save in a Photoshop format. I know it's not perfect, but at least it is editable. Thanks Alfred 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted June 8, 2021 Share Posted June 8, 2021 You’re obviously looking for IDML export to complement the IDML import capability. Let’s hope that will be added at some point. Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.5.1 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iconoclast Posted June 8, 2021 Share Posted June 8, 2021 1 hour ago, pmchile said: Thank you Alfred. I believe Affinity Publisher may work better with Indesign. It would really help to be able to work in Affinity, and still be able to work with a team that works in InDesign. Like I have been able to do with Affinity Photo and save in a Photoshop format. I know it's not perfect, but at least it is editable. Thanks But Publisher will unfortunatly not open indd-files, only idml. Maybe in the future. Don't know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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