Method for adding Assets to Affinity Publisher based on Clipart Collections you own.

[Archangel]

I finally worked out how to achieve importing clip art as assets in Affinity Publisher.

 

First of all, create folders on your computer to store the clip art files you wish to include in your assets. Each folder should be a different category. Then copy across the clip art files into each of the folders according to their categories.

 

When you have amassed the files you wish to include, you are ready to fire up Affinity Publisher.

 

When affinity Publisher has loaded, simply start a new blank document. Then, using the Assets panel, use the menu to Create a new Category and rename the category to one of your collection category’s names. You may also wish to use subcategories for related collections. For example, if you have an anatomy category you may wish to have subcategories of organs, eyes, ears, limbs … etc.

 

When you have created and renamed your categories and subcategories according to your own taste and requirements you are ready to start the import process.

 

Make a category active by selecting it from the assets panel. Then use the place image tool to import the images you wish to use for assets from the folders you have set up. You may multiply select the files from within to folder using the shift key in windows to select a range of files. When you have selected them, click on the open gadget/button and Affinity Publisher will attempt to import the files. When it has done so you will see the place tool panel with your images ready to import. Now the slow bit, repeatedly simply click on the blank document to place the images one by one on top of each other. They will appear stacked upon the page.

Now select them all in your document using CTRL-A. Then go to the category panel and use the menu item Add from Selection. Affinity Publisher will import them all into the category automatically. You may then delete all the items which are stacked on the document page.

 

Repeat until you have imported all your images.

 

You may wish to export your assets files for backup purposes or importing them into other Affinity apps.

 

If someone wishes to convert this into an official tutorial for users then be my guest.

[walt.farrell]

You're making things much too difficult. You can simply drag/drop the files from File Explorer or Finder directly onto the Assets panel, with the appropriate category and subcategory open.

 

[Archangel]

I tried that but it didn't work in Windows 10.

6 minutes ago, walt.farrell said:

You're making things much too difficult. You can simply drag/drop the files from File Explorer or Finder directly onto the Assets panel, with the appropriate category and subcategory open.

 

I tried that but it didn't work in Windows 10.

[walt.farrell]

Interesting. Works fine for me; just tested.

What kind of files did you try it with?

[Archangel]

1 minute ago, walt.farrell said:

Interesting. Works fine for me; just tested.

What kind of files did you try it with?

WMF. I got the little No-Entry icon on the mouse pointer when dragging and dropping onto the Assets panel.

[walt.farrell]

Thanks. I've never tried those.

[Archangel]

1 minute ago, walt.farrell said:

Thanks. I've never tried those.

You might be able to drag them onto the document itself, but they don't always come across when you drag a group of them. The Place tool seems a more robust method.