AF Duplicate document wish

[colindun]

I *really* wish Affinity Photo had a 'duplicate document' option.

It's so useful when comparing variations of a design. And, yes, I know that you can do this with snapshots, but it's not as quick or easy and requires more forebrain focus and attention on the history timeline.

It's especially useful when you have a master file and you simply want to duplicate it, do some minor changes, change it to grayscale for example, crop it, then export or print it and then dump the duplicate by not saving it knowing that your master file is still pristine and safe.

Honestly, it's such a time saver.

[Old Bruce]

3 hours ago, colindun said:

I *really* wish Affinity Photo had a 'duplicate document' option.

 

I use Save As... then after all is said and done I'll delete the one I don't need anymore.

[David in Яuislip]

3 hours ago, colindun said:

*really* wish Affinity Photo had a 'duplicate document' option.

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[colindun]

4 hours ago, Old Bruce said:

I use Save As... then after all is said and done I'll delete the one I don't need anymore.

Yeah, I know. But it's a bit of a faff ;0)

[colindun]

3 hours ago, David in Яuislip said:

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Ah. Now *that's* an interesting alternative that might just do the trick. Ta. 

[colindun]

4 hours ago, David in Яuislip said:

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Eureka! It works. Oddly it changes the dimensions of the document, but apart from that it works well. Excellent ;0)

[Wosven]

4 hours ago, David in Яuislip said:

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Be careful with that, if you've got copy as SVG enabled in the preference, or for different reason, your new document using this method can be at a different resolution.

[colindun]

47 minutes ago, Wosven said:

Be careful with that, if you've got copy as SVG enabled in the preference, or for different reason, your new document using this method can be at a different resolution.

Thanks. I shall bear that in mind.

[R C-R]

Personally, if I want to create a duplicate of a document, I do that in Finder on my Mac. I trust that more than any duplication method that can be done in Affinity or any other 3rd party app.

[colindun]

I've never had problem with the 'duplicate file' option in Photoshop nor Pixelmator Pro, but the process is less transparent in AP. Generally the finder copy option is probably safest (or simply 'save as' from AF), though it does mean some tiresome file clean-up in the finder afterward to jettison duplicates.

[IanSG]

20 hours ago, David in Яuislip said:

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Tried it but ended up with an uncropped image.

[David in Яuislip]

15 minutes ago, IanSG said:

Tried it but ended up with an uncropped image.

It's quick and dirty. If you've cropped an image without Rasterise Trim then you'll get the full image as you've seeen

As noted above it can also change dpi. It can be useful for an A/B comparison but it's not the equivqlent of Photoshop duplicate

[Luis Canau]

A duplicate document option would be extremely useful for me. The work-arounds are not very practical. I often need to make several files from one PSD file. There's nothing more practical than having a shortcut to duplicate the whole document and change or trash the layers I don't need for that version of the document and then save them separately. My current work-around is basically saving and reopening/dragging the document several times. Is there a better solution I'm missing.

[jmsjms]

On 7/31/2021 at 10:15 AM, David in Яuislip said:

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I'd advise caution about this, because it changes the file's resolution and dimensions! Using this method, my 300 dpi file suddenly turned to 96 dpi.

Yes, the Duplicate file command would be really useful; I'm a big fan of it too.... But until then, I'd use the Save As option and rename the file.