ShaunTa Posted May 2, 2022 Share Posted May 2, 2022 Hello! Im a print-on-demand designer and I have a question regarding copy & paste function in Affinity Designer. Is there a way to quickly copy a design/design element from 1 artboard to many other artboards in the same working file? (The copied elements should land on the same position as the original one locates in the original artboard) I tried ctrc C the element >>> then choose all other artboards in the right panel >>> then Ctr V but it just doesnt work. I oftens create my design in artboard #1, then I have to manually copy it to the remaining artboards #2,#3,....,#100. Of course Copy & Paste function allow the design elements to land at the exact position in other artboards, but the process is very tiring. Thank you very much & have a great day! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted May 3, 2022 Share Posted May 3, 2022 Just a thought but, If you are using Affinity Designer you might try making an artboard a symbol, so whatever you do on one artboard replicates to the others.Artboard as a symbol.afdesign Quote iMac 27" 2019 Somona 14.3.1, 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...
Old Bruce Posted May 4, 2022 Share Posted May 4, 2022 On 5/2/2022 at 11:38 AM, ShaunTa said: I oftens create my design in artboard #1, then I have to manually copy it to the remaining artboards #2,#3,....,#100. Of course Copy & Paste function allow the design elements to land at the exact position in other artboards, but the process is very tiring. This kind of sort of sounds like a job for Publisher with Master Page(s) applied to Actual Pages. Quote Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.4 Affinity Designer 2.4.1 | Affinity Photo 2.4.1 | Affinity Publisher 2.4.1 | Beta versions as they appear. I have never mastered color management, period, so I cannot help with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShaunTa Posted June 2, 2022 Author Share Posted June 2, 2022 Thank you! Using symbol does help tremendously Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrograde Posted June 2, 2022 Share Posted June 2, 2022 Just a simple 'paste on all artboards' from the edit menu would be welcome. That way single or multiple objects could be pasted at anytime to existing artboards unlike the artboard as a symbol method. SamMark 1 Quote http://www.kevincreative.com https://www.behance.net/kevincreative https://dribbble.com/kevincreative https://www.instagram.com/kevincreative/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted June 2, 2022 Share Posted June 2, 2022 40 minutes ago, retrograde said: Just a simple 'paste on all artboards' from the edit menu would be welcome. That way single or multiple objects could be pasted at anytime to existing artboards unlike the artboard as a symbol method. But how would that work for positioning the pasted item within each artboard, particularly if the artboards had different dimensions? Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.4.1 Mac apps; 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7 Affinity Photo 1.10.8; Affinity Designer 1.108; & all 3 V2 apps for iPad; 6th Generation iPad 32 GB; Apple Pencil; iPadOS 15.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrograde Posted June 4, 2022 Share Posted June 4, 2022 Could be an x/y position taken from the originating artboard. Some repositioning may have to happen occasionally and that's fine. I'm thinking of titles and/or repeating copy information specifically when presenting client concepts so that the info is consistently presented and isn't jumping all over the place from page to page... Quote http://www.kevincreative.com https://www.behance.net/kevincreative https://dribbble.com/kevincreative https://www.instagram.com/kevincreative/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPOcean Posted December 21, 2023 Share Posted December 21, 2023 On 6/3/2022 at 1:12 AM, retrograde said: Just a simple 'paste on all artboards' from the edit menu would be welcome. That way single or multiple objects could be pasted at anytime to existing artboards unlike the artboard as a symbol method. Any news about that feature? It exists in Illustrator and is very useful when you design slides like an Instagram carousel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrograde Posted December 22, 2023 Share Posted December 22, 2023 11 hours ago, MrPOcean said: Any news about that feature? It exists in Illustrator and is very useful when you design slides like an Instagram carousel. No news that I'm aware of unfortunately. Quote http://www.kevincreative.com https://www.behance.net/kevincreative https://dribbble.com/kevincreative https://www.instagram.com/kevincreative/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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