I don't get opening Photo Fles from within Publisher

[Bonteburg]

This presents a great inconvenience to me.

When I double-click on a linked, Affinity Photo-created Image from within Affinity Publisher, it opens the image in Publisher instead of Photo.

I found that the linked files also had the wrong icon in the Windows folder so I hoped to be able to fix that in "Standard Apps".
Now they open correctly from within a Windows folder. However, they still open in Publisher from within Publisher.

I wouldn't mind this but...

1) when they open in Publisher I don't get nearly the functionality I need to effectively edit them (as I would in Photo) and when I invariably do open them in Photo via Resource Manager, show in Explorer etc, I always (at first) end up with two instances of the same image open in two different apps, having to decide which is which before moving on.

2) It's annoyingly easy to accidentally slip into that mode when just trying to move/scale/etc an image within a frame.

So essentially, my two questions would be:

Is there a way to consistently open a linked file in Publisher in the program used to create it from within Publisher?

Or:

Is there a way to turn off the feature altogether?

 

Thanks!

Marco

 

[NathanC]

Hi @Bonteburg welcome to the forums,

I'm not too sure about completely disabling the ability to open linked resources, however if you also own Designer/Photo then you can always switch to the Photo Persona in Publisher via Studio Link after opening one of your resources to make edits, removing the need for Photo to be separately launched. 🙂

[walt.farrell]

1 hour ago, Bonteburg said:

Is there a way to consistently open a linked file in Publisher in the program used to create it from within Publisher?

No. As NathanC mentioned, you can just switch to the Photo Persona in Publisher if you also own Photo. Or you can use File > Edit in Photo once you've got the editing tab for the Linked resource opened. Switching to the Photo Persona is simpler; just one click.

[Bonteburg]

Thanks!
I'll try both out.

I wasn't aware of the file > open in Photo method either and it does sounds a bit more 'solid' than the Persona method to this budding InDesign/Photoshop deserter. Probably a matter of shaking up my mindset a bit.

(Yes, I have all three apps.)

[walt.farrell]

8 minutes ago, Bonteburg said:

it does sounds a bit more 'solid' than the Persona method t

It's not. Using the Persona is simpler and probably safer.

[GarryP]

15 minutes ago, Bonteburg said:

it does sounds a bit more 'solid' than the Persona method

I think it’s worth noting that the “Edit in…” functionality first ‘removes’ the document from the current application, then launches the new application, then ‘inserts’ the document into the new application.

If there is a problem with launching the new application then you might lose the document completely - it's in neither application at that point.

This hasn’t happened to me, thankfully, but I’m pretty sure I’ve seen mention of it in the forums – it’s very rare (as far as I know) in any case but worth keeping in mind.

Changing the Persona keeps the document in the same application but ‘loads’ a different UI, so, as Walt said above, it should be ‘safer’.

[carl123]

4 minutes ago, Bonteburg said:

I wasn't aware of the file > open in Photo method either and it does sounds a bit more 'solid' than the Persona method

IT'S NOT!

Be afraid, be very afraid!

File > Edit in... can at times fail to pass over the document, effectively leaving you with nothing and any recent changes discarded since the last time you saved your document

Always save your document just before using any of the File > Edit in... commands in any of the Affinity apps

'tis the devil's work 👹

 

(Too much?)

[Bonteburg]

Haha! Thanks. That does sound horrible.
I'm going to adopt the Persona method.

Since I am a compulsive ctrl+s person in any software, I should be – well – safe in this regard.

[PaulEC]

It's worth noting that there is one big difference between switching to the Photo Persona in Publisher and using File > Edit in Photo.
Using the Photo Persona in APub enables you to use many of the features which are available in AffinityPhoto, but you need to Edit in Photo to have full access to all it's features.

[R C-R]

2 hours ago, PaulEC said:

It's worth noting that there is one big difference between switching to the Photo Persona in Publisher and using File > Edit in Photo.
Using the Photo Persona in APub enables you to use many of the features which are available in AffinityPhoto, but you need to Edit in Photo to have full access to all it's features.

In particular, APub's Photo Persona lacks the features of AP's other personas (Liquify, Develop, Tone Mapping, & Export).

[Bonteburg]

To be honest, my current go-to way is to have the Resource Manager open at all times and go via 'Show in Exporer'.

The main reason I find the instant switch on double-click so annoying is that it's not suited at all to a guy like me who clicks on things all the time to be sure they're 'really clicked'. It more often than not opens the file when I don't intend to – and in the wrong app too.

I'm still going to look at the Persona method because it sounds really good for quick fixes.