baoyu Posted November 11, 2022 Share Posted November 11, 2022 For those who don't know what is the states panel, you could watch the official video instruction by Serif. 1. the states panel in Affinity Photo could record the layer hide/show state of the whole document. It's also unspokenly useful in Affinity Designer. 2. the states panel existing in Affinity Photo can't be used when in Export Persona. If we could switch between various states when exporting, it will save quite a lot of time. e.g., this usage I mentioned in the past 3. adding built-in system variable in export-properties for quick referencing when configuring custom filename. Tobse, Intuos5, loudo and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Intuos5 Posted November 11, 2022 Share Posted November 11, 2022 Agreed, I would use it a lot if I could. It solves many issues with single artboard files (i.e. large imported vector files that you have to use as base to make multiple drawings/ diagrams on). @baoyu I think you should mention in your post that you want Layer states in Designer too, not just in the topic title. baoyu 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loudo Posted November 11, 2022 Share Posted November 11, 2022 What's the point of having States without a way to export? This is a must have! Thanks to consider this. GregD and SmilingJ 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
debraspicher Posted November 11, 2022 Share Posted November 11, 2022 +1 Great suggestion Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmilingJ Posted November 12, 2022 Share Posted November 12, 2022 +1 from me for supporting the states in the export persona. That would be highly appreciated. I did already mention and describe my usecase below the respective youtube tutorial (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0HiRaWj2I4&lc=UgzhFKx3KLDcHuP3YlB4AaABAg.9iKxFYLcx2X9iLRTPPopIr). Intuos5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Intuos5 Posted November 12, 2022 Share Posted November 12, 2022 @SmilingJI do think, because I haven't tested states yet, that by showing the layers on beforehand, they should default to being exportable if you switch to the export persona. But the States studio, and the links studio definitely will benefit from being in the export to simplify the process. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baoyu Posted November 13, 2022 Author Share Posted November 13, 2022 @SmilingJ@Intuos5 You may read my use case Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tobse Posted November 13, 2022 Share Posted November 13, 2022 I also want to use the "Layer States" feature in the Designer👍 For me, I use much more layers in the Designer than in Photo - It would be a great enhancement here. And I have no clue, why this feature is limited to only one app. Even worse, it forces me to use other workflows only because I edit vector graphics instead of pixels. I hope Affinity is working on a more consistence user experience across their three apps. Anyway... thanks for the new States feature in Affinity Photo! baoyu, erchdk, loudo and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josbin Posted January 3, 2023 Share Posted January 3, 2023 +1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loudo Posted September 11, 2023 Share Posted September 11, 2023 This would be so much great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Ash Posted January 9 Staff Share Posted January 9 Hi All, We have now added the States panel to both Affinity Designer and Affinity Publisher in the 2.4 beta which is available now. We do intend to expand on this functionality to integrate with export, though that will be in a future update. More info is available here: baoyu and Intuos5 2 Quote Managing Director Help make our apps better by joining our beta program! MacBook Pro (16-inch, 2021) / Apple M1 Max / 64GB / macOS 12.0.1 iPad Pro 11-inch 3rd Gen / iPadOS 16.2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpinDreams Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 Yes, I just updated and states in designer is great but I really hoped to be able to export each state as a separate file from export persona, this needs to happen. Just as an example, I have an estate agent sign that has a custom URL and QRcode on each sign linked to a specific website page for the property (We print 20 or so for use) and so the same sign but with a slight change in a URL and QRcode. I set each state which is great but still have to export each of them one at a time which is not so great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garrettm30 Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 1 hour ago, SpinDreams said: but I really hoped to be able to export each state as a separate file from export persona, this needs to happen. As stated, that is still to come in a future update: On 1/9/2024 at 8:06 AM, Ash said: We do intend to expand on this functionality to integrate with export, though that will be in a future update. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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