Publisher Text importing as pixel layer into Photo

[shoon]

When I import a page made in Publisher as a PSD into Photo, the text imports as a pixel layer. I've turned on the 'import as text for PSD' in preferences... (Within Studio Link it's editable as text... But as a separate, stand-alone PSD file.. It's not).

Would appreciate any help.

[loukash]

30 minutes ago, shoon said:

I import a page made in Publisher as a PSD into Photo

You do not need to import anything from Photo as PSD into Publisher.
Simply place the native afphoto document, or copy the afphoto content to clipboard (you may want to group everything first) and place it into the afpub document as a native object, or – if you only need to add a few Publisher features to your afphoto, use File > Edit in Publisher, and the back the same route to Photo again.

In other words: Affinity is not Adobe. You do not need to reproduce Adobe's workflo… er, workarounds.   

[walt.farrell]

Text is always rasterized when an Affinity application exports a PSD file. So, if you need editable text, don't use PSD as an output format.

But, as @loukash mentioned, you don't need to do an export at all, for your purposes.

[shoon]

2 hours ago, loukash said:

You do not need to import anything from Photo as PSD into Publisher.
Simply place the native afphoto document, or copy the afphoto content to clipboard (you may want to group everything first) and place it into the afpub document as a native object, or – if you only need to add a few Publisher features to your afphoto, use File > Edit in Publisher, and the back the same route to Photo again.

In other words: Affinity is not Adobe. You do not need to reproduce Adobe's workflo… er, workarounds.   

I'm on an iPad. I'm talking a Publisher to Photo workflow. Is it possible to 'place' a publisher document into Photo? Thanks for your help.

[shoon]

1 hour ago, walt.farrell said:

Text is always rasterized when an Affinity application exports a PSD file. So, if you need editable text, don't use PSD as an output format.

But, as @loukash mentioned, you don't need to do an export at all, for your purposes.

So, Walt, For editable text output from Photo/Publisher to Adobe (which all my colleagues use) what format do you suggest? 

[loukash]

6 minutes ago, shoon said:

I'm on an iPad

Oh, sorry, I didn't pay attention the forum header.  

6 minutes ago, shoon said:

I'm talking a Publisher to Photo workflow. Is it possible to 'place' a publisher document into Photo?

Of course. Linked or embedded as you like.

The only thing (yet) missing on iPad in this context are the "File > Edit in Photo/Designer/Publisher" menu commands that exist on desktop.
So if you want to add features from the other app, you need to save the document first, close it, then open it from the other app.
Or you can always use the Publisher's StudioLink personas. That exists on iPad as well. Simply use Publisher to open an afphoto document and switch between the personas as you see fit. 

[walt.farrell]

1 hour ago, shoon said:

So, Walt, For editable text output from Photo/Publisher to Adobe (which all my colleagues use) what format do you suggest? 

Perhaps PDF. 

Or, alternatively, perhaps you should be using Adobe, too.