Designer1 Posted January 30, 2023 Posted January 30, 2023 PSD export makes no sense because fonts are rasterised, i.e. they are converted into pixel layers. You cannot work with these exported PSDs in Photoshop. Completely unsuitable for graphic design. Quote
Paul Mudditt Posted January 30, 2023 Posted January 30, 2023 Did you try changing your export options to rasterise nothing. Quote Affinity Photo, Designer, Publisher 1.10 and 2.5 on macOS 15.3 Beta Sequoia on M1 Mac Mini 16GB 1TB Affinity Photo, Designer, Publisher 1.10 and 2.5 on Windows 10 Pro. (revived !) Affinity Photo, Designer, Publisher 2.5 on M1 iPad Pro 11” on iPadOS beta 18.3 https://www.facebook.com/groups/AffinityForiPad https://www.facebook.com/groups/AffinityPhoto/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/affinityphotoastrophotography The hardest link to find https://affinity.help Mud’s Macros Library:- https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/156842-muds-macros-v11-library-content-aware-move-added/
PaulEC Posted January 30, 2023 Posted January 30, 2023 3 minutes ago, Paul Mudditt said: Did you try changing your export options to rasterise nothing. Are you thinking PDF, rather than PSD? Quote Acer XC-895 : Windows 11 Home : Core i5-10400 Hexa-core 2.90 GHz : 32GB RAM : Intel UHD Graphics 630 – Affinity Publisher 2 : Affinity Photo 2 : Affinity Designer 2 : (latest release versions) – Also all apps on 12.9" (Second Generation) iPad Pro, OS Version 17.7.5 Old Lenovo laptop : Windows 10 - v1 and latest beta versions of all Affinity apps – Ancient Toshiba laptop: Vista - PagePlus X9, DrawPlus X8, PhotoPlus X8 etc
Paul Mudditt Posted January 30, 2023 Posted January 30, 2023 Help file shows the option rasterise off should be available. Not near desktop to check sorry Quote Affinity Photo, Designer, Publisher 1.10 and 2.5 on macOS 15.3 Beta Sequoia on M1 Mac Mini 16GB 1TB Affinity Photo, Designer, Publisher 1.10 and 2.5 on Windows 10 Pro. (revived !) Affinity Photo, Designer, Publisher 2.5 on M1 iPad Pro 11” on iPadOS beta 18.3 https://www.facebook.com/groups/AffinityForiPad https://www.facebook.com/groups/AffinityPhoto/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/affinityphotoastrophotography The hardest link to find https://affinity.help Mud’s Macros Library:- https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/156842-muds-macros-v11-library-content-aware-move-added/
Designer1 Posted January 30, 2023 Author Posted January 30, 2023 46 minutes ago, PaulEC said: Are you thinking PDF, rather than PSD? PSD! The text is always exported as a pixel layer and not as text. This is a problem. In Photoshop you then have a pixel layer and not the text that you can edit. This means that files exported from Affinity as PSD are completely unbreakable for graphic design. Quote
PaulEC Posted January 30, 2023 Posted January 30, 2023 12 minutes ago, Designer1 said: PSD! I was replying to Paul Mudditt, who said, "Did you try changing your export options to rasterise nothing." – This is a setting in PDF export, but it doesn't work with text layers in PSD files. It has never been possible to export editable text in PSD files from Affinity. I doubt if it ever will be, unless Adobe decide to make PSD an open file format, as they did with PDF. (Which is about as likely as Serif doing it with the Affinity file format!) Quote Acer XC-895 : Windows 11 Home : Core i5-10400 Hexa-core 2.90 GHz : 32GB RAM : Intel UHD Graphics 630 – Affinity Publisher 2 : Affinity Photo 2 : Affinity Designer 2 : (latest release versions) – Also all apps on 12.9" (Second Generation) iPad Pro, OS Version 17.7.5 Old Lenovo laptop : Windows 10 - v1 and latest beta versions of all Affinity apps – Ancient Toshiba laptop: Vista - PagePlus X9, DrawPlus X8, PhotoPlus X8 etc
Designer1 Posted January 30, 2023 Author Posted January 30, 2023 19 minutes ago, PaulEC said: I was replying to Paul Mudditt, who said, "Did you try changing your export options to rasterise nothing." – This is a setting in PDF export, but it doesn't work with text layers in PSD files. It has never been possible to export editable text in PSD files from Affinity. I doubt if it ever will be, unless Adobe decide to make PSD an open file format, as they did with PDF. (Which is about as likely as Serif doing it with the Affinity file format!) Works in a roundabout way: You export PDF and then simply rename name.pdf to name.psd. Then you have a text as text. However, I am not sure whether the files are then correct in terms of size. Can you please try this out? Quote
PaulEC Posted January 30, 2023 Posted January 30, 2023 It may work to preserve text, but, depending on the PDF export settings, all sorts of other things (layers, effects, transparency etc) will be lost or no longer editable. (Which rather negates the reason for sending a PSD file: so that someone else can edit it.) You might as well just send them the PDF file! Quote Acer XC-895 : Windows 11 Home : Core i5-10400 Hexa-core 2.90 GHz : 32GB RAM : Intel UHD Graphics 630 – Affinity Publisher 2 : Affinity Photo 2 : Affinity Designer 2 : (latest release versions) – Also all apps on 12.9" (Second Generation) iPad Pro, OS Version 17.7.5 Old Lenovo laptop : Windows 10 - v1 and latest beta versions of all Affinity apps – Ancient Toshiba laptop: Vista - PagePlus X9, DrawPlus X8, PhotoPlus X8 etc
walt.farrell Posted January 30, 2023 Posted January 30, 2023 37 minutes ago, Designer1 said: You export PDF and then simply rename name.pdf to name.psd. Renaming it does not make it a PSD file. It is still a PDF. The file formats are different. PaulEC 1 Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. Laptop 2: Windows 11 Pro 24H2, 16GB memory, Snapdragon(R) X Elite - X1E80100 - Qualcomm(R) Oryon(TM) 12 Core CPU 4.01 GHz, Qualcomm(R) Adreno(TM) X1-85 GPU iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 18.3.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sequoia 15.0.1
Paul Mudditt Posted January 30, 2023 Posted January 30, 2023 3 hours ago, PaulEC said: Are you thinking PDF, rather than PSD? My bad, grandson duties today so wasn't concentrating, yes I was thinking PDF, it is a much better interchange format than PSD file. PaulEC 1 Quote Affinity Photo, Designer, Publisher 1.10 and 2.5 on macOS 15.3 Beta Sequoia on M1 Mac Mini 16GB 1TB Affinity Photo, Designer, Publisher 1.10 and 2.5 on Windows 10 Pro. (revived !) Affinity Photo, Designer, Publisher 2.5 on M1 iPad Pro 11” on iPadOS beta 18.3 https://www.facebook.com/groups/AffinityForiPad https://www.facebook.com/groups/AffinityPhoto/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/affinityphotoastrophotography The hardest link to find https://affinity.help Mud’s Macros Library:- https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/156842-muds-macros-v11-library-content-aware-move-added/
PaulEC Posted January 30, 2023 Posted January 30, 2023 1 hour ago, Paul Mudditt said: grandson duties today so wasn't concentrating I know the feeling! 😄 Paul Mudditt 1 Quote Acer XC-895 : Windows 11 Home : Core i5-10400 Hexa-core 2.90 GHz : 32GB RAM : Intel UHD Graphics 630 – Affinity Publisher 2 : Affinity Photo 2 : Affinity Designer 2 : (latest release versions) – Also all apps on 12.9" (Second Generation) iPad Pro, OS Version 17.7.5 Old Lenovo laptop : Windows 10 - v1 and latest beta versions of all Affinity apps – Ancient Toshiba laptop: Vista - PagePlus X9, DrawPlus X8, PhotoPlus X8 etc
Pšenda Posted January 30, 2023 Posted January 30, 2023 4 hours ago, walt.farrell said: Renaming it does not make it a PSD file. It is still a PDF. The file formats are different. ... this is how it works at least partially with *.ai. Quote Affinity Store (MSI/EXE): Affinity Suite (ADe, APh, APu) 2.5.7.2948 (Retail) Dell OptiPlex 7060, i5-8500 3.00 GHz, 16 GB, Intel UHD Graphics 630, Dell P2417H 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 24H2, Build 26100.2605. Dell Latitude E5570, i5-6440HQ 2.60 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics 530, 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 24H2, Build 26100.2605. Intel NUC5PGYH, Pentium N3700 2.40 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics, EIZO EV2456 1920 x 1200, Windows 10 Pro, Version 21H1, Build 19043.2130.
walt.farrell Posted January 30, 2023 Posted January 30, 2023 2 hours ago, Pšenda said: ... this is how it works at least partially with *.ai. Yes, but PDF and .ai are an unusual case. Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. Laptop 2: Windows 11 Pro 24H2, 16GB memory, Snapdragon(R) X Elite - X1E80100 - Qualcomm(R) Oryon(TM) 12 Core CPU 4.01 GHz, Qualcomm(R) Adreno(TM) X1-85 GPU iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 18.3.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sequoia 15.0.1
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