Problem importing Photoshop files into Affinity Designer

[Pyanepsion]

v. 2.2.0.1881

Hello everyone,

I’d like to tell you about some difficulties I’ve had importing Photoshop files into Affinity Designer.

Our designer has been working on creating icons in Photoshop. When we imported these files into Affinity Designer, we noticed a few anomalies.

1. It appears that certain properties specific to Photoshop are not perfectly recognized by Affinity Designer.
2. We also noted an unexpected conversion of groups into raster elements.
3. Some layers in some PSD files also showed dimensional inconsistencies.

To illustrate these problems, you’ll find attached a PSD file that served as a rough draught.

I’d be happy to provide you with more detailed files privately if that would help you understand the issues.

These malfunctions have led us to redesign all the icons in Affinity Designer, which has resulted in a lot of unnecessary double work. We’re sure your expertise will be invaluable in finding a solution to these problems.

Thank you in advance for your attention and help on this matter. I look forward to hearing from you.

Pyanepsion

histoire02-test.psd

[Sean P]

Hi Pyanepsion,

Unfortunately, as the PSD format is a closed format, we're never going to be able to fully support every facet of it, not to mention the feature differences between the two applications (especially given Photoshop is primarily pixel focused) means it is next to impossible.

That said, we have that error message logged to see if things can be improved.

[Pauls]

oddly it is possible to place the image then edit that placed image - not sure if they are any sublte differences though