Angelia Posted September 16, 2023 Share Posted September 16, 2023 I am trying to transfer my assets from the old version of Affinity to the new version 2.0. First, I turned on the assets' library in Affinity 2 (newest version) and there are no assets pictured or a way to save new ones like the old version. Then I tried to transfer the assets I created from my old version to the new version I purchased, and it gives me a message that it can't. Also, when I look, I did the export save function and nothing but a blank sheet is showing in my file. How do I transfer my assets' library to the new version of Affinity and save my created assets from the old version of Affinity. The old Affinity is up-to-date, with the last download before I purchased the new version of Affinity. How do I fix this? old Affinity new Affinity What is saved when I used the export function in old affinity to save assets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
v_kyr Posted September 16, 2023 Share Posted September 16, 2023 Under/for which OS platform and for which Affinity app? Always mention these things when you ask questions, as there are certain differences between the platforms here! Generally see & search after ... affinity v2 assets site:forum.affinity.serif.com ... which will list you a bunch of threads with before asked similar questions, which hopefully contain some valuable answer then. ------- Under Windows as an example the Designer v1 assets file can be found under ... --> %appdata%Affinity\Designer\1.0\user\assets.propcol ... for the other Affinity apps replace in above path "Designer" just with "Photo" or "Publisher". For where v2 resources can be found and do belong into path wise see ... What you can tryout is, to reuse aka copy the v1 assets.propcol file to the v2 expected path location, so something like ... --> copy %appdata%Affinity\Designer\1.0\user\assets.propcol %USERPROFILE%\.affinity\Common\2.0\user\ ... and then restart the Affinity v2 app in Q and check if assets will now be shown/listed in the assets panel then. If the assets are not listed, check the list of threads in the above first shown search LINK I provided for similar asked themes! Quote ☛ Affinity Designer 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Photo 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Publisher 1.10.8 ◆ OSX El Capitan ☛ Affinity V2.3 apps ◆ MacOS Sonoma 14.2 ◆ iPad OS 17.2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angelia Posted September 17, 2023 Author Share Posted September 17, 2023 Windows, sorry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angelia Posted September 17, 2023 Author Share Posted September 17, 2023 There are no categories in there. The Assets panel is completely empty in the newest Version of Affinity in Windows. This isn't working. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
v_kyr Posted September 17, 2023 Share Posted September 17, 2023 34 minutes ago, Angelia said: There are no categories in there. The Assets panel is completely empty in the newest Version of Affinity in Windows. This isn't working. What I've said above is, to copy over your V1 "assets.propcol" file into the V2 resource home for reusage, did you already tried that? Other than that you can also manually export asset categories from V1 apps via the assets panel and then reimport them into V2 apps via the assets panel. See therefor in the online help ... V1 assets panel how to export V2 assets panel how to import Quote ☛ Affinity Designer 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Photo 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Publisher 1.10.8 ◆ OSX El Capitan ☛ Affinity V2.3 apps ◆ MacOS Sonoma 14.2 ◆ iPad OS 17.2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angelia Posted September 17, 2023 Author Share Posted September 17, 2023 I have attempted this several times. The V1 will not export and there is nothing in the panel box as pictured above in V2. Any other fixes? Why is this happening? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Callum Posted September 17, 2023 Staff Share Posted September 17, 2023 Hi Angelia, Please could you provide a copy of the assets file you are trying to import so I can look into this further with you? Quote Please tag me using @ in your reply so I can be sure to respond ASAP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted September 17, 2023 Share Posted September 17, 2023 If you have no Assets categories present in that dropdown in the Assets panel, you will probably have to Reset the application Assets completely. Press and hold Ctrl, and start the application while no other Affinity V2 applications are running. When you get the Reset User Defaults dialog, release the Ctrl key. You may need to watch for the application icon on the Windows Taskbar, and click it, before you'll get the dialog. Uncheck the first 3 items on the list. Check Reset Assets. Press the Reset button. Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angelia Posted September 17, 2023 Author Share Posted September 17, 2023 Where do you find the file ....cause exporting the file hasn't worked? And why isn't there any content in the Affinity assets panel that in the newest version of Affinity 2? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
v_kyr Posted September 17, 2023 Share Posted September 17, 2023 29 minutes ago, Angelia said: Where do you find the file ....cause exporting the file hasn't worked? And why isn't there any content in the Affinity assets panel that in the newest version of Affinity 2? I've already gave you a link for such no assets context threads (the first one) above ... Quote ☛ Affinity Designer 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Photo 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Publisher 1.10.8 ◆ OSX El Capitan ☛ Affinity V2.3 apps ◆ MacOS Sonoma 14.2 ◆ iPad OS 17.2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
v_kyr Posted September 17, 2023 Share Posted September 17, 2023 1 hour ago, Angelia said: Where do you find the file ....cause exporting the file hasn't worked? You decide how the to be exported assets file will be named and also where to store the file to (which location). - I'll show you quickly how to export and import asset categories (I've used here my "Downloads" directory therefor) in ADe v1. - You have to export from your ADe v1 and afterwards to import in ADe v2 instead. Capto_assets.mp4 Quote ☛ Affinity Designer 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Photo 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Publisher 1.10.8 ◆ OSX El Capitan ☛ Affinity V2.3 apps ◆ MacOS Sonoma 14.2 ◆ iPad OS 17.2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angelia Posted September 17, 2023 Author Share Posted September 17, 2023 This doesn't work. And you haven't answered my question. Why isn't there anything in the assets library in Affinity 2 latest version? HOw can I fix that? There is nothing listed in the search function like there is in the old version. Look at my original picture comparisons at the top. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted September 17, 2023 Share Posted September 17, 2023 6 minutes ago, Angelia said: Why isn't there anything in the assets library in Affinity 2 latest version? HOw can I fix that? I told you (above) how to fix that, by doing a Reset. I'm not sure anyone has figured out why it happens to some people. Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angelia Posted September 18, 2023 Author Share Posted September 18, 2023 The above suggestions aren't working. I looked at the video and repeated the steps and that's not working either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catshill Posted September 18, 2023 Share Posted September 18, 2023 4 hours ago, Angelia said: The above suggestions aren't working. I looked at the video and repeated the steps and that's not working either. Did you send Callum as copy of the assets file as requested? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron P. Posted September 18, 2023 Share Posted September 18, 2023 Would you provide a screenshot for us? Copy/Paste this In the Windows>Start>Run %USERPROFILE%\.affinity\Common\2.0\user Screenshot the contents of that folder. It has all the *.propcol files. At the top is the assets.propcol file. Make sure the column for Size can be seen. You can try going to the V1 folder containing the propcol files, locating the assests.propcol file. Then copy/pasting that file into the folder for V2. The V1 propcol files are located at %AppData%\Affinity\Designer\1.0\user. (Copy/paste or type that into the Windows>Run. It should open to the folder with the propcol files. I'll try to upload a video showing how to do this Quote Affinity Photo 2.4..; Affinity Designer 2.4..; Affinity Publisher 2.4..; Affinity2 Beta versions. Affinity Photo,Designer 1.10.6.1605 Win10 Home Version:21H2, Build: 19044.1766: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-5820K CPU @ 3.30GHz, 3301 Mhz, 6 Core(s), 12 Logical Processor(s);32GB Ram, Nvidia GTX 3070, 3-Internal HDD (1 Crucial MX5000 1TB, 1-Crucial MX5000 500GB, 1-WD 1 TB), 4 External HDD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
v_kyr Posted September 18, 2023 Share Posted September 18, 2023 6 hours ago, Angelia said: The above suggestions aren't working. I looked at the video and repeated the steps and that's not working either. Then try out if you can generally install Assets into your ADe V2 or not. You can find and download some asset from the assets list here ... Retrospective of resources contributions ... and then try out to import it into your ADe V2. If that doesn't work look if ADe v2 possibly generated some crash report related to that import operation. See this FAQ where look after and to find Affinity crash reports ... ... if there are any crash reports then attach the latest here. Quote ☛ Affinity Designer 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Photo 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Publisher 1.10.8 ◆ OSX El Capitan ☛ Affinity V2.3 apps ◆ MacOS Sonoma 14.2 ◆ iPad OS 17.2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron P. Posted September 18, 2023 Share Posted September 18, 2023 Here's the video showing how to copy the V1 assets.propcol file to V2. Affinity_propcol.mp4 Quote Affinity Photo 2.4..; Affinity Designer 2.4..; Affinity Publisher 2.4..; Affinity2 Beta versions. Affinity Photo,Designer 1.10.6.1605 Win10 Home Version:21H2, Build: 19044.1766: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-5820K CPU @ 3.30GHz, 3301 Mhz, 6 Core(s), 12 Logical Processor(s);32GB Ram, Nvidia GTX 3070, 3-Internal HDD (1 Crucial MX5000 1TB, 1-Crucial MX5000 500GB, 1-WD 1 TB), 4 External HDD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angelia Posted September 18, 2023 Author Share Posted September 18, 2023 Yes, I have gotten crash reports while trying to do what you have suggested. Disappointing. The error message says it can't open this file because it is not an Affinity file. Yet, there are no other options for saving it as a different type of file. Assets.afassets @Callum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Callum Posted September 18, 2023 Staff Share Posted September 18, 2023 Hi Angelia, The assets file you provided seems to import fine for me here however it only contains the default iOS assets. Was this file your original .assets file from V1? Just to clarify are you importing the asset file via the assets panel rather than opening it via File > Open etc. Quote Please tag me using @ in your reply so I can be sure to respond ASAP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angelia Posted September 18, 2023 Author Share Posted September 18, 2023 I can't download it. It is coming from V1 and supposed to be saved to V2. I don't have anything in the new V2 version in assets. Attempted to download this file and it says either it is not an Affinity file or unable to download file. Why isn't it working for me? Windows HP Pavilion 27xi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
v_kyr Posted September 18, 2023 Share Posted September 18, 2023 8 minutes ago, Angelia said: I can't download it. It is coming from V1 and supposed to be saved to V2. I don't have anything in the new V2 version in assets. Attempted to download this file and it says either it is not an Affinity file or unable to download file. Why isn't it working for me? Windows HP Pavilion 27xi Assets (*.afassets files) have to be imported via the Assets panel! So you tried and did it that way? Quote ☛ Affinity Designer 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Photo 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Publisher 1.10.8 ◆ OSX El Capitan ☛ Affinity V2.3 apps ◆ MacOS Sonoma 14.2 ◆ iPad OS 17.2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angelia Posted September 18, 2023 Author Share Posted September 18, 2023 Yes that is what I am doing. Just what is pictured. V1 to V2 Affinity transfer and all I get is an error message. The files are on the iOS. No results. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted September 18, 2023 Share Posted September 18, 2023 1 hour ago, Angelia said: Yes that is what I am doing. Just what is pictured. V1 to V2 Affinity transfer and all I get is an error message. The files are on the iOS. No results. Have you performed the Reset I suggested above? It has helped, and been necessary, for others who have experienced your problem. Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angelia Posted September 18, 2023 Author Share Posted September 18, 2023 I reset it. And this is what I get when I try to import it into V2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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