V1 Files to V2 Files?

[BP101782]

Hello, I have been using Affinity for several years now.  As recent as last month, I updated one of my files in affinity V1.  When trying to open now, it was giving me an error message...."The file includes features from a later version of Affinity".  So I jsut paid and downloaded Affinity V2 and tried opening up the same file.  It does in fact open but the file is all "messed up", the layers arent correct, the color is off, etc...etc...  Any help or advice as what I am doing wrong?  thanks

 

[Gnobelix]

Hello @BP101782,

welcome to this forum.

Have you tried the Affinity 2 trial in the past?
That would explain the message, "The file contains functionality from a later version of Affinity."
Normally, files from V1 are opened in V2 as a copy and displayed correctly.

It is impossible to determine from a distance why the file is not opening correctly.

Can you please upload a sample file of V1 with a detailed description of what the difference is between V1 and V2?

Cheers

[BP101782]

Thanks. 

I have never tried the Affinity 2 in the past.  I have been using Affinity 1 for several years now always opting to "update" the software then the pop up props shows up.

I am really unsure why the file all the sudden stopped opening correctly.  We made adjustments to the file as early 3 weeks ago with zero problems.  The adjustment consisted of just adding some text in an existing text box.

Please see example of:  The error message when trying to open the file in V1, the image of the original file that was created in V1, and the file image of the file opening in V2.

 

 

[Gnobelix]

Hello @BP101782,

In fact, it looks very different.
My first thought, check the color profiles.

The message issued was only output in V2 for me. Maybe Serif employees have an explanation.

 

Cheers

[NathanC]

Welcome to the forums @BP101782,

If you're on V1.10.6 and have only opened the file in this version I'm not sure how this can trigger the 'Contains features from a later version' prompt as this implies that the file in question has at one point been opened in V2.X, as V1.10.6 is the highest possible version currently for V1. Corrupted files sometimes can display misleading messages when the files are opened (such as file type not supported) but if your file was corrupted I wouldn't have expected it to open in V2.

Just looking at your comparison screenshots, are you certain that this file was at no point saved in V2, if not by you another person? The colours are different (Possibly due to a colour profile change as Gnobelix mentioned, but also could just be the fact that the file has been updated) but also the content and text all appears to also have been changed on the page.

[BP101782]

ahhhhh...that may be the problem.  I had one of my employees download affinity and she may have downloaded V2, modify the V1 file I had, so that when I tried to open the file in V1, it was a V2 file.  thanks.  I am going to get with her today to see if that was the case.

 

[Pšenda]

5 hours ago, NathanC said:

that this file was at no point saved in V2

Wouldn't it be convenient to store in Fields the name and version of the application that saved the file?

[R C-R]

6 hours ago, Pšenda said:

Wouldn't it be convenient to store in Fields the name and version of the application that saved the file?

Or at least some other way to tell which version of Affinity created the file....