Export persona — option to set up default path/folder location where exported files will be placed.

[bbrother]

Every time I export slices, the app opens a dialog and asks me to select a folder where the exported files will be placed. This is very irritating and not very productive.

Therefore, I am asking you to add an option where we can set the default path to the folder where exported files will be placed, so that the application will not ask us to select the folder every time.
Similar to the "Export To" option in the "Export for Screens" panel in Illustrator.

 

[bures]

It would be nice to be able to set both absolute and relative paths.

[kirk23]

 And it would be nice if export persona could have access to "States" in Affinity Photo and could  export selected states  for each slice.    With option to add state name as a file suffix .        Like slice  "button"    would export   two states "on" and "off"  like button_on.tga and button_off.tga  

 

BTW. does anyone know  what  "path" field for  in slices pane? Whenever I tried to input a path there it ignores it

[GarryP]

19 minutes ago, kirk23 said:

BTW. does anyone know  what  "path" field for  in slices pane? Whenever I tried to input a path there it ignores it

As it states in the Help for the Slices Panel: “Path—defines the folder name for the JSON imageset to be written to. For Xcode UI development only.”

If I did Xcode UI development then I might know what that means but I don’t do it, so I don't know.

If you don’t do Xcode UI development either then I would suggest ignoring it.

[Old Bruce]

3 hours ago, kirk23 said:

BTW. does anyone know  what  "path" field for  in slices pane? Whenever I tried to input a path there it ignores it

It is quite unintuitive. There is the main file path which would be the folder the slices would be saved to. The Path adds to that path. For example if I am saving most files to /Users/<YOUR_NAME_GOES_HERE>/Downloads/ and then I use the Path to try and save to /Users/YOUR_NAME_GOES_HERE/Desktop/MySlices/TIFFs/ then I will wind up with my TIFFs being saved to /Users/<YOUR_NAME_GOES_HERE>/Downloads/Users/YOUR_NAME_GOES_HERE/Desktop/MySlices/TIFFs/ the red bit will be created folders in my Downloads folder. I would have to set the basic path to Desktop in order to have the slices saved to MySlices/TIFFs/ 

The first time I run this I can have the folders MySlices and TIFFs created, subsequent exports will just use the already created folders.

I would love for it to use the Actual complete path I want instead of creating a new path but such is life.

[kirk23]

6 minutes ago, Old Bruce said:

It is quite unintuitive. There is the main file path which would be the folder the slices would be saved to. The Path adds to that path. For example if I am saving most files to /Users/<YOUR_NAME_GOES_HERE>/Downloads/ and then I use the Path to try and save to /Users/YOUR_NAME_GOES_HERE/Desktop/MySlices/TIFFs/ then I will wind up with my TIFFs being saved to /Users/<YOUR_NAME_GOES_HERE>/Downloads/Users/YOUR_NAME_GOES_HERE/Desktop/MySlices/TIFFs/ the red bit will be created folders in my Downloads folder. I would have to set the basic path to Desktop in order to have the slices saved to MySlices/TIFFs/ 

The first time I run this I can have the folders MySlices and TIFFs created, subsequent exports will just use the already created folders.

I would love for it to use the Actual complete path I want instead of creating a new path but such is life.

It implies we still can use this path option  somehow?    For me it never worked at all.   Is it working on apple only ? I googled Xcode and it's something  apple related ?

[Old Bruce]

7 minutes ago, kirk23 said:

I googled Xcode and it's something  apple related ?

Ignore Xcode (Apple's Mac programming suite of software). Xcode is not needed for this to work.

Make a document. Draw a shape on it. Go to the Export Persona. Export something to somewhere on your computer. Now click in the Path area and write MyNewFolder/ (slash included) Export again. Look in the Finder for the original location (somewhere) and check to see if now there is a folder called MyNewFolder with the slice in it.

[kirk23]

i am om

27 minutes ago, Old Bruce said:

Ignore Xcode (Apple's Mac programming suite of software). Xcode is not needed for this to work.

Make a document. Draw a shape on it. Go to the Export Persona. Export something to somewhere on your computer. Now click in the Path area and write MyNewFolder/ (slash included) Export again. Look in the Finder for the original location (somewhere) and check to see if now there is a folder called MyNewFolder with the slice in it.

I am on Windows and this is not working.     it doesn't let you put the slash there and writes opposite slash instead.

[Old Bruce]

Just now, kirk23 said:

I am on Windows and this is not working.     it doesn't let you put the slash there and writes opposite slash instead.

Sorry but I am not conversant with Windows file paths. Perhaps someone who is familiar with them will chime in.

[Tristan39]

On 1/18/2024 at 11:57 AM, bures said:

It would be nice to be able to set both absolute and relative paths.

I think so too!