Use Photoshop .PSD as default save method for Affinity Photo

[yellowsaber]

When working with others we use .PSD because its so universal, not .afphoto however being able to set .PSD as the main file format for a project instead of having to re-export files would be appreciated. I don't know if thats possible or not with the way .PSD operate but I hope so, it would save a lot of file saves.

[walt.farrell]

If you Open a .psd file you can Save it directly after making changes, if you have enabled that option in Settings, General.

It is dangerous to do that, however, as Affinity cannot save 100% compatible PSD files. For example, text will always be rasterized.

[yellowsaber]

Thank you, text not being optimized seems like a big oversight. 

[walt.farrell]

The PSD format is proprietary and not completely documented. Serif have chosen not to try to reverse-engineer all the undocumented aspects of text, which means they cannot save it in text format.

[Ldina]

Export to PSD if you want a PSD file. As Walt mentions, PSD is a proprietary Adobe file format. Some PSD features may not be supported by Affinity, just as Photoshop cannot save to AfPhoto file format and retain all Affinity features. So, saving or exporting to PSD may not always preserve all features perfectly. Only standard file formats (TIFF, PNG, JPG, etc), which are documented and cross platform are fully supported by by most applications.