GreenGirl Posted April 10 Share Posted April 10 I've seen someone on these forums say TIFF doesn't officially support layers unless the reader and exporter share the same metadata about the layers. So what other Windows compatible formats (other than PSD) can I use to export but retain the layers? I'm making a mockup for a client and they need to send it to their customers and have them colour it in so I've made it with one colourable layer and locked layers above and below it. Five in total. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nezumi Posted April 10 Share Posted April 10 One of those problems that you cant really solve 100% because different programs handle layers differently, options present in one software might not be present in the other so you might block layer in affinity but if you save it - even if all layers might be present they might not be blocked etc. Its a huge problem, huge mess. I tell you what I would do - I would use that PSD you dont want to for some reason and told them to open and edit it using photopea.com. Its free, anybody can use it, no installing because its web based, it opens psd. So there will be no issue with compatibility between different people using different software. Easiest way to do it imo. Westerwälder and GreenGirl 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenGirl Posted April 10 Author Share Posted April 10 7 minutes ago, nezumi said: One of those problems that you cant really solve 100% because different programs handle layers differently, options present in one software might not be present in the other so you might block layer in affinity but if you save it - even if all layers might be present they might not be blocked etc. Its a huge problem, huge mess. I tell you what I would do - I would use that PSD you dont want to for some reason and told them to open and edit it using photopea.com. Its free, anybody can use it, no installing because its web based, it opens psd. So there will be no issue with compatibility between different people using different software. Easiest way to do it imo. I've never heard of that application, but that's what I'll do. Thank you so much! nezumi 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nezumi Posted April 10 Share Posted April 10 My pleasure. Its pretty much free photoshop online just without fancy-schmancy AI. Becomes handy at times. Good luck! GreenGirl and Westerwälder 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenGirl Posted April 10 Author Share Posted April 10 4 hours ago, nezumi said: My pleasure. Its pretty much free photoshop online just without fancy-schmancy AI. Becomes handy at times. Good luck! You're absolutely right; it opened the file perfectly and everyone's happy. Thank you again! ❤️ nezumi 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lacerto Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 Obsolete. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 @lacerto: A TIFF file exported with "Affinity layers" included basically creates a TIFF that contains a .afphoto file, just as a TIFF saved with layers from Photoshop gives a TIFF with a PSD file embedded in it. Affinity apps can read PSD files, and thus they can also read TIFF files with Photoshop layers. Photopea can read .afphoto files, and so it would not be too surprising to me if it could read TIFF files with Affinity layers. At that point, Photopea could save the file in PSD format, but I don't know how much of the information will transfer in exactly the same format. Especially as I don't know how faithful Photopea's rendition of .afphoto files is. Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. Laptop 2: Windows 11 Pro 24H2, 16GB memory, Snapdragon(R) X Elite - X1E80100 - Qualcomm(R) Oryon(TM) 12 Core CPU 4.01 GHz, Qualcomm(R) Adreno(TM) X1-85 GPU iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.7, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomaso Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 On 4/10/2024 at 3:58 AM, GreenGirl said: So what other Windows compatible formats (other than PSD) can I use to export but retain the layers? You can export as PDF with layers if they get nested in layers of type "Layer" (capital L) in Affinity before export. After export you can set selected layers to invisible if wanted and also the readers may choose Layer visibility. Of course this requires for the readers a PDF viewing app which offers an UI for Layer options. Quote macOS 10.14.6 | MacBookPro Retina 15" | Eizo 27" | Affinity V1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lacerto Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 Obsolete. walt.farrell 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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