tnormandin Posted May 14, 2016 Share Posted May 14, 2016 I do a lot of design, photography and website work. One of the things I run into a lot are needing specific page sizes for various websites or designs. In photoshop I would be able to create a preset for a image size that I could go back too, and not have to remember the dimensions of. For instance, creating slides for a website slideshow. Some may be 800 x 600, and another website would have one that is 900 x 300. Is there a way that I can save those presets in the drop down list when creating a new project in Affinity Photo so I can have it labeled "Tom's Website Slideshow" so I know which preset it is? It would make it a lot faster than having to go back and lookup what the size parameters were for each website. Thank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uli.spain Posted May 20, 2016 Share Posted May 20, 2016 I do a lot of design, photography and website work. One of the things I run into a lot are needing specific page sizes for various websites or designs. In photoshop I would be able to create a preset for a image size that I could go back too, and not have to remember the dimensions of. For instance, creating slides for a website slideshow. Some may be 800 x 600, and another website would have one that is 900 x 300. Is there a way that I can save those presets in the drop down list when creating a new project in Affinity Photo so I can have it labeled "Tom's Website Slideshow" so I know which preset it is? It would make it a lot faster than having to go back and lookup what the size parameters were for each website. Thank you Have the same problem any one can help ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted May 20, 2016 Staff Share Posted May 20, 2016 Hello tnormandin and Uli.spain, Welcome to Affinity Forums :) Currently you can't save page presets in Affinity apps. This should come in a future version. mykee 1 Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pan Pstryk Posted June 5, 2017 Share Posted June 5, 2017 Hi there. It's been over a year since last comment here and we still don't have that option. Please do add it asap. A lot of us simply need it and adding like 10 lines of code should not be that difficult. I'm sick of typing page size every time I need it - I rarely use standard formats that you included. We do with your software more that you expected I guess :). Frankentoon Studio 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toltec Posted June 5, 2017 Share Posted June 5, 2017 Why not just save blank Affinity files with names like "Tom's Website Slideshow" in the sizes you want. If you keep them all in one folder, or several, you can load Tom's Website Slideshow, resave it with your current work file name and that's it. It will be whatever size you previously saved it in. You could even save it with Tom's logo, address and a few notes included to save you looking for it or setting it Not perfect but it would save you having to remember and would hardly take any longer than loading from a preset. These features are all very nice but software programmers can't always provide every single option to hold our hands. In the old days, before defaults and presets (and colour TV ;) ), that's how we used to do it. Alfred and CreatorD 2 Quote Windows PCs. Photo and Designer, latest non-beta versions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frankentoon Studio Posted November 9, 2017 Share Posted November 9, 2017 I would love to have this feature. Quote • Frankentoon Studio - Tutorials and Resources for Designer, Photo and Publisher Follow us on Instagram | Follow us on Twitter | Like us on Facebook Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YScuba Posted November 9, 2017 Share Posted November 9, 2017 Quote On 5/14/2016 at 8:07 AM, tnormandin said: I do a lot of design, photography and website work. One of the things I run into a lot are needing specific page sizes for various websites or designs. In photoshop I would be able to create a preset for a image size that I could go back too, and not have to remember the dimensions of. For instance, creating slides for a website slideshow. Some may be 800 x 600, and another website would have one that is 900 x 300. Is there a way that I can save those presets in the drop down list when creating a new project in Affinity Photo so I can have it labeled "Tom's Website Slideshow" so I know which preset it is? It would make it a lot faster than having to go back and lookup what the size parameters were for each website. Thank you This gets my vote as well! Please add it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leethomas Posted November 11, 2017 Share Posted November 11, 2017 Any news on adding this feature? It would be so great if this could be added as a set of page defaults we can set ourselves. Quote **********************************************************************************Partner at www.printfx.co.uk - Low cost printing at great prices! ********************************************************************************** Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted November 11, 2017 Share Posted November 11, 2017 As @toltec has pointed out, you can save blank (or nearly blank) pages for use as templates, and then simply load the one you want and resave it under a new name. Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.4.1 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toltec Posted November 11, 2017 Share Posted November 11, 2017 2 hours ago, Alfred said: As @toltec has pointed out, you can save blank (or nearly blank) pages for use as templates, and then simply load the one you want and resave it under a new name. I think we must be too old fashioned Alfred. If there is not a button to do something, we start running off trying to find a way round it. I have a folder full of different page sizes now. Messy Quote Windows PCs. Photo and Designer, latest non-beta versions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted November 11, 2017 Share Posted November 11, 2017 10 minutes ago, toltec said: I think we must be too old fashioned Alfred. Yes, I think we must be! 10 minutes ago, toltec said: If there is not a button to do something, we start running off trying to find a way round it. I have a folder full of different page sizes now. Messy Is that really any more messy than having a dialog full of different page sizes, the vast majority of which we will never use?? R C-R and Zenith1980 2 Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.4.1 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dutchshader Posted November 11, 2017 Share Posted November 11, 2017 you could use macros for this, record a crop and save with "Tom's Website Slideshow" Quote intel core i5, 16GB 128Gb ssd win10 Pro Huion new 1060plus. philips 272p 2560x1440px on intel HD2500 onboard graphics Razer Tartarus Chroma Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leethomas Posted November 11, 2017 Share Posted November 11, 2017 10 hours ago, Alfred said: As @toltec has pointed out, you can save blank (or nearly blank) pages for use as templates, and then simply load the one you want and resave it under a new name. Thanks, But this won't really help me, as I usually have artwork supplied by my customers which need to be adjusted by a few mm. (so having the preset, I could quickly and easily amend the document the customer has sent me to the size format that I require). I'll continue manually typing the numbers for now then... Quote **********************************************************************************Partner at www.printfx.co.uk - Low cost printing at great prices! ********************************************************************************** Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted November 11, 2017 Share Posted November 11, 2017 4 minutes ago, leethomas said: Thanks, But this won't really help me, as I usually have artwork supplied by my customers which need to be adjusted by a few mm. (so having the preset, I could quickly and easily amend the document the customer has sent me to the size format that I require). I'll continue manually typing the numbers for now then... Oh, OK, so you're really looking for a page style preset that you can apply to the current document, rather than a template from which to create new documents. (I presume it's the artwork, not the customer, that needs to be adjusted by a few millimetres!) leethomas 1 Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.4.1 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick G Posted November 11, 2017 Share Posted November 11, 2017 7 hours ago, dutchshader said: you could use macros for this, record a crop and save with "Tom's Website Slideshow" That is a good workaround but it would be better if user presets could be saved I started a thread that expanded on this but is not getting traction (which is fine - lets support this thread) https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/49655-user-defined-presets/#comment-248966 leethomas 1 Quote Affinity Designer 2.2.2075 & beta 2.3.1.2212 Affinity Photo 2.2.2075 beta 2.3.1.2212Affinity Publisher 2.2.2075 & beta 2.3.1.2212 Windows 11 Pro Version 22H2 OS build 22621.1928 Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-10700 CPU @ 2.90GHz 2.90 GHz Installed RAM 16.0 GB (15.7 GB usable) System type 64-bit operating system, x64-based processor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toltec Posted November 11, 2017 Share Posted November 11, 2017 56 minutes ago, leethomas said: Thanks, But this won't really help me, as I usually have artwork supplied by my customers which need to be adjusted by a few mm. (so having the preset, I could quickly and easily amend the document the customer has sent me to the size format that I require). I'll continue manually typing the numbers for now then... I suppose it depends on what format the artwork is that they send you, but could you not "Place" the artwork into a preset page, rather than open the artwork and then adjust it? leethomas 1 Quote Windows PCs. Photo and Designer, latest non-beta versions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leethomas Posted November 15, 2017 Share Posted November 15, 2017 On 11/11/2017 at 8:17 PM, Alfred said: Oh, OK, so you're really looking for a page style preset that you can apply to the current document, rather than a template from which to create new documents. (I presume it's the artwork, not the customer, that needs to be adjusted by a few millimetres!) I'm still fairly new to Affinity. But yes, a Page Style Preset sounds about right.. ... sometimes the customer needs to be adjusted by a few MM too, as well as the artwork! hahah Alfred 1 Quote **********************************************************************************Partner at www.printfx.co.uk - Low cost printing at great prices! ********************************************************************************** Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leethomas Posted November 15, 2017 Share Posted November 15, 2017 On 11/11/2017 at 8:54 PM, Rick G said: That is a good workaround but it would be better if user presets could be saved I started a thread that expanded on this but is not getting traction (which is fine - lets support this thread) https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/49655-user-defined-presets/#comment-248966 Thanks Rick, I will check this out! Quote **********************************************************************************Partner at www.printfx.co.uk - Low cost printing at great prices! ********************************************************************************** Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Traveler Posted April 21, 2018 Share Posted April 21, 2018 +1 for this feature request. I was surprised to find it missing. Seems pretty basic but I'm not a programmer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pat Posted June 29, 2018 Share Posted June 29, 2018 Here's my +1 for June, 2018. Quote Taking Screen Shots And Automating Image Manipulation — RocketINK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeycastellon Posted July 3, 2018 Share Posted July 3, 2018 I need this feature to. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhnthyn Posted November 4, 2018 Share Posted November 4, 2018 It appears to be a feature of the Affinity Publisher Beta, so hopefully it will make it into Designer and Photo. leethomas 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leethomas Posted November 6, 2018 Share Posted November 6, 2018 On 11/4/2018 at 3:02 PM, jhnthyn said: It appears to be a feature of the Affinity Publisher Beta, so hopefully it will make it into Designer and Photo. Let's hope so! Thanks for keeping us all posted. Quote **********************************************************************************Partner at www.printfx.co.uk - Low cost printing at great prices! ********************************************************************************** Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scissorfighter Posted November 27, 2018 Share Posted November 27, 2018 +1. I just purchased AD and the very first thing I went to do was establish a preset for new docs. This is so basic it shouldn't even be described as a "feature," it should be a "basic"! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oxjox Posted November 27, 2018 Share Posted November 27, 2018 REEEEALLY would like this added feature. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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