Export to PSD - support for curves

[JCP]

When exporting to PSD, the option imply that certain elements such as curves would be maintained. But not matter what I select, all objects get converted to pixel layers when I reopen the PSD in Photo or Gimp. Is there no option to export work in Affinity Designer such that the export can remain editable?

[walt.farrell]

I would expect vector objects to remain editable except for:

• Text objects, which will always be rasterized
• Vector brush strokes (except for the basic hard round brushes), as those brushes are unique to the Affinity applications.
• Anything else that uses a Designer function that has no equivalent in Photoshop PSD format.

To my surprise, though, I was just able to create a Designer file with a simple filled rectangle that was rasterized, though a simple filled ellipse remained vector. My pen strokes, and pencil strokes made with an appropriate basic brush remained vector. So there's clearly something I don't understand or the rectangle would have been vector, too.

Can you create a sample file that shows your problem, and provide the .afdesign file and the .psd you exported?

[David in Яuislip]

Maybe I don't understand the issue but here're some shapes exported as a psd then modified in Photoshop, no pixel layers, Photoshop sees the curves as vectors

[JCP]

This seems to be related to the shapes having FX applied them. If I remove the FX......it exports as a curve.

[JCP]

No I've narrowed it down to the FX "3D" effect. I uncheck it and it works. The Drop shadow FX is still applied.

[MEB]

17 hours ago, walt.farrell said:

To my surprise, though, I was just able to create a Designer file with a simple filled rectangle that was rasterized, though a simple filled ellipse remained vector. My pen strokes, and pencil strokes made with an appropriate basic brush remained vector. So there's clearly something I don't understand or the rectangle would have been vector, too.

How are you checking/testing this? Can you provide the afdesign file that's failing to export for you?
All shapes/curves are exported as vector to PSD.

[walt.farrell]

4 hours ago, MEB said:

How are you checking/testing this? Can you provide the afdesign file that's failing to export for you?
All shapes/curves are exported as vector to PSD.

I created a .afdesign file with several curves (using Pencil Tool and Pen Tool, and an Ellipse and a Rectangle) and exported as a PSD. I then Opened the PSD in Designer again, and the Rectangle was rasterized, but everything else remained as curves.

(There is also a Background layer created by the export process, but perhaps that's normal for PSD files?)

Thanks for looking at it. (These files are from 2.4.2, Windows.)

test.afdesign test.psd

[MEB]

@walt.farrell,
These two objects fail because they have a texture line style applied. Switch them to Solid Line Style and they will export correctly as vectors.

[walt.farrell]

10 minutes ago, MEB said:

These two objects fail because they have a texture line style applied. Switch them to Solid Line Style and they will export correctly as vectors.

Thanks. I had missed that the rectangle had a textured line stroke.