Blue Rhine Posted January 27 Posted January 27 We are experiencing an issue when opening AI files in Affinity Designer—some major effects are missing. Could you please provide a solution for this as soon as possible? For your reference, I have attached a screenshot highlighting the issue. illustrator file Affinity file Quote
GarryP Posted January 27 Posted January 27 Welcome to the forums @Blue Rhine If the Affinity applications don’t have a direct equivalent of a particular functionality of, for example, Illustrator, then the Affinity software will not be able to render it properly. In these cases the software will only import some of those parts of the design which it can render properly, or it might only partially-import some of the design which it can render properly. In some cases, some functionality used in the file cannot be replicated via the Affinity software at all, and those parts of the design may be discarded upon import because there’s nothing that the software can do with them. This is to be expected from time to time when importing files which were not created with the software you are importing it into. This is especially true with proprietary file formats such as those used by Adobe software when the owner of the file format (Adobe) does not share details of how the files are organised with other organisations. Pšenda 1 Quote
Pšenda Posted January 27 Posted January 27 I will just add that Serif has never declared anywhere that its applications are a direct replacement and equivalent of any competing applications, so these differences in the interpretation of proprietary formats are to be expected. Also, given the previously mentioned proprietary nature of the imported format and its functions, there may be a problem with the implementation of the "solution". Quote Affinity Store (MSI/EXE): Affinity Suite (ADe, APh, APu) 2.5.7.2948 (Retail) Dell OptiPlex 7060, i5-8500 3.00 GHz, 16 GB, Intel UHD Graphics 630, Dell P2417H 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 24H2, Build 26100.2605. Dell Latitude E5570, i5-6440HQ 2.60 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics 530, 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 24H2, Build 26100.2605. Intel NUC5PGYH, Pentium N3700 2.40 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics, EIZO EV2456 1920 x 1200, Windows 10 Pro, Version 21H1, Build 19043.2130.
vor Posted January 31 Posted January 31 One would expect to be able to open .eps files from shutterstock and use those awesome gradients without a problem. But yeah the price we pay... Quote
GarryP Posted February 1 Posted February 1 15 hours ago, vor said: One would expect to be able to open .eps files from shutterstock and use those awesome gradients without a problem. Alternatively, the designers and artists who upload their work to sites like that could also make their designs available in other file formats which non-Adobe software can read more easily in order to make the designs available to a wider audience, and perhaps earn more money by doing so. PaulEC 1 Quote
vor Posted February 1 Posted February 1 One would wish, but it would be harder. You know what would be easy - if Affinity could open those EPS files! I don't want to pay loads of money again just to buy Affinity brushes, elements, etc. to make my work faster. You know what would be good and easy - if I could use my old EPS files Quote
PaulEC Posted February 1 Posted February 1 5 hours ago, GarryP said: Alternatively, the designers and artists who upload their work to sites like that could also make their designs available in other file formats which non-Adobe software can read more easily in order to make the designs available to a wider audience, and perhaps earn more money by doing so. To be honest I think this is more down to the sites than the artists and designers themselves! Although she prefers using Affinity, my wife has recently had to take out a new subscription to Adobe Illustrator purely because some of the sites where she sells her work, and some of her customers, will only accept genuine AI files. vor 1 Quote Acer XC-895 : Core i5-10400 Hexa-core 2.90 GHz : 32GB RAM : Intel UHD Graphics 630 : Windows 11 Home Affinity Publisher 2 : Affinity Photo 2 : Affinity Designer 2 : (latest release versions) on desktop and iPad "Beware of false knowledge, it is more dangerous than ignorance." (GBS)
GarryP Posted February 2 Posted February 2 I understand, but if some websites are limiting the possibilities for artists and designers by only allowing Adobe format files then that’s maybe something that the artists and designers should be taking up with those sites. And maybe that’s something that Serif could/should be helping with. Maybe they already are, I just don’t know. Maybe there are some legal/technical difficulties, perhaps if some sites use some kind of automatic content-suitability checking which doesn’t currently work with Affinity documents. I don’t know the reasons, there are probably lots of different ones, so I can’t usefully comment on that further. (I don't think this is a new discussion for these forums.) I think the 'bottom line' for me is that it would be nice if the Affinity applications could handle EPS files better, I don't have a problem with that, but it would also be nice if Serif didn’t need to do that because Affinity documents were more widely accepted. Quote
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