crosspick Posted September 10, 2016 Share Posted September 10, 2016 Hello, first of all greetings to everybody. I am new to this forum, tried the Beta version of Affinity Photo and Affinity Designer and just purchased both apps. I work with Adobe Photoshop over 25 years. I searched the forum but cannot find an answer. When i open a psd file, where in Affinity Photo can i find my Photoshop path? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted September 10, 2016 Share Posted September 10, 2016 File menu > Reveal in Finder Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.4.1 Mac apps; 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7 Affinity Photo 1.10.8; Affinity Designer 1.108; & all 3 V2 apps for iPad; 6th Generation iPad 32 GB; Apple Pencil; iPadOS 15.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crosspick Posted September 12, 2016 Author Share Posted September 12, 2016 Thank you RC-R! But Reveal in Finder only shows my original psd file. I need to know how i can make a path of an already opened psd file in AP visible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted September 12, 2016 Staff Share Posted September 12, 2016 Hi crosspick, Affinity Photo is not yet able to import working paths from Photoshop (from the Paths panel). You have to convert them first to a shape layer in Photoshop. Affinity Photo will import shape layers as paths. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crosspick Posted September 12, 2016 Author Share Posted September 12, 2016 Hello MEB, thanks for your reply. I have about 30000 psd files with paths. I know that i can convert a path to a shape layer in Photoshop, but therefore i have to go on with the Adobe Cloud as Photoshop is necessary. In my opinion this is a feature which prevents many Photoshop users switching to Affinity Photo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted September 12, 2016 Staff Share Posted September 12, 2016 I believe i already filled an improvement request for this. I will bump it or add it if it's not there and will reference this thread there. Thanks for your feedback. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crosspick Posted September 12, 2016 Author Share Posted September 12, 2016 Thank you MEB, it is not about Euro 50.-, but Serif is advertising a unprecedended psd combatibility. By the way, it is a great app, but useless for professionals without this feature. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted September 12, 2016 Staff Share Posted September 12, 2016 The application is still relatively recent. It already does a good job with several PSD format's features but this one wasn't implemented yet. We are continuously improving import/export formats and hopefully PSD will get better too but as you may guess it's not possible to ensure 100% compatibility. This is already logged to be looked at. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crosspick Posted September 13, 2016 Author Share Posted September 13, 2016 Thank you MEB, great support! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Ben Posted September 14, 2016 Staff Share Posted September 14, 2016 Just to add to what MEB said - we have been clear that we never intend to replace Photoshop for people that require it in an Adobe tool chain. There are going to be some PSD features that we may not support, or are not a priority. PSD is a beast, and is only getting more bloated as time goes on. I don't see this slowing down as Adobe try to shoe-horn in more features. We also only import and export features to PSD when we have an appropriate equivalent in Affinity. The PSD export process in particular is complicated by the need to support indirect features. If you need Photoshop - you need Photoshop. If you need the best new creative app on the market - you need Affinity. ;) randomobject 1 Quote SerifLabs team - Affinity Developer Software engineer - Photographer - Guitarist - Philosopher iMac 27" Retina 5K (Late 2015), 4.0GHz i7, AMD Radeon R9 M395 MacBook (Early 2015), 1.3GHz Core M, Intel HD 5300 iPad Pro 10.5", 256GB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
padura Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 Hello, my problem is similar but in the other direction: I have created a path into affinity, but when the file is opened in Photoshop path is not present (.tif file). I have to give this material to a person who uses photoshop but I does not see it. I have to do some special affinity export setup to make it visible? thank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rptaylor50 Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 "If you need Photoshop - you need Photoshop. If you need the best new creative app on the market - you need Affinity. ;)" I find that to be beautifully stated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ch1ptune Posted June 5, 2019 Share Posted June 5, 2019 I second the request for Photoshop path compatibility Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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