TheKraut Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 Is there actually an SDK or API that allows 3rd party developers to build interfaces? Or a library that can be used to create thumbnails and previews from the proprietary Affinity Photo and Designer formats? Not even ImageMagick which can handle almost any file does this trick by now. Supporting ImageMagick by helping them to understand your file formats would be a superb door opener for your products to reach commercial customers. Alternatively you might give developers a library that allow creating thumbnails and previews, maybe with a command line interface. All the big publishing companies, photo and ad agencies with their huge numbers of users are waiting for an alternative to their costly Adobe products, but they often need to integrate with other systems. So far, they watch what you are doing but they would not switch because they could not do the integration. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 I am fairly sure there is currently no SDK or publicly documented API's for Affinity. They have said the file format is considered a proprietary trade secret, so at the least third party developers would have to sign NDA's to be able to access any detailed info about it. That said, thumbnail views are available in the Mac Finder (& as I understand it in the Windows equivalent) if the option to include them in the file is enabled in Affinity preferences when the file is saved. 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...
sol_hsa Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 I'd like to add a request for this as well. When developing a game I like to have some assets live - where I can edit them and see the results in-game. For this, if I was using photoshop, I'd just read the .psd files whenever they change. Popular public domain image library stb_image supports psd:s, so why not? Having affinity image files supported there would be really helpful. Also, are photoshop plugins the only way to extend affinity? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tupaia Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 +1 for a scripting and/or tools SDK! Would be very interesting to know if there are any plans for this from Serif's side. Thanks! adi_cataleya 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndreasO Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 +1 as well. To be a real contender to Illustrator/Photoshop in larger production environments, API/SDK is needed. This may not compromise the file format itself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheKraut Posted January 22, 2020 Author Share Posted January 22, 2020 Folks, any news on this subject? It would be so great... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tupaia Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 This is a must, on the longer run (not too long, hopefully). A benefit for all. Features like the missing DXF import/export feature could be left to motivated 3rd parties - there always is someone. The higher the pressure of need, the more likely. The question is, did Serif plan an implementation all along and just pushed it back on the roadmap, or did they make the mistake not to, so this would be problematic. I don't want to believe that Serif is short-sighted enough to block a plugin interface just for tactical business advantages only. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheKraut Posted December 18, 2020 Author Share Posted December 18, 2020 11 months later, this is still my top priority wish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbmadaj Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 (edited) Come on! All these years passed and still no API / SDK available? Even support to pass files via command line to stitch panoramas / focus merge / do HDR would be extremely handy for regular users not to mention pros! It doesn't look serious on your end. No batch editing in app, no API / SDK, command line support... Edited January 8, 2021 by mbmadaj typo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheKraut Posted March 5, 2021 Author Share Posted March 5, 2021 ...waiting... Oh, wait, there is an API: https://api-docs.affinity.co/#introduction Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 34 minutes ago, TheKraut said: ...waiting... Oh, wait, there is an API: https://api-docs.affinity.co/#introduction Which is not at all related to the Affinity application suite. Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheKraut Posted March 5, 2021 Author Share Posted March 5, 2021 Yeah, I know, SCNR 🤡 It would open up a huge market for Affinity if they had a plugin SDK or API - editorial and publishing systems of all kinds could be based on their products. We all F**king hate dislike Adobe like we F**king hated disliked Aldus and Quark in the old days. It's time for a change. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bendreality Posted May 13, 2021 Share Posted May 13, 2021 Just to add one more voice to the mix: I vote for Python 3 API! Would be so awesome to script a bit for Affinity Designer. phy6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Mc Posted February 23, 2023 Share Posted February 23, 2023 Just wondering if anything has changed since the last poster on this this thread nearly 2 years ago? Maybe version 2 of the suite has brought potential options for an API? IronStrikesIron 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tourobaba Posted April 4 Share Posted April 4 Here for the yearly comment on this thread. +1 Having an API would be extremely valuable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeTO Posted April 4 Share Posted April 4 Hi @tourobaba and welcome to the forums. Serif has stated that this is in the works. You can find more information in this very long thread. Quote Download a free manual for Publisher 2.4 from this forum - expanded 300-page PDF My system: Affinity 2.4.2 for macOS Sonoma 14.4.1, MacBook Pro 14" (M1 Pro) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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