davidwlasitz Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 I just downloaded one of the examples from the Welcome Menu (city.afdesign) and I noticed that the document was locked (note: I am not talking about Layers). Since the document is Locked, I cannot Export it at all (example: .pdf, .png, etc...). How do I Lock and Unlock my creations so others cannot export them to different formats? HaroldBark 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeW Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 All the samples are locked by Serif and cannot be unlocked, exported, etc.. You/we cannot do this. Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 I'd have thought they could expose the locking mechanism to the UI without also exposing the unlocking mechanism, but I guess there must be a good reason why they haven't done this. 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...
R C-R Posted January 1, 2017 Share Posted January 1, 2017 I'd have thought they could expose the locking mechanism to the UI without also exposing the unlocking mechanism, but I guess there must be a good reason why they haven't done this. Maybe because once we locked a file we could not unlock it? 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...
Alfred Posted January 1, 2017 Share Posted January 1, 2017 Maybe because once we locked a file we could not unlock it? Well, yes, but all that would be needed is a warning to that effect, perhaps accompanied by 'Save' forcing a 'Save As...' so that you can't accidentally overwrite the unlocked original. 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...
MikeW Posted January 1, 2017 Share Posted January 1, 2017 Well, if they exposed a locking mechanism they should do it with a key as well for unlocking. A p/w system akin to locking a zip file. One can open a zip to see its contents but cannot extract them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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