rikiyahatake Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 I'm not sure if there is anybody who asked this before, but i just wanna know why we can't save as or export to .ai or .cdr or maybe other extension instead of affinity file? Is it because of something like copyright (?) limitation or will it be a new feature in the future? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fixx Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 Basically Serif does not know how as .ai and .cdr are proprietary formats with no public documentation. I think though that it should be possible to use older .ai formats as they are based in postscript and available in other third party apps too. Wish to get some kind of .ai export at some time, please... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted January 5, 2017 Staff Share Posted January 5, 2017 Hi rikiyahatake, Welcome to Affinity Forums :) The .ai and .cdr formats are private/proprietary. They are also not documented as Fixx pointed out. To export to other formats/extensions (SVG, PDF etc) just use File ▸ Export. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 Basically Serif does not know how as .ai and .cdr are proprietary formats with no public documentation. The .ai and .cdr formats are private/proprietary. They are also not documented as Fixx pointed out. Export to AI format is not possible because it is a proprietary format with no public documentation. I used to think the same about import from CDR format, but I found out a few weeks ago that this is not the case. However, I don't know whether the ability to import CDR files would necessarily mean that exporting to that format is reasonably straightforward. 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...
Staff MEB Posted January 5, 2017 Staff Share Posted January 5, 2017 CDR was originally a closed/proprietary format. There's no public spec. I believe what Matt is referring to is to reverse-engineering it to be able to import its data into Affinity something that was already tried before by the sk1 team. As there's no public documentation i don't believe we are able to export it but i may be wrong here. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rui_mac Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 However, if it was possible to import .cdr files, a lot of people would be happy :) Not my case, as I don't even like CorelDraw. But a lot of people do. Corny and Alfred 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rikiyahatake Posted January 7, 2017 Author Share Posted January 7, 2017 CDR was originally a closed/proprietary format. There's no public spec. I believe what Matt is referring to is to reverse-engineering it to be able to import its data into Affinity something that was already tried before by the sk1 team. As there's no public documentation i don't believe we are able to export it but i may be wrong here. So, it's like closed source and there's no chance (or maybe there's a little) to be a future feature for affinity designer? aw :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeW Posted January 7, 2017 Share Posted January 7, 2017 CDR was originally a closed/proprietary format. There's no public spec. I believe what Matt is referring to is to reverse-engineering it to be able to import its data into Affinity something that was already tried before by the sk1 team. As there's no public documentation i don't believe we are able to export it but i may be wrong here. If it can be engineered to import, it can be engineered to export. Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corny Posted January 7, 2017 Share Posted January 7, 2017 CDR was originally a closed/proprietary format. There's no public spec. I believe what Matt is referring to is to reverse-engineering it to be able to import its data into Affinity something that was already tried before by the sk1 team. As there's no public documentation i don't believe we are able to export it but i may be wrong here. I trying do open/import .CDR file and is not possible. Get some research and found possible to open and save in opensource Inkspace would be nice to import in AD if they can why you are not? ;) . I don't expect to import very complex images from CDR but some compatibility, would be a great improvements. Quote Affinity Designer, Publisher and Photo | v1 - v2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted January 7, 2017 Share Posted January 7, 2017 I trying do open/import .CDR file and is not possible. Get some research and found possible to open and save in opensource Inkspace would be nice to import in AD if they can why you are not? ;) . I don't expect to import very complex images from CDR but some compatibility, would be a great improvements. While we're waiting for direct import of CDR into Affinity Designer, you can save your imported file from Inkscape and then import the saved file (which will be in SVG format) into AD. 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...
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