Questions about EPS import - Affinity Photo

[Manofjesus]

First of all - greeting to everybody and to Affinity Team

1. I try to place EPS file - just simple one. I dont see anything, just bounding frame - what i am doing wrong? I make this EPS from Corel X7, import there my lettering from Affinity Photo - convert it to curves and trying to place back in vector format.

2. About updating. If i purchase Affinity Photo - it will be free update for up to 1.xx version, or even for 2.xx also?

 

Milk in the bottle.eps

[DWright]

Hi Manofjesus,

 

Welcome to the forum

 

If you click on the duplicate button it will create a copy of the brush at the end on the brush list, right click on it and rename it so you know it your custom brush and the changes you make to the brush will not be reset when Photo is next opened.

 

When the eps is placed the image is being offset from the working area, click on the Edit document button and a new tab will open press CTRL+A  to select all of the objects and you will see the image in the black area off the screen, drag this into the white area and then close the tab and the eps object will now be visible in the placed area.

 

Included in the purchase of Affinity Photo are free updates for the 1.xx version

[Alfred]

4 minutes ago, DWright said:

Included in the purchase of Affinity Photo are free updates for the 1.xx version

 

Just to clarify, 1.xx updates are free for owners of any 1.xx version, but 2.xx will be a separate purchase. Version 1 won't stop working when version 2 is released, so you won't be forced to upgrade if you don't need or want the new features.

 

[Manofjesus]

1 hour ago, DWright said:

If you click on the duplicate button it will create a copy of the brush at the end on the brush list, right click on it and rename it so you know it your custom brush and the changes you make to the brush will not be reset when Photo is next opened.

When the eps is placed the image is being offset from the working area, click on the Edit document button and a new tab will open press CTRL+A  to select all of the objects and you will see the image in the black area off the screen, drag this into the white area and then close the tab and the eps object will now be visible in the placed area.

Included in the purchase of Affinity Photo are free updates for the 1.xx version

I make this from the start. Make duplicate and adjust several brushes for my purposes, BUT the custom curve adjustment for DIRECTION controller is not saving. All other numerical adjustments are ok - but this adjustment is not keeping and resetting after Affinity Photo restarting. I cant make a screenshot of this curve - you see it in right part of DIRECTION controller in first message 2nd screenshot.

Now about EPS - it is not outside or offset the working area. Look to attached screenshot. The imported/placed EPS is on top - and still i see just working boundaries. I am familiar with Photoshop since CS3, but here i cant figure out - what is wrong. EPS file attached in first message.

 

1 hour ago, Alfred said:

 

Just to clarify, 1.xx updates are free for owners of any 1.xx version, but 2.xx will be a separate purchase. Version 1 won't stop working when version 2 is released, so you won't be forced to upgrade if you don't need or want the new features.

 

Alfred, thanks for clarifying

 

[Manofjesus]

Guys, can you check my EPS file - maybe it somehow wrong importing in this build of Affinity Photo 1.6.1.93?

[R C-R]

5 hours ago, Manofjesus said:

Guys, can you check my EPS file - maybe it somehow wrong importing in this build of Affinity Photo 1.6.1.93?

When I open your Milk in the bottle.eps file directly in Affinity Photo, it opens as a "(Layer)" parent layer with a single "(Curves)" child layer (note the plural). The transform panel shows this as its pixel coordinates:

Note the very large negative Y value, which indicates that it is in fact well outside the working area. If you select either the "(Layer)" parent layer or (recommended) "(Curves)" child layer with the move tool & in the Transform panel set both the X & Y coordinates to zero, it will be moved into the working area. Do that, select the "(Curves)" child layer & switch to the Node tool & you should see something like this:

All the red nodes indicate that the "(Curves)" layer consists of many individual shapes, in this case 140 separate curves, which you could break apart into individual curves layers with the "Divide" Geometry operation. You probably don't want to do that because all the inner curves like in the loops will become black-filled curves like this:

 

Anyway, if you place the eps file in an existing AP document you will get (as your screenshot shows) an "(Embedded document)" layer with the same parent/child structure, although the placed size & location will vary depending on how you placed it (single click or click & drag). However, the same offset outside the working area issue will be a problem, & that can be corrected in the same way by editing the embedded document & changing the X & Y coordinates to somewhere inside the working area.

[Manofjesus]

R C-R

Thanks a lot I finally catch how to solve this bug. And was able to correct it. I check this EPS both in Corel X7 and PS CS5.1 - there were no any issues with it. This EPS file imports flowless in both - Corel and PS. But why it happens in AP ?

[R C-R]

I could be wrong, I don't think this is a bug per se, rather just that AP (& AD) don't make any assumptions about where an eps file should be placed in the document working area. I believe this has something to do with relative or absolute coordinates in EPS files but I don't know enough about that to say what that might be.

 

Hopefully, someone with more knowledge about that will post something more helpful ....

[Manofjesus]

Anyway it solvable at this moment but better to fix it in future builds. Can you clarify this issue - https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/51209-ap-not-saving-custom-curves/

 

[R C-R]

Sorry, I don't know much about creating or saving custom brushed, much less controller curves for them.