kesza Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 Hi Sorry new here, can anyone tell me if its at all possible to open ai files? I have tried to open them, but it comes up with an error, is there something i have messed or is it not possible? thank you for taking the time to read this and any help would be fab Many thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted February 22, 2015 Staff Share Posted February 22, 2015 Hi kesza, Welcome to Affinity Forums :) Can you post or send the file to support@seriflabs.com along with a link to this thread to be looked at? We will delete the file after check out what the problem is. Thank you. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Harris Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 Thanks for sending us the file. Affinity can open .ai files, but only if they are saved with a PDF stream. The file you sent doesn't have one. I guess it either pre-dates Illustrator's ability to include PDF, or else was explicitly saved without PDF to save memory. Either way there's nothing we can do with it. Sorry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kesza Posted February 27, 2015 Author Share Posted February 27, 2015 Thank you for taking the time to look, at least I know its not user error on my part. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlsen Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 Hello, I have to apologize if this is a repeat question (I'm sure it is), but couldn't find a current answer/solution. Did the research, and found that AD was a great answer to AI (installed yesterday). Everything looks good except for one major thing that may force me to return to AI. I have used AI for 20+ years and have a ton of AI files that utilize the art board and workspace and I can't afford to not have access to them. My CS4 will not open, so I can't get in and re-save to a Affinity friendly file. I am bummed as I have enjoyed the AD demo and the tutorials. I am desperate and want to stay away from subscriptions. Thanks for any help on this topic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted March 3, 2015 Staff Share Posted March 3, 2015 Hi Carlsen, Welcome to Affinity Forums :) Currently neither artboards nor the pasteboard area are supported in Affinity Designer. Both are already on our roadmap to be implemented later. Hopefully then we will be able to offer better compatibility with Illustrator files. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlsen Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 Got it. Thanks for the quick response. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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