elijohn23 Posted May 31, 2018 Share Posted May 31, 2018 Hello there, So I'm a website designer, and I would like to design in Affinity Designer more. I found a problem though that is preventing me from doing that full-time...When I export my files to PSD (for handing over to developers) and open them in Photoshop, the text layers appear as image/raster layers and aren't editable. Please help. This is a very important issue for me to resolve. I cannot proceed with using Affinity Designer if our dev team can't edit the texts. Other than this, I am really loving this software. Please help. Thanks, Eli Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted May 31, 2018 Staff Share Posted May 31, 2018 Hi elijohn23, Welcome to Affinity Forums Currently Affinity apps don't export text to PSD as editable text. This should be added later in a future version. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elijohn23 Posted May 31, 2018 Author Share Posted May 31, 2018 2 minutes ago, MEB said: Hi elijohn23, Welcome to Affinity Forums Currently Affinity apps don't export text to PSD as editable text. This should be added later in a future version. Aww. I am really sad to hear that. Thank you for responding. Any hint on when this new feature might be available? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted May 31, 2018 Staff Share Posted May 31, 2018 Hi elijohn23, It will take quite some time (no eta) as this isn't a trivial task. SrPx 1 Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elijohn23 Posted May 31, 2018 Author Share Posted May 31, 2018 @MEB No problem. I totally understand. Thank you for being so responsive though, I appreciate that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pelewa Posted June 9, 2018 Share Posted June 9, 2018 I also want to ask when it will be possible to etid a text after exporting from Affinity Desinger to Photoshop? It's the same with me ... I'm a webdesigner and I really love to work with Affinity Designer (more than with Photoshop) but a non-editable text after export is an absolute no-go and I am very sorry that I have to switch over to Photoshop again. I've heard something about Affinity Publisher coming out ... is it foreseeable when it's available? PLEASE work on the feature of "editable text" in PS after export and PLEASE launch Affinity Publisher Kindest regards, Peter Naeem Usama 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Khodchenko Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 The same question is the only thing that keeps me from switching to Affinity, since many customers use PS =( Do you have approximate dates? or version number. Thx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yellow Posted July 31, 2019 Share Posted July 31, 2019 hi. is resolved this problem? im in point when i need export PSD file from my Affinity Designer and my friends needs edit text. have you any good idea how can i make it? thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m.vlad Posted July 31, 2019 Share Posted July 31, 2019 1 hour ago, Yellow said: hi. is resolved this problem? im in point when i need export PSD file from my Affinity Designer and my friends needs edit text. have you any good idea how can i make it? thanks No. The only workaround is to export as pdf, open in Ai and export as PSD. This works but splits text boxes into text lines. Quote Mădălin Vlad Graphic Designer contact@mvlad.design https://mvlad.design Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markpaulg Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 Hi, is there any update to this issue? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted February 17, 2021 Staff Share Posted February 17, 2021 Hi @Markpaulg, Welcome to Affinity forums No, sorry. No news regarding this issue. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruth Park Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 On 7/31/2019 at 11:29 AM, m.vlad said: No. The only workaround is to export as pdf, open in Ai and export as PSD. This works but splits text boxes into text lines. is the text editable though? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 2 minutes ago, Ruth Park said: is the text editable though? Yes, it is, but not easily! That’s what @m.vlad meant by On 7/31/2019 at 10:29 AM, m.vlad said: This works but splits text boxes into text lines. Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.5.1 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruth Park Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 oh yes, quite annoying those separate text boxes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruth Park Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 I saved as a 72dpi pdf then opened in ai saved as psd but all is rasterised, will have to work in psd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 15 minutes ago, Ruth Park said: I saved as a 72dpi pdf then opened in ai saved as psd but all is rasterised What were your export settings? It should be possible to export text as editable text as long as you haven’t applied any filter effects (but 72dpi is very low resolution for anything that does need to be rasterized). Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.5.1 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucaspchara Posted November 8, 2021 Share Posted November 8, 2021 Unfortunately I think we don't have this function yet... Just adding my interest in this function... it would be really nice if there was some way to pass editable text to some Adobe application... I found that you can edit if you save the file in .PDF, open it in Illustrator and save it in .PSD ... maybe this will help to find a more direct way to save to PSD with editable text... Regards Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DylanGG Posted February 24, 2022 Share Posted February 24, 2022 Any updates? I really wish this was a feature... 😪 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted February 24, 2022 Share Posted February 24, 2022 Just now, DylanGG said: Any updates? No. Though a workaround has been suggested by a user. It appears that Photopea can open Affinity files, and can export a PSD file with editable text. Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. Laptop 2: Windows 11 Pro 24H2, 16GB memory, Snapdragon(R) X Elite - X1E80100 - Qualcomm(R) Oryon(TM) 12 Core CPU 4.01 GHz, Qualcomm(R) Adreno(TM) X1-85 GPU iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.7, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.6.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
albertkinng Posted November 20, 2022 Share Posted November 20, 2022 Does this feature is available on Version 2? Please say yes. Quote See my comics: dearmascomics.com Heard my Radio Show: mimegaradio.com Ask for my services: albertkinng.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashf Posted November 20, 2022 Share Posted November 20, 2022 13 minutes ago, albertkinng said: Does this feature is available on Version 2? Please say yes. Unfortunately not yet. albertkinng 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted November 20, 2022 Share Posted November 20, 2022 14 minutes ago, albertkinng said: Does this feature is available on Version 2? Please say yes. No. albertkinng and Stepaan 2 Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. Laptop 2: Windows 11 Pro 24H2, 16GB memory, Snapdragon(R) X Elite - X1E80100 - Qualcomm(R) Oryon(TM) 12 Core CPU 4.01 GHz, Qualcomm(R) Adreno(TM) X1-85 GPU iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.7, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.6.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
albertkinng Posted November 22, 2022 Share Posted November 22, 2022 On 11/20/2022 at 4:01 PM, ashf said: Unfortunately not yet. I have faith that it will be on 2.1 Affinity knows the struggle. Just an PSD editable text export will do. I don't need effect, plugins, add-ons or any of the other Adobe crap inside a PSD file. I just need editable text. That's all. ashf 1 Quote See my comics: dearmascomics.com Heard my Radio Show: mimegaradio.com Ask for my services: albertkinng.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted November 22, 2022 Share Posted November 22, 2022 8 hours ago, albertkinng said: I have faith that it will be on 2.1 Affinity knows the struggle. Just an PSD editable text export will do. I don't need effect, plugins, add-ons or any of the other Adobe crap inside a PSD file. I just need editable text. That's all. It is one of those areas that Serif "would like to improve someday", but as it involves complex reverse-engineering of an undocumented area of the PSD format, my guess is that other things have a higher priority, and this one will not happen soon. Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. Laptop 2: Windows 11 Pro 24H2, 16GB memory, Snapdragon(R) X Elite - X1E80100 - Qualcomm(R) Oryon(TM) 12 Core CPU 4.01 GHz, Qualcomm(R) Adreno(TM) X1-85 GPU iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.7, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.6.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
albertkinng Posted November 22, 2022 Share Posted November 22, 2022 6 hours ago, walt.farrell said: involves complex reverse-engineering of an undocumented area of the PSD format Pixelmator Pro, Photopea, and Acorn export editable text. Why? Those apps are intended for professional users. Even one click background eraser is a default feature on the OS itself and other apps take advantage of it. I’m not saying you’re giving excuses for a lack of features. I’m just saying they can’t ignore who these apps are designed for. This is not for mom’s free time to do some photo crafts laptop. Even Linux has apps that offer that. You know how sad I was today buying Pixelmator Pro just for editable psd export and instant selection? I mean, I paid $99 for a great bundle but we need that bundle to achieve our needs. DylanGG 1 Quote See my comics: dearmascomics.com Heard my Radio Show: mimegaradio.com Ask for my services: albertkinng.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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