Footloose Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 I have just bought affinity and edited a photo. This has saved automatically as a affinity file. How can I save as a JPEG to view on my friends computer? Thanks in advance for any help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mac_heibu Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 Use the „Export“ command. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Dan C Posted July 30, 2018 Staff Share Posted July 30, 2018 Hi Footloose, Welcome to the forums Check out our video tutorial below on exporting to formats such as JPEG! Quote Please note - I am currently out of the office for a short while whilst recovering from surgery (nothing serious!), therefore will not be available on the Forums during this time. Should you require a response from the team in a thread I have previously replied in - please Create a New Thread and our team will be sure to reply as soon as possible. Many thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Footloose Posted July 31, 2018 Author Share Posted July 31, 2018 Thank you for your help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenstogie Posted April 2, 2019 Share Posted April 2, 2019 I try this on my iPad Pro and everything happens just like in the video but the photos never show up...I look under the photos icon, save them to ...on my iPad/ photos or even the iCloud but nothing ever shows up......what is going on? Other than that i seem to be getting the hang of it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted April 2, 2019 Staff Share Posted April 2, 2019 Hi Kenstogie, Welcome to Affinity Forums Check this video tutorial instead (for iPad). Let us know if you still have issues have checking the video. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PJA68 Posted September 4, 2020 Share Posted September 4, 2020 Thanks for your advise, I'm gonna try all your suggestions...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SydBee Posted September 11, 2020 Share Posted September 11, 2020 Hi, I am used to PS where I can save as thus keeping my original file and the edited one. If I export in Affinity do I lose my original file? Many thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h_d Posted September 11, 2020 Share Posted September 11, 2020 Hi @SydBee and welcome! No, if you export then your original file remains intact. Just close it and don't save. If you've made adjustments, added layers, masks etc to an original file, and you choose to save, you'll create an additional .afphoto file and again the original will remain unchanged. Quote Affinity Photo 2.0.3, Affinity Designer 2.0.3, Affinity Publisher 2.0.3, Mac OSX 13, 2018 MacBook Pro 15" Intel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fixx Posted September 12, 2020 Share Posted September 12, 2020 If your original is normal image file (JPG, TIFF... but not AFPhoto) just export and use different name than original. If you use same name OS will as if you want to replace earlier one. In that regard export behaves just like Save As in PS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csmoore Posted September 16, 2021 Share Posted September 16, 2021 Just noticed this too as I'm new to Affinity Photo. Seems so much simpler if you could just "Save As:" and type a new name.jpg..... Exporting each time I edit seems like a pain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron P. Posted September 16, 2021 Share Posted September 16, 2021 1 hour ago, csmoore said: Just noticed this too as I'm new to Affinity Photo. Seems so much simpler if you could just "Save As:" and type a new name.jpg..... Exporting each time I edit seems like a pain. Welcome to the forums, AP is not unique with this Export vs Save as approach. I have others that do the same. Save as is for saving your project, the working file in the proprietary format, in this case it's afphoto. Unless you have no problem with overwriting original files, then the Export approach protects against that. If you want to overwrite the original, AP will allow you to Save, in the same format, jpg, tif, png. It's just different for you, and you're not accustom to it yet. But overwrite a file or two that you didn't intend on, and you'll come to appreciate this. 😉 Quote Affinity Photo 2.4..; Affinity Designer 2.4..; Affinity Publisher 2.4..; Affinity2 Beta versions. Affinity Photo,Designer 1.10.6.1605 Win10 Home Version:21H2, Build: 19044.1766: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-5820K CPU @ 3.30GHz, 3301 Mhz, 6 Core(s), 12 Logical Processor(s);32GB Ram, Nvidia GTX 3070, 3-Internal HDD (1 Crucial MX5000 1TB, 1-Crucial MX5000 500GB, 1-WD 1 TB), 4 External HDD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pšenda Posted September 16, 2021 Share Posted September 16, 2021 I will add - when opening JPG/PNG/TIFF it is possible to save to JPG/PNG/TIFF also using Save (of course with the loss of information about layers and modifications). Quote Affinity Store (MSI/EXE): Affinity Suite (ADe, APh, APu) 2.4.0.2301 Dell OptiPlex 7060, i5-8500 3.00 GHz, 16 GB, Intel UHD Graphics 630, Dell P2417H 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.3155. Dell Latitude E5570, i5-6440HQ 2.60 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics 530, 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.3155. Intel NUC5PGYH, Pentium N3700 2.40 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics, EIZO EV2456 1920 x 1200, Windows 10 Pro, Version 21H1, Build 19043.2130. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csmoore Posted September 16, 2021 Share Posted September 16, 2021 Yes, I'm sure will get used to. I like the option to Save (Overwrite) and SaveAs (new name and/or format). Similar to Export I guess, but just easier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted September 16, 2021 Share Posted September 16, 2021 3 hours ago, csmoore said: SaveAs (new name and/or format). "Save As" in the Affinity applications will only save in an Affinity native format, e.g, .afdesign, .afphoto, or .afpub. If you want to save in some other format and change the name you need to use Export. Pšenda 1 Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted September 16, 2021 Share Posted September 16, 2021 6 hours ago, csmoore said: I like the option to Save (Overwrite) and SaveAs (new name and/or format). But consider all the possible options available when you decide to 'save' a native Affinity format file to a different file format. For example for JPEGs you have choices for image dimensions, compression quality, resampling method, area of the document, a choice of embedded ICC profiles, whether to embed metadata or not, etc. A few old Mac apps from back in the pre-OSX days offered something similar via their Save as menu option but to access all the options you had to open several different modal windows. It was a kludgey approach that in more modern apps has mostly been replaced by a separate Export menu option. 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...
csmoore Posted September 16, 2021 Share Posted September 16, 2021 Just want to edit a jpg and save in same format with different name. Seems simple enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted September 16, 2021 Share Posted September 16, 2021 1 minute ago, csmoore said: Just want to edit a jpg and save in same format with different name. Seems simple enough. It is simple, as long as you do not do anything to it that the jpeg format does not support (like transparency or extra layers). If you avoid doing that, just use Save, not Save as, but as previously mentioned, it will overwrite the unedited version. 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...
Pšenda Posted September 16, 2021 Share Posted September 16, 2021 9 minutes ago, csmoore said: Seems simple enough. That's why Affinity does - although this disrupts the consistency in the Save/SaveAs = native format, Export = non native format approach. Quote Affinity Store (MSI/EXE): Affinity Suite (ADe, APh, APu) 2.4.0.2301 Dell OptiPlex 7060, i5-8500 3.00 GHz, 16 GB, Intel UHD Graphics 630, Dell P2417H 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.3155. Dell Latitude E5570, i5-6440HQ 2.60 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics 530, 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.3155. Intel NUC5PGYH, Pentium N3700 2.40 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics, EIZO EV2456 1920 x 1200, Windows 10 Pro, Version 21H1, Build 19043.2130. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csmoore Posted September 16, 2021 Share Posted September 16, 2021 Unfortunately I just thought this was limitation of the Trial, where it wouldn’t allow SaveAs formats. Still would be something for developers to think about if you just could SaveAs to have a choice when native format. Thanks, Carl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Bruce Posted September 16, 2021 Share Posted September 16, 2021 I miss the old original method of having the choices Save Save as ... Save a Copy as... That last one would literally save a copy and leave you free to continue working on the document you started with. Quote Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.4 Affinity Designer 2.4.1 | Affinity Photo 2.4.1 | Affinity Publisher 2.4.1 | Beta versions as they appear. I have never mastered color management, period, so I cannot help with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted September 16, 2021 Share Posted September 16, 2021 30 minutes ago, Pšenda said: That's why Affinity does - although this disrupts the consistency in the Save/SaveAs = native format, Export = non native format approach. Do I have this wrong or does "Save as..." always/ consistently save to the native file format, while "Save" will save to the current format, whatever it is, if nothing has been done to the file that format either cannot support at all or there is more than one way to do that? 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...
walt.farrell Posted September 16, 2021 Share Posted September 16, 2021 7 minutes ago, R C-R said: while "Save" will save to the current format, whatever it is, if nothing has been done to the file that format either cannot support at all Certainly that will work for several of the raster formats (png, jpg, tiff), but perhaps not all the raster formats. I'm not sure it will work for any of the vector formats. Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted September 16, 2021 Share Posted September 16, 2021 10 minutes ago, walt.farrell said: Certainly that will work for several of the raster formats (png, jpg, tiff), but perhaps not all the raster formats. I'm not sure it will work for any of the vector formats. OK, in a quick check, that does not seem to work for GIF's or SVG files, but I did not check any others, & it may be that it does not because there is more than one way for those formats to support whatever I changed when I edited them. Maybe one of the staff can explain the logic used for that? 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...
Pšenda Posted September 17, 2021 Share Posted September 17, 2021 12 hours ago, walt.farrell said: I'm not sure it will work for any of the vector formats. It is clearly stated in the Help that this is only an "image file type". https://affinity.help/photo/en-US.lproj/pages/GetStarted/save.html walt.farrell 1 Quote Affinity Store (MSI/EXE): Affinity Suite (ADe, APh, APu) 2.4.0.2301 Dell OptiPlex 7060, i5-8500 3.00 GHz, 16 GB, Intel UHD Graphics 630, Dell P2417H 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.3155. Dell Latitude E5570, i5-6440HQ 2.60 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics 530, 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.3155. Intel NUC5PGYH, Pentium N3700 2.40 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics, EIZO EV2456 1920 x 1200, Windows 10 Pro, Version 21H1, Build 19043.2130. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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