marekwarek Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 I also want to add my vote to this feature. Exporting untrimmed or simply batch exporting layers is much needed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted April 12, 2021 Staff Share Posted April 12, 2021 Hi @marekwarek, Welcome to Affinity Forums What application are you using? Check the Export Persona in Affinity Designer or Photo. Some video tutorials here (scroll down near the bottom), look for Export Persona videos. Works the same way in both Affinity Photo and Designer. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenniaus Posted May 15, 2021 Share Posted May 15, 2021 I also need the function to slice and export at the canvas size a not the trimmed layer size. Atm I’m looking at having to manually export 30+ layers to create a gif showing the composition deekay 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supa Posted May 27, 2021 Share Posted May 27, 2021 this request was first asked back in 2015 and today, mid of 2021, the feature is still not available. i think it is time to search for an alternative software!!! any recommandations for software, that supports exporting layers to files? thank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dtmp Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 On 5/27/2021 at 7:43 AM, Supa said: this request was first asked back in 2015 and today, mid of 2021, the feature is still not available. i think it is time to search for an alternative software!!! any recommandations for software, that supports exporting layers to files? thank you Photoshop will do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirk23 Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 +1. I would also love to see: a) create slices untrimmed b) each slice remember each own combination of layers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rigard Posted August 29, 2021 Share Posted August 29, 2021 On 5/29/2020 at 11:33 PM, akldjf said: Is it possible to improve this approach further ? I'm thinking symbols, etc. This really should be a standard feature, but akldjf's solution worked for me. I am going to have hundreds of layers that need this solution, so I'm glad I've only got about 30 so far and the fix is easy and then replicable to the additional layers. Create a symbol (in my case, I actually needed a watermark, so I killed two birds with one stone). Make the symbol the size of the canvas Add the symbol to each of your layers that you are exporting When you need to export the layers, create the slices and you will have canvas-sized exports (doesn't work for layers that extend beyond the borders of the canvas) If you need your layers in their original differently-sized proportions (I do need this too), edit your symbol to be 1x1px and fully transparent in the center of the page (in my case, this works because all my layers are centered, but if your layers are all over the place, this will still be an issue) This solution will definitely work for some people, but it also definitely does not cover all scenarios. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirk23 Posted August 29, 2021 Share Posted August 29, 2021 On 3/15/2015 at 4:07 PM, thiagodebastos said: Is there a way to define export sizes? you can write something like 64w,128h and it will re-scale to exactly 64 pixel wide and 128pix in height. +1 for untrimmed I also need an ability for each slice to have its own set/ number of layers. Would be a perfect replacement for PHotoshops Layer comps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike_A Posted August 29, 2021 Share Posted August 29, 2021 +1 for this feature. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graphic74 Posted October 28, 2021 Share Posted October 28, 2021 Same issue here, I had to do it with PS, hope they will fix this asap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert J A Posted April 11, 2022 Share Posted April 11, 2022 +1 on this. It seems weird to me that you import them all to the size and then it crops it the original layer size!? Definitely needs a 'to artboard ratio' option. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LostInTranslation Posted June 9, 2022 Share Posted June 9, 2022 On 3/22/2020 at 5:40 AM, Santolino said: Hi i need defenatly the function to export layers to png with the size of the canvas..so positioning is still right..in illustrator i have a simple script for that.. but i want to switch completly..pls...pls..thnaks 🙂 I am a bit late to the party, but I can't believe this is still not solved? Exporting slices at the size of the cavas should be DEFAULT behaviour, not something we have to ask for? I have a number of images that I repositioned up and down on the canvas. Then i used the Crop-tool to bring the whole document to the desired size (or rather ratio) with each individual image covering the full canvas. When I create slices in the export persona, the crop is TOTALLY IGNORED and every exported image has a different size, with white bars on top or bottom. How could this be useful for ANYBODY? There is a reason I am cropping in the first place, why ignore it? Even worse, that this seems to be an open case for about 5 years? Please tell me i am missing something and there is already a sensible way to do this without workarounds? Or is there at least a way to make the crop permanent, like in PS? And for MULTIPLE layers, since Rasterise & Trim does not? Nihilism 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dtmp Posted June 9, 2022 Share Posted June 9, 2022 4 hours ago, LostInTranslation said: I am a bit late to the party, but I can't believe this is still not solved? I've been using Affinity products for a couple of years. From my experience, the software works for the most part, but don't expect updates and new wizbang features often. If you want that, you'll have to pony up for Adobe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnapArtboardsToPixels Posted June 14, 2022 Share Posted June 14, 2022 It's crazy how often the answer with Affinity is "You can't" LostInTranslation and CTKJOSE 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTKJOSE Posted June 18, 2022 Share Posted June 18, 2022 Add my vote! Not being able to use the canvas size is just a bummer makes everything extremely complicated. I rather use the "export" menu which has the "Whole Document" option and manually export each icon... See attached image of how simple I can do this in Graphic/iDraw... LostInTranslation 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey Anthony Posted September 7, 2022 Share Posted September 7, 2022 I've been a Photoshop user since the mid 90's but, these days, I only use a small subset of its features. So I thought I'd give Affinity Photo a try as a possible replacement, and the very first thing I tried to do in the app was export layers to multiple files. I'm guessing this still isn't possible without creating slices for each layer? CTKJOSE 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTKJOSE Posted September 7, 2022 Share Posted September 7, 2022 @Joey Anthony Sadly "slicing" is the only way. I made a feature request. In Graphic and Amadine you can just name a layer with a file name like "icon_folder.svg" and then use the "Export Layers..." menu and set some basic options is just simple and painless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zynexis Posted October 2, 2022 Share Posted October 2, 2022 bump, please this is needed hit 2 of these limits often, center on layer import and export each layer to files (canvas cropped) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirk23 Posted October 2, 2022 Share Posted October 2, 2022 Imo we need not each layer exported but rather a compositions of layers . Like layercomps in Photoshop. It could be working just fine if we could do copies of slices and make them remember each own set of layers , effects , blending modes including ones inside embedded or linked files. Exporting form Affinity is so much a pain in your ass really. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Appser Posted February 15, 2023 Share Posted February 15, 2023 (edited) Exporting layers all with the same size should not even be a feature request, it should be standard. Its a shame that exporting layers in Affinity Photo is weird and complicated. The program has an extra "Export persona" for this, but it is more limited than the export dialog of other graphic programs. Workaround: Save as psd and export layers in Gimp. Edited February 15, 2023 by Appser Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iendsl Posted March 3, 2023 Share Posted March 3, 2023 Being able to edit the "Transform" for multiple slices at once would solve this problem for me - but right now I have to edit it one by one. This feature missing is pretty rough. Or an option to create slices from layers with canvas dimensions. Almost every other feature i've needed has been available but I've grinded to a halt here! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Enzler Posted December 13, 2023 Share Posted December 13, 2023 Any news regarding the "export untrimmed" feature? All the described workarounds seem to be too time consuming to me. Yes, they work, but I would really need an option to export all layers separately but untrimmed. Thanks Affinity for getting back here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james948 Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 Eight years. Eight years later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billiam Posted May 24 Share Posted May 24 I needed this today in Designer in order to export individual SVGs from each layer of a document. All images are smaller than the canvas, and already aligned in place. I made this utility (tested on linux and windows, but not macos) which accepts an SVG file created by exporting the whole document (with all layers visible), and outputs one SVG for each layer, retaining the SVG viewbox/dimensions: https://github.com/Billiam/svgsplitter It's only a small part of the requests in this thread, but hopefully it helps somebody else as well MEB 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astromedia Posted June 27 Share Posted June 27 +1 I need exporting layers with document size too for animations (atleast give us that if you dont want to create the whole photoshop timeline thingie) and I agree this should be default behavior ... I dont get why the default behavior is the harder to implement one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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