RenWaller Posted January 18, 2019 Share Posted January 18, 2019 I love using template files. Especially for brochures that have common sizes or rulers for folding or for different companies that require different sizes/specs for their layouts. Unfortunately, right now, Affinity Designer will currently open an Illustrator file (which is great!), but it won't open an Illustrator template file (.ait). It would be wonderful if Designer would Have the ability to make template files in the first place and Be able to open those types of files I have already made the switch from Adobe to Affinity, but would love if this was an additional option for the Affinity suite (i.e. Publisher being able to open .indt files and create template files). EthanDM and mr_lunch 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tevice Posted January 21, 2019 Share Posted January 21, 2019 +1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VRB Posted January 21, 2019 Share Posted January 21, 2019 I have a workaround for you to try. I am using the following process to use templates in my projects. 1. Create a file in Designer that you would like to use as a template. Save it somewhere and close the file. 2. Now navigate to the file in your windows file explorer and right click on it -> Properties. In the general tab, under 'Attributes' section you have to check "Read-only". This makes the file from overwriting. 3. Now you can use the same file again and again without recreating the same. Hope it helps you And I don't think that Affinity will support Illustrator templates, but lets hope Affinity may include their own template format in the future. RenWaller and EthanDM 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RenWaller Posted January 22, 2019 Author Share Posted January 22, 2019 That's an excellent workaround, thank you Vishnu! VRB 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CousinTL Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 On 1/21/2019 at 7:50 PM, RenWaller said: That's an excellent workaround, thank you Vishnu! Has it work for you Ren? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fde101 Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 On 1/21/2019 at 11:48 AM, Vishnu Raghav B said: lets hope Affinity may include their own template format in the future This is already available in the 1.8 betas of all three of the Affinity apps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MickRose Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 1 minute ago, fde101 said: This is already available in the 1.8 betas of all three of the Affinity apps. On Windows 10, templates are only on the Publisher beta I think. Quote Windows 10 Pro, I5 3.3G PC 16G RAM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fde101 Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 12 minutes ago, MickRose said: On Windows 10, templates are only on the Publisher beta I think. I would expect it to be in the others in some future beta release. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RenWaller Posted February 11, 2020 Author Share Posted February 11, 2020 12 hours ago, CousinTL said: Has it work for you Ren? It has @CousinTL, thank you! On a Mac, I think I lock the file I want to use as a template, but same idea, and it works great :+) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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