Any way to Batch Job multiple sizes export?

[All Media Lab]

Hi,

Did use the Batch Job for export in several sizes, but had to do one Job for one size. Is there a way to export multiple sizes?

Regards & Thanks,

David

[Gabe]

Hi @All Media Lab,

The only way to export multiple sizes would be to use a different file type( let's say jpeg with one size, and tiff with a different size). With one file type, you can only export as one size.

Thanks,

Gabe. 

[All Media Lab]

Thanks Gabriel! Is that going to change in the future?

[Gabe]

I've not seen this request before. I can move this to feature requests section for you!

[All Media Lab]

For webdesign it's common practice to export multiple image sizes and orientations!

[Gabe]

You can achieve that using the Export persona, but not the Batch job. 

[All Media Lab]

Looked at the export persona, but found it's limited to only one file to process in different slices. Not what I'm looking for. Or did I miss something?

[MEB]

In the Slices panel click the small arrow on the left of the thumbnail of each slice to expand it then click the plus sign on the bottom of the slice section to add additional sizes/formats etc.

[All Media Lab]

Thanks, but I try to batch process 20 AP files to export in multiple sizes. Not just one file.

[Gabe]

As before, you cannot have both at the moment. The export persona allows you to export multiple sizes of the same file, while the Batch job does not. 

[MEB]

That's not currently possible, sorry.

[All Media Lab]

I hope this will change soon, because for modern webdesign we need to be able to automate this, so we don't have to go outside AP and use apps like this:

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[glass]

+1 on this - it is a basic feature of modern web development and it is actually difficult to believe that this functionality doesn't exist already.

Edited September 18, 2020 by glass
grammar ambiguity correction

[glass]

Actually, it is possible to take a single image (or even several) and export multiple files at different sizes (but as far as I can tell they must be of constrained proportions).

• Get your image prepared however you want in Affinity Photo. 
• Click on Export Persona.
• Using the slice tool, Select the whole of the image.
• In the slices pane, make sure the slice you made of the image is selected.
• Click what looks like a video play icon on the slice in question (it opens up a menu).
• In the field that displays '1x' put your first desired width dimension (make sure to add a 'w' or a 'h' after the numerical value so it knows which dimension to use as base).
• In the other field, create a renaming system (i used [Slice name]_[width] for mine).
• Click the '+' to add more of these widths(for each set the renaming pattern).
• You can click on the Export All icon, and tell it where to save the export files.
• Make sure to save this and name it so you can reuse it as often as you need it.

The above steps leave out some of the nitty gritty details of saving the 'Macro', but it didn't take me long to figure it, and it won't take you long either.

Hope that helps someone.

 

 

Edited September 18, 2020 by glass

[GKL]

Affinity Photo V1.9.3 is automatically using the filename as ‘slicename’ (at least when only one layer, and slice is in use). Hence, one can form the desired filename combinations for the slice export as shown above. However, the program did not allow me to record the slice export as a macro - a batch processing of multiple images via the slice export still does not seem to be possible.

Am I missing something, and a slice export can be recorded as a macro to be used in batch processing ?