BeachDesign Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 I'm starting a map project for print that will need updating annually. Before starting this project in Designer I need to understand exactly how editable the files will remain after export. Will the vector content and text still be editable in a .PSD export? Or will this only be possible in my original Designer document? Is there any time at which my vector content will become uneditible? Otherwise I could do it in Illustrator. I'm trying to move away from Illustrator to Designer and I just want to make sure it will work. I must admit that the .PSD export has me spooked. I don't want any vector content or text to become rasterized. I want to make sure my project can be scaled up if my clients decide to make a big poster as well as the smaller brochure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 If you want maximum editing capability in the future you should retain your .afdesign file. In particular, I do not think that the text in an exported .psd from Designer will be editable. BeachDesign 1 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 14.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff stokerg Posted February 11, 2019 Staff Share Posted February 11, 2019 Hi BeachDesign and Welcome to the Forums, Text would be rasterized on export to PSD, we can't currently output text in PSD. Text support will be implemented in a future version but still may take some time until it's ready. Vector objects would stay as vector, as long as you haven't used any effects that are not supported by the vector format you are exporting to. BeachDesign 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Move Along People Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 - BeachDesign 1 Quote Move Along people,nothing to see here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeachDesign Posted February 11, 2019 Author Share Posted February 11, 2019 Thanks All for the quick replies. I'm more familiar with the iPad version and just realizing now as I'm getting used to it how much more capable the desktop version is. I will most certainly save my original .afdesign files. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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