APub 1.7.0.305 Open dialog disallows raster image files and camera raw files despite such files being openable by other means

[lepr]

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[walt.farrell]

This is not new with .305. At least on Widows, Publisher's File > Open dialog has always restricted the choices to "Document" files (not images):

Users can override that, as you mentioned. Or Windows users can override the Open dialog and provide other names, so it seems a bit odd that Publisher has that restriction. But I think it is just intended as a hint that Serif expects one to open publishing documents, not images.

Generally, in Publisher, you would Place an image into a page-oriented document, but do any editing in another application (such as Photo) or potentially some document-specific touchup in the Photo Persona. That Persona will be available later, but only if you also own the Photo application.

By the way, I would not recommend opening RAW images in Publisher. It does not have the Develop Persona, and though you can open RAW files, they will be developed much like RAW files processed in Photo via Batch processing (darker, with fewer adjustments applied). So, as with Batch processing, they will open, but you probably won't like the results.

[Jeremy Bohn]

I would expect to Place the images or drag and drop them onto an existing document and not use File > Open, as Walt mentioned.

[lepr]

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[walt.farrell]

35 minutes ago, >|< said:

 If this restriction remains, I expect many repeat questions from users of the retail Publisher who do not also have Photo asking why they can't simply open a JPEG, etc, via the Open dialog so they can apply a few adjustments to it.

Yes, it may be confusing to others, and I know it has confused me several times already. And given that there are workarounds that allow opening an image file I think it would be better if Publisher relaxed that restriction. Perhaps it should simply restrict to Affinity documents as the initial setting, but allow the full list of file types in the file type pulldown (Windows) or whatever equivalent Mac has in its dialog.