tersmuse Posted May 20, 2019 Share Posted May 20, 2019 As a Photoshop changer I still have problems with the cumbersome save / export detour after one year. Why does AP only save its own format? If I open and edit a JPG, TIF or similar, I want to save it in the same format again. I don't think I'll ever get used to having to do the whole thing every time through the huge Export window. This is absurd and time consuming, why so cumbersome? So why can't I save a file (without layers) the way I opened it? Please change that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Rostron Posted May 20, 2019 Share Posted May 20, 2019 You can. If you edit a jpeg or tiff and do not add layers or effects then Save will save in the same place and as the same filetype. With more complex editing, you need to export. Where you draw the line is unclear however. I only discovered this by accident. It does not seem to be well-documented. John Quote Windows 10, Affinity Photo 1.10.5 Designer 1.10.5 and Publisher 1.10.5 (mainly Photo), now ex-Adobe CC CPU: AMD A6-3670. RAM: 16 GB DDR3 @ 666MHz, Graphics: 2047MB NVIDIA GeForce GT 630 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeW Posted May 20, 2019 Share Posted May 20, 2019 2 minutes ago, John Rostron said: ...With more complex editing, you need to export. Where you draw the line is unclear however... Even with layers, I prefer the route PhotoLine takes if I do a save As or an export: So here I took an existing PL document and am doing a Save As (but the behavior is the same if I have never saved an image and I have used any type of layer on). Yep, there's a dialog to press Yes or Cancel on. But it is still quicker. And before I close the document, I can still add layers, change layer effects and/or adjustment layers and doing a plain Save saves in the format I used to Save As or Export. (Up until closing the document. Then it becomes a potentially flattened image like in the case of a PNG or JPG. TIFF will retain layers.) John Rostron 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pšenda Posted May 20, 2019 Share Posted May 20, 2019 3 hours ago, John Rostron said: It does not seem to be well-documented. https://affinity.help/designer/en-US.lproj/pages/ShareSavePrint/save.html If you have only made modifications that are supported by an image file type (for example, a JPG or PNG), then using the Save function will simply save over the top of the current file. Quote Affinity Store (MSI/EXE): Affinity Suite (ADe, APh, APu) 2.4.0.2301 Dell OptiPlex 7060, i5-8500 3.00 GHz, 16 GB, Intel UHD Graphics 630, Dell P2417H 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.3155. Dell Latitude E5570, i5-6440HQ 2.60 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics 530, 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.3155. Intel NUC5PGYH, Pentium N3700 2.40 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics, EIZO EV2456 1920 x 1200, Windows 10 Pro, Version 21H1, Build 19043.2130. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tersmuse Posted May 21, 2019 Author Share Posted May 21, 2019 Habit is a wild animal. I wish I could save other file formats under save as too. I hope I understand this double (for me) unusual approach sometime ;) Just an idea: Maybe it would be possible to overwrite the 'save as' function with 'Export'? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pšenda Posted May 21, 2019 Share Posted May 21, 2019 52 minutes ago, tersmuse said: Maybe it would be possible to overwrite the 'save as' function with 'Export'? Quote Affinity Store (MSI/EXE): Affinity Suite (ADe, APh, APu) 2.4.0.2301 Dell OptiPlex 7060, i5-8500 3.00 GHz, 16 GB, Intel UHD Graphics 630, Dell P2417H 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.3155. Dell Latitude E5570, i5-6440HQ 2.60 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics 530, 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.3155. Intel NUC5PGYH, Pentium N3700 2.40 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics, EIZO EV2456 1920 x 1200, Windows 10 Pro, Version 21H1, Build 19043.2130. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Rostron Posted May 21, 2019 Share Posted May 21, 2019 16 hours ago, Pšenda said: https://affinity.help/designer/en-US.lproj/pages/ShareSavePrint/save.html If you have only made modifications that are supported by an image file type (for example, a JPG or PNG), then using the Save function will simply save over the top of the current file. That is what I had assumed. Thanks for the pointer to the help documentation. John Quote Windows 10, Affinity Photo 1.10.5 Designer 1.10.5 and Publisher 1.10.5 (mainly Photo), now ex-Adobe CC CPU: AMD A6-3670. RAM: 16 GB DDR3 @ 666MHz, Graphics: 2047MB NVIDIA GeForce GT 630 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.