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Plans for Studio Link in Designer and Photo too?


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Hi!
I have licenses for Designer, Photo and Publisher and really love the new StudioLink function you've added to Publisher.
I understand that all your focus has been on finishing Publisher lately,. Now with Publisher released however, will you also update Designer and Photo with the StudioLink functionality?

The reason I'm asking is that I do a lot of artwork with both pixel and vector graphics, and just using Pixel Persona in Designer isn't enough for what I need.

I also use the Export Persona a lot since the way I work is to make all art for one project in the same document and and setup different export options for all slices and art boards in one go, to have everything organized and easy to tweak and re-export and so on.

So the dilemma for me is that:

  1. To best edit my art including both pixel and vector graphics I need Publisher and its StudioLink functionality, which is more than awesome. (When opening in Publisher I of course choose not to convert artboards to spreads, since I want to keep the document as is).
     
  2. To export all slices with all their different settings I need the Export Persona however, which can only be found in Designer and Photo so far.

I'd love to know if StudioLink is in the pipeline for Designer and Photo as well?

If you don't have any plans for this, I'd like to add this as a feature request.

Edited by samuellidstrom
Re-formulate a few things to make things more clear
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Welcome to the Serif Affinity forums, Samuel.

Just to make sure you know: you can also use File > Edit in Photo from Designer if you need more than the Designer Pixel Persona provides, then File > Edit in Designer to get back. It's not as smooth has having StudioLink, of course, but it does work fairly smoothly.

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Thanks for the reply and link to the other thread, stokerg.
Too bad there are no plans for this. And I don't agree at all (as stated in this other thread) that there's no need for this..

Thank you, Walt :)
Yes, I'm aware of the feature that lets you jump between Designer and Photo via the file menu. This however takes much longer time since the document have to close down and open up again in the other program. It's not at all as the StudioLink-feature.

I saw someone write in that other thread that he/she saw no need for StudioLink in Designer and/or Photo. This is a quite chocking statement to me... 

I can't see the logic in why someone working with publications should have easy access to all pixel and vector graphics tools, but someone just working with graphics shouldn't have this benefit.

Again, this is my current workflow.. How would StudioLink not be an incredible benefit to have, when working with mixed pixel/vector-graphics? 

  1. To best edit my art including both pixel and vector graphics I need Publisher and its StudioLink functionality, which is more than awesome. (When opening in Publisher I of course choose not to convert artboards to spreads, since I want to keep the document as is).
     
  2. To export all slices with all their different settings I need the Export Persona however, which can only be found in Designer and Photo so far.
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