mayo Posted July 1, 2019 Share Posted July 1, 2019 I have a lot of Illustrator files that have elements (assets) outside of the main canvas. When I try to open these in Affinity Designer, everything outside of the canvas gets permanently clipped and removed, leaving me with only objects that are visible (or partially visible) on canvas (they can't be made visible with View > View Mode > Clip to Canvas). I need to import/open these files preserving all data, is there any way? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted July 1, 2019 Share Posted July 1, 2019 You would need to expand the artboard in Illustrator to encompass the assets. Quote iMac 27" 2019 Somona 14.3.1, iMac 27" Affinity Designer, Photo & Publisher V1 & V2, Adobe, Inkscape, Vectorstyler, Blender, C4D, Sketchup + more... XP-Pen Artist-22E, - iPad Pro 12.9 (Please refrain from licking the screen while using this forum) Affinity Help - Affinity Desktop Tutorials - Feedback - FAQ - most asked questions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Patrick Connor Posted July 1, 2019 Staff Share Posted July 1, 2019 @mayo Welcome to the Serif Affinity forums, Affinity Designer does not actually open the AI stream, but instead it interprets the PDF file that is included inside most AI files. That PDF file only shows the visible part of the AI file so the work around that firstdefence has suggested is the correct one to get the PDF to include more objects Quote Patrick Connor Serif Europe Ltd Latest V2 releases on each platform Help make our apps better by joining our beta program! "There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man. True nobility lies in being superior to your previous self." W. L. Sheldon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mayo Posted July 2, 2019 Author Share Posted July 2, 2019 @firstdefence, @Patrick Connor Ah ok, makes sense. So re-signing up with Adobe and editing few hundred AI files it is then . Thank you for your help! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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