mc6530 Posted July 3, 2019 Share Posted July 3, 2019 1.text entered and saved as a psd file. 2. Open the psd file. 3. All text cannot be modified. --> photoshop and affinity photo what???????? What options should I set? I can't fix this even if I check the box. and I can't fix this even if I uncheck the box. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Lee D Posted July 3, 2019 Staff Share Posted July 3, 2019 Can you PM me a link to the PSD file so I can take a look? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carl123 Posted July 3, 2019 Share Posted July 3, 2019 Not sure, but I think the OP may be saying he created the PSD file in APhoto, then cant edit the text when he reopens it in APhoto or Photoshop (Which is an unsupported feature at this time) Quote To save time I am currently using an automated AI to reply to some posts on this forum. If any of "my" posts are wrong or appear to be total b*ll*cks they are the ones generated by the AI. If correct they were probably mine. I apologise for any mistakes made by my AI - I'm sure it will improve with time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve99 Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 @mc6530 1.8.3 Having same problem. Type keeps rasterising. Also find Enable Save over imported PSD files in preferences. Seems obvious until I read the warning which creates doubt. Ideally all I want to do is work in AP importing and exporting all my files as a PSD and not AF because of industry demand. And I don't want to accidentally corrupt text layers by rasterising them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 The Affinity applications cannot save editable text in PSD format. If you save in PSD format, text layers will be rasterized. There are other aspects of your file that might be lost in PSD format, too, if you're trying to exchange files with Photoshop users. PSD is not a standardized format for file interchange. It is an Adobe-proprietary format which they (Adobe) have chosen to only partially document. The details of creating editable text have not been documented, and so anyone who does support it needs to experiment extensively to figure out how to do it, and then risks having their programs break as Adobe continues to modify the undocumented aspects of their file format. Serif have said they would like to be able to save editable text in PSD files someday, but have said when that might occur. Until then, if working with Photoshop users is important to you, you should probably be using Photoshop. (Personal opinion; you or others may have different ones.) Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve99 Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 @walt.farrell Thank you for your response, very helpful. I'll probably will revert back to PS. It's not that it's important to me using PS, it's more everyone I know working in Advertising, games and film uses it. I'll keep in touch with AP and hopefully by 2.0 it's better. I do have other issues ie with free transform for example. But I DO like and am I'm impressed this software especially the one off payment. I'd even be happy to pay for major updates to keep supporting the company. So keep up the great work serif. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lorenzo_melpi Posted August 9, 2021 Share Posted August 9, 2021 This is so stupid. Why even bother creating a program if it can't even handle simple stuff like this. I am disappointed with my purchase. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Rostron Posted August 9, 2021 Share Posted August 9, 2021 1 hour ago, lorenzo_melpi said: This is so stupid. Why even bother creating a program if it can't even handle simple stuff like this. I am disappointed with my purchase. Are you suggesting that deciphering Adobe's proprietary implementation is simple? If only! John DavidDoesAffinity and R C-R 1 1 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...
R C-R Posted August 9, 2021 Share Posted August 9, 2021 8 hours ago, John Rostron said: Are you suggesting that deciphering Adobe's proprietary implementation is simple? If only! It is simple ... compared to deciphering what quantum entanglement says about the true nature of the universe! John Rostron 1 Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.4.1 Mac apps; 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7 Affinity Photo 1.10.8; Affinity Designer 1.108; & all 3 V2 apps for iPad; 6th Generation iPad 32 GB; Apple Pencil; iPadOS 15.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted August 9, 2021 Share Posted August 9, 2021 20 minutes ago, R C-R said: It is simple ... compared to deciphering what quantum entanglement says about the true nature of the universe! True, but given that portions of the PSD format are totally undocumented, and other portions incompletely and poorly documented, it is not simple. It can require reverse-engineering, which is costly and labor-intensive. It is also risky, because Adobe is free at any time to change the file format, without notification to anyone that they've done so, and in additional ways that are undocumented. (And yes, some companies, even Serif, have had to do some reverse-engineering. But each company doing that needs to choose what functions they are willing to support in that way, and what they are willing to risk. I am sure that if making editable text were truly simple, it would have been done already.) Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Bruce Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 18 hours ago, walt.farrell said: ... I am sure that if making editable text were truly simple, it would have been done already.) Making editable text is probably simple enough, but I will wager Adobe has some ultra weird checks in place that add no functionality to the the document but they will frustrate people reading and writing the format. This editable text is after all a selling point for Adobe. So why would they make it simple to get around/duplicate. Quote Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.4 Affinity Designer 2.4.1 | Affinity Photo 2.4.1 | Affinity Publisher 2.4.1 | Beta versions as they appear. I have never mastered color management, period, so I cannot help with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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