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 When I drag-and-drop JPG files into Affinity Designer 1.7.2, it seems that they are linked and not embedded. When the Designer file is saved, closed and then the original JPG files were removed (or moved), re-opening the Desginer file shows a "missing resources" dialog. Clicking "Resource Manager" on this prompt shows a Resource Manager that can be used to re-place the missing image.

 

However this Resource Manager dialog can't seem to be invoked from elsewhere in Designer, unless of course by making a linked image missing.

 

 

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4 hours ago, adib said:

Resource Manager

Resource Manager is for now only the APublisher feature. 

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On 8/23/2019 at 2:37 PM, Pšenda said:

Resource Manager is for now only the APublisher feature. 

Not quite true. The Resource Manager is built into recent versions of Designer because Affinity Publisher documents can be opened in Designer & Publisher gives users a choice of embedding or linking files. This makes it possible to change linked files to embedded ones in Designer. But as the OP mentioned, it only appears when a document with linked files is opened in Designer & the link is broken.

Files created in Designer should never include linked files by default, nor (currently) are they intended to offer that option. There is what apparently is a bug that allows users to do that via the "Replace Image" button for placed images, but how that bug will be fixed is not yet clear.

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5 minutes ago, R C-R said:

it only appears

So it is not available (cannot be invoked if needed), and therefore, as I write in my post, this is a feature available only in Publisher.

A manager, who cannot be invoked when needed, does not serve as a "managing".

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20 minutes ago, Pšenda said:

So it is not available (cannot be invoked if needed), and therefore, as I write in my post, this is a feature available only in Publisher.

Like the OP mentioned, the Resource Manager in Designer can be invoked, but only if the file originally included linked images & the link is broken. At least arguably, this is the only time it actually is needed.

The real problem here is the bug that makes it possible to replace embedded images in Designer with linked ones.

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My post was in response to:

On 8/23/2019 at 4:50 PM, adib said:

However this Resource Manager dialog can't seem to be invoked from elsewhere in Designer, unless of course by making a linked image missing.

You can oppose and claim forever that this is not true, but it does not change the fact, that the Manager simply is not available to the user (like in Publisher menu). 

 

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Yes, it is not available like in Publisher but it remains to be seen if it was ever intended to be available in the same way in Designer or if will be in the future.

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Hey there. I got the problem with affinity photo. I drag & drop images or place them inside my document and then, not all but some of them, are not embedded, they are LINKED! What the hell. I work on my workstation at home and sometimes with my laptop when traveling. So I copy the affinity file to usb stick and transfer it to the laptop. But then I cannot replace the missing images. That is not good! Such a thing couldn´t happen that I have to change to publisher before I transfer the file to usb stick and embed all images that affinity photo linked! Why does it Link them when I am not able to change them before transfer? If it is in case of lower resources then answer me, Why isn´t it marked as linked at the layers label? This is very poor.

By the way I worked only at affinity photo on this file. I opened it at publisher today to see and change which are linked, because tomorrow I am on tour and will work on this file. With alle Images. I wasted 2 hours on this... It is to despair.

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17 minutes ago, SYR said:

Hey there. I got the problem with affinity photo.

Are you on Mac or Windows? It's looking to me like Affinity Designer and Photo on Mac may have an issue.

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1 hour ago, walt.farrell said:

Are you on Mac or Windows? It's looking to me like Affinity Designer and Photo on Mac may have an issue.

FWIW, I do not have this issue with either app on my Mac.

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8 hours ago, walt.farrell said:

Are you on Mac or Windows? It's looking to me like Affinity Designer and Photo on Mac may have an issue.

Back in January, he was using Windows 7 Pro. Which is worrying if this "bug" is also on Windows :(

 

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6 hours ago, R C-R said:

FWIW, I do not have this issue with either app on my Mac.

But how would you know?

There have been too many reports of Designer linking images (and now Photo?) not to wonder what is going on and how big this problem could be.

Users will only know Designer is linking images if they at some point move, rename, delete or otherwise lose access to those images.

Unless you are checking every Designer document in Publisher's Resource Manager can you be 100% certain none of the images are linked?

This could be a ticking timebomb for some users if, say, 6 months later they reopen a Designer document only to find the images are missing and they no longer have access to the original images as they thought they were safely embedded in the document and had no reason to keep the images safe and in their original locations.

 

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1 hour ago, carl123 said:

But how would you know?

I am not 100% certain about it, but since I reorganize & review my files from time to time & frequently delete images after they have been embedded in an Affinity format file, I am reasonably sure I would have noticed it by now.

Besides, there have been very few reports of this issue, & we don't know if the cause is linked to replacing images via the option to link replacement files that apparently should not be available unless the document is an .afpub file opened in Designer or what.

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Sorry was off. I use windows 7 pro.

But why isn´t there a function to save a affinity file with all linked layers and fonts also ?

I work with other programms who are able to collect all linked files and save them to one file or create a folder with the content to transfer it to another computer to work on. My music production software, my website programm. Even Blender got this working.

It is irritating to change to publisher and embed all and look if there is a special font which is on my workstation but not on laptop...

 

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2 hours ago, SYR said:

But why isn´t there a function to save a affinity file with all linked layers and fonts also ?

Perhaps because Publisher is still a very new software offering, and Serif has not had time to add everything that we (or even they) might want.

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I hope they will do. I like to work with affinity but sometimes there are undesirable bugs...

We will see. At the moment I know how to fix my problems. It is no comfortable solution but it is a solution.

 

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