kim donghun Posted August 24, 2019 Share Posted August 24, 2019 Does the affinity program not support the Smart Objects feature? I really want to use that function as in Photoshop.Has this company not responded to that?I hope it will be applied and updated as soon as possible.I love the Affinity. smart object icon.pdf HELP.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted August 24, 2019 Share Posted August 24, 2019 Welcome to the Serif Affinity Forums, @kim donghun. The Affinity apps don’t support ‘Smart Objects’ because the feature is an undocumented part of the proprietary Photoshop format. Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.4.1 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Rostron Posted August 24, 2019 Share Posted August 24, 2019 You will find that 'Smart Objects' covers several different features/processes. For some of these Affinity Photo does offer an alternative way of achieving the same goal. However, as @Alfred says Photo will not be able to open existing Smart Objects until such time as Adobe publishes the specification (or pigs start to fly). At present, Smart Objects just get rasterised/flattened. John Alfred 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...
Pšenda Posted August 24, 2019 Share Posted August 24, 2019 6 hours ago, John Rostron said: Smart Objects just get rasterised/flattened. If Smart Objects are converted to bitmaps during import, their format and function must be well known. Then the justification for undocumenting them is at least questionable. John Rostron 1 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 August 25, 2019 Share Posted August 25, 2019 9 hours ago, Pšenda said: If Smart Objects are converted to bitmaps during import, their format and function must be well known. Then the justification for undocumenting them is at least questionable. Good point. 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...
Alfred Posted August 25, 2019 Share Posted August 25, 2019 11 hours ago, Pšenda said: If Smart Objects are converted to bitmaps during import, their format and function must be well known. It’s quite possible that there is a bitmap image included in each Smart Object, in which case no conversion would be necessary. Quote Then the justification for undocumenting them is at least questionable. I don’t understand what you mean. Adobe’s decision not to make documentation available is clearly intended to safeguard their intellectual property. Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.4.1 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jc4d Posted August 26, 2019 Share Posted August 26, 2019 There is a way to have some kind of smart objects in ap. When you drag and drop a pdf into your canvas, the layer will read (embedded document) or something like that. If you double click that layer a new document will open where you can paint over it and when you go back to your working file you will notice that the layer is updated. Cheers, Juan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fantoga Posted August 28, 2019 Share Posted August 28, 2019 Affinity image layers already behave like "smart objects" in that they don't lose resolution when scaling down. Which Adobe smart object feature are you missing most? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kim donghun Posted August 28, 2019 Author Share Posted August 28, 2019 On 8/27/2019 at 3:09 AM, jc4d said: There is a way to have some kind of smart objects in ap. When you drag and drop a pdf into your canvas, the layer will read (embedded document) or something like that. If you double click that layer a new document will open where you can paint over it and when you go back to your working file you will notice that the layer is updated. Cheers, Juan where is pdf file? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jc4d Posted August 28, 2019 Share Posted August 28, 2019 The object that you want to use as "smart object" save it as a PDF and then drag it on your open working file. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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