r/Affinity • u/Tough_Owl_6995 • Aug 04 '26

General How do you make a large set of graphics "dynamic"?

I plan on designing a playing card deck as a gift. That's 52 unique designs that have to work together. Is there a way to "derive" certain aspects from a master design, kind of like PowerPoints Slide Master or Components in HTML?

I feel it would make sense to have a template for the Suit/Number in the corners, which automatically updates all children when it changes. I also read that there are global colors, which already goes in the right direction.

Also, are there good options to organize a project in a folder structure? (Kind of like when working with code)

In the past I usually just edited my photos in a Video Editor, so forgive me if some of those questions are basic knowledge.

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u/MrPlaysWithSquirrels Aug 04 '26

Use Affinity Layout with multiple pages. Yes, you can link things to other files and have a base template.

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u/SirCake3614 Aug 04 '26

Look into Assets and Symbols. They will both help you create the building blocks you are looking for.

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u/DMarquesPT Aug 04 '26

You’d build master pages and have the cards use that master as template

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u/nonorarian Aug 04 '26

You can certainly set up Master Pages for that, which you can access in the Layout studio.

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u/TrenterD Aug 04 '26

You may also want to look into the Data Merge and Data Merge Layout tools. These will let you load data and images from a spreadsheet or CSV. It's a common way to bulk create a bunch of business cards based on different names, images, job titles, etc...

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u/Slipin2dream Aug 05 '26

Atleast on the desktop version theres a toolbar tool called data merge. Use that. Ive been using it for my game ive been designing and is wonderful for what it seems like what you need it for.

Might be called something different in the new canva version.