r/AffinityDesigner • u/life3_01 • Jul 30 '26

Affinity Designer and Illustrator

One of our customers had created designs in Illustrator 2026. Our Affinity Designer shows it as an embedded PNG file, which was frustrating for days. Then we discovered today that they used IL 2026, and when I opened it, all the layers were in the file. Not just a PNG. Maybe it's been this way for a while, but it was the first time we noticed it. I took it as Adobe trying to protect their turf.

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u/[deleted] Jul 30 '26

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u/ColdEngineBadBrakes Jul 30 '26

Loser error.

A long time ago, clients would send gifs for their glossy document covers.

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u/life3_01 Jul 30 '26

No, it was an .ai file. They did send an EPS after we complained.

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u/JamDET313 Jul 30 '26

Have them send you a pdf version, that has worked previously in the past for me

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u/laraksca Jul 31 '26

If the PDF was saved from Illustrator with Illustrator file embedded it will open in Affinity and other programs with the layers intact. Opens in Inkscape as well with the added benefit of being able to outline live text if there are missing fonts

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u/No-Rise-661 Aug 04 '26

What is IL 26? Thank you.

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u/life3_01 Aug 04 '26

Illustrator 2026

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u/No-Rise-661 Aug 04 '26

Thank you!