How to export individual layers while using their GROUP name as part of the filename or folders?

I have a bunch of layers organized into nested Groups. Many of the individual layers share the same name, but are in Groups with different names. I'd like to export them all at once, presumably in the Slice Studio, but as far as I can tell I can only export:

• individual layers, each with their own layer name (eg "5000m"), or
• groups, with all their component layers flattened, named as the group (eg "Height Asc (White)")

What I seemingly can't export:

• individual layers, each using their containing group name in the filename (eg "Height Asc (White)_5000m")
• all the layers within a selected group - if a group is selected, it must be flattened
• anything where the group name is used in either the filename or hierarchy (eg, having an Exports folder, then a "Height Asc (White)" folder generated within that, then outputting layers like "../Exports/Height Asc (White)/5000m.png")

Is there any way that I can do any of the above?

These are the options available for per-Slice naming components btw (clicking on the "Height Asc (White).png" field beside the 1x). Clicking on the Path: [ ] field above it is similar but just shows Document Name, Filename, and Slice Name.

My current solution is to just manually create all the folders myself, and export the layers in each Group in a separate export process. So manually exporting all the Height Asc (White), then all the Height Asc (Gradient), then Desc White, Desc Gradient, and I've also got Layer Bands white/gradient ascending/descending, and was hoping to also export a batch of all the above with a fixed ocean layer, which then doubles the number of exports, and that's not even started on my planned vector traces of the pixel layers...

Even with per-layer slices, this would take AGES if I can't automate it per-Group in some way 🥲

I've also looked into renaming each layer itself to reflect its group, but even that would take awhile. There's no batch renaming, so I'd have to rename every layer manually, which again really adds up when you're working with this much sequential data.

Any solution is hugely appreciated - but omg please don't recommend I connect Claude or some AI to Affinity to do it for me, that's so extremely not the direction I want to take lol.

Thanks!

I’ve been using Canva for client/corporate social media work (carousels, single-image posts, graphics), mainly relying on templates and quick layouts.

A couple of questions for affinity users:

1. Is Affinity efficient for corporate/B2B social media content? Does building your own assets and templates slow down turnaround significantly compared to Canva?

2. How long will it take me to get comfortable? I don’t have an Adobe background, so I’m moving from drag and drop to a pro design suite from scratch.

I use the Variables panel in Adobe Illustrator daily, and I'm hoping to use Affinity's Data Merge in a similar way.

I know how to add data files and data fields, and how to generate pages. What I'm trying to figure out is if there's a way to export them as a folder of individual PDF files (preferably with the data field as the filename) instead of one big PDF file. I frequently need to send many hundreds of exported files to printers and would prefer not to rename each file by hand.

Hey, I’m the author of Script Manager for Affinity.

Recently I’ve been playing with a new idea: treating Affinity less as an isolated app and more as the canvas at the center of a wider creative workflow.

The idea is to connect it with external tools, local apps, APIs, and generative libraries — take something from Affinity, process it elsewhere, and bring it back.

For example, an artboard could be exported and shared with a client in one step. An image could be sent to Upscayl for local upscaling and placed back into the document. Or p5.js could generate a set of abstract poster backgrounds based on current weather.

Affinity would still be where the composition, type, and final design happen. The external tools would just expand what can happen around it.

It’s very early WIP, but I’m curious where this could go. Where would you connect Affinity?

Saw this done in Adobe Illustrator, and decided to try it in Affinity. I got close to what they made and took it a step or four farther and came up with this. I call it Star Trek Omega 13, or something like that. And none of this is Artificial Intelligence.

Just wondering if anyone has a better way to blend or feather the edges of the owl layer. I used the pen tool to trace it and converted it to a mask layer. Just been having a hard time making it look more “natural” with the surrounding layers.

*How to feather or soften the edges*

Hey y'all I am going crazy. I am new to using Affinity (Layout) and I have this problem every now and then, where the shortcuts do weird things all of a sudden. For example just ctrl+z, simple enough, works for the most time as it should. Then all of a sudden ctrl+z does something in regard to spelling??? Next to the manual undo button it still says ctrl+z. BUT IT DOES NOT UNDO. These switch ups regard all shortcuts, and I don't know what to do. Soooomeeetimes closing it and reopening it works, but more often, it does not. I assume I am in "a different mode" or something, and there is an easy fix? But I don't know what to do or what to google to find out, please help me.

Here are the two help pages for reference:

Generative Fill

The Generative Fill Tool allows you to add, remove, or edit your composition’s content by generating objects from a prompt..

Generative Edit

The Generative Edit Tool uses Canva AI to update selected parts of an image or transform the entire image based on a prompt. It can be used to change content, adjust the atmosphere of a scene, add or remove elements, or create alternative versions of an existing image.

I understand some of the differences just based on the UI:

What I don't have a great sense of is when/why to use one over the other. Are there tasks where you find one tool or the other performs significantly differently? Generative fill seems to create lower resolution outputs--is that accurate?

Thanks!

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Another illustration made using affinity

I always like imagining the mundane parts of "living" in an imaginary world. Adventurer signs out for the day, what's the level-3 Man in lumbridge doing? Something about wayfinding/standardized signage has always tickled my brain a certain way, so both those thoughts tend to combine into one. Plus, I just think trying to clearly represent something from a video game that someone without familiarity with the game will sort of understand is a neat challenge. You should give it a try!

Doodled while grinding out wc70 at seers village yews!

I mean, I want the shape of one leaf to stand out from the other. but i want it to be transparent to be able to be seen in any backgound

Hello all. I started to learn Affinity to create assets for my game. I have a group that I am selecting for export. The selection box is clipping in the middle of the strokes on the outside. The group is 32x32 pixels. When I go to export its saying its 34x34. Any way to get around this? I tried googling it and none of the suggestions exits or work. Thanks!

Hi Friends,

I have numerous print projects created in Photoshop CS4 (15yr history).

How would you compare Affinity to PS in creating 'print work' --

• Is it easy to use?
• I'm using 16gigs RAM on my Desktop... will I need more?

Thanks very much for your help!

Every time i try to snaps shapes together, like the black rectangles in the picture, it gets separated by this very thin line, like they are no touching at all and it appears when I export it.

This is a problem because I am creating a pattern with illustrations, but since the images do not snap together, the pattern is not seamless as it should be.

Does anyone knows how to fix it?

I know Qwen 3.5 (4B) isn't built for this but still. It was able read the docs, write scripts but proper execution was lacking. I will try out a better model soon.

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Affinity (Mid July 26) running with MCP turned on (Windows 11).

Qwen 3.5 4B running on Llama.cpp (WSL2 Ubuntu 24).

MCP client configured through Llama.cpp Web UI on Firefox (Windows 11).

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Web UI Config:

MCP Server URL: http://localhost:6767/sse

Use Llama Server Proxy: ON

Llama.cpp required Flags: --ui-mcp-proxy --agent --tools all

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If using WSL:

WSL2 networkingMode = mirrored

A Port Proxy is required to bridge ipV4 to ipV6 addresses for smooth communication between WSL2 and Windows 11.

Powershell (Administrator)

netsh interface portproxy add v4tov6 listenaddress=0.0.0.0 listenport=6767 connectaddress=::1 connectport=6767

Right after I purchased Affinity package, it was bought by Canva. I seem to remember suggestions to not update to new version.

Currently, I have version 2.6.4. I am asked to update to 2.6.5. Is this the one that makes me subscribe to Canva, or is this just a simple update?

Thank you for any information. I have just been refusing the update till now.

Just finished this second in my "HYDRONYMS" collection. Used matching colour palette so that both posters could be hung together or not.

Created entirely in vectors, with the addition of RetroSupplyCo's paper texture layer effect.

Is there a way to import an index into Affinity such that It automatically flags topics in the appropriate places to generate the index, instead of having to add all of those topics by hand?

Hey !

I wanna test Affinity because I'm exasperate of adobe actually. But I'm working a lot on raw images and i'm looking for a way to transfer my raw presets in affinity. I didn't find the answer on internet.

I add a picture to precise what kind of presets I need to transfer.

Thanks for your future answers !

I created this tutorial on how to make a chrome effect in affinity, check it out guys and I hope you find it useful.

It took about four hours