A few small tips to people who use Designer/Publisher. You can save Symbols in the Assets panel. You can also do layer stacks of anything like filters, layer hierarchies etc. and make a Group which can then be saved as an Asset. Those can then be converted to bitmap fills by dragging an Asset into the top toolbar fill slots for any vector shape.
Wow! That looks exactly like tips I really want to know! ... But I'm still a AD illiterate :( When you say save Symbols as Assets, are they still "Symbols"... Meaning they will keep updating with the Parents/Master? "Bitmap Fills"... Etc ? I don't get it right now but I do have to look into that! Thanks for your input.
Thanks Trent such great video! Never thought of using Creative Fabrica’s Canva graphics to make more Assets! What a great new process I will have loads of fun with!
I recently purchased the Affinity suite during the spring sale. I have a ton of "assets" in the form of Inkscape symbol files and was wondering how I could bring them over into Affinity. Thanks for the video.
Hi @CelticOneDesign! Is there a way you can easily export all the Inkscape assets to a standard format (png, svg)? If so, you could try that and then do the import method I show in the video. Let me know if this works!
@@TechnicallyTrent I played around with AD when I first bought it and I can simply open the Inkscape documents directly then save as AD files. When I get a chance I want to explore AD more, so I don't make the same mistakes (and still make!) I did with Inkscape. Not sure if you are familiar with Inkscape and the resource library they have at their website but I have a "Celtic Knotwork Construction Kit" in their symbol library there. That is what I want to eventually port over to AD as assets. I am gearing the resource mainly for crafter/makers. Time! Never enough of it!
@@jktolford8272 doing lots of rework on it now. Many of the sample files were actually imported in from the original collection created by Geodraw 20+ years ago. Those older samples have been giving me issues in Fusion 360.
I just discovered Affinity literally 3 days before the Canva announcement. I'm holding off buying until I know how canva is going to integrate it (I'm pretty committedto the Canva ecosystem at this point), but I'm so so excited. If Canva takes forever to bring Affinity on board I'm going to buy it anyway. This assets panel is amazing, I cannot wait to have it available to me
Thanks for this. I created an asset for my signature. I had created a brush but had to go in and select it or deselect if I was actually 'brushing'. Now, I can simply drop my signature asset in. It now has a frame around it too! It's a shame the assets panel takes up so much real estate. It's extra steps to show and hide it at the end of my editing. Another day of learning. ❤️👍
Assets panels is really useful for me, because I don't have to locate the item across my pc. The only problem is that I couldn't directly drag and drop any layer to the panel same with Adobe's library. It has to be not an embedded file. Hopefully, Affinity could do something about it.
Hi Waldo, I found this post on the Affinity Forums that explains where they are stored. I don't know if it can be changed to a more useful location (like a shared Google Drive / One Drive / Dropbox, etc...). I couldn't find any option for it. forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/184700-where-are-the-affinity-v2-apps-resources-and-preference-files-located/
@@TechnicallyTrent hello, thanks for the tip. Generally, Affinity has a problem with specifying the location of important files (LUT, brush, etc.) because the company does not provide these paths in the settings. Additionally, I have many of my own settings and keyboard shortcuts. Serif doesn't offer any backups, and I'm afraid that if the program crashes, I'll have to spend several hours restoring them.
Great Vid again, Would be nice if Serif maybe added a dialog box with an option to unlink to the Delete Asset buttong to or perhaps just add in an unlink tab instead. I know this isn's anything major but it could help with accidentally deleting something by mistake. Cheers
Hi Vella, it seems like it is possible, but I don't know the exact method. I found this post on the Affinity Forums were a member posted a video of them transferring objects via the Assets panel on the iPad (check out the March 24 post). Maybe there is some button that needs to be tapped-and-held to show that option? forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/183685-designerphoto-link-on-ipad-how-to-desktop-is-easy/
Hi @chrisabaird! I have not tried linking it across my PC and iPad. However, I would assume it probably doesn't work that way, because that would be across a network and this feature just seems to use local storage on your computer from my understanding.
Thanks Trent...........Can I make a request? ? Thumbnails, i need to become a master YT thumbnail maker................Video game screen shots, couple different screen shots, blend in characters, and not spend a lot of time doing it.
Thanks for the detailed suggestion, @GoFasterHD. I am actually thinking of doing a livestream soon showing how I make my thumbnails (and other thumbnail techniques), so stay tuned!
Hi @1947marcia, which version of Affinity are you using and which operating system are you on? I think in the older versions it was a different set of icons.
@@TechnicallyTrent I have a new iMac and I’m running Sonoma 14.4.1 and Affinity 2.4.2. When they transferred everything onto my new Mac the Simply Flat icons must not have made the transfer because I think I used to have them.
Hi @montil117, sorry to hear that! Did it happen after you update Affinity or did some other big change? You can try asking on the official Affinity Forums to see if they can provide help. The Affinity developers read those questions: forum.affinity.serif.com/
I think that on Windows, Affinity applications store your assets in a file called: {HOME}\AppData\Roaming\Affinity\Common\2.0\user\assets.propcol or {HOME}\.affinity\common\2.0\user\assets.propcol where {HOME} is your home directory and AppData is a hidden folder in that directory. If you made a recent backup of your C: drive, you might be able to restore the assets from such files.
I have a lot of assets in version 1, but they didn't transfer to version 2. It's a shame that v2 (mac) doesn't have the option to load settings, assets, brusher, etc... there's no point in writing the settings of tools and panels. Version 1 is still faster anyway, has a much nicer GUI, normal icons in the tools (the coloring pages from version 2 are all the same).
![Lp. Сердце Вселенной #60 РОЖДЕНИЕ ЛОЛОЛОШКИ [Финал] • Майнкрафт](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/YoR0pAV9FVQ/mqdefault.jpg)
A few small tips to people who use Designer/Publisher. You can save Symbols in the Assets panel. You can also do layer stacks of anything like filters, layer hierarchies etc. and make a Group which can then be saved as an Asset. Those can then be converted to bitmap fills by dragging an Asset into the top toolbar fill slots for any vector shape.
Great tip, @Frozen_Death_Knight!
@@TechnicallyTrent You're welcome! :)
Wow! That looks exactly like tips I really want to know! ... But I'm still a AD illiterate :(
When you say save Symbols as Assets, are they still "Symbols"... Meaning they will keep updating with the Parents/Master?
"Bitmap Fills"... Etc ? I don't get it right now but I do have to look into that!
Thanks for your input.
Great feature, and thanks for sharing it simply and efficiently
Exactly what I was looking for. Thank you!
Thanks Trent such great video! Never thought of using Creative Fabrica’s Canva graphics to make more Assets! What a great new process I will have loads of fun with!
Thanks, Vella, glad it was useful!
I didn't know about the linking category stuff. That's very useful. Thanks for showing!
I recently purchased the Affinity suite during the spring sale. I have a ton of "assets" in the form of Inkscape symbol files and was wondering how I could bring them over into Affinity. Thanks for the video.
Hi @CelticOneDesign! Is there a way you can easily export all the Inkscape assets to a standard format (png, svg)? If so, you could try that and then do the import method I show in the video. Let me know if this works!
@@TechnicallyTrent I played around with AD when I first bought it and I can simply open the Inkscape documents directly then save as AD files. When I get a chance I want to explore AD more, so I don't make the same mistakes (and still make!) I did with Inkscape.
Not sure if you are familiar with Inkscape and the resource library they have at their website but I have a "Celtic Knotwork Construction Kit" in their symbol library there. That is what I want to eventually port over to AD as assets. I am gearing the resource mainly for crafter/makers.
Time! Never enough of it!
@@CelticOneDesign Been using Inkscape a while & easing into Affinity. Thanks for "Celtic Knotwork Construction Kit"
@@jktolford8272 doing lots of rework on it now. Many of the sample files were actually imported in from the original collection created by Geodraw 20+ years ago. Those older samples have been giving me issues in Fusion 360.
For sure could speed up my workflow. Just gotta make it work now.
Thanks for the video.
Another good tutorial. Thanks. I wasn't aware there was a search function inside assets.
Very useful class, sir. Salute and deep respect to you, my dear sir.
Great tutorial, Trent.. great tip to linking assets to the 3 apps!
I just discovered Affinity literally 3 days before the Canva announcement. I'm holding off buying until I know how canva is going to integrate it (I'm pretty committedto the Canva ecosystem at this point), but I'm so so excited. If Canva takes forever to bring Affinity on board I'm going to buy it anyway. This assets panel is amazing, I cannot wait to have it available to me
Buy affintity now, it will stay separate for long time, maybe forever
Thanks Trent, good overview. I really should be using this panel more...
Thank you. This makes my workflow much easier.
Thanks for this. I created an asset for my signature. I had created a brush but had to go in and select it or deselect if I was actually 'brushing'.
Now, I can simply drop my signature asset in. It now has a frame around it too!
It's a shame the assets panel takes up so much real estate. It's extra steps to show and hide it at the end of my editing.
Another day of learning. ❤️👍
I always learn something from you Trent! Thank you.
No problem!
This will come in handy for me. Thanks.
Assets panels is really useful for me, because I don't have to locate the item across my pc. The only problem is that I couldn't directly drag and drop any layer to the panel same with Adobe's library. It has to be not an embedded file. Hopefully, Affinity could do something about it.
Hello, I have a question: where are Assets items physically placed on the disk and can I influence where they are stored?
Hi Waldo, I found this post on the Affinity Forums that explains where they are stored. I don't know if it can be changed to a more useful location (like a shared Google Drive / One Drive / Dropbox, etc...). I couldn't find any option for it.
forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/184700-where-are-the-affinity-v2-apps-resources-and-preference-files-located/
@@TechnicallyTrent hello, thanks for the tip. Generally, Affinity has a problem with specifying the location of important files (LUT, brush, etc.) because the company does not provide these paths in the settings. Additionally, I have many of my own settings and keyboard shortcuts. Serif doesn't offer any backups, and I'm afraid that if the program crashes, I'll have to spend several hours restoring them.
Great Vid again, Would be nice if Serif maybe added a dialog box with an option to unlink to the Delete Asset buttong to or perhaps just add in an unlink tab instead. I know this isn's anything major but it could help with accidentally deleting something by mistake. Cheers
Really useful, in illustrator I used to download social media icons for every business card I made lol
Puoi trascinare anche l'intera cartella che contiene gli asset che vuoi inserire
Thanks for the tip about dragging a folder.
Thank you, I can see me using this a lot
Thanks, sir. Learnt a lot.
Exactly what I was looking for!
I use iPad the most so do you have to turn the feature on for automatically adding to publisher and photo as well? I can’t find it!
Hi Vella, it seems like it is possible, but I don't know the exact method. I found this post on the Affinity Forums were a member posted a video of them transferring objects via the Assets panel on the iPad (check out the March 24 post). Maybe there is some button that needs to be tapped-and-held to show that option?
forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/183685-designerphoto-link-on-ipad-how-to-desktop-is-easy/
How do you unlink with out deleting
Does this link to the Ipad version also?
Hi @chrisabaird! I have not tried linking it across my PC and iPad. However, I would assume it probably doesn't work that way, because that would be across a network and this feature just seems to use local storage on your computer from my understanding.
@@TechnicallyTrent thanks- would be greasy if the option to change storage folder to google drive or Dropbox...
Thanks Trent...........Can I make a request? ? Thumbnails, i need to become a master YT thumbnail maker................Video game screen shots, couple different screen shots, blend in characters, and not spend a lot of time doing it.
Thanks for the detailed suggestion, @GoFasterHD. I am actually thinking of doing a livestream soon showing how I make my thumbnails (and other thumbnail techniques), so stay tuned!
I don't have Simply Flat icons, by Anatolli Babii in my assets panel???
Hi @1947marcia, which version of Affinity are you using and which operating system are you on? I think in the older versions it was a different set of icons.
@@TechnicallyTrent I have a new iMac and I’m running Sonoma 14.4.1 and Affinity 2.4.2. When they transferred everything onto my new Mac the Simply Flat icons must not have made the transfer because I think I used to have them.
all my assets disappeared...no idea why or how to if possible find them any ideas
Hi @montil117, sorry to hear that! Did it happen after you update Affinity or did some other big change? You can try asking on the official Affinity Forums to see if they can provide help. The Affinity developers read those questions:
forum.affinity.serif.com/
I think that on Windows, Affinity applications store your assets in a file called:
{HOME}\AppData\Roaming\Affinity\Common\2.0\user\assets.propcol
or
{HOME}\.affinity\common\2.0\user\assets.propcol
where {HOME} is your home directory and AppData is a hidden folder in that directory.
If you made a recent backup of your C: drive, you might be able to restore the assets from such files.
I have a lot of assets in version 1, but they didn't transfer to version 2. It's a shame that v2 (mac) doesn't have the option to load settings, assets, brusher, etc... there's no point in writing the settings of tools and panels.
Version 1 is still faster anyway, has a much nicer GUI, normal icons in the tools (the coloring pages from version 2 are all the same).
Great video
just in original software? 😢😭 i think yes
Hi @Helenazinha., I'm not sure what you mean by "original software". I'm using Version 2 of Affinity. I don't remember if the Assets Panel is in V1.
@@TechnicallyTrent i mean, when we download software but not buy... u know 🥲
Hi Helen, as far as I know, the trial version of Affinity includes all the features of the full version. So it should be there.