Opening Illustrator Files in Affinity Designer | Do Ai Files Work?

Let's see how we can open Illustrator (.Ai) Files in Affinity Designer. We will also look as EPS and SVG files.
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[@tnico7115]

I've just changed from Photoshop/Illustrator to AD. This was extremely beneficial information. Thanks!

[@bendesignsmedia]

Glad it was helpful! Good luck with the transition. If you need further help with learning Affinity I have several courses linked in the description.

[@cleesiast]

I’m glad you are using that mic. It sounds great.

[@bendesignsmedia]

Yeah audio is always a bit tricky in a space like mine, need to figure out a better setup for my main talking head shot. Glad this one sounded good

[@WhistleLad]

Thank you!

[@bendesignsmedia]

You're welcome!

[@jandoDZ5H]

Thank you!!!

[@bendesignsmedia]

You're welcome!

[@kojokojo7523]

Affinity is a crazy software
I love it

[@bendesignsmedia]

Yeah it is great

[@TheSillybits]

I have that VW T2 right above your head 😀

[@mareecoote1787]

Hi, thanks for your video. Do you know if you can you run Affinity on MacOS 10.13? or older OS10.6?

[@bendesignsmedia]

Looks like it can go back as far as 10.9 affinity.serif.com/en-us/designer/full-feature-list/

[@siHawkes]

Is is possible to copy the individual contents of a layer in an .ai file - say, simple stoke and fill elements, and paste them into a layer in Affinity Design, rather than trying to convert or open an entire .ai file?

[@LorenzoNW]

Thank you, I guess the thing to do is to buy AD and get a trial subscription to AI once I'm ready to get started, then save all my AI files in a compatible format.

[@bendesignsmedia]

Yeah that could work as long as you don't have Ai files with to many of these problematic features. You can also find a library or university that has creative cloud access and convert your files there depending on where you live.

[@smnaveen4816]

Hey ben..
Some of the effects i use in AD...got corrupted if i open in illustrator...

[@bendesignsmedia]

That's not surprising, effects seem to be the most finicky and Illustrator lacks Affinity's raster capabilities.

[@katwushka]

I imagine linked images can also pose an issue 🤔

[@TomiBorchert]

i can't open. using version 2. only empty white page opens up.

[@bendesignsmedia]

Which type of file are you using. Mine appears to be working the same in V2

[@kckdutton]

Thanks!

[@bendesignsmedia]

Thank you! Glad I could help

[@jayaphillips1647]

What happens when you open a file you’ve saved as a .png?

[@bendesignsmedia]

Nothing, it's just a png in either program

[@Stanbott]

Im VERY surprised they never made a more elegant migration tool

[@bendesignsmedia]

It's actually improved now in Affinity 2, this video is a bit out of date