Affinity Designer is capable of opening many raster and vector file formats directly. Designer also imports PDF and Adobe PSD files, and exports a range of raster file formats and the PSD file format.
| File type | Import | Export |
|---|---|---|
| Affinity template | x | |
| Adobe Illustrator (AI) | x1 | |
| Adobe Freehand (10 and MX) | x2 | |
| Adobe PhotoShop (PSD) | x | x8 |
| BMP | x | |
| EPS | x | x |
| GIF | x | x |
| HEIF | x3 | |
| JPEG | x | x |
| J2K,JP2 | x | |
| JPEG-XR/JXR (WDP/HDP) | x9 | |
| x1,7 | x8 | |
| PNG | x | x4 |
| RAW | x5 | |
| SVG | x | x |
| TGA | x4 | x |
| TIFF | x6 | x4 |
| WEBP | x | |
| OpenEXR | x | x |
| Radiance HDR | x | x |
1 Multi-page files can be imported, with each page being placed on its own artboard.
2 Multi-page Freehand files open with each page concatenated onto a single page. Add file extensions .fh10 or .fh11 in Finder to import. Text import is not supported.
2 Multi-page Freehand files open with each page concatenated onto a single page. Add file extensions .fh10 or .fh11 in Explorer to import. Text import is not supported.
3 Includes depth map, loaded as second layer. Depth maps are upsampled.
4 Supports transparency.
5 For a comprehensive up-to-date list of RAW file support, please see the following links:
612 bit TIFF (RGB or Mono) included.
7JBIG2 PDF encoding is supported.
8 Text will be rasterised on export.
9 Includes JPEG-XR 101010 (e.g. XBOX screen captures).