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SVG import desn't work? V14
Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2024 4:37 pm
by lazyroll
I've exported .SVG from affinity designer with a very light and clean hierarchy. It shows on finder while in thumbnail preview how everything looks, but when I try to import that file into Moho, it uploads single empty vector layer. Solutions? Tried to move the file from SSD to desktop, changing settings. What am I missing?
Re: SVG import desn't work? V14
Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2024 7:48 pm
by SimplSam
To get to see the error message you need to enable Debug Info in the settings ☰ hamburger menu.
99.9% of the time it fails because there is a non-english character in the filename or because the file is 16 bit unicode (UTF-16).
Re: SVG import desn't work? V14
Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2024 10:34 pm
by lazyroll
SimplSam wrote: ↑Thu Jan 25, 2024 7:48 pm
To get to see the error message you need to enable Debug Info in the settings ☰
hamburger menu.
99.9% of the time it fails because there is a non-english character in the filename or because the file is 16 bit unicode (UTF-16).
I've found the issue. So apparently it is not possible to export with layer effects on? because when I turn them off the project imports successfully, but that's just really sad. All I have is simple outer shadow and inner glow. Is there any workaround if it's not supported then? Or maybe I've missed some setting...
Re: SVG import desn't work? V14
Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2024 11:38 pm
by SimplSam
Glad you found the issue.
For effects like that, Affinity (and others) will embed a binary image within the SVG document, and the SVG Importer does not support images within SVGs (so it ignores them).
But - as it is just a binary image anyway, you can export it as PNG from Affinity and then import that.
If you look at the text of the 2 exports that you have, you will see the difference and the encoded image within the first one.
Re: SVG import desn't work? V14
Posted: Fri Jan 26, 2024 3:43 pm
by lazyroll
SimplSam wrote: ↑Thu Jan 25, 2024 11:38 pm
Glad you found the issue.
For effects like that, Affinity (
and others) will embed a binary image within the SVG document, and the SVG Importer does not support images within SVGs (
so it ignores them).
But - as it is just a binary image anyway, you can export it as PNG from Affinity and then import that.
If you look at the text of the 2 exports that you have, you will see the difference and the encoded image within the first one.
Thank you!