No transparencies are involved, neither on layers nor as alpha transparency on pixels. I do have a product image on white background and a grey drop shadow, in a flat jpg file. Let me explain in Adobe terms, but i'm open to any other workflow that does not duplicate files (handling that is not an option with our catalogue). I think we do have the same problem / use case. Using Photoshop for this is not a option for me. Preview image in finder is not showing any Background. When i do this in Photoshop the file looks like a PNG file. The exported JPG file has the path but is showing a gray backgroundĪfter open it. Conversely JPG's with clipping paths saved in Photoshop will open as vector masks nested to the image layer in Affinity Designer/Photo.Ĭlick the thumbnail of the path layer in the Layers panel to select it, then double-click on the path layer again to give it a name - fill in the name you want (you need to do this so you can later select this path in InDesign/Photoshop)įollowing this steps almost worked for me. You will find the clipping path(s) in the Paths panel if you open the JPG in Adobe Photoshop. Go to File Export select JPG, set the options you want as usual, then click the More button and tick Convert clips to paths.
You have nested the path to the image layer.ĭouble-click on the path layer to give it a name - fill in the name you want (you need to do this so you can later select this path in InDesign/Photoshop) To use clipping paths in Affinity Designer/Photo and export as JPG's do the following:Ĭreate the clipping path with the Pen Tool as usual (make sure it's then filled with a color - any color will do)ĭrag the path layer over the thumbnail of the image layer in the Layers panel (you should see a small vertical blue line appear when you drag the path layer over the thumbnail of the image layer - drop it at that point. This is possible in Affinity Designer/Photo. So while it is possible that Affinity might someday support reading & using some of this metadata, it is not likely it will be anytime soon or that it will ever support all the path resources as well as Photoshop does. The Path resource format section of the Adobe Photoshop file specification hints at how complex this resource can be, & even that Photoshop itself may ignore some of this metadata. Photoshop implements them as one of a multitude of possible I mage Resource Blocks (a type of metadata) stored at the end of the file. So finally the question: How exactly can I save JPEGs with embedded clipping paths, so that I can chose them in InDesign to remove the background?Ĭlipping paths are not really part of the JPEG standard. So I need to create and save JPEGs with clipping paths. As long as Affinity Publisher is not out and hasn't proven it's capabilities, I am tied to InDesign. But I could not find a way to save a path into JPEG with Affinity Photo. The path is now embedded into the JPEG file, and when placing it within an InDesign document, I can choose the clipping path to remove the white background. In Photoshop: I create a selection, refine it, click on "make work path from selection", double click it, to make it a clipping path, and save it as JPEG. The only way I found to do that, is to open the JPEG separately in AP, then chose the path (background is now transparent), select the main object by clicking on it, copy it to the clipboard go to the composite image and paste it.Įxample: Saving a JPEG with clipping path But when the image is placed, it has a white background, and I can't find an option to use the embedded clipping path, to remove the white background. I'm choosing a JPEG with embedded clipping path. I have a background and want to place (import) a product shot on that background. Or at least, I can't see the logic behind it.Įxample: Composing an Image in Affinity Photo But Affinity Photo doesn't seem to be able to save (or export) JPEGs with these clipping paths. Opening such a file in AP does show me these paths and I can clip (or blank out) the white background. Many times I have to work with JPEG files of product shots on a neutral (mostly white) background, that have one or more embedded clipping paths.
Learning to use Affinity Photo goes well, but there is one section, where I am struggling: It is my first important step to abandon Adobe from my Mac.
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