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  1. Hi all,

    I'm trying to use a clipping mask to erase some parts of the cased roads layer (line) in order to make the text more readable, but without success...

    This is the part of the road i want to knock out:

    image.png.2cce51eb02af19f3f4cb9e7675d5486d.png

    This is my workflow: 

    I copy/paste the letter L (Curve) and increase the stroke (1 pt):

    image.png.959fa11353f5045ffe7e20aba533d719.png

    Finally, I use the L as a clipping mask:

    image.png.6bd86eb2f4f7ae4bc48ecc66b99bb4f6.png

    the result:

    image.png.64e5d20432721ae6e6137a61614cb224.png

    The result i would like to achieve (https://somethingaboutmaps.wordpress.com/2015/05/08/type-knockouts-in-illustrator/):

    beforeandafterknockouts.png?w=900&h=324

    Could someone help me? thanks!!! :)

  2. Hi all, 

    I would like to see these two features in future releases 😀😀

    First request:

    The possibility to apply Opacity to every single stop in a gradient map.

    image.png

    Second request:

    The possibility to enter float values in the stops.

    Some color ramps that I often use have float values in the stops... like this one:

    Stop 0%: 110,145,138
    Stop 0.71%: 127,162,157
    Stop 2.86%: 144,174,168
    Stop 8.57%: 178,190,178
    Stop 14.29%: 211,201,179
    Stop 28.57%: 212,184,164
    Stop 42.82%: 213,192,181
    Stop 57.14%: 214,209,206
    Stop 71.43%: 222,222,222
    Stop 85.71%: 238,238,238
    Stop 100.00%: 245,246,245

    But is not possible to insert float values in the stops... only integers

    Have a nice day

  3.  

    Hi All, 

    I've made a little PyQT application (for Windows) to preview the cpt-city color ramps (http://soliton.vm.bytemark.co.uk/pub/cpt-city/).  

    With this application you can:

    - Download the lastest cpt-city package in SVG format (http://soliton.vm.bytemark.co.uk/pub/cpt-city/pkg/)

    - Preview the selected color ramp

    - Export the selected color ramp (SVG or CSV) in your desired folder

    - Visualize and export Author's copyright informations and color ramps descriptions (COPYING.xml and DESC.xml)

    Screenshots

    The main page:

    https://github.com/ivandorte/CptCityViewer/

    Updated download link:

    https://github.com/ivandorte/CptCityViewer/releases/download/v1.0.1/CptCityViewer_1.0.1.zip

    Extract the zip and launch CptCityViewer.exe

    image.png.9ccc8adbf61059c2ae9e892821acc73e.png

     

     

  4. On 8/21/2019 at 11:16 AM, melior64 said:

    Is there a quick method for importing gradient images like these?

    Hi, thanks for sharing this tutorial.

    My workflow:

    1) I generally read the stops and colors values from the .c3g file

    image.png.613401e1b78697aacf3fb881fcdb09f1.pngimage.png.eff6a8ed835a2e55bb217a7da3148aca.png 

    2) I set-up the gradient tool with stop positions and colors (I generally use that in the adjustment)

    3) I register a macro that applies this gradient

    4) I add the macro to the Library (maybe inside a category, for example Hillshade):

    image.png.b3ae58d4bec9bcb9d5979bae9ca4b2ed.png

    But as you can see we don't have the gradient preview in this way.

    Few days ago I've also created two excel files with all the gradients (using a Python script) from the cpt-city package (http://soliton.vm.bytemark.co.uk/pub/cpt-city/pkg/

    image.thumb.png.dd9a153c7bb8ef1be862170f4208eb34.png

    But, I don't know if I can share these files in this forum, due to a license problem (each author has its own license)

    Improvements we need for the adjustment gradient tool:

    - The possibility to add float values in the stops.

    - The possibility to insert opacity for each color

    - The possibility to import gradients from  .cpt, svg ecc... 

     

     

     

  5. 39 minutes ago, Roger C said:

    This is interesting, and something I haven't seen before on the forum. I thought it would have taken much longer to achieve the result you already have.

    The colouring is intriguing. I meant to ask you: how did you choose the colouring and apply it? Is it purely hypsometric? (As some valleys don't appear to be so).

    I didn't used an hypometric palette. I took Edward imhof's work and his color palette (blues, greens, and yellows) as reference. Eduard imhof was a Swiss master cartographer and developed a unique style to enhance terrain representation. The basic principle is to produce several masked layers (one for shadows, one for plain areas, on for peaks, ecc...) and then stack them together.  So for example I extracted shadows from the basemap and colored it with a violet tone (with a multiply blend for example), then I extracted the illuminated areas and colored it with a yellow tone...  

    Is not easy to achieve imhof's results...So I need to improve the choise of colors and the use of masks (since I'm a newbie Affinity user). I will continue to work on this project and  this will takes more than 2 hours.

     And when I will finish, I will post the workflow in the tutorial section.

  6. Hi All,

    This is a Digital Shaded Relief of the area where I currently live (Lazio-Abruzzo border, Italy) made with AP and Arcgis Desktop.

    Next steps:

    - Remove arctifacts

    - Add roads, rivers, lakes, land cover, contours ecc...

    - Map lettering

    - Layout

    Reference: http://www.reliefshading.com/

    Elevation data: http://opentopo.sdsc.edu/raster?opentopoID=OTSRTM.082015.4326.1

    test1.jpg

  7. 2 hours ago, Dan C said:

    Thanks for letting me know, none of these shortcuts should have caused this within Affinity, as the FN key isn't mapped in-app.

    The app Assistant may have performed this action for you, have you used any raster tools on your group layer? For example if you were to select the group and use the Paint Bush tool, the app will automatically rasterise the layer so that you can paint on it. 

    I've tried some color filters from the menu.

  8. 4 minutes ago, Dan C said:

    Hi ivanozzo :)

    Could you please provide a screenshot of your History Studio? Did you use a keyboard shortcut to put your computer to sleep? If so, what shortcut please?

    Hi Dan, I don't have the History because I stupidly closed the project and I didn't save the History with the Document. I don't have used a shortcut to sleep my pc, but  during a session I use several keyboard shortcuts:

    FN + F7 to sleep my pc

    FN + F3 or F4 for keyboard luminosity

    FN + F5 or F6 for screen luminosity

  9. On 7/21/2019 at 10:44 PM, ChrisSmere said:

    Good evening :-)

    I do transit maps (diagrams) for fun in my spare time to relax.

    Here is my interpretation of the Bern trolleybus and tram network.

    Bern Trolleybus and Tram Network

    Feedback is welcome.

    Have a nice start of the week tomorrow!

    Chris 

    Nice work!!! What fonts did you used? and what about Rome transit map?

  10. FEATURE REQUEST: Possibility to enter float values in the Stops [Gradient Map Adjustment]

    Hi All,

    Some color ramps that I often use have float values in the stops... like this one:

    Stop 0%: 110,145,138
    Stop 0.71%: 127,162,157
    Stop 2.86%: 144,174,168
    Stop 8.57%: 178,190,178
    Stop 14.29%: 211,201,179
    Stop 28.57%: 212,184,164
    Stop 42.82%: 213,192,181
    Stop 57.14%: 214,209,206
    Stop 71.43%: 222,222,222
    Stop 85.71%: 238,238,238
    Stop 100.00%: 245,246,245

    But is not possible to insert float values in the stops... only integers.

    Thanks!!! Have a nice day! :)

     

  11. 10 hours ago, GaryLearnTech said:

    Maybe I'm missing something here, but can you not simple multiply the floating stop values by 100?  That will map your existing range of 0 to 1 to the full Affinity  percentage range?

    For example

    Stop 0.0000    0.00%
    Stop 0.0071    0.71%
    Stop 0.0286    2.86%
    Stop 0.0857    8.57%
    Stop 0.1429    14.29%
    Stop 0.2857    28.57%
    Stop 0.4282    42.82%
    Stop 0.5714    57.14%
    Stop 0.7143    71.43%
    Stop 0.8571    85.71%
    Stop 1.0000    100.00%

    I'd suspect that you want/need to round off your percentage decimals, but I think it should otherwise sort your issue…


    Yes, I know that you need to multiply by 100, but if you try to enter a float value such as 0.71 the software will consider it as 1, or 85.71 as 86 and so on. So Gradient tool doesn't support float values in stops, only integers.

    image.png.357279b1c755d366535ec628be474fec.png

    image.png.d324b952000feab87609e2b804368f39.png

  12. Hi All, 

    Some color ramps that I often use have float values in the stops ranging from 0 to 1... like this one:

    Stop 0: 110,145,138
    Stop 0.0071: 127,162,157
    Stop 0.0286: 144,174,168
    Stop 0.0857: 178,190,178
    Stop 0.1429: 211,201,179
    Stop 0.2857: 212,184,164
    Stop 0.4282: 213,192,181
    Stop 0.5714: 214,209,206
    Stop 0.7143: 222,222,222
    Stop 0.8571 238,238,238
    Stop 1: 245,246,245

    How to insert these values? I only see % values in the gradient map tool. 

    image.thumb.png.7fb13a3e7161070a7dcadb495a13da58.png

     

    Is this possible? 

    Thanks!!! Have a nice day

     

  13. 10 hours ago, - S - said:

    Unfortunately you can’t use gradient swatches in Gradient Map adjustment layers.

    Your options are to:

    A) Create a Gradient Map and then click the ‘Add Preset’ button in the Gradient Map dialogue box. This will add it as a preset in the Adjustment panel, allowing you to use it again later.

    B) Record creating a Gradient Map with a macro and then save the recorded macro in the macro library.

    I’m currently saving my Gradient Maps as macros in the macro library. The reason being is the Adjustment panel doesn’t allow users to export those presets—and re-creating them again is a PITA. Therefore, although it’s not ideal and it's cumbersome, at least it’s possible to export macros to back them up and re-import them again.

    I’ve posted about it previously at the link below, but the situation is currently still the same:
    https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/37341-affinity-photo-ability-to-importexport-gradients-for-gradient-maps/

    001.thumb.png.8260dacba920c96fd82be7d7d0ddf9bb.png

    Thanks! I will try today :)

  14. Hi All, 

    I've saved several gradients into an Application Palette (Hillshade) and now I would like to use these gradients in the Gradient Map Adjustment, but I noticed that you can't use these gradients directly in the Gradient Map Adjustment... or i'm doing something wrong? Is this possible? If yes, could someone tell me how to do that?

    image.thumb.png.a3aa01c641fb27dac1b095fc5356c648.png

    image.png.1b96a5fd43e10e57c63bce5a9fed8130.png

    Thanks!!! Have a nice day!!! :)

  15. 28 minutes ago, RNKLN said:

    Aha, I understand. Could using blend options with the gradient map be an alternative (e.g. Overlay)?

    I tried but I don't get the expected result. I will wait for this feature.

    This is the result I would like to achieve with AP: 6-1.jpg

    This is the general workflow:

    https://www.esri.com/arcgis-blog/products/arcgis-pro/mapping/steal-this-imhof-like-topography-style-please/

  16. 32 minutes ago, Old Bruce said:

    My mistake, sorry for the wrong advice. I could have sworn that the Noise slider changed to an Opacity slider if clicked. This seems to be an oversight as a regular gradient can be manipulated like you want.

    It is very roundabout to do this but you can make a document palette of swatches with the colour and transparency you want and then choose those to be the colours at the 80% etc positions.

     

    Thanks, I tried to create a custom palette with the desired opacity for each color but the opacity is ignored by gradient tool...

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