[Can't get Photo V2 to round trip from apple photos app.]

This still works if I use V1.

But with V2, it will only save as an—af file.

I am currently using an iMac 3.4 GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i5 with Ventura 13.5

Any help on this would be appreciated.

[affonts]

Thanks Old Bruce,

That's all I needed.

[affonts]

Is there anyway I can preview an affont before installing it? My Mac doesn't recognise them. changing suffix from affont to off or ttf makes no difference.

[Vectors continue to show as magenta even when they're not selected. Is there a setting I am missing that would stop this?]

Thanks Brian_J

That seem to have sorted it.

[Vectors continue to show as magenta even when they're not selected. Is there a setting I am missing that would stop this?]

[Missing elements from illustration when printing or exporting to PDF.]

Thanks Dan,

I plan to do more of this kind of illustration. I have a thing for Cars and Guitars and the affinity apps are an absolute boon for me.

Regards,

Tom D

[Missing elements from illustration when printing or exporting to PDF.]

Hi Dan,

Here's the original document with the font and image resorces.Isettacity.afpackageFonts and images.zip

Thank you for your attention.

Regards,

Tom D

[Missing elements from illustration when printing or exporting to PDF.]

I am using the file export. That's just the last try, so far the problem occurs whatever settings I try.

 

[Missing elements from illustration when printing or exporting to PDF.]

I am reporting a bug in affinity designer ( I created the file using Designer, but it has the same problem in Photo and Publisher).

I am using an iMac with the latest Monterey OS. iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, 2017). 3.4 GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i5

Missing elements when printing and exporting to pdf. This happens reliably all the time with and without hardware acceleration.

There's a screengrab of the print panel with the preview showing the missing elements, and a pdf as exported.Isettacity.pdf

I rasterised unsupported properties to the document dpi.

[Some vector object missing on printouts and PDF export.]

Thanks Callum,

On PDF's I do check the rasterise unsupported properties on export and still get this issue. But what gets me is that I can't print directly from the app when the app displays the complete image on screen. On the printout preview it shows what's missing but there is no rasterise option on that panel. It has previously printed directly and created pdfs without this problem.

I have attached one of the pdfs it did before. This is not quite perfect but you can open it in designer and edit it. This is the difference between then and now.Isetta.afpackage.pdf

Unsupported FXs are rasterised but vectors without FX are intact.

[Some vector object missing on printouts and PDF export.]

On 5/30/2022 at 12:03 PM, Callum said:

Hi Tom D,

It's likely that some of the objects are unsupported by the PDF format and are therefore being rasterised / removed. If possible could you provide a copy of the file so I can try some things at my end?

Thanks
C

Hi Callum, thank you for your reply.

I have found a variation that's small enough to send on this forum.

I've included a screenshot of the problem with this file.

My problem with this is that it did work before the M1 update.

The missing elements were a problem when I started using affinity, but the last update before the M1 update sorted it, and I could print directly from the app ( I had been printing out by sharing with apple's photo app).

I am using the apple mac but not the latest M1.

Even if you're using a PC and it works for you,  this would be good to know

PS I'm not a city fan, this was for a friend who is, just in case you're a fan of another team.

 

Isettacity.afdesign

Fonts.zip

[Some vector object missing on printouts and PDF export.]

Hi Callum,

The file size is massive, 3.9 GB. Which means I can't send it using this site. If you want it from dropbox or Google Drive let me know.

[Some vector object missing on printouts and PDF export.]

This is not a huge problem I can still get the work by rasterising it. But but this same thing happens on pdf's and I'd like to preserve the vectors for export instead of rasterising.

Is this a bug or it it something to do with the how I set up the AFdesign Doc?

[My work for Progressive Broadcast Hire.]

Progressive Broadcast Hire commissioned me to do a full-page ad in the Scottish Bafta 2021 Awards programme.

The image is from their newly installed lens test room.

The primary purpose of the ad was to celebrate the talent in Scottish film and TV and congratulate the evening's nominees. Then suggest how Progressive can help them achieve even better results.

[Object Trapping]

Is there trapping in your plans? I would rather not have to borrow someone else's Mac with illustrator to take control of this issue that happened on my last job. In this case I would have chosen to have the blue under print the red a tad more to avoid the white edges. If you could do this I could happily quit my dysfunctional relationship with Adobe.

If this feature is available and I have missed it let me know how to use it.

 

[Another Full-page ad in British Cinematographer.]

‘Guilt’ is a BBC Scotland drama series where only the strongest liars, bluff merchants and crooks survive.

This is the work I came up with when Progressive Broadcast Hire asked for another ad. It presents their part in the production. I am delighted with the wording; it’s that latent copywriter in me coming out again. 

It appeared in British Cinematographer magazine. 

 

[My Full-page ad in British Cinematographer.]

dannyg9 Thank you. Progressive BH were a great company to work for. The last episode was broadcast last night on BBC 1.

 

[My Full-page ad in British Cinematographer.]

Cheers John,

Done.

[My Full-page ad in British Cinematographer.]

Progressive Broadcast Hire is Scotland's only facility for hiring TV and cinema equipment. They hired me to do this ad for them.

[Optimisation of vectors (removing redundant nodes) and exported SVG]

12 hours ago, DutchDude said:

I guess I'll have to make do with Inkscape. 

I just tried to expand the stroke and it only had ten 10 nodes.

This qualifies as a fix.

[Pdf bleed problem.]

I have sorted it. If you're interested, I had a vignette that I applied with af photo. It had to be rasterised with the layers it was affecting. Now the bleed is included. 

It may be an idea for serif to have af photo live filters include the bleed that designer files may have. Or have the live filters in af designer 

[Pdf bleed problem.]

In the first image the dark area should extend beyond the crops (including the bleed that I can see on screen).

The bleed of the grey area in the second image is correct. The file was created in designer and has the same problem in photo and publisher. 
 

 

[Pdf bleed problem.]

I am preparing an print for a file but I can't seem to creat a pdf with bleed. I have done this before on previous versions of affinity software but it will not do it for this fileBut when I create a new one to test. it works. What am I missing?

[New Feature Request: Ability to 'curve' a linear gradient]

HI Herbalizer

Good luck with it. I hope this method it works for you. Cheers.

[New Feature Request: Ability to 'curve' a linear gradient]

I have often found it useful to paste inside a thick line with a blur effect applied to imitate a gradient. The first rectangle is a gradient the second is the paste inside. This is useful for highlights and shadows by shifting the inside pasted line. All lines are vector, but the blur will be rasterised to the document dpi. I'm still unfamiliar with the contour tool, so this method remains my 'go to' option.

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