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Hi marcplatt, 

 

Welcome to the forum.  :D

 

Can you please explain what you do to 'store' an image? 

 

When I use the Export, Save or Save As… commands, I then choose which folder or hard drive I wish to save my files to, so I'm not clear as to what is happening in your experience. 

 

Screen shot of 'Save As…': 

 

Paul. 

[Pen tool not showing]

You're welcome.

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Hi Rusty_Spanner, 

 

The Pen Tool toggles to the Node Tool, which is showing in your screen shot. 

 

Click & hold on the Node Tool to get the flyout & select the Pen Tool: 

 

 

Paul. 

 

Hi Paul

 

Screen shot below: 

 

 

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Hi Rusty_Spanner,

 

Can you attach a screen shot of the whole window, including the tools panel, please?

 

Paul.

[Is it possible to open an AI file which does't include PDF stream?]

Hi Dutch,

I converted the .ai file to PDF, then opened it in Afinity Designer, which was then saved as .afdesign.
The .ai file was not converted directly to .afdesiign.

[Is it possible to open an AI file which does't include PDF stream?]

Hi Dutch, 

 

Nice of jmac to convert your files! 

 

I found this site that may be helpful: http://www.zamzar.com/uploadComplete.php?convertFile=ai&to=pdf

 

It is a free online converter, that sends a link to your email for the converted file (I used Blur to mask my email, just in case it attracts spam). 

 

The results are great & seems legit, I've attached the converted files of one legacy Illustrator file here. 

 

 

 

Hopefully it is a good alternative to forking out for Creative Cloud! 

 

Paul. 

[Flif Support]

There's a bit of excitement about this on some GNU/Linux forums.

[El Capitan. Updated, and I still can't find my haze filter (under filters). :(]

Should have read to the end before I posted!

[How to expand/crop the drawing area (AD)?]

Hi - straightforward question, how does one expand/crop the drawing area in Affinity Designer?

 

Thanks

Hi Tiago, 

 

I use the Document Setup dialogue, screen shots below: 

 

Before:  

 

After:  

 

Hope this helps. 

 

Paul. 

[Affinity Photo as External Editor in Photo app in El Capitan]

Despite the external editor feature being buggy for me, exporting still works. 

 

iPod 5th Gen sunset shot, edited in AP Beta & attached with history saved. 

 

 

Paul. 

[Affinity Photo as External Editor in Photo app in El Capitan]

Am I the only one, who can't get the Photos extension to work?

The GUI is there, the tools are clickable, but using them doesn't effect anything.

Hi mac_heibu, 

 

Similar problem here. 

 

[Affinity Photo as External Editor in Photo app in El Capitan]

Hi ebone1,

In the Photos app you can choose 'Other' & then check Affinity Photo.

Paul.

[Why can't I see the grid through the canvas?]

Hi jennadawn,

Could you upload your file for me to check, please?

Paul.

[El Capitan/Safari 9]

Since Safari 9 / El Capitan I can not announce myself in Affinity forum. Well, it's just the fox works.

Hi Jonas14, 

 

I don't appear to be having any issues with Safari/El Capitan: 

 

 

Paul. 

[OSX 10.11 El Capitan]

Has anyone previewed OSX10.11 El Capitan?

Are there any issues with Designer or Photo or is it likely to be safe to upgrade the OS?

 

Both Affinity Photo and Designer are optimised for OS X El Capitan, so will work without any issues :)

 

Hi Douglas Richardson,

Welcome to Affinity Forums :)

Affinity software is fully compatible with El Capitan. 

You shouldn't have any issues upgrading to the new OS.

 

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Hi Douglas, 

 

I'm using AP & AD, including the latest Betas in El Capitan Golden Master without any issues. 

 

I intend to upgrade my main system to El Capitan as soon as it's released. 

 

Paul. 

[Callout Tool - free tail movement / placement]

Hi Lojza,

 

The callout shapes can be converted to curves & then the node tool can be used to move the nodes & reshape the callout.

 

Paul.

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Wow, that appeals to my inner pyromaniac!

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No worries, you're welcome.

Maybe Facebook.

I don't belong to any photography groups.

I'm in Riverhead, north west of Auckland City.

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At the moment I am working with it since restarting the computer and it is working fine [for now]. Not that it has anything to do with restarting the computer, it has happened on two separate occasions both between shutting the computer down and starting it up again.

If I end up buying this software I need to know that it can start and run flawlessly without any bugs like this.

For now I'm busy trying to find the eyedropper/colour selection tool - it doesn't seem to have one? When I choose the 'paint' brush I don't see any options for selecting a colour.

Hi Desmond, 

 

The Eyedropper tool is in the Swatches palette & also the Colours palette: 

 

 

It needs to be dragged to the area to be measured: 

 

 

Paul. 

[Adjustments don't show for a while.]

Could it be  a video card thing? because when I go back through the history my first adjustments show up, then there is a gap where it played up, then the adjustments show again after that gap when it started working again - can the video card cause the program not to show edits? I can still flip between the app and Safari without any issues on safari.

There are no other apps running besides safari which I used to look up the problem.

Hi Desmond, 

 

I was interpreting your original description of the problem as a video card problem because it seemed that there was a lag between doing an edit & being able to see the result. 

 

If Affinity Photo is not behaving itself, try holding down the Ctrl (control) key when starting up Affinity Photo, this will re-set it & hopefully iron out any issues. 

 

Let me know if this works. 

 

Paul. 

[Adjustments don't show for a while.]

I bought it brand new 2 weeks ago.

Hi Desmond, 

 

One thing that may work, is to hold the Ctrl key down when opening Affinity Photo to reset the app. 

 

I'm not sure if the issue is with the Intel Iris Pro video card or not, maybe one of the devs will know. 

 

Do you know what other apps/processes are running on your iMac as well as Affinity Photo? 

 

It may also be a resource issue, if you have too many resource hungry or graphics intensive apps open. 

 

I've attached my iMac's spec & I have no video lag: 

 

 

Paul. 

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Hi Desmond,

What is your Mac's spec & what year of manufacture?

It sounds like a video card issue.

Paul.

[Colour Management on second monitor]

@ mac_heibu,

 

That is precisely why I use Adobe RGB (1998).

All my work is for print, the smaller colour gamut is more compatible with colour editing of CMYK files & RGB files that are then converted to CMYK for print.

 

Paul.

[Colour Management on second monitor]

Hi Terry,

 

What RGB Profile are you using for the Eizo monitor?

Is it a different RGB colour space to the iMac's Apple monitor & what RGB profile is your Apple monitor using?

I use Adobe RGB (1998) for all my monitors.

 

Paul.

[What's the skinny red outline around some of my shapes in Affinity Designer?]

Hi Paul -

 

Thanks for your answer - are you sure? I had a few of my squares have the red outline at the same time... they were all in different places and each was it's own separate entity.

Hi robertpastrana, 

 

It's a feature for showing 'snapping candidates'. 

 

It can be turned off if you wish, see attached screen shots: 

 

 

Hope this helps, 

 

Paul.