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Glicky

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  1. 31 minutes ago, ashf said:

    But I don't understand why Affinity doesn't support Chinese/Japanese properly even though it has UI in those languages.

    As far i know, there is no Chinese/Japanese UI in Affinity.

    Bt"w, i'm not sure if we need a completely Arabic/Hebrew/etc UI, we just need that the English version should supports RTL. (My work is usually in English, its simply sucks whenever I have mixed words from other languages).

  2. On 6/29/2019 at 9:14 AM, dominik said:

    Can you please point to an official statement that proofes or at least shows their 'unwillingness'?

    Hi dominik.

    Here you can found the reason why they are unwilling to add support for RTL and Complex scripts in the near future. :(. When i asked Serif directly via email if they would add this support, that's what they answered me:

    "We understand that there is a large number of users who require RTL support, but it is not something that can be created quickly. There are a lot of intangibles with the different RTL languages, that do not come in to play with Latin languages. Latin languages are very formulaic in there composition, where as right to left languages can vary from Arabic to Hebrew, or from Persian to Urdu. We don't just need to implement the ability to right from right to left, we also need to ensure that all of the technical aspects of these languages are working correctly.

    We are a tiny company with limited resources. We will do what we can we with the resources that we have. We do not want to focus the coming years focusing on one feature, and if it is something that is feasible then it will be included in the future."

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    So, it sounds that we'll have to wait a long time, until we will have support for complex scripts and rtl languages in affinity. :( 

    Bt"w, in my opinion it's worth to hire programmers only for this purpose. it's a 100 percent guarantee they will get back the money (With large percentages) very fast, taking in mind  that they are opening the way for new hundreds of thousands of graphic designers (and maybe millions over the time) who can't work without this supports.

     
  3. 40 minutes ago, Migo Photos said:

    That's awesome! It feels like back in the 90s ... :(

    It sound like they don't realize how important it is for an updated application to provide this kind of support...they are cutting out the whole middle east who are writing rtl natively, and hundreds of thousands in other countries who needs it at least at times.

  4. On 6/20/2019 at 10:25 PM, Mike Billy said:

    1. Is there any way I can open Adobe In Design files in Designer? I tried a few times and with a few methods, with no luck.

    No, at the moment its not possible, You can export an InDesign document to PDF, and then import the PDF into Publisher. but as Affinity said, there is a plan to add this possibility.

    https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/65038-how-can-i-open-indesign-indd-and-idml-files-in-publisher/

    On 6/20/2019 at 10:25 PM, Mike Billy said:

     2. When I'm typing in English, everything is ok. But for some reason when I type in Arabic, the text gets reversed. Which setting do I missing? (in Adobe, i have to enable "Middle Eastern" in the Preferences, but I didn't see such an option in Affinity)

    Unfortunately, there is currently no support for "Middle East" (rtl) support in Affinity, but it will probably be added in the near future (there is a very widely request for it).

    On 6/20/2019 at 10:25 PM, Mike Billy said:

     3. Is it possible to use Brushes with full color? All my brushes (also when in the preview its colorful), gets black or gray when I'm using it.

    Take a look here in these tread:

    https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/75219-changing-color-of-brushes/&tab=comments#comment-392250

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    About tutorials, you can also visit the "tutorials (Serif and Customer Created Tutorials)" page, here on the forums.

    https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/forum/9-tutorials-serif-and-customer-created-tutorials/

    Best regards!

     

  5. In CorelDRAW there is a drop down menu in the Toolbar (so its visible all the time) with great ZOOM OPTIONS, so it can be applied very easily and quickly all the time while working on a project, also if you don't select first the ZOOM tool or a shortcut.

    The menu has the following options:

    • Zoom to selected 
    • Zoom to all objects (when an object is selected)
    • Zoom to page 
    • Zoom to page width 
    • Zoom to page height
    • 100%
    • 50% etc. (you can add any number you need)

    This menu is a big help to keep the workflow fast, also when you have detailed objects and you have to zoom in and out a lot...

    1737731366_ZoomoptionsinCorelDRAW.gif.93a73902df23ade0a970180fdff2adb7.gif

  6. 3 hours ago, AlHasanAliMedia said:

    I can’t even recommend Affinity apps for my college designers because of this exact issue!

    I have almost the same issue. i recently start using the amazing Affinity apps, although i'm struggling when i have an Arabic/urdu job. but my colleagues do not understand me... some of them even promise me that at once there is RTL support, they will also change to Affinity.

    Bt"w, It seems that there is a new request for RTL support every few days... so i hope there will be updates soon:) 

  7. On 6/17/2019 at 10:49 PM, Adam_D said:

     but the basic tools like the pen, hand (I may be overly sensitive, but it particularly bugs me that its coloring is race-specific), magnifying glass, etc don't feel like they belong in modern, professional design software.

    I agree. but please don't replace it with "flat gray icons" like Adobe, it's black and flat... i'm hating it.

    In my opinion we need colored icons, but not so colorful and blended like those.

  8. 14 hours ago, WobblyPickles said:

    2. Toolbar

           There are to many colors going on. I get distracted with the colors, its nice to only have the color from the project which I'm working on. I know that some people like the icons instead of flat               gray ones, but for me it means when working at the midle of the night half a sleep they dont blend all into each other

    I agree, the tool icons in Affinity apps are very colorful, and don't belong in modern professional design software...

    but please not the "flat gray icons" like Adobe, it's so black and flat... i'm hating it. In my opinion we need colored icons, but not so colorful and blended like those.

     

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