Andy05
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1 hour ago, Ole-André said:
Even more reason to have tracing in Designer. Every (vector) application I know of has this feature, it's a core function.
It's also not that hard to make, so I see no excuses for not adding it.
Seriously, tracing an image (turning a raster image into vectors) is a one-time procedure to be done to an image during the design process. The result will be used in further workflow and in a design/layout. It's not that much of a downside, using dedicated apps for this process. Neither in time needed for this, nor in functionality.
For me, a design software should provide the steps, which I repeatedly have to do or edit during the workflow of designing/layout. Tracing clearly isn't one of the "constantly repeating steps" one usually needs during a project.
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8 minutes ago, mpowell said:
Which means that updates are no longer free? I checked the Affinity AD & I see dollar sign to update the product, I saw that it costed $99.99 to update the product that I already purchased a while ago.
Updates are free. Upgrades never have been announced to be free. How do you think a company could survive with maintaining, developing and improving any project forever without charging for new versions?
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This can be answered pretty easily (and quickly): Yes.
You can install and run V1 and V2 simultaneously without any issues.
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7 minutes ago, Jade7 said:
The pricing for V2 appears to be the same if you already own V1 or are buying the apps for the first time. Is this correct?
Yes, but with the current discount on top, the bulk license is still a steal.
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Just now, Donloggins said:
I just installed photo 2 for my iPad, how do I import my photo 1 images into photo 2
I'm not on an iPad, I but I think it's similar: V2 can open any V1 files without problems/conversion. On Windows, you'll get a prompt, tho. Asking you, if you want to open the original or if you want to create a copy (because once saved in V2 format, V1 apps can't open the file any longer).
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16 minutes ago, Callum said:
If you accidentally click no to this message you can export your assets manually and then use the File > Import content command in V2.
When using the "reset" feature during start, the message should appear anew, shouldn't it? But one would lose all settings for V2 done already.
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31 minutes ago, R C-R said:
Did @AffinityMakesMeSmile get anything right in this topic?
Yes, his messages (ab)used as notifications for when I have to carry out the trash bins (see one of my previous comments on this matter). I appreciate that service.
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9 minutes ago, spinhead said:
I get that as well, but as one of Jehovah's Witnesses myself, I can tell you they're not. (And though it's not what you said, obviously Jehovah's Witnesses don't consider ourselves a cult, though traditional churches probably do.)
Yeah, don't get me wrong, I just tried to find some equivalent/example for some religious "cult" in a more positive way. Not some fanatic lunatics. I, personally, consider all kind of religions some kind of "cult". 😄
Maybe Mormons would have matched better rather than Jehovah's Witnesses, but I don't really know much about those either, all I know about them is from movies. LOL They are not very present over here, in Germany.
But I guess I better stop at this point. Apologies, if I insulted any religion, that wasn't my intention. At all.
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4 hours ago, Old Bruce said:4 hours ago, thomaso said:
A friend told me that...
Weird, I think I know your friend too. Does your friend have average colour hair?
Weird, indeed! I thought @thomaso doesn't have any friends at all!
(SCNR)
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On 10/16/2022 at 5:57 AM, spinhead said:
Ezra and Ally are excellent teachers.
I stumbled upon some of their videos ages ago, probably because there haven't been many Affinity related videos at YouTube back then and the algorithm thought I'd be interested.
And although it might be true that they are excellent teachers, they always gave me some "religious cult"/"Jehovah's Witness" vibes. No idea why, it was not about their content.
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Necromancing this old thread—but as predicted, Unsplash has slowly moved towards paid (premium) content. I hope they'll still keep offering a good amount of quality open source images in the future, but I'm suspicious...
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4 minutes ago, ashf said:
Sounds familiar - someone said they will offer free updates for at least 2 years when they released a new product 8 years ago.
Now it's 2022 and I still get free updates... lolUhm. Seems like you missed the point completely. Affinity never gave a deadline (a date, or a period of time) with their license. AFAIK it has always been "for all V1.xx versions".
So, no, doesn't sound familiar. It's the complete opposite actually.
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2 minutes ago, ashf said:
Yes, you are right.
Apparently they changed the policy to offer free updates till they release v2.
Probably they think they'll be able to release V2 within less than a year. So people would uproar, if they paid for "1 year of upgrades" and neither getting V2 nor any updates for V1 after V2 rolled out, in case if it's less than a year since they purchased a license.
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22 minutes ago, AffinityMakesMeSmile said:
Ha!
yet another week has passed [...]
I'd like to thank you for your weekly reminder. As I can use every second one as a reminder for myself to move the garbage bins out as you post exactly on the day it's due.
(BTW: That's not even a joke. A convenient coincidence...)
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5 hours ago, thomaso said:
I wonder what would happen if the pixel size wouldn't get set by the macro, or could get set by the user, possibly depending on the image details / the resolution / or a different unit instead of absolute pixels?
Yeah, as mentioned in the initial post, I created the macros for working on a client's brief. Hence the fixed size/aspect ratio. Unfortunately, editing existing macros in Affinity apps is still a nightmare/not possible at all.
QuoteInterestingly the .afstyles file does not need to be added (I haven't). And it works also appears to work with several layers if they are grouped.
It's interesting that it works without installing the styles, but that explains the macro's size. IIRC, it wasn't working with the Affinity Photo version back the days (when I created the assets) with installing the macro only, hence I had to add them to the downloads.
Same applies to grouped layers. I had to add the advise to flatten the layers and/or mark only one, because I had two users reporting problems when not doing so. But there might have been different reasons for their issues, I just remembered that I worked on flat images only for my client.
To be honest, I just did a quick check, if the macro is still working "as it was originally" before moving the files to gumroad.
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7 hours ago, walt.farrell said:
@Andy05, who provided these resources, seems to visit the forums regularly, and Follows this topic. Perhaps they will comment about this, and whether they can restore access to them on Google Drive or (better) upload them here.
Thanks Walt, for the reminder! Although I received @RosM's notification days ago, I completely forgot about it again due to some urgent projects keeping me busy lately.
I've transferred the files to gumroad (https://thargoran.gumroad.com/l/engraving_effect) and updated the initial post with the link to it. It's still for free—just enter "0" into the price field. (But I'd appreciate some stars rating nonetheless.) Gumroad makes it easier for me to update it, if I ever feel like I should add/improve anything to this.
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42 minutes ago, NotMyFault said:
Good to know, but in this specific case applying to a group only leads to a rasterized combined layer. Which is not what the OP requested.
Hence my comment that the OP might want to keep a copy of the layers as backup.
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11 hours ago, NotMyFault said:
Unfortunately warp is currently limited to a single pixel layer.
It also works on groups. In @globso's case, the two pixel layers need to be grouped first (creating a group within the parent group). Keep in mind, that warp is a destructive feature and will create a merged pixel layer of the warped layers, so you might want to copy the pixel layers first in order to keep some backups.
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9 hours ago, R C-R said:
See also Adobe PostScript Type 1 fonts end of support
Very interesting link! Although I haven't used any Type 1 fonts for ages, I didn't know about this part, which is quite drastic for some old files' backup in their original file format:
QuoteWhat will happen to documents using Type 1 fonts after January 2023?
Adobe applications will not recognize the presence of Type 1 fonts, even if you have Type 1 fonts installed in your desktop operating system:1. Type1 fonts will not appear in the Fonts menu.
2. There would be no way to use previously installed Type1 fonts.
3. Existing Type1 fonts will appear as “Missing fonts” in the document.
Thanks for bumping this issue, time to convert some old works into PDF in order to keep at least some "kind-of-editable" format of them.
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Did you do the scan yourself? If so, it might help scanning the image four times, rotated by 90° each time. Then merge the stack of images. This might give an easier starting point for editing as the light on the "bumps" will be from different angles with each scan rather than fiddling with the FFT denoise filter in first place.
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21 minutes ago, Designer1 said:
The problem in this forum is that many amateurs meet few professional designers. For this reason, software requirements are different. I hope it won't take months again until Affinity Designer is improved and extended with new functions.
That's actually not a problem at all. If you're hobbyist, you need to check if the apps are worth their money (also, if they have all features you need) and whether you'd like to spend time with them. If you're a professional and you can't do your job with the apps in their current state, the solution is the same, just more obvious -> find an alternative app, which fulfils all your needs.
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There's much more when it comes to creating a good font/typeface rather than just scanning/creating simple letters.
You might want to prepare all characters in designer as vector objects. And for creating a font, there are dedicated apps for this. Some are even open source like Birdfont or FontFord.
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Utter nonsense. Using dedicated tools for single special tasks is the correct approach. Not recognising this is failing. I wouldn't want Designer doing 3D renders either, although I need them in quite some of my clients' work.
As @Pšenda already stated—and I agree with the "often completely unsatisfactory" part, which is true for most implemented auto tracing features in other design apps:
Dedicated apps for such tasks, which solely concentrate on creating a useful output, are there for a reason. It's by far not "an easy thing" to implement, otherwise Corel's or Adobe's built-in vectorisation probably wouldn't fail that often.