Andy05
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2 hours ago, Boldlinedesign said:
In this area, it surprises me that there has not been more attention given to improving the boolean operations
Absolutely! That's why most vector boolean results in Affinity are not usable for creating CNC/laser engraving templates as the boolean functions create simply an incredible amount of unnecessary nodes most of the times.
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1 hour ago, augustya said:
You would have saved a lot of time of everyone here most importantly mine had you not posted your meaningless blabbering solution here. To begin with
Can't let that stand here without a final comment as you just showed that you didn't really wanted our help.
Well, if you'd had put just 1% of the effort you made for meaninglessly replying here into actual READING and following simple instructions like "install a hair brush and paint with it", you'd have saved both of our times as you'd have found your solution a dozen posts ago.
I can't believe, that you're really so incredibly incapable of installing a brush and using it. That you call this a "blabbering solution". If you deem that "blabbering", you might probably better stop using Affinity apps altogether as you prove that you're resistant to helpful advises as well as not willing to try any of them at all.
What on earth is so difficult with downloading an already linked brush pack, install it and paint with it? There's no easier way to explain this—or to help you other than probably: "Send me the picture. I'll do the edits, if you promise that you'll never ever use Affinity apps again and that you'll also leave the fora right now".
(BTW, I got some "likes" from regulars for my posts proving you not willing (or capable) to accept help, unlike you - so, according to your logic, I'm right? Just asking...)
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Oh, that sounds like a bug. I don't think it should work like this.
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Hm. Isn't it possible to remove the shortcut for the pixel tool completely (shortcuts -> tools)? That's working at least in Affinity Photo.
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I haven't tested it, but maybe you could simply assign a shortcut, which you don't use otherwise to the pixel tool?
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32 minutes ago, Ambros said:
OK I re-booted Affinity Photo and it now works fine.
I have similar issues every now and then, if I activate my graphic tablet. Sometimes just picking a different brush and then pick the original brush again can help to avoid this kind of "hickups". Might help in your case, too, if it'd happen again.
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11 minutes ago, augustya said:
First of all the alternative that you gave was rubbish ! You were talking about some vague downloading of hair brush which none of the regulars here endorsed or agreed to. So first thing first your solution was downright rubbish and crap !
I guess that's because most regulars avoided this thread after some of your replies as they deem further help pointless. Furthermore, regulars don't just automatically "like" each and every single correct and simple reply. This isn't some fancy social media for karma/like fishing, you know?
Anyways, you can't even download a brush pack and install it? If you need help with that: read the online help. I didn't assume you'd need detailed instructions for that. I mean, you've managed to install the app after all!
9 minutes ago, augustya said:I cannot help if a blind person only wants to selectively read things from the thread. There were others like @firstdefence which were very helpful and clear in explaining things which even the listener can understand things clearly ! Not something vague and outright rubbish like what you posted
I'm soo glad that you're finally able to paint the hair now, after you created your own brush by following firstdefence's "helpful and clear" instructions. Wait! You DID create the brush already, didn't you? And you can paint hair with it now, right?
Really, you deem "build your own brush like this" as a "helpful and clear" explaining instead? Jeez! I'm out of here. Any attempt of helping you any further is completely pointless. Good luck on your future hair-painting endevours!
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5 minutes ago, firstdefence said:
You can make your own hair brushes very easily, most hair strand brushes will be a cluster of pixel dots like this...
LOL, read the whole thread, @firstdefence. If the OP isn't capable or following such simple advise like installing a ready-made brush set (which I even linked in one of my posts!)—you really think augustya would be capable of creating such a brush?
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5 minutes ago, augustya said:
Enough of your attitude !! Have had enough don't need more !
Help does not mean being condescending !!
Well, it seems like you didn't want our help at all. At least you either simply ignored what we said (which would be just rude), or you can't understand such simple instructions which we offered. I'm not the one to judge which alternative is true here.
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7 minutes ago, augustya said:
I thought you would have the presence of mind, and get the meaning of what I was trying to tell you and explain you but you keep harping on the same line and got Sarcastic aswell. What is the point of you saying "I dont know what you are seeing in your Affinity Photo APP?" when I clearly posted a Photo of what I am seeing ? Did you not see it ?
Or did you selectively only read what you wanted to read. Lets not get into who is trolling whom here ? as that would be crossing lines of Decency here and none of us want to get pulled by Mods here right for something which we dont mean.
So thanks for your help. Lets stop it here.
You posted the brush panel. So what? That was as meaningful as posting an image of the Empire State building or a tree in a forest. You simply ignored our tips. Well, that's not our problem, isn't it?
Seriously, install a brush pack, and use it. That's no rocket science!
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2 minutes ago, augustya said:
Ok. Forget it. I think we are taking in circles.
I was about to write the same in my last reply as I started to think you'd try to troll us. @R C-R's and my instructions couldn't have been easier or more clear, really.
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12 minutes ago, augustya said:
So what I am seeing in my AF APP is maybe I may have imported it ?
I don't know what you can see in your affinity apps. All we tried to explain is, that you need to import some hair brushes (special brush forms/setup which are used for painting realistic looking hair) in order to paint hair properly. There are tons of inbuilt brushes, but neither of them is any good for painting hair.
Import a hair brush set, pick one of those imported brushes, paint hair with that. Simple as that.
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5 minutes ago, augustya said:
Ok, So what you are saying is there are no inbuilt Brushes which come in Affinity Photo ? I dont quite remember how in the Brush Panel in my APP the Brush is showing so many Brushes? I do not remember if I imported before, I certainly imported the One's which you linked above in one your Posts here.
Please, read what @R C-R and I wrote: There are no inbuilt hair brushes. Let me be more precise, there are no inbuilt brushes for painting in hair. (As some of the inbuilt brushes mimic analog hair brushes.)
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What Old Bruce said. If you'd add one line to the first page's bottom, that'd be an orphan, which you try to avoid... So, the app is doing the right thing and moves the line/paragraph to the next page.
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13 hours ago, augustya said:
Yes inbuilt ones.
There aren't any inbuilt hair brushes in Affinity photo (unless you use a small dot brush and start painting in single hairs). Try to import a brush set like the one I've mentioned in one of my previous posts. Select one of the brushes from that imported category and paint in hair with them.
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In addition to what @R C-R already said or asked, I used a graphic tablet for painting in the hair. I don't know how good that'd work with a mouse. If you have to do similar tasks pretty often, it might be worth buying one. Even a cheap or used one from one of the known brands, like HUION will do the job so much better than the best gaming mouse. It'll be a game changer for a lot of design/graphic tasks in the Affinity apps, like refining a mask, soft blending of objects and suchlike.
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Yes, I just painted the hair in. There are special hair brushes available (some might even be for free). A lot of the Photoshop brushes will work pretty well in Affinity. I haven't tested these, but they look pretty close to those I'm using.
I just sample some altering colours (darks/mids/highlights) of the hair and paint in some hairs to fill the areas and also around the edges as that's usually better looking as the masking on difficult backgrounds. The different colours, which have been sampled from the original hair, make it look natural.
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17 hours ago, R C-R said:
As workarounds go, this one takes a lot of work!
True. And it's even worse, if you have multiple options (or you can't decide easily) for finding the correct spot picking the mid tones. In Photoshop, you just need one click per try. With this workaround, you'd have to go through all the curves manipulation process for mids for each try...
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18 hours ago, Granddaddy said:
On the other hand, some reviewers think APhoto is the best for professionals.
https://twitgoo.com/best-free-photo-editing-software/Sure, very professional "journalistic research"... *sigh* What version did they test "in 2021"? They moan about one couldn't save the workspace (which one can for quite a while now) and that there's no lens based correction (which there is in RAW development for ages, probably since the first release?).
It's not that I want to argue about their review in general, but if you test 2021, take the latest version, not one from 2020.
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In addition to what was said already, I'd like to mention that images like the one you've shown here (geometric shapes and solid colours) might be better saved as PNG. Neither quality loss nor artifacts due to compression, but still maintaining a small file size—probably even smaller than JPG.
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22 minutes ago, Alfred said:
The cheapest ‘on demand’ plan costs £39 for 10 images and the cheapest subscription is £19 per month. I can’t see where that site offers free content.
Found some (in exchange for data/login via facebook, google etc.): https://de.depositphotos.com/free-images.html Sorry for posting the German link, but the page re-directs me to this language version all the time and I can't be bothered to change my browser's settings just for this.
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15 minutes ago, R C-R said:
I think you have misunderstood what I was asking about; that being loading/saving .afshortcuts files on computers that do or do not have number keypads.
Ah, ok. I thought you'd be against any possibility of assigning shortcuts to the numpad, just because some people might not have any. But also for loading/saving .afshortcuts, I don't see a big problem here as shortcuts assigned to the numpad could simply be ignored on systems without.
Simply add a page in Designer...
in Pre-V2 Archive of Affinity on Desktop Questions (macOS and Windows)
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Yes, Publisher would be the better choice when working with multiple pages.
Photo -> pixel image edit/manipulation
Designer -> vector works/illustrations
Publisher -> Layout program.
Usually the best use for Publisher is creating your layouts with objects, you prepared or created in the other two apps. Especially if you are working with multiple pages.