Andy05
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4 hours ago, Peter_Willard said:
This takes like 45 seconds per letter. Trace with pen, set fill color, fix up with node tool... done.
Yes, the "easy" one with a pretty straight horizontal line at the top of a perfect vertical line... Round letters are not that quickly done (like an "S" as you can't just move the nodes at the top). But thanks for proofing my point as it takes 30 seconds for the whole text (not a single letter) in an app with a dedicated vector warp function: Type text, draw circle -> fit text to object. My "5-15 minutes" comment was meant inclusive additional manual adjustment of some nodes for a perfect result.
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To be honest, if you want a professional result (like a true vector output), the Affinity Suite might not the best option for you as it still doesn't provide any (mesh) warp for vectors. A feature which has been requested by many for years.
In order to maintain vectors, you'll have to push around single nodes manually until you get the result you want. Time consuming, exhausting and annoying to say the least.
If you want to re-create something like your example, you might end up with 1-2 hours of work or even more if you are not experienced with that workflow, whereas it's a 5-15 minutes' work for a beginner in any application which can deal with vector warping. Even a designer who has superior knowledge of the how-to in Affinity Designer will take quite a while until the result is really smooth and naturally looking.
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Depending on where you live, a developer can't even forbid you streaming. I. e. in the USA there's a doctrine of the law, called "Fair use", permitting limited use of the copyrighted material. This doctrine permits an individual to stream for “purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, and research without the need for permission from or payment to the copyright holder”.
A lot of countries have similar laws. Your example for "let's play"/gaming live streams is a different story, tho. They usually don't fall under these laws as they stream solely for the purpose of earning money.
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33 minutes ago, cje said:
This is a PS embroidery plugin:
No, that video isn't showcasing a plugin (which might have been compatible with Affinity Photo). It's more like an ad for a macro (called "actions" in Photoshop) which you can get at envato elements. Such macros/actions won't work in Affinity Photo.
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Hm. Are you sure that those have been made with a plugin? If so, which one? As there's a small chance that it might work with Affinity Photo.
Edit: I still think, it's rather a mockup which was used. Something like this. Unless there are functions used which aren't supported by AP (like warping), they might work in AP, too.
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2 hours ago, cje said:
have to make part of the logo in "2D" and/or "3D" (differs from project to project) then put on correct texture. I can't edit/change any part of the logo so it have to be converted "as it is".
Your example is pretty basic, this could be done manually within less than an hour (using texture images, masking and a little bit of warping/liquify filter). But if it's getting more complex, you should search for mockup/mockup generators.
What you're searching for is highly complex if it should look any realistic and I don't know of any software which could do it without specific plugins or macros/actions. Even mockups I mentioned vary in quality. You might struggle finding some which satisfy your needs for free (even finding paid ones might be a problem).
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17 hours ago, travisrogers said:
I managed to get AD to reset to display 1. Just moving it to D1 and exiting didn't solve the issue. I had to create a new document (the document creation dialog opened on D2 which I moved back) save the doc and exit AD. This seemed to do the trick.
What I experienced with a "messed-up" multi-monitor setup: Some apps don't seem to "communicate" to windows which monitor they've been showed on when closed if they are maximised. So might will still open up on the wrong display unless they are moved to the one they should start on, then cancel the maximised window and close. This usually brings up the app on the display which it was on when closed last time.
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16 minutes ago, Desmild said:
Emojis can never do that
Well, you'll probably get proved wrong in another 3-4,000 years...
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On 6/15/2021 at 11:55 PM, Desmild said:
The future just became more dangerous
You are aware that they've used something like "emoticons" in ancient Egypt (hieroglyphs), which partially also represented logographic elements? So, no. Emotions are not some new invention, it's rather a "back to the roots". 😉
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10 hours ago, Juergen S said:
Hihi, find ich gut, Deinen Kommentar! 😁
Problem: Es passt sonst einfach nicht. Ich habe auch mal BEIDE Augen zugedrückt, dann tut's weniger weh.
Schöne Grüße
JürgenIch weiß nicht so recht, ich würde es dennoch lieber so aufteilen:
Auch wenn "bebilderte Schritt-für-Schritt-Anleitung" dann nicht mehr bei einander steht, ist es doch optisch ansprechender. Zudem steht für die, die das Design nur überfliegen, die "Schritt-für-Schritt-Anleitung" alleine an prominenter Stelle, was durchaus positiv ist.
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1 hour ago, Hilltop said:
Initially I had the same experience but a bit later the button was suddenly there. Perhaps the app had to be used first and then inform the MS Store server. Who knows?
I rather think an app needs to be a certain amount in the store before it could receive ratings. As I used the app before I tried to rate, knowing that some rating systems demand something like this.
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10 minutes ago, GarryP said:
You should be able to rate and review the software by going to the Microsoft Store, finding the app page, clicking on “Reviews” and then clicking on “Rate and Review”, see attached image.
Uhm. Interesting. I swear, that tab was not visible on my system when I searched for it yesterday (it is now, and I'll rate it soon—I'm just busy today with my father's birthday). I'm absolutely certain about this, because I tried all the other tabs in order to find some kind of "hidden" rating button.
Did you probably activate it somehow? Or, maybe, it needs some time before one can rate?
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On 5/28/2021 at 1:22 PM, GarryP said:
give it a nice rating in the Microsoft Store
I don't know yet, if I'll ever need any of this tool's features for some serious works, but it's highly addictive to play around with the settings nonetheless!
This is my first app installed via MS store, hence excuse my silly question. How can I rate it? There's no such link on the store's page after installation, neither when logged in with my MS account nor without being logged in.
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On 5/24/2021 at 7:41 PM, _wall.ace said:
Hello, i do this, but keep don't work correctly.
As Walt already stated, Affinity can't render all effects, styles and features in Adobe's files. I. e. free warping/distortion is such a candidate, which Affinity fail to render unless it's a really simple perspective distortion. In your case, I am pretty sure, the parts messing up with the bottle mockup are warped in a way that Affinity can't correctly transfer them.
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On 5/25/2021 at 10:26 PM, MCFC_4Heatons said:
ffinity Photo for desktop has definitely seen more progress while Designer has been neglected IMO.
The target market for raster works/image manipulation is way bigger than for true vector based work, I guess. So, to me, pushing that app faster than the others is a reproducible thought.
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On 5/22/2021 at 4:58 PM, Hylpass said:
Andy05,
That's great, but what plugin do you have and works fine? Machine Wash Deluxe or Permanent Press 2?
Sorry, should have been more specific. I installed and tested the free Machine Wash version with the standard parameters given by the installer. Didn't change anything and it worked instantly within Affinity Photo.
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2 hours ago, Hylpass said:
The plugin looks good, only the folders and names in the default settings (presets) are very small, almost unreadable.
That's not Affinity's fault, tho. The plugin has a custom UI, which uses this horribly small fonts.
BTW, the plugin worked just fine over here (Win 10 system) since installation. No crashes caused by it.
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38 minutes ago, awakenedbyowls said:
Why is it called a Vector Brush Tool if it's raster?
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I assume, it's comparable to laser engraving (i. e. using GRBL)?
I'd say it depends heavily on the motives you design. Main disadvantage is the lack of vector brushes in Affinity apps. As long as you're engraving your designs as images, everything is fine. But as soon as you want to do outlines, the "bitmap brushes on vector paths" which AD calls "vector" brushes , will fail. If you don't rely on any fancy vector brushes, Affinity Designer should work as well as any other vector app when exporting the designs into PDF or SVG (unfortunately, DXF isn't possible).
That said, you can't export directly into G-code out of Affinity apps. But most engraving software can deal with PDF and/or SVG files, which they translate into i. e. GRBL for your engraving device. BTW, does Corel export G-code directly? I have a macro running on my (heavily modded/scripted) Corel SE 2020, which can send the designs directly to software like LightBurn. But it can't export directly into GRBL either.
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1 hour ago, loukash said:
Please point me to the competition that is compatible with MacOS El Capitan
Get yourself a proper system and OS and you're set. 😆
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34 minutes ago, loukash said:
A "professional user" making money using a "professional Illustrator workflow" should then probably continue to use their tool of choice since it makes money for them.
Exactly. But since making the most money possible is also something most professionals strive for, finding alternatives for Illustrator is a question often being asked. And for most of them, AD in its current state is not an alternative. That's what I meant.
BTW, I'm in the same boat as you, still using (dated) versions of Corel's and Adobe's apps, which I have bought a permanent licence for (permanent -> as long as my system/OS will allow me to use them, of course). I honestly wish I could do everything in affinity apps for my work as I like their "look & feel", but I can't. Or sometimes I don't want to as it'd require time intensive workarounds.
37 minutes ago, loukash said:Yeah. Right. No art here, huh?
duckduckgo.com/?t=ffab&q=adobe+illustrator+art&iax=images&ia=imagesAnd the vast majority of those don't make their living with any of those artworks, I guess. So, irrelevant for this discussion about working professional in the meaning of "making you living with the work". Furthermore, I wonder, how many of those examples, who actually make their living with it, have made use of vector distortion, warp, blend or vector brushes in their works. In this case, you just confirmed my point. As creating the same in AD would take a lot longer, hence isn't optimal at all.
In my eyes, Serif needs to decide where it wants to go with designer. Surpassing Adobe is almost impossible unless you invest millions (we had that discussion somewhere else in these fora already). So, they seem to target at the ethusiastic hobbyists and the "artsy" sectors of vector design. Unfortunately, there's a lot of competition in this sector en par with Affinity's price levels and most of the time surpassing Affinity's apps in fuctions and features.
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3 minutes ago, loukash said:
And they have learned to master their tool of choice.
The best hammer won't hit the nail on the head all by itself if you don't learn how to do it right first. And that there are different hammers for different nails.I have to agree that it's not there yet in many regards, but…
Define "professional workflow".
Are the above "artsy" examples not "professional" enough?It's a non-argument.
"Professional workflow" as in "what users of Illustrator make most money with". I doubt it's art.
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15 minutes ago, Alfred said:
I wouldn’t call the following ‘artsy’! What’s your definition of the term?
Those are perfect examples for artworks/artsy designs. But that's because those artists have skill, it's less a matter of the tool they use.
I stand by my statement. AD is not a replacement for Illustrator at all. Even if you can work around the missing tracing and warp tools (though at the cost of spending multiple hours longer on a project, which is a no-go for a professional workflow). The lack of true customisable vector brushes alone is a joke for a "vector" app.
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That's still important, because you will see the difference after some time if you open and save a JPEG with 100% multiple times. It'll get worse each time you save. Probably barely noticeable the first 1-3 times, yet after a while the difference between original and a JPEG after several saves is significant.