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Affinity Photo and Designer share the same iCloud Drive folder to save their documents in but that folder is being called Affinity Photo at my iOS devices. ( see attachment ) Maybe an idea for the future to give this folder a more global or common name + custom logo. Something like an infinite loop in both colors or something cool.

Whooo... _ :) _ Yayyyy.... \ :D / Thanks, this is what I needed.

Don't forget After Effects. If there is something cool about relatively boring Adobe it's After Effects. If you'd sneak into their office at night and rip all their After Effects code - Adobe would be a complete dinosaur over night. :lol: You can't visit Dribbble on a single day anymore without seeing some mega sexy After Effects project in the top 20 listings. Take a look how much detail goes into each of those legs. This is the future of being cool with software. I bet you, if you can do this with software, ...two chicks at the same time without a million dollars for you. :wub:

I'm just a little bit curious because what kinda app will Affinity Publisher become? Affinity Photo = Photoshop like Affinity Designer = Illustrator like Affinity Publisher = InDesign like ? I mean if it's really an InDesign alternative would there be lot's of interests for this new app outside the 'professional' scene? I'm just picturing this out of my own perspectives. I bought Affinity Designer + Photo because they are affordable alternatives and I could see them to good use in my workflow somehow - not because I consider myself a designer or anything professional that will push this software to it's limits. In my opinion, maybe not the developers' , but in my opinion Affinity software is some kinda bridge software that you can also use as a hobbyist because it's still affordable for everybody when you care just enough to have good software on your machines. I can't see myself buying Affinity Publisher just because it's Affinity software and it's an alternative to some X well respected software. For me this isn't about getting all apps in the Affinity family - I'll buy anything cool they will release in the future when I can really make it to good use it of course but I won't buy an InDesign alternative app when I can't even work with Adobe InDesign for example or haven't even published a magazine or a multi page printed document in my life.

Update Looks like it can only compress .jpg formats and very-very small .png + .gif files. I've tried to compress a few 200+ kb .png files and the app crashed on me every time I dropped the file into the app. So maybe thats why it does .jpg formats so well over all the other apps. The app looks like it to be optimized for .jpg files only. I can't say this for sure because you can't reach out to the developer for problems or anything. There is only a website and a buy button, no support page or anything.

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Just use the Pen tool, click at one dot to select and click on the other dot/end point.

Yeah, I was afraid so.. Thanks

I was looking for some pencil or calligraph brushes for Affinity Designer and those looked kinda smooth. https://creativemarket.com/Side-Project/258260-Illustrator-CC-pencil-brushes Can I import them into Affinity Designer as vector brush?

Thanks for sharing, I'm going to try those for sure.. Today I used my Wacom Intuos Pro for the first time with Affinity Designer to sketch a little bit. I'm really looking for some nice pencil kinda brushes.

Is it just me or is Affinity very populair in Deutschland? Maybe Nena has a song called Affinity that I'm not aware of and that's why Ze Germans find those forums so easily. :D

Refunds are handled by Apple and it's App Store policy. Meaning, you have 14 days after receiving your invoice to ask for a refund if the app doesn't do what you thought it would do. Search for your App Store invoice and click on the 'report problem' link to ask for a refund.

I don't know if this is allowed or it will be reviewed as spam but I found something very excited to be honest and I think it could benefit a lot of us here. As a web developer I'm a huge sucker for speed and my goal is always to create websites with page-loads below a single second when possible of course. Minifying http requests, web-fonts, JavaScript, CSS and of course compressing images is always top priority for me. Good, a few days ago while browsing through the Mac App Store I saw an app called Squash.app. I took a glance at it and thought, damn that's a pretty app icon, I bet you that icon would look mega sexy at my Dock. :wub: Again, this wouldn't be the first time you'd buy an app because it has a pretty icon and the app itself is a complete horror.. I read the app description and my first opinion was, well for compressing images ? do you really need an 7.99 app for that? I still was stil using the Free ImageOptim.app for a few years now and it's doing the job, right. Today, out of the blue, I noticed the app was discounted I guess because right now it's available for only 2.99 - that pulled me over the edge to take a risk and I bought it anyway. After a few tests - I don't know.. I'm kinda surprised to see the difference in results when you compress .jpg files. I had a huge panorama mountain picture in some folder I knew that I ( myself ) had never touched before and I made 3 copies and run it through each compressing apps to see the difference in results and I was kinda shocked. Default image - 12.8mb ImageOptim - 11.6mn Squash - 2.5mb Seriously, I couldn't believe this.. The difference is huge, I mean this is like someone who's trying to sell you a brand new iPhone 6 for 199.-. Too good to be true, right, so I opened them full screen and seriously I can't see one picture lacking quality from another. I don't have the best monitor in the world but hey, there is a difference between 12.8 and 2.5mb. I don't know why this relative new Squash app can compress .jpg images so much because .png and .gif files it's about the same ( just not as good ) as ImageOptim. I don't have any connection with this app or the developer, that's why I will post my 12.8mb test image here so you guys can do the test yourself - even run some of your own images through the app to see the results for yourself. Download my test image: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/75896077/default_mountains.jpg.zip The app also has a trail version for 3 days at their website. http://www.squishformac.com This is the free app I have been using in the past few years. https://imageoptim.com

@fmlfoto Is your keyboard broken? This green light doesn't mean your keyboard is connected with your computer. You can disable it and still type messages. :)

I have seen similar problems, even Pixelmator creates better exports for some reason. For example this is a plain .jpg feel that wasn't touched by Affinity software before. Then.. I opened > cropped 3px from the bottom and exported it as a jpg with 100% quality. That should give about the same or less file size if I'm not mistaken. Look what I got back. 1.1mb is a lot bigger, the quality is about the same because I kept it nicely at 100% while exporting.

For me those kinda tutorials or courses are interested but I'm just smart enough to understand where to buy those so I really benefit from good/quality video's and 'teachers' who really know what they are talking about. The video's inside the app mentioned above are very basic and kinda like plain tutorials. You can watch them for free on YouTube or here on the forums I would never pay for quality like that. But solid/professional created video's like Lynda.com does, explaining you how the app works, where to find all the tools and buttons is really my thing, I'd pay for that.

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I totally don't have this opinion. It's all about what you're trying to learn I guess. If you're only interested in digital art and/or print design - yeah of course you'll run into Adobe software a lot. But that's not because Adobe is paying almost every speaking voice out there, you can't hide the fact Adobe software is the global standard and used by most professionals for years now when it comes to the creative industry. What Serif is doing with Affinity software that couldn't be done 5 or 7 years ago. I don't think Lynda.com gets paid by Adobe to create those courses. Maybe Adobe reaches out to Lynda.com to advise on some sort of level or give them 'licensed by Adobe teachers' to create those courses but that would only benefit us to ensure we learn everything the right way if you're interested in learning Photoshop for example.. That's why I posted this topic here. I really would like the people at Serif/Affinity to reach out to Lynda.com and tell them, hey, if you're planning on creating courses about our software, this person is king and knows everything very well - maybe ask him/her to teach the course about our software because we care people will learn it the right way. I'm a long time member of Lynda.com, I pay about 3 to 4 months a year to learn new or update myself about some topics. 2 years ago I made the switch and moved away from everything Adobe involved because it as doable at that time as a web developer. This is what I have watched over the last year or so.. Nothing involves Adobe. http://www.lynda.com/Slack-tutorials/Up-Running-Slack/383930-2.html ( Looking at it right now ) http://www.lynda.com/HTML-tutorials/Creating-HTML5-Banner-Ad-GreenSock-GSAP/373558-2.html http://www.lynda.com/Pixelmator-tutorials/Up-Running-Pixelmator/175681-2.html http://www.lynda.com/WordPress-tutorials/WordPress-Essential-Training/372542-2.html http://www.lynda.com/Git-tutorials/Up-Running-Git-GitHub/409275-2.html http://www.lynda.com/CSS-tutorials/Design-Web-Responsive-SVG-Images/366454-2.html http://www.lynda.com/CSS-tutorials/Making-Your-Site-Retina-Ready/374186-2.html Just saying, if you're only interested in the 'design' and 'print' section yes of course you'll run into Adobe software a lot but that has nothing to do with being sponsored by Adobe. If you're a DTP person good luck switching away from Adobe after years working with InDesign when your job is to create magazines and printed paper every day. If you start college at some creative level, try ask your school if you can use any other software than Adobe and they probably won't let you. You need to get a serious laptop ( Intel i5 Core ) + student license at Adobe to involve. That's where Adobe's focus is at. Those young persons who doesn't know anything yet and can still easily be molded into Adobe fans, after that it's like switching search engines. If you are using Google for 10+ years now, just try to switch to Microsoft Bing search engine for a week or so - it's barely doable because the results you get are totally different - you got used to Google so much you barely can switch anymore. I'm more interested in web development - everything I design is more about a side project so I never took full advantage out of Photoshop. Switching to Pixelmator was pretty easy for me when I only use Pixelmator to crop some images and make some small changes to images. Getting Affinity Photo now is a huge upgrade for me over Pixelmator so I'm smiling all the way. I don't 'downgrade' ( with all respect to Affinity Photo ) from Photoshop to Affinity Photo - I upgrade from Pixelmator to Affinity Photo and that's a huge step forward. I don't think Lynda.com can teach us software like Gimp, Acorn or iDraw Mac apps when those apps never have been for real with all due respect. Pixelmator isn't in the Lynda.com library because it's software for professionals. It's in there because so many people use it and it has proven to be a solid image editor at the Mac for most people on a daily base. Affinity software will also be in the library at some point, it just takes some time to mature and spread around. Don't forget the software is still relative new and the adoption is already great I believe. Even Lynda.com can't ignore that fact and have to act on it else some other site will act on it.

I noticed at Twitter, the people behind Affinity software are looking to expand their team.. https://affinity.serif.com/en-gb/jobs/ Just being curious, how many people are working at Serif at this moment?

First thing that came to my mind was, this is a logo for a Czech sport club. The colors in the middle kinda look like the Czech Republic flag. Still a very good logo..

+1 for splitting... Just like the beta section each app gets its own branches of categories, beta, news, general, questions.

Okay, I just thought both apps would see a smaller 'in between' update/patch. This way you keep both apps kinda equal with versions and functions. Now I have the new/improved zoom tool that I like so much in Designer but not in Photo. I've got problems you know.. :lol:

How do the submits to Apple review process work? At the intro of this topic it says; not submitted while I guess I have just installed this update in the MAS.

You simply can't because the Mac App Store isn't as matured as the iOS version. I think the MAS doesn't get any love from Apple at all. They released it in OS X 10.6 I believe and never seriously looked at it again. There are two alternative ways to do this.. 1) You give X people an iTunes giftcard. 2) You give X people or the Apple_ID that belongs to that person the amount of money that the Affinity Mac App costs, when he receives the money this person can buy the app. https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201783 Both options aren't ideaal but somehow work. * Do notice that option (2) only works when you have an credit card attached to your Apple ID. You can't give away iTunes credit that is already attached to your Apple ID. So for example if you buy a 100 iTunes giftcard for yourself > redeem it on your own account > than you can't give away 25.- of that 100.- on your Apple ID to someone else. ...in the end, it's not that bad that you are so limited by one of the riches companies in the world when it comes to software tho.. Your iPhone still looks so damn sexy and that's what matters most! :P

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