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Thanks a lot!

I appreciate the time you took to explain everything, thanks so much!

If you already created an illustration in RGB format in Affinity Designer for iPad, but now need that illustration to be in CMYK format for a printer, what options are there to switch the file from RGB to CMYK, and how do you do it? Are there any differences or pros/cons between how you switch the file from RGB to CMYK? (before exporting vs. while exporting vs. after exporting)

Thanks again, really appreciate it!

I actually found this discussion from a while back and thought I would share it. I’m not sure if it applies to the iPad version or just the desktop version, but it sounds like the resampling is even more involved than I thought: What’s also interesting is the resample option is even available on SVG (vector), so not sure if that’s due to the potential of having both raster and vector layers in the same document or if it’s due to some resampling being needed for every document...

Thanks!

Thanks! By the way, if I do need to decrease the dimensions when I export, is the default Bilinear the best option? Is there a difference between exporting at a smaller size vs exporting at exact size and then copy/pasting into a Word document and decreasing the size of the pasted image in the Word file?

I noticed that when I switch the Resample setting from the default Bilinear to any of the other Resample options (nearest neighbor; bicubic; lanczos separable; lanczos non-separable), the Preset setting then switches from "JPEG (Best quality)" to "Custom." I'm trying to export the document at exact size (I'm not adjusting the width/height under Dimensions & Quality), but I think it says in the Help section that the Bilinear option for the Resample setting is used when shrinking images. So is the Bilinear option for the Resample setting the best option to use when exporting a document at exact size for best quality?

Yea, I'm doing that now because it looks like if you move the nodes in the dot over each other it can round them, but I would rather start with a perfect circle. Thanks again for the responses.

Thanks for the reply. Yea, when I try that it just enlarges the dot, but still keeps it smudged because it wasn't initially a perfect circle. I was hoping there might be some other method like adjusting the nodes or something...

I used the vector brush tool to create a lot of dots, but some of them are a little smudged. Is there a way to select a dot through the layers studio (or some other method) and then adjust the dimensions of the dot in order to quickly correct them into perfect circles? Even though they show as dots, each dot is still shown as a Curve in the layers studio, so just wanted to know if this was possible...

Okay thanks for the response!

I want to be able to drag small shapes around, but also have it impossible to make adjustments to the shapes by accidentally selecting the blue and white circles in the corners and the rotation circle that appears in the outline. Similar to locking a layer, but still want to be able to move the shape around by dragging it.

Thank you!

Normally, I add masks/designs to shapes by first creating the shape and then dragging another layer with designs to that shape/layer (the designs layer is then shown below the shape layer and to the right). I used the pencil tool to create a curve, which has a slight outline/border around the curve (the shape layer). Now I want to add designs/stripes/shapes on top of that curve, but they need to stay within the outline/border of the curve, not outside of it. A candy cane is the perfect example: I used the pencil tool to create the white cane, but now I can't figure out how to add the red stripes so that they are only shown inside the white cane (actually inside the slight outline/border around the white candy cane). I also need to be able to use shapes as the actual designs/stripes. So the white cane is a curve with a slight border/outline made by the pencil tool, and the red stripes need to be actual shapes (all in vector). Thanks so much for your time.