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pomme27

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  1. Yes, I guess I am overlooking a step. How do you get all the little dots to appear on the letters after doing Layer > Convert To Curves, but before doing Layer > Geometry > Subtract? When I select the letters in my example, I don't get the little dots. This is true even if I select the Node tool in the left-side panel.
  2. In the attached example, I select the three objects on the left (the two text items and the black rectangular background), and then I do Layer > Geometry > Subtract in order to cut the letter shapes out of the rectangle. The result is what appears on the right. Note, however, that Layer > Geometry > Subtract ignores the stroke on the word "TWO". This is true even if I do Layer > Expand Stroke prior to Layer > Geometry > Subtract. Is there anyway to get Layer > Geometry > Subtract to recognize the stroke and cut out the word true to size?
  3. I know how to use the Smudge Tool in Pixel Persona. Is there a roughly equivalent tool (or technique to achieve the same effect) in Designer Persona? For example, let's say I want to smooth the color transition where the circle overlaps the square in the attached image. Right now, I would export the vector image to a PNG file. Then I would drag-and-drop the PNG file back into Affinity, and use the raster Smudge Tool in Pixel Persona to smooth the desired area. I'm thinking there must be a simpler solution? Thanks.
  4. Just FYI: Used MidJourney to create the attached AI image as a PNG file, then used Vectorize.ai to convert the PNG to SVG. MidJourney seems to have potential but has a learning curve (which I've only just started on). Vectorize.ai is free at the moment, as it's in beta. However, it creates a separate editable object for each color shade in the PNG file. So you get LOTS of small, abstract shapes. Now I need to learn how to create just the object I want rather than an entire image.
  5. Just FYI: I've tried a few free AI drawing generators, such as Perchance.org. I've also tried DALL-E2, which is purported to be one of the better AI drawing tools. To use DALL-E2, you have to buy about $20 of credits to get started. Each image you generate costs 1 credit. Using DALL-E2, the prompt "digital art image of elongated female skier on snow skis in the art deco style of George Barbier" generates that attached image. I am not at all impressed with the image, which probably reflects my inexperience with the tool. As with the free tools, images generated with DALL-E2 download as PNG files. Not sure exactly what to do with those images as far as Affinity Designer is concerned. My goal is to be able to generate high quality AI images of selected objects that are beyond my artistic skills (such as skin textures), and then edit and use the AI objects as components of my artwork. Clearly I have much more to learn.
  6. I'd like to start learning about AI image generation tools. As a first step, can anyone recommend a good tool to generate high quality vector images that can then be edited with Affinity Designer? Willing to spend some money on a trial. Thx.
  7. OK. I downloaded prior versions of Affinity Publisher, then opened my AFPUB file from April 2023 within each of the versions. See the results in the attachment. In April, I would have been on Affinity Publisher version 2.0.4. When I open my AFPUB file in that version, the text flow looks fine. In any later version, it does not. So it could be that something changed in the Affinity Publisher software after 2.0.4. I also was on macOS 13.3 back in April, and am on macOS 14.0 now. I have no easy way to test my AFPUB document under different versions of macOS. There is some possibility that my issue relates to macOS changes, but the timing doesn't line up quite as well. Anyway, I'm not sure if there is anything further I can do to get the text flow back the way it was, other than to re-build the book page by page. If that's what I need to do, ok. But if anyone has any other thoughts, pls let me know. Thanks.
  8. Thanks for the tips. When I upgraded to Affinity Publisher 2.2.0, the upgrade overlaid my prior Affinity Publisher 2.app file. Is there any way I can re-download the prior version of Affinity Publisher, just to test if my issue is related to the new software version?
  9. Looking for some guidance please. 1. I used Affinity Publisher to typeset a physical book in April this year. When I completed the project, I exported the book from AFPUB to PDF as "spreads". Everything looked ok. 2. Yesterday I opened the same AFPUB file with the intent to make some changes requested by the book's author. I noticed that the text flow now looks different. I re-exported from AFPUB to PDF, again as spreads, and can see that the text flow indeed has changed. The spacing between letters seems tighter, in some instances causing more words to fit on a line of text, and throwing off the overall page formatting throughout the entire text. Please see the example in the attached image. I know everyone says this, but I made no changes whatsoever to the AFPUB file since last April. The "date modified" on the AFPUB file still shows as 11 April 2023. Within Affinity Publisher, I've also reviewed all the various character, paragraph, text style, and text frame settings that I can think of, and I see nothing that has changed since April. I did upgrade to a new version of Affinity Publisher (version 2.2.0) a few days ago, but I find it hard to believe that that is the cause. I would appreciate any and all suggestions on what else to look at to problem-solve this. Thanks.
  10. Hi. Per the attachment, I believe I have set the Paragraph settings in Affinity Publisher to eliminate widows and orphans. I first selected a text frame, then adjusted the Paragraph settings. The settings appear, however, to have no effect my text. Do I also have to somehow apply the Paragraph settings to the selected text frame or to specific text within the frame? If yes, how please? FYI, I am using Affinity Publisher 2.2.0 on a Mac running macOS Sonoma 14.0. Thanks. Temp.pdf
  11. OK, got it. Not a big deal. I was just hoping for something more automated, I guess. Thanks all for your help.
  12. How did you adjust the bottom of the text (to a curve) without altering the top (keeping it straight)? The Warp Group > Arc Horizontal curves both the top and bottom. I can apply a quad mesh and adjust the handles, I guess.
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