PaulWilliamson

I found something on-line which did it, at least good enough for my needs: https://onlineimagetools.com/create-transparent-image I did not mess with any of the settings, stayed with the defaults. Thanks! From now on I will only look for transparent png files! I was successful using Gimp a while back but it was still tedious. I suppose people start off by creating a transparent document. -paulw <Mod Edit>Copyright images Removed</Mod Edit>

I thought about the white leaves after posting! What do you mean by erase white paper? In AD or AP? Thanks! -paulw

I know, easiest way is to make sure I bought a transparent image but I forgot to check that 🙂 I followed a couple videos and document but they didn't work. I do not think I can use the selection brush or color selection tool with this image. I would like the background to be transparent so I can place it over a colored background. Let me know if you have any ideas! If I was successful with the image of the four trees I supposed I could just crop out each tree but maybe it would be easier to use one tree at a time. Thank you, paulw <Mod Edit>Copyright images Removed</Mod Edit>

Thank you. It used to appear on the left. Now I see it on the bottom right in AD. It is still a tab on the left in APub. Not sure if UnSplash was always next to the Layers tab on the right in A Photo. -paulw

Hi, I forget the name right now, but there used to be a tab on the left to search for images in all three apps. I guess that were removed with the latest update? -paulw

That is another nice feature Jules! Thanks! -paulw

Thanks Walt. I didn't get those extra options but I did get to see all of my posts. What a blabbermouth lol! Nah, not too many 🙂 -paulw

Honestly, if I could search this forum for posts from myself I wouldn't have to bug you guys again! 🙂 I cannot find my notes from the help I received here. <s> -paulw

So if there is a chance that an AD or AP document will be used in a brochure or business card or whatever print document, instead of just on a web page, what should the process be for that? What if it is a detailed Designer document? Start with CMYK instead of RGB? -paulw

I get it now! I did not know that. Thanks!

I can't ask stupid questions to books and videos! Thank you all again! -paulw

Hah!! Well, I got it done and learned a lot from this post. There are so many nice and knowledgeable people here. I do have the AD book and tons of all Affinity courses at Udemy and other places and I am going to set aside as much time to go through them all. However, there is nothing like learning from the people here on the forum! Books and courses do not always cover all "real life" situations, IMO! I have attached the final CMYK file. Please let me know if I missed anything 🙂 Thanks so much! -paulw exit333logoCMYK.afdesign

I think I get it now! 🙂 I created a new CMYK color document and copied and pasted from my original afdesign file. Then I changed every color to CMYK. The default sliders were in CMYK. I saved the document without converting then reloaded it just for test and everything was still in CMYK. Great learning exercise! Thank you so much, especially for "The other thing to bear in mind (which confuses a lot of people) is there's no such thing as an RGB colour or a cmyk colour - you need a profile for the values to mean anything. "Highway Green" will be different values in SWOP, ISO coated etc etc." -paulw

Sorry - RHS = Right-Hand-Side!

Hi, No matter what I tried, the document colors are not saved with CMYK colors. I tried the document setup suggestion, and I also clicked on the colors on the RHS tabs and on the fill color on the context menu. I think I saw a slight change in the colors when changing them to CMYK but when I exit Designer and reopen it and the document, the CMYK colors I set are gone. For instance, in the attached file, the green background underneath Exit333 should be Highway Green (CMYK 64,0,47,48) but it is now 81,25, 94,11 in the Fill CMYK Slider. It was not that when I was working on the document. Also, RGB for Highway Green is 48,132,70 but it is now 51, 132,69. I have not sent my logo off to a printer on a document but I think it would look fine. Just curious how to convert an Affinity Designer file colors to CMYK since it doesn't appear to work. What if I started an AD file in CMYK, if that is possible? I am sure I am doing something wrong! Thanks! -paulw exit333logo - CMYKConvertedAttempt2.afdesign

Thank you so much! But it looks like the individual colors were not saved as CMYK so I manually converted them. Simple logo so no biggie. -paulw

Hi Walt! I do not see the convert option. Please see attached. Thanks again! -paul

Hi! Do I have to take each layer that is in RGB and find out what the corresponding CMYK colors are and convert them to them? I would like to keep the logo the same but in CMYK and have another version of it for print purposes. Thanks! -paulw

Thanks for getting back to me again so quickly! I will try it. -paulw

Hi, I searched for an answer to this question and I only found topics on how to do this with Affinity Photo, not Designer. I know how to do this when exporting to one of the formats listed in the export menu, but can I make an Affinity Designer file larger or smaller itself? All the layers and elements proportionally, of course. Thanks! -paulw

Thanks. I am on Windows and I do have InkScape installed.

Okay - that is a little over my head right now but I am going to try it! Which link did you use from that page? Thanks! -paulw

How did you do that v_kyr? -pw

Okay - I will try both of your suggestions and revisit the old post. Thank you. -paulw

Funny! That is a fantastic star you did! Something I should learn how to do! -paulw