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  1. I looked at that help section on linking, however, the duplicate linked option was always greyed out, not sure what I'm doing wrong.

    So I want it so I don't have to go through and edit the individual elements, (which could be a hundred or so if it were a more complex design). Not sure why one cannot select all instances and edit in one dialogue box for all like you would for other things, such as stroke, colour, effects etc.

    Not sure what the adjustment layer inherent mask means? or the next line? (sorry I'm not exactly an advanced user with this programme)

    All layers are vector and I want them to stay that way

    Not sure how global colours work, would this be something I should've set up before duplicating/ creating multiple copies?

    I do have photo, but is this just for pixel related content? I want non destructive actions that can be easily editable.

    The layers issue shouldn't be an issue in this very basic design, however if in another design some of the layers that I wanted to have the same adjustment I then wanted not next to each other (layers wise, as in something in between them without the same adjustment) then this workaround would not work.

    Symbols I do sometimes use, but I always forget before I duplicate them, so then it's a bit late. Not sure I understand your 5 steps.

  2. Duplicating the adjustment layer sounded like a good idea at first, so tried that. Although it made the end result more organised it ended up being far more time consuming than remembering an exact number and manually changing them all unfortunately.

    Could you explain further the 'duplicate links' option (although am I understanding from Garry P this is not available on designer?) and the 'merge down' option please, thanks

  3. On 7/10/2017 at 6:53 PM, Scungio said:

    One of the things I always hated about Adobe and their paste operations is how damn confusing it all got. You paste something and it is offset? Then they insert all kind of paste in front, paste in back, paste in place, in the menu, what a mess. That to me is an example of Adobe's bloat.

     

    I like Serif's approach. When I copy and paste it pastes in front by default and if I have to move it behind I just use the Command + [ shortcut key and/or use the targeting options as dutchshader mentioned. Once you use it enough times it becomes second nature and will speed up your workflow.

    So I find this interesting. I used adobe for years and whenever I copied and pasted an object it was by default directly in front (and in line) with copied object. Affinity will ALWAYS offset it which is infuriating and depending on the elements not always easy to reposition. i wonder if you got the programs the wrong way round. I really need a paste in front or just paste in a sensible place button.

  4. On 2/14/2022 at 11:40 AM, jwst said:

    A kind of solution ...  converted it to curves and then used the Node Tool to move nodes - and the bitmap stayed without resizing or changing.  So there is a kind of solution: change the shape to curves, then use the Node Tool to resize the object.  The bitmap fill is still editable and you can change it with the Fill Tool.

    Thank you for this! Odd that there isn't a lock children option for this though, and that it works differently for shapes and curves.

  5. 2 hours ago, loukash said:

    In v1, the "Layer > Convert to Text Frame" command only works on shapes like rectangle, ellipse, etc. But not on existing "artistic text" objects.
    In v2, "Layer > Convert to Text Frame" will also convert artistic text to a text frame directly.

    Copy "Katie" as text selection.
    Draw a new text frame anywhere.
    Paste "Katie" inside.
    Adjust its angle so that it matches the original artistic text "Katie" angle
    Enable the "Snap to object bounding box" snapping option and adjust the new text frame size with the Move tool so that it snaps to the underlying bounding box of the artistic text. Or at least the top right corner since you want to move it around anyway.

    That's how to convert an artistic text object into a text frame object.
    That all said…

    The easiest method in your scenario are the alignment handles anyway. No conversions needed. :) 

    Oh I thought you meant convert the shape to text frame, as surely the text frame is already a text frame anyway?

     

    So I copied the katie text into new text frame, but it was already angled the same as original. If it wasn't however I might as well have just done what I did initially, (manually adjusting the angle manually by eye, but without all these extra steps?) And then moving it to snap to underlying bounding box still not making sense as I cannot see where this box is and it snaps to lots of points around the area but none exactly on top, and this would not be possible as the underlying box is angled but this new one created is now horizontal but with angled text... overall still don't really have a clue what you're suggesting sorry, but seems very long winded, (even more so than the initial workaround I had, that I was trying to avoid) and still doesn't seem to work...

  6. 2 hours ago, NotMyFault said:

    Works identical in V1 and V2. Works with Artistic text, Farm text, absolutely any layer type (except fill layer of course)

     

    https://affinity.help/photo/English.lproj/pages/Tools/tools_move.html

    https://affinity.help/photo2/English.lproj/pages/Tools/tools_move.html

    Screenshot 2023-01-15 at 21.56.15.png

    So I tried it again, apparently I just needed to zoom in more to see the handles :D however it seemed a bit buggy, when I moved it, it would start masking random sections of the word, I couldn't quite work out what was going on tbh, but I already have a solution for this particular problem from Michail anyway so not looked into it in too much detail.

  7. On 1/12/2023 at 10:39 PM, loukash said:

    In v2: 
    Layer > Convert to Text Frame
    Then you can simply resize the frame and the text will move along, depending on the paragraph alignment left/right/center.

    In v1 you'll have to create a text frame of the size of the artistic text and copy & paste the latter.

    I don't have version 2 but the version 2 suggestion worked all be it fiddly in my version 1. But did not understand the version 1 suggestion. 

  8. On 1/12/2023 at 10:36 PM, NotMyFault said:

     

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    While move tool is active, check „alignment handles“. This allows to move along x or y axis (relative to object even if rotated).

    Is this another thing from version 2? As this is not possible in mine. With alignment handles button pressed, this does not work on text layers.

  9. On 1/12/2023 at 10:26 PM, BlueLiner said:

    Assuming Affinity Designer 2.0, my new favorite way might be the warp tool. Start with your tag rotated as desired along with the name. Draw a rectangle with no fill and I am going to use a red stroke for visibility but I will remove the stroke later leaving an invisible rectangle:

    image.png.61f8a7786a51a6f263760d8cf5d8afcd.png

    With the rectangle still selected, select Layer-Warp Group-Quad from the text menu bar at the top. With the node tool move each corner to align with the tag:

    image.png.dc35dacb2cfcac5cc90176710c9b0dd7.png

    Move "Katie"in to the warp group

    image.png.9ee5e14f1371444bbd31227a2ac99f5d.png

    Grab the move tool and use it to position "Katie" on the tag. You will notice it morphs to the warp once you move it in the area of the red rectangle. Now turn off the red border:

    image.png.42f1cf72de167faa8ae19d39b67d2c8a.png

    Now with the move tool selected, click on the Katie text in the layers to select it. Then click and hold while holding hold down the shift key (constrains movement to horizontal or vertical) and slide it right and left to position as were hoping to do.

    image.png.659684e2138e344baa03d3796b163b97.png

    You can also move the text in to the rectangle but if you drag it outside, it will disappear.

    image.png.d5c539649b0f0a8891b96a77322106d9.png

     

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    What?? They've created a new version instead of updating?! So after 7 or so years of people desperately asking for a simple warp tool and them constantly promising it will be soon, 7 years later they finally say, oh actually we're not going to include that in the programme, but if you pay us more money again for another version then you can use. Unacceptable! I'd rather fork out the thousands needed for adobe than pay any extra money to affinity if i'm honest. My version does not have this option.

  10. 2 hours ago, Michail said:

    You can press the Ctrl key (copy) when moving with the move tool and then delete the old layer.

    Oh wow! That worked! Thank you Michail!

    2 hours ago, v_kyr said:

    Or select the KATIE text layer (and only that one) with the move tool, then press on your keyboard always the keysequence ...

    1. cursor-right
    2. cursor-down

    ... repeatedly, in order to move by pixels and keep the text diagonal adjusted to the right. - You can inspect in the transform panel the actual x,y position moved values.

    No, that won't work v_kyr. This would just be a very long winded way of moving it at 45⁰. My point was I wanted to move it anything NOT a product of 45⁰, eg. parallel to the tag.

  11. Hi Dan C thanks for getting back to me. So if I wanted to keep the bitmap design to use in future fills I would need to keep it as a fiel somewhere, it wouldn't work from assets is that correct?

    I tried out your method and I noticed the adjustabel scaling and rotation that is very useful! As for the method for changing colour this would work on a monotone pattern such as this but not if I wanted to edit lots of different colours within a more complex pattern unfortunately. In this case would I still have to use symbols for these more complex patterns? or can you think of another work around?

  12. On 6/17/2022 at 2:58 PM, Old Bruce said:

    You would need to remake the symbols so they are an exact pixel dimension.

    I honestly do not understand why you are using symbols for the dots. Just use dots.

    Well I can't just redesign all my repeating pattern assets to be exact pixels as opposed to exact mm, that would take days! and I shouldn't have to as they are designed for print they need to be designed to exact measurements to make them fit properly.

    Because it is alot quicker once I have the stepped dot pattern to just repeat the symbol than realligning the dots in alternation. However like I said this particular pattern is very basic and probably isn't a problem, however some repeating patterns I've created contain lots of different shapes and colours. So if I were to need to adjust colour combos this would take only seconds or minutes adjusting one symbol to change the whole thing, whereas your way would take me literally hours or more likely days, which is obviously impractical.

  13. On 6/15/2022 at 4:41 PM, Dan C said:

    My apologies, I don't really understand what you mean here. If your design is exactly pixel aligned and created at repeatable dimensions then there would be no physical pixel gaps between each repeat - however this would not entirely remove anti-aliasing. I was simply providing a way to ensure your objects are pixel aligned in future documents.

    Well because the symbol was an exact mm and so not exact pixels, if I were to align them all to exact pixels one end the other edge would not be aligned and then there would be a gap before the next symbol. Unless snapping to pixels also stretches the symbol, which I don't really want. As I am designing for a physical thing I need things to be accurate measurements. But are you saying affinity designer doesn't work when designing for print? Is this a long term bug, as I am sure I have noticed this few times before though not everytime I use symbols. Are they in the process of fixing this. If the objects line up exactly wether it be in pixels, mm, points whatever it should line up.

    Ah thankyou, that looks like a handy tip. I'll try that next week when I have a chance. But is there a way to have those bitmaps selectable from the programme somewhere, like with assests? or would they have to be just stored in a file on my computer somewhere? And is there a way to have them editable, so I could put that fill in and then say adjust the colour or sizing?

  14. On 6/13/2022 at 1:37 PM, Dan C said:

    This would surely create an even bigger problem though wouldn't it? as if they are aligned to exact pixels, then the patterns won't be aligned so I will either have overlaps or real gaps as opposed to ones created by a glitch, so it will definitely print with gaps in then as there will actually be gaps in the design, whereas at the moment I have atleast created a design without gaps but it seems to show gaps and lines because of this glitch.

    Can you explain to me what anti-aliasing means? And with the one you created unfortunately I cannot then edit it at all which isn't any good for me. However I did try following the steps you mentioned about turning anti-aliasing to force off on my own one and this seemed to work on screen without loosing editability, but when went to print the gaps still appeared. So how do I go about creating a repeating bitmap fill?

    Thankyou for logging that with the developers. Rasterising at print stage did indeed solve the dark lines issue around the butterflies but not the little gap lines unfortunately.

    Thanks for your help thus far.

  15. So why has it become a fraction of a pixel? How do I find out how big things are in pixels? And how do I prevent this from happening? The initial asset I created is just 40 x 40mm (and I assume an exact number of pixels). I just shrunk it down by dragging to a sensible size for the design, but surely this should snap to only exact numbers of pixels?

    I suppose with this particular design I could recreate it without symbols but alot of the time I need the symbol function especially if constantly adjusting colours etc. so how would I get around this issue?

    And any idea what is going on with the black lines, can you see if it prints like that for you?

  16. Similar problem again. Now seems to be printing random lines that are not part of design. Delved down into all the layers and cannot see any reason for these appearing as they are not part of the design.

    Firstly there are the black lines around some of the butterflies.

    Secondly there are the white lines (or gaps) going through the black circles even though these are perfectly flush with no space inbetween. These do atleast appear on the programme even though they are not there. I am aware this is a long term bug where it looks like there are lines there when there aren't and you can check by zooming in and they get thinner and thinner or dissapear so you know they're not actually there, and they shouldn't print out. But occasionally they seem to show up even on the printed version like this time. Though they never will if i export to another programme or file type, so again it seems to be another bug with affinity. I have checked and the print profile and colour profile of document match so not sure how to rectify this issue.

    I have attached both the design file and a scan of what printed. Please help.

    IMG_20220612_0001.jpg

    butterfies on polka.afdesign

  17. Ah! So when I changed the document colour format to RGB it actually instantly changed the colours on the screen, is this normal? And printing from that it did indeed seem to print more or less correct colours in reference to what was on the screen. When I change this setting will it change globally? or will I have to change it on all of my documents individually?

    So I have attached another document that was having a slightly different problem. As you can see on the jpg it is printing incorrectly with random blue bits cutting into the birds head which are not in the design and do not print when I print from other file types such as png. I tried changing the colour format for this but it did not resolve it. Any ideas what is going on here?

    So I ticked that box and nothing came up. I tried 'add' and the other screenshot here is what I saw. I didn't select any of them as not sure what is the 'same profile that is in use for my monitor' and what that would do. Don't know if this list tells you anything or not?

     

    affinity print missing shapes_LI.jpg

    colour profiles.png

    newbaby.afdesign

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