spinhead
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Ah, so it hasn't been fixed in v2; it just appears to be fixed because they've removed Separated Mode.
So: I understand the points made. All are correct.
Original question still stands.
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On my Mac, this is what happens:
In v2, it goes X, Y, W, H
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Short version: is it possible for me to change the tab bevavior in the transform dialog box?
I realize the answer is "No, it's not possible." This is me asking for the sake of ticking all the boxes before heaving the big ol' sad sigh and living with it.
Details: One of the handful of maddening issues with v1 of Photo and Designer was that in the transform dialog, the tab order was
x-position —> width —> y-position —> height
which is inefficient and confusing. While that's corrected in v2, h'ray, I can't use v2 because of more egregious design flaws.
So, the question: is it possible for me to change this behavior?
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2 hours ago, walt.farrell said:
I figured it was because:
- Almost no one in the forums was admitting using it, let alone saying how much they liked it and how much it helped them; and
- Almost every time someone asked a question where Separated Mode could be the answer, and we suggested it, they complained about it; and
- They had a different method on Windows which most people seemed to like.
So they did away with Separated Mode and did something close to the Windows implementation.
Maybe if more Mac users had been praising how much Separated Mode helped their workflow, they'd have kept it?
(But this is all just a guess, from a Windows user.)
I can't speak to your experience, @walt.farrell , or to what others did or didn't say, but I have loudly proclaimed the joy of Separated Mode since the day I bought Photo, and never saw it touted as a solution to anything.
But, no, even if the 3 of us who used it all day every day had written epic poems praising Separated Mode, it was clear from the confused responses to my very first forum post, and the ongoing 'eh?' every time I asked if this, that, or the other challenge with Separated Mode for Mac was ever going to be addressed in an update, that it was one of those times that the squeaky wheel, instead of grease, got replaced. (Now that's a song I DID write.) No profit-seeking enterprise is going to throw money at an obscure challenge affecting a tiny user base. I'd love to have seen it fixed, but Serif is a business, not my buddy with a programming company.
It is what it is. Back to using v1, and now that I know I'm on my own, munging some scripts to fiddle with the issues myself.
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8 hours ago, kirk23 said:
Why everyone is so excited about that shape builder while it's always been possible before with boolean operations? Imo it's just a new interface for the perfectly same thing. Am I missing something?
Yes, it was possible before. Now, it's easy and intuitive. Is it mission critical? No. But, for instance, logo designers who want to compose using 'golden ratio scaled' shapes can now do it in far less time with far less effort.
Axe vs chainsaw.
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3 hours ago, Dazmondo77 said:
Anyhow, V2 is still a total steal as it stands with the Universal Licence.
Big time, it is.
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1 hour ago, Frozen Death Knight said:
@meefox I suggest watching this review if you wish to get a good grasp of the Shape Builder Tool. The guy has been using Inkscape and Illustrator a bunch before, so I trust his word that it's better than Illustrator's.
BIG fan of Nick's work. Thanks for the link.
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1 hour ago, walt.farrell said:
I would suggest downloading it and trying the 30-day trial.
Yeah. Did that.
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How well does it work? Considering ADv2 just for that feature.
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Why the argumentative tone? I did not buy it blindly, I bought it with full confidence in the company selling it, based on years of experience with the previous version. And I have, in fact, already requested a refund, so I don't need your instruction to do so.
There was no "argument" and we're not making a "feature request." We are expressing our disappointment. If you are not disappointed, your comments might possibly show a lack of perception of our perspective.
If you're walking past a conversation in which you have no interest, and which, in fact, seems to annoy you, rather than butting in and telling those involved to change their behavior, why not just keep walking? Your only comments here have been negative ad hominem pokes, adding nothing, and riling normally calm and reserved people like me who, frankly, don't need or deserve your attitude.
If you have something productive and helpful to say, spell it out.
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33 minutes ago, loukash said:
Why don't you guys make actual use of the 30 Days Trial Mode before you buy?!
How would that have made a difference? The problem is not with requesting a refund, which is dead simple, it is with the removal of what we consider a vital aspect of the tool.
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One window is apparently the main window. I didn't try to resize it once I realized the toolbar can't be detached, as in Separated Mode. The whole point was to have ALL the tools on one monitor and ALL the documents on the other. When a bunch of tools are connected to the primary document, that's not possible. It's a deal breaker for me.
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Woke up this morning, bought the full suite, and 10 minutes later requested a refund. Pointless to have two huge monitors on my Mac and have to use the app like it was a giant iPad.
Nearly as disappointing, now the chronic annoyances I was waiting to be fixed will never be fixed because the version I'm stuck using will never be updated.
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Select all the items. In the Transform Toolbox, be sure the link on the right is selected to preserve proportions, and multiply either height or width of the selected group by any valid numerical value: *50% or .5 or divide by 2, whatever suits your mathematical fancy.
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Thanks @PixelPest. I haven't used Inkscape since v0.9 so I'm looking forward to seeing how it works now.
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@PixelPest That's excellent. What are the three steps in Inkscape? I may download it again for cases like this.
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Nah, you're good. No disrespect perceived. I'll also step out of this sub-thread, but if you ever want to have a frank mutual conversation about religion don't hesitate to contact me directly. I enjoy intelligent discussion with folks who can politely disagree with me. Someone always learns something.
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11 minutes ago, Andy05 said:And although it might be true that they are excellent teachers, they always gave me some "religious cult"/"Jehovah's Witness" vibes. No idea why, it was not about their content.
I get that as well, but as one of Jehovah's Witnesses myself, I can tell you they're not. (And though it's not what you said, obviously Jehovah's Witnesses don't consider ourselves a cult, though traditional churches probably do.)
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On 10/16/2022 at 10:33 AM, PixelPest said:
If Affinity´s Divide feature isn´t that buggy
Wow, that is wildly wrong. But there might be a solution in there somewhere. Thanks muchly @PixelPest
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23 hours ago, NotMyFault said:
No, just open any image in APhoto and save in its natural .afphoto format, and upload. Image will stay untouched.
Indeed. Thanks for the better option, @NotMyFault
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Ah, sensible; but prosaic.
Yes, that's probably the solution; thanks @NotMyFault
But if anyone has a direct answer to the question, for my future edification, that'd be interesting as well.
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I'd like to split the attached file into individual shapes to be filled with color and effects individually. No clue how other than lots of manual fussing. Thoughts?
I'm sure this will turn out to be fairly straightforward, but my health has resulted in some ongoing cognitive issues and I have long stretches where thinking in a straight line is tricky. Art helps, but sometimes, y'know, it's the problem.
split-lines-at-all-intersections-and-create-fillable-shapes.afphoto
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Se l'hai acquistato da Serif nelle ultime 2 settimane, potrebbe essere possibile. Altrimenti, non lo è. Scusate
(mi scuso per il mio Google Translate italiano)
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Probably better to post a link to a sharing site/service. But what you want is masking, so you can apply a brightness/contrast adjustment layer to specific areas.
Masking tutorial: https://affinityrevolution.com/masking-made-easy/
Ezra and Ally are excellent teachers.
altering tab order in transform dialog (Photo v1)
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How does one dock a panel in Separated Mode?