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Patrick Connor got a reaction from Scott Hughes in Affinity Designer Workbook
Lee Rabideau,
Welcome to the Serif Affinity forums.
Did you buy the book from Serif Affinity Store, or through Amazon website?
I understand that Serif are dispatching Canadian orders from our UK offices with Canadian importation tax paid. If you bought through affinity.store site then I don't understand your book being stickered for tax. Can you please give me an order number to look at this next week.
If it's an order directly from the Amazon website, then I think this may be normal for books from the US dispatching depot, and as you say, buyer beware.
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Patrick Connor reacted to jer in Workbook eBook - Surely?
Tim, not having an eBook Workbook protects the value of the book others have paid for. Once there is an eBook, it finds its way into leaked links, shared sites and other mass-volume gimmees. While a hard cover can be loaned or given away, it doesn't become a mass-volume issue. I'm not affiliated with Affinity or Serif so this isn't an official response. I did purchase the pricey Workbook, I'm enjoying it, but I can see how I might feel ripped off if it was suddenly available as a free leak-link.
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Patrick Connor reacted to mborozny in Unable to Open all parts of Grade UI Kit
Well, that explains a lot. And I am embarrassed to report that I just opened the how to use instructions, and now see how to correct my problem.
Thank you so much for your rapid reply, Patrick! Makes me happy to own Designer and have just ordered the workbook.
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Patrick Connor got a reaction from My Strawberry Monkey in What's more important. CPU or GPU?
...about the (not) shared memory or cache, but the Affinity team also don't share their cash. ;)
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Patrick Connor got a reaction from superhaschi in Affinity Photo - Touchbar on new Macbook Pro?
Yes, We are pleased that Apple chose to highlight our application in their keynote speech. We are excited about taking full advantage of Apples new hardware and will release an update to our Affinity range soon. I'm sure the developers will say more when there is more to say/show.
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Patrick Connor got a reaction from A_B_C in Affinity Designer Customer Beta (1.5.2 - Beta 3)
We are excited about taking full advantage of Apples new hardware and will release an update to Affinity and more information soon.
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Patrick Connor got a reaction from anon1 in What's more important. CPU or GPU?
...about the (not) shared memory or cache, but the Affinity team also don't share their cash. ;)
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Patrick Connor got a reaction from paolo.limoncelli in Affinity Designer Customer Beta (1.5.2 - Beta 3)
We are excited about taking full advantage of Apples new hardware and will release an update to Affinity and more information soon.
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Patrick Connor reacted to Leigh in Affinity Designer Workbook
@avenson : Welcome to the forum :)
That doesn't look good. We're sorry that you've received a damaged book. I've passed your details to our Customer Service team - they will contact you shortly.
@shooze : I've also passed your details to our Customer Service team so they can look into this further for you.
For anyone else who has questions about their order, please read our Affinity Store Help page here: https://affinity.store/help/
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Patrick Connor reacted to Jens Krebs in MacOs vs. Windows
I can understand the "tech from yesterday" — comparing the new MacBooks with the current Surfaces and the currentiMacs with Microsofts Surface Studio makes me cry.
In the last couple of years Apple has been seriously behind the new technologies and forced some things that make absolutely no sense (laptops with just one single USB-C port, the new trackbar thingy that forces you to look at the keyboard instead of knowing your keys and hitting them blind, the fact that the computers still dont have touch screens or the trackpads come at least with stylus support, the fact that the most expensive iMacs and MacPros are not able to run any VR hardware because of the graphic cards restrictions, the fact that most computers cannot be upgraded anymore with extra RAM or a new harddrive, the absolutely absymal battery life of the Apple Watch, the new OS that deletes data from your computer and clutters your Cloud storage if you don't contioualy deactivate the feature …).
Don't get me wrong, I really like Apple computers and the operating system, I switched from Windows in 2005 and never looked bakc … until recently … the grass seems getting greener and greener in the other garden.
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Patrick Connor reacted to SMA in Affinity on Windows (Surface Studio)
There you go, this is the point I was driving at, them sort of merging iOS and macOS. In my opinion, an OS that changes its skin cleverly and contextually, anticipating a user's intended mode of interaction, would be a splendid idea. I'll leave this to your imagination.
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Patrick Connor got a reaction from Morten_Hjort in MacOs vs. Windows
Every feature (that is not OS specific, and there's only a handful) is the same. That's the aim and we are just about there.
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Patrick Connor got a reaction from Oval in Touch Bar
We made a facebook post about it.
I'm sure the developers will say more when they want to say more.
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Patrick Connor got a reaction from Oval in linking text boxes
> It is Serif's call, I get that. I respect that. But that decision doesn't mean linked text frames is an invalid request. It's simply a business decision.
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Patrick Connor got a reaction from NilsFinken in Why Publisher shouldn't be released anytime soon
I hope we don't. At the price the software sells for, the few people who need that in Designer may have to buy Publisher... but it's not my call.
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Patrick Connor got a reaction from adirusf in lasso tool crash AD .28
Oh yes, this is the very definition of a blocker, (if we can replicate, which no doubt we will).
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Patrick Connor got a reaction from Callum in Canon Pro-100 copy count
Welcome to the Serif Affinity forums.
The print count is not part of the programmable interface on any make of printer. This sort of thing is unique to each manufacturer and not public domain info.
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Patrick Connor reacted to Janno in Affinity Designer Workbook
Wowoow, Ordered the workbook Monday and in the same week, on Thursday that is, I'm able to dive in to it. :) Looks great. :rolleyes:
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Patrick Connor reacted to RealSparky in Grade UI Kit
Thank you all who replied, I have now successfully downloaded the Grade UI Kit.
I've also ordered the new book! :-)
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Patrick Connor reacted to Mark Ingram in Affinity Designer Public Beta (RC3) - 1.5.0.27 (Windows)
If you can wait until the morning I'll be releasing another version with the fix in :)
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Patrick Connor got a reaction from paolo.limoncelli in Affinity Designer Customer Beta (1.5.2 - Beta 3)
Matt is not currently in the office.
Agreed, it's nice when he's around. :)
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Patrick Connor reacted to bryan in Where are the WorkBook Project Resource links?
Thanks Advanced Member!
Maybe the instructions quoted above should have said "At the beginning of each chapter..." and then specify that each project will identify the respective files to use, since chapters have multiple projects in them.
I was also surprised that the link was a direct download link... and not a page where I could selectively download the current project files only.
FYI
Thanks again for the clarification.
UPDATE:
It appears this is only true for the first chapter. The rest of the chapters have no links, and the first project page within those chapters does have the corresponding link.
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Patrick Connor reacted to MikeW in Why Publisher shouldn't be released anytime soon
Kip, I can mis-speak all by my myself. Please don't attribute motives, thoughts or beliefs to me. It really isn't needed.
It was a bit of humor at Dave's expense. In fact, I believe there will be at least 3 other features that will not be in AD...
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Patrick Connor reacted to jer in AD Workbook Comments
Ordered Friday 10/21/2016 at 8:40 pm CST USA English, arrived at my front door Sunday 10/23/2016 at 3:00 pm under your std postage, not expedited. WOW! What, were you sitting in a truck around the corner waiting for me to place an order?!
As other have reported, Workbook is a beauty like you would hope for a graphics-subject book. White, heavy-enough pages but not too highly reflective, possibly a glare reducing coating. Colorful pictures and text large enough for spectacle-bifocal-wearing adult. :P
Helpful organization. As an ex-IA user, I'm going through the book in sequence as opposed to scatter-shooting as I think I need the basic tour. Otherwise, I'll be trying to relate by virtue of IA features and will miss the AD specialties.
Oops! Typo on pg 52 bottom right. The bold words "Tap Stops" should be "Tab Stops." Really minor, and just a note for your 2nd edition.
I'm sure your editors debated over this already, but I like a computer book that stays open to the page I'm using, like in a spiral format but that would detract from the beauty of a coffee table book. Still, this is a "Workbook" and I need to not worry with pages flipping away from my subject. Just me, I know. Maybe a desk paper weight will help. Hey, an idea for the Affinity Store, a new product.
What might I add to the book? Maybe a few more key words in the index. E.g., couldn't find "spell" or "spell check." Okay, you caught me: I'm a lover of the VQG Visual Quickstart Books but I'm becoming a lover of the Workbook too. :D
Having fun! Can't wait to get to the step-by-step Do-it chapters. Thanks for an outstanding book.
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Patrick Connor got a reaction from DivSmart in Affinity Designer Workbook
I'll see what I can do when I am back in the office monday.
