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Patrick Connor reacted to Checkmate in Flat Shaded Icons for Windows Explorer
Inspired by the icons on the Affinity Designer export panel, I thought I'd design some icons to give my Windows 10 install a refresh.
It's the first time I've experimented with the 'Export' Persona. Combined with IcoFX Portable I can batch process the icons really quickly.
I've attached the .afdesign file, plus .ico files for anyone who wants to use them on their PC.
I use a great free app called Default Programs Editor to change the icons on Windows (amongst other things).
Flat Shaded Icons.zip
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Patrick Connor reacted to MikeW in How do I select one icon out of many?
Er, I used a different application, then brought it into AD and saved it.
You're most welcome.
Mike
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Patrick Connor reacted to Ken Cope in Updated my Avatar with AD
My previous avatar was created sometime in 2008 using DrawPlus so I thought it about time it was updated (plus it was a good excuse to use AD).
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Patrick Connor reacted to MikeW in Output quality query (moved)
The printer had questioned the quality and without checking the job you told them to print it and you are asking who is responsible?
Did you give them a pdf for printing? Did you review it (assuming it was a pdf) in Acrobat or Adobe Reader before uploading it? We obviously cannot see the print job, but it might be good to see the pdf if you are serious about asking a forum about quality.
Mike
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Patrick Connor reacted to Iagh in 2y anniversary
So what do you think? :) I'ts really amazing working with Affinity, I'm really enjoying it!! Program is perfect, now it's time to make better my skills :D
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Patrick Connor got a reaction from Raaj Ampolu in Why I am not able to open Affinity file itself ??
Those files have absolutely no data in them (only zeros 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0... etc). As MEB says we need to find out why your saving process is not working, first by saving somewhere easy like the desktop.
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Patrick Connor reacted to MobinA in Is there any plans to include something similar to Adobe XD's "prototype" feature?
So recently Adobe XD's Preview 6 introduced 'prototype' mode where you can link different art boards together to have transition between them, as if you were running the design on an app, or website. I was wondering if the Affinity team had any plans to implement this feature or something similar in the future, before or even after official release. For the community would this be something you'd like to see? I'd love to hear what you guys thing.
For reference (starts at 11:08): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0VHEaVNsNVY&feature=youtu.be&t=11m8s
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Patrick Connor reacted to MEB in Is there a way I can get Affinity app outside Mac App Store?
Hi guasim,
Welcome to Affinity Forums :)
Please check this page to get help with your Apple ID.
You can also find country-specific Apple Support contacts on this page.
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Patrick Connor reacted to Sharkey in It's PPI not DPI
I know it is of no interest or affect BUT when I first decided to move to Affinity Photo one of the first confusions was its use of DPI!
Just Saying.
(oh, only thirty years plus as a photographer and printer with a fair few years in digital art)
Worked it out for myself----
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Patrick Connor reacted to Matej Junk in (1.5.0.17) Right clicking aplies a brush in the Brushes Tab to selection - undesired
Hi Mark, I think I see your point now and it seems sound,
but here is what confuses me:
If I refer to the Explorer behaviour:
If you left click once on an icon in Explorer you just select it but you don't trigger the action that the icon stands for (for example run a program). In AD on the other hand left clicking a brush thumbnail does two things - selects the icon (highlights the thumbnail in the brushes tab) an triggers an action which is aplies the stroke to selection.
You can set up Windows to launch icons in Explorer with a single click so it behaves the same as left clicking a brush icon in AD - selects the icon and tirggers an action, so the primer is analogus to compare.
Now if we compare the right click behaviour:
AD performs three things selects (highlights) the brush icon, opens the right click menu and triggers an action that the thumbnail represents - aplies the stroke to selection. Right clicking in the Explorer on the other hand selects the icon, opens the right click menu but does not trigger the action that the icon represents - which is right clicking does not run the program.
So If I'm not missing something, right clicking a brush in brushes tab shouldn't trigger the action that the thumbnail stands for, which is apply the stroke to selection.
I realy hope this is considered as a debate. I can easily conform to the current behaviour. :)
With regards,
Matej
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Patrick Connor reacted to Chris B in [1.5.0.23] Designer crash using Wacom Bamboo tablet on external display
Hi federix,
I've spent a good hour using the Wacom Bamboo (CTH-470/K) and I haven't had a crash. Pressure is working correctly with the 5.3.5-3 driver.
Issues I have ran into:
1. I can also only pan/scroll vertically. I tested this in another app and I can pan horizontally and vertically - Windows specific issue.
2. I have encountered the cursor being stuck on the standard Windows cursor. I can't seem to figure out what triggers this.
3. I'm getting a huge lag while drawing quick strokes. Have you encountered this? - Windows specific issue.
Setup 1
- Installed Designer 1.5.0.23 on a Windows 10 laptop
- Connected to an external screen
- Installed Wacom Bamboo driver 5.3.5-3
- Mapped everything as you described
Setup 2
- Installed Designer 1.5.0.23 on my Windows 10 desktop
- 2 monitors are connected
- Installed Wacom bamboo driver 5.3.5-3
- Mapped everything you described
After no difference on Setup 2, I installed our internal 1.5.0.24 build which still wouldn't crash however the white cursor issue didn't occur and pressure was working fine.
So I haven't been able to reproduce this crash on 2 different setups (annoyingly). Do you have access to another device where you can test it?
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Patrick Connor got a reaction from BatteriesInc in MAS 1.5
That currently requires owning Photo 1.5 to create the warp "template" that can display the embedded designer document, but I think it may lead to some cross sales, and show people the power of both apps combined. Indeed we should make a series of videos emphasising the benefits of owning both products. Our guys are very busy with release videos for Photo 1.5 and Windows Designer, but I will mention it to them.
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Patrick Connor reacted to Callum in It's PPI not DPI
After spending countless hours reading into the differences between DPI and PPI I have discovered that many of us have been using PPI for years and simply never knew it. If like me and after investigating further you have now found yourself with PPI you may be entitled to compensation. As long as you have used PPI within the past 6 years you are still entitled to reclaim its never too late.
If anyone would like any further support with PPI I have found the below guide to help you understand it better and make your claim.
http://www.ppiclaimsandadvice.com
C
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Patrick Connor got a reaction from paolo.limoncelli in export files DPI means nothing
It may take some time to convince Microsoft to change their Explorer File > Properties > Details from displaying Horizontal and Vertical resolution in DPI, it may even be futile. ;)
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Patrick Connor got a reaction from LilleG in It's PPI not DPI
MikeW,
Thanks for your input. I am aware that the X and Y can have differing values, but for the sake of discussion for now let's pretend they are the same. Clearly our programmers have come across this many times, when a files header and it's metadata conflict, and we have to decide which to honour without confusing the user or making the normal process of opening an image arduous. [independent resolutions in X and Y only further confuse, and have not been dealt with well sometimes]. I have always thought that if most other programs honour the misnamed file DPI setting, that users would expect to be able to "control" that in our software, so it is 'clearest' when called DPI (in the app) so we seem to be giving them that option. I totally get that we are not specifying the printer DPI (it's out of our control and printer specific) and that until an exported image is physically placed (on a device/page) we are not actually "controlling" the PPI either, merely hinting at it in the file.
To ignore what users think they are looking for (DPI) and re-educate (to PPI) is laudable so I understand why it's being asked for..
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Patrick Connor reacted to smadell in Inpainting tool not functioning
To inpaint non-destructively, choose "Current Layer and Below" in the toolbar when inpainting on a blank pixel layer.
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Patrick Connor reacted to bordercross in Convert B/W Image to Monotone Pantone Image
Feature Request:
In Illustrator, colorizing a b/w photo to make it a monotone Pantone color is as simple as applying a Fill swatch to the image with a Pantone color.
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Patrick Connor got a reaction from reza55n in Middle Mouse Panning Problem
reza55n,
Welcome to the Serif Affinity forums.
Thanks you for your clear report. I too found this last week and reported it to the development team to be addressed in a future build.
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Patrick Connor reacted to MikeW in It's PPI not DPI
Here ya go, Patrick. I fixed it for ya :lol:
No offense meant to anyone, especially those of us characterized as anal-retentive...
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Patrick Connor reacted to trafnar in Exporting app prototypes to Flinto
Hi Nathan from Flinto here. We'd be happy to do an integration. We would share our file format specifications and Affinity could simply generate a file in that format and Flinto would be able to open it.
In the meantime, you'll have to export individual layers/groups and drag them into Flinto for Mac.
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Patrick Connor reacted to Matej Junk in (1.5.0.23)Bugs and probable bugs
Hi,
Here are some issues I noticed ( sorry for wasting your time with possible duplicates ):
1. ALT + DELETE curve nodes - doesn't work
2. Unable to create Snapshots
3. Swatches Tab:
3.1 The 4 constant swatches (None, Black, Grey, White) can't be reaplied if already selected and you can't apply them to fill and troke at the same time.
3.2 Document Palette – »Add fill to palette« and »Add current colour to palette as global colour« icons look identical.
4. CRASH - When using »New layer with mask« output (Refine selection dialog) on a vector croped pixel layer (using Vector crop tool).
5. »New layer with mask« output (Refine selection dialog) creates a layer with a mask that doesn't update in the Layers panel.
6. Gradient map ajustment – when pressing delete with a gradient map node selected, deletes the adjustment.
7. Symbols bug:
a. Open attached file (Symbols bug)
b. Create a Symbol out of group named A
c. ALT drag a copy - there is a high probability you will see a change on the first instance
d. Just compare the two instances and you will notice they are not identical
8. Fonts problem - After installing the attached fonts (probably Type 1 fonts), the font dropdown becomes pretty unresponsive.
9. Blend otpions dialog – minor bug:
The dialog does not update to »nothing selected« state after deselecting all objects, it still displays the "Blend options" of the last selected object.
Probable bugs - could also be intended behaviour, with a good reason behind:
10. »Create new layer« insertion behaviour, does not respect the selected object or any of the insertion buttons, like »Create New Pixel Layer« does. Since you can drag both the ordinary and the pixel layers to the same places, it would be more coherent, if their insertion behaviour would be the same.
11. Document setup - choosing »Anchor to Page« rescale otpion, greys out the »Resample« dropdown – doesn't this option rescale the canvas using the active resampling method? If so, it would be convenient to be also able to change the resampling algorithm after clicking »Anchor to page« option.
12. Round Corner Tool context toolbar – Corner Type options should probably be greyed out prior you select a curve node and Bake corner too if you have an object selected that has no round corners applied.
13. Merge button on the Adjustment layers should be greyed out, if it isn't a child layer of a pixel layer - in every other case it just represents an empty click.
14. Vertical one-pixel wide border to the right of the canvas in the same colour as the Background Grey Level – seems kind of out of place, since it is present only on one side of the canvas (attached image - vertical borderline to the right of the canvas).
Regards,
Matej
Symbols bug.afdesign
Clan CE Font.zip
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Patrick Connor reacted to MikeW in New Tutorials
I know two senior level and several lower level "developer teams" from other companies who are watching development. And are (or have) used betas. I also know one senior level management and lead developer from a company who have recommended the Mac version of AD for some time (so obviously don't make vector drawing or image applications...).
Mike
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Patrick Connor reacted to nravenlock in LEGACY: Official Affinity Designer Video Tutorials (70+)
As ygoe and others have already discovered, we've just released some new videos which discuss the new features available in Affinity Designer 1.5 (in recommended viewing order):
• Symbols
• Constraints: Overview
• Constraints: Worked Example for Web Design
• Assets
• Using the Grade UI Kit
• Exporting: Automatic Directory/Folder Creation
• Exporting: Multiple Outputs from a Single Slice
• Colour Palette from Image
We have also updated the following videos:
• Discover Affinity Designer
• Exporting
• Exporting: Layers
• Exporting: Slices
• Exporting: Continuous
Hope you enjoy them and find the useful, and have a great weekend! -
Patrick Connor reacted to Alfred in Pencil vector brush
Try Paolo Limoncelli's DAUB Pencils.
Edit: Oops, sorry! Those are raster brushes, so they're only available for use in the Pixel Persona. :(
Edit 2: Perhaps these vector brushes (courtesy of Paolo again!) will be of some use to you. :)
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Patrick Connor reacted to malozaibi in Scaling Friendly Corner Tool & Full Brush Stroke
Hello,
I am requesting these two features
1 - The ability to scale shapes that are using corner tool without losing their actual shape.
see this post for more details.
2- Having brushes fill the whole shape's stroke without a gap at the beginning.
see this post for more details
and thank you :)
