AntiqueFlaneur

Thanks for your replies @Lagarto, @markw, and @walt.farrell. I'm attaching the image files below. I'm also attaching Fig 2, since it does not appear to have any distortions when exported. I have been using images in .afphoto format throughout the manuscript. I did this to allow for easier editing. Does it make more sense to export .jpgs and add those to Publisher instead? FG1.afphoto Fig3.afphoto Fig8.afphoto Fig2.afphoto

I'm hoping someone else will see this post and be able to help me. Still stuck with these distorted photos on export.

I've tried changing the document to Gray/8, with no difference at export. I used the export settings you specify.

Here is the PDF. Also attached are screenshots of what figs 1 and 3 looks like inside Publisher. PhotoDiscoloration.pdf

When I export pdfs from publisher, the images in them consistently appear to have visual distortions. You can see this in Figs 1, 3, in the attached Screenshots. Fig 8 is not distorted, but appears to be washed out compared to how it looks in Publisher. There are many more like this in my manuscript. I'm attaching a section of my manuscript as an afpub file. Anyone know why this is happening? Thanks! PhotoDiscoloration.afpub

That was super helpful. Thanks!

I've uploaded the .afpub file with images embedded. Hopefully that will work. You can see the thicker border on Figs 1 and 3, which have images embedeed in picture frames. The other images with normal sized frames simply have the frames on top of the pics, but not embedded. However, I have found that when I try to lay out some of the pictures with the images merely on top and not embedded, strange image artifacts crop up. Let me know what you think. FrameInconsistency.afpub

In the pic below you can see a picture frame and a text frame, both with a 1.5 pt border. Why does the picture frame's border appear to be significantly thicker?

I'm using some asian characters in my text. They seem to display properly, but as you can see in the screenshot below, it tags them with preflight errors. What is Publisher trying to tell me?

I was using the line breaks instead of the paragraph breaks, and switching those fixed my problem. Thanks so much for your help!

I'm making a table of contents and need to be able to assign a certain text style to the parts of my chapter titles I want included in my table of contents. I find that I when I try to highlight and change the text styles of the roman numeral above the chapter title and the line below (so they are not included), the chapter titles in the middle get changed to, even though the text is not highlighted. So I end up with all three being caught up in whatever text style I select. See pic below. Any way to assign text styles without this happening? Thanks

They're all from unsplash, which uses this license. It says that they are free for commercial or other uses.

All the photos come from the stock photos inside Affinity Photo, so I think I should have the rights to print them.

I think Cinzel is exactly the font I was looking for. Thanks!

This is my first attempt at a book cover, and I'd love some feedback on taking it up a notch. How can I make this look more professional? I'm open to any suggestions, but I think my main issue with it is the central green area the text inside. It doesn't really look right to me. Something about the solid color and the faux Asian text. It's a book about agriculture in Asia, so I assumed the font made sense, but... Anyway, I'm kind of stuck and looking for feedback. Thanks! Attached in .jpg and .Afphoto formats below. FOFCBookCover.afphoto

Thanks!

I'd like to add a border around my text (artistic Text Tool), or an area of my photo that happens to have text in it. Example of what I'm talking about in the picture below. I can do this in Publisher, but can't seem to find how to do it in publisher. Suggestions?.

Ha ha! I loved the movie title. Thank you. BTW, what font did you use for that?.

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When I try to select an area of sky and use the HSL adjustment layer to turn the sky pink, I always seem to get these lighter splotches. Why are these showing up? Splotches.afphoto

I've edited a picture of a statue onto a TV Screen in Times Square after first making the screen white. It looks ok, but not totally convincing that it could be real. What would you suggest I do to make it look more realistic? I'm posting the .jpg and the Affinity file below. TimesSquareMarcus.afphoto

Thanks!

After I've selected an area with the marquee/brush selection tools and used command J to take the selection to a new layer, how do I deselect the whole thing and just let it be? I keep looking for an enter/apply or whatever but the checkered blinking selection outline stays.

Thanks! Very helpful.