Patrick Gilmour
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Thanks @Dan C - I think it is almost certainly related to the Pages panel (Studio Left). When I hide this and reopen the file, Publisher does not crash.
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I think I'm having the same issue. I have a relatively large file that crashes Publisher every time I try to open it since I upgraded to 2.3.x
I'm on Mac Sonoma, but...
I have also found a weird workaround. @Brian_J might be worth trying this on your file too.
So, when I double-click the file and it opens, it shows the artwork in the Publisher window for a second to two then it crashes the app.
However, if I do the same then quickly, while the content displays but before the expected crash, click on one of the page icons in the Pages (not Master Pages) panel, then click on another then another the app does not crash.
Totally weird, but it works every time. And when I don't, it crashes every time.
Note: Do not double-click a page icon, as the app still crashes if I do that. Just click once, then another.
Curious to know if this workaround works for you too, @Brian_J
-Patrick
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Hi,
Can someone please explain how to name a Live file in Publisher 2 for iPad in the Main Window (or elsewhere)?
Long press on the file icon does nothing—no menu.
Thanks,
Pat
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16 hours ago, Armelline said:
But it doesn't. It isn't always better.
Dragging those crop handles is better sometimes, but sometimes it's just fundamentally worse than cropping to selection. Unless I'm missing something, maybe? Let's say I have 30 layers with icons on. I want to crop to the biggest icon of the layers. In Photoshop I can just select that one by shift clicking on the layer list, highlighting the outline as a selection, then crop to selection. No dragging to find the edges, just a couple of clicks and it's done. I've not seen a single workaround method for Affinity Photo that can do that even close to as easily. Maybe I've missed it. But the Affinity method is only "better" under some circumstances.
And as others have said, having it simply automatically snap the current crop tool to the selected area gives the best of both worlds.
I genuinely don't understand the reluctance so many on these forums have to conceding that this might occasionally be useful.
Well said - agree 100%
In Photoshop, I also regularly CMD+clicked on a layer to quickly select all its contents then Crop to Selection. I taught Photoshop for years as an ACE/ACI—this was always included in the course. As you say, it would be the best of both worlds to have this as a simple to select action.
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4 hours ago, Fixx said:
Probably just that devs think you should use a dedicated tool (crop tool) for the job as it does usually better as it is adjustable the way selection marquee is not.
In which case, a simple solution would be to provide an option to "Convert Marquee to Crop". Maybe cmd/ctrl+click Crop tool. Then by hitting Return the crop would be applied and—hopefully—everyone would be happy.
Very often a user will be using selection tools to create a marquee that they want to convert quickly to a crop.
In my own use, I'd often cmd+click on a Layer to define its contents as the area I want to define the crop. Maybe it was pixels. Maybe it was an object I drew for the purpose.
I taught Photoshop for many years as a Certified Instructor/Expert. 'Crop to Selection' was always in the course content because it was so useful.
- pixelstuff and Fixx
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27 minutes ago, R C-R said:
The place to add your voice is not here in Questions; it is in the Feature Requests & Suggestions section. It is the only place you can be sure the developers will see it.
R C-R is right.
And the topic has threads already.
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1 hour ago, Jaguda said:
Hi all,
and my first post goes here.
Which is also a plus one for the crop to selection - functionality.
Also coming from Photoshop (where it was so dead-easy to do), I'm just wondering - after having had several situations where I wanted to do a simple crop and resize and then fiddling around and thinking "hm, there has to be a way to do this in a simple matter". And then I searched, searched and finally found this thread : )
Ok, I will manage to use some of the given tipps and workarounds here... so thanks! Nevertheless it should be possible to have that option.
I think we need to keep adding posts here in this needed feature will find its way onto the development roadmap. Thanks for adding your voice.
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I'm just going to add my voice again, to say that I wish this feature existed a lot of the time when I work in Photo. It makes me almost miss Photoshop!
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18 minutes ago, walt.farrell said:
If 1.9.3 addressed it I'm sure the Release Notes would say so
Thanks for that, Walt. Not very encouraging but good to know.
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Still no update? Or does 1.9.3 address this issue?🤞
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4 hours ago, loukash said:
Hehe, I'm old enough to remember and have used Aldus PageMaker (v3 I guess?) on System 6. And before that actually learned my graphic design métier the "old school" analog way, without ever touching a computer workstation because at the art school they didn't have any yet…
Cardboard layouts, Ulano films, rapidograph ink pens in all sizes, you name it. Still got some remnants of all that in my studio shelf.
Actually, Bridge is a free download, so you can use it anytime. It just can't do much with the Affinity format directly.
NeoFinder can do more.System 6 and Aldus, Mac SE's (and earlier)... forever young!
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24 minutes ago, loukash said:
That's okay. It also took me a few years until I began to understand this very strength of the Affinity concept.
Thinking of it, Serif actually sort of picked up where Apple's AppleWorks left off two decades ago. I really liked AppleWorks back in the day. Simple and effective, albeit quite limited on all fronts. As a preinstalled "starter solution" brilliant though.
You’ve been at this as long as me then! Remember it well and used it. I liked how AppleWorks gathered all your files in a single location. A similar stripped down Bridge-like function would be cool one day in Affinity too. But maybe not a priority.
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23 hours ago, loukash said:
If you actually have Publisher:
- File > Edit In Publisher
- Text > Show Special Characters
- File > Edit In Designer
In fact, if you have Publisher, open the .afdesign document directly in Publisher and switch between the personas as you see fit. The Affinity document format is "app agnostic", the suffix notwithstanding.
Very interesting - thanks!
So, yes, I can Edit in Publisher, turn on Special Characters, switch back to Designer... and voilà!
I guess there's a lot more to explore in the three apps integration—I've been using them like an old Adobe user to date.
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Thanks guys - I do think it would be useful as would being able to see invisible characters.
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Hi,
When working in Designer on Desktop, is there a way to show the light blue text frame edges by default like you can in Publisher even when the objects are not selected if you enable View>Show Text Flow? (see attached).
Thanks,
Pat
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Version 1.9.2 is still showing the painfully slow start-up - seen this since November 2020 now...
I've made numerous copies of the apps since that was discovered as a workaround.
Is Serif really incapable of providing a quick fix to this bug that doesn't seem to exist in any other apps I've seen? Could you not prioritize it higher?
Thanks!
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10 minutes ago, Ballonseide said:
You'd have to add that you cannot move the mouse between the first and second click even by one pixel, otherwise you can get a non-constrained connection line between the first and second click
Still really cumbersome, and I still don't get why we can't just have Shift + Alt + Drag as "Continue last stroke constrained" (and with 45° angles as well).
Agreed. It's a "least bad" option only.
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Okay, this is very weird but it can be done - you can draw multiple straight vertical or horizontal lines without having them automatically connect. Haven't worked out of 45 degree increments are possible.
You'll need to get used to this.
On a Mac, pixel layer with Brush selected:
- Click and then release mouse at start of new line
- Press down Shift and hold
- Click again and drag to drawA second option that works with a pen/pencil:
- Hold down Cmd (and keep it down)
- Click and hold with pen then start to draw a "very small" part of the line
- Immediately add the Shift key and continue to drag
- Repeat for a new lineNot perfect but it works. Photoshops implementation is much more intuitive and works better, plus can do 45 degree angles. But at least this gives Photo users an option.
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Try this...
Enable: View>Show Context Toolbar...
You'll then see a Mode option (see attached), with lots of options...
It's all here in the Help
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Guys, could we keep this on-topic for Crop to Selection, please, and move the Vector Brush discussion to another thread?
I'm a Photoshop ACE/ACI (instructor), understand that there are a lot of different workflow requirements out there, but I have consistently seen Crop to Selection used by a diversity of users in Photoshop and would like to see an option in Photo that is as simple and quick to use.
The suggestion, perhaps through a Preference setting, to allow the crop tool to default to a rectangle that that contains the selection so the user can then simply press 'Return' to crop sounds like a good one. Hopefully Affinity will consider adding this as an option.
- pixelstuff, Fixx and NotMyFault
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I run non-MAS versions of all Serif app and and have the slow-start-up issue on all of them. It began some time round the end of last year.
I'll try making a copy of an app and restart...
[later...]
Okay, made a duplicate of Designer (CMD+D), launched it, quit it, restarted Mac and launched... took about 5 seconds to launch on MacBook Pro (MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2016, Four Thunderbolt 3 Ports) 3.1 GHz Dual-Core Intel Core i5 16 GB 2133 MHz LPDDR3)... Big Sur 11.1
[repeating for Designer and Photo...]
Maybe interesting to note that the initial "Verifying..." dialog takes about 20 seconds for app on launch after copying... permissions?
[second restart...]
Seems that all three non-MAS apps are now launching as fast as expected (4-10 seconds each). Weird fix, but if this might be a fix. Will post back if slow launch returns.
[third restart...]
looks like the fix sticks... thanks @Patrick Connor
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20 minutes ago, SwissEngineer said:
This is what I do: Open the Affinity Publisher App, and I guess it is loading the file but I do not know. Do you have a trick so it does not load any previous file?
Try force quitting the app, then deleting the cache file and moving the preferences to Desktop (so you can restore them) then trying again:
Cache (may not exist): ~/Library/com.seriflabs.affinitypublisher
Preferences: ~/Library/Preferences/com.seriflabs.affinitypublisher.plist
If you don't see your Library folder, in Finder hold down Option (Alt) and click on "Go" Menu
There also the "~/Library/Application Support/Affinity Publisher" folder. Quit the app, move this folder to desktop and try again. (This might actually be the best option).
Cardboard layouts, Ulano films, rapidograph ink pens in all sizes, you name it. Still got some remnants of all that in my studio shelf. 
Publisher crashes when opening files
in Affinity on Desktop Questions (macOS and Windows)
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Yeah. I noticed the crash happening around the time the Page panel previews completed rendering... no idea why clicking on them would stop the crashing but as it was a UI thing I gave it a go.