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  1. This is how you can create the second effect in Designer. To get the main lines of the characters vertical, use the highlighted field in the Character Panel. Its helpful to use a grid for it as an orientation.

    Edit: I read about a tool named Kittl, that does such kinds of text manipulation. Didn't test it yet, but maybe its interesting for you. There is also some stuff from Gumroad in the Ressources Section of this forum. But I haven't tested it too.

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  2. The free Plugin G'MIC does this very well (as v_kyr already mentioned). I'm not sure if there really is a recommendable version for Mac, but it also exists as a free web service called G'MIC Online. Unfortunately the web service doesn't offer all filters the plugin offers. E.G. the very cool filter Graphic Novel is missing. But there is a Cartoon Effect filter (category Artistic) that might do what you want. Depending on what you imagine as "Cartoon" you could alternatively try filters like e.G.  Vector Painting or Sharp Abstract. Often a combination of filters creates the best effects.

  3. Hi Poto!

    I don't think that the first effect can be done with the basic features of one of the Affinity apps. Probably this will only work with a 3D-Rendering-App like Blender. Or with a Plugin.

    The second one can be created by aligning text to a vector curve. You only need to create an oval shape, convert it to curves and write on the curve with the Art Text Tool. After that, you can straighten the single letters with the Character Panel. There is a function to shear the letters, so that their main lines will become vertical again. It will of course not really be in absolutely realistic perspective, but maybe good enough.

    Edit: One idea concerning the first effect: In GIMP, there is a filter called "Map to Object" (or so, not sure at the moment - you find it in the "Filter" menu under "Map"). There is possibly also a 3D-Donut, you can map your text to. Possibly also the very cool free Plugin G'MIC (more than 500 additional filters) offers a filter of that kind. Can't check that at the moment. Maybe later.

  4. 4 minutes ago, v_kyr said:

    G'MIC is available at different flavors, as QT-Plugins (for Gimp, XNView, Python CLI ... etc.) and yes there's also an Online version.

    The version from Partha might be okay. I checked the Windows versions of GIMP and Darktable from Partha some years ago. But generally I would recommend to use original software, downloaded from the original websites, in case of Open-Source-Software, because there are criminals out there that spread malware with manipulated versions. And alternative versions like the ones from Partha are not always up to date.

  5. You should take care not to install too many fonts, because that could kill your system. I would recommend to use a Font Manager, that allows to install fonts only into the Font Manager Library and activate or deactivate them if you need them or not. Font Base is a good and free Font Manager. You can also activate fonts with it while Publisher, Designer or Photo are already running. A very helpful app.

    One additional hint: the support for Type 1 fonts will end soon or already has ended. None of the existing operating systems, not even Linux, will support them any longer. So you should better deal with using Open Type fonts in the future.

  6. As I said, I totally agree with you that it is not convenient this way, but it is logical, because, if you change the settings of the Brush Preset you have selected, you will no longer have selected this certain preset. In the logic of this program a Brush Preset is not only the image that defines the form of the brush, but also all the settings that define its behavior. And if you change one of the settings, you no longer have selected that certain preset. I think it should be possible to find a way to keep the preset highlighted anyway, maybe even a kind of Tool History would help, but in fact this behavior, Photo has, makes sense.

  7. 7 minutes ago, Cartoonjosh said:

    @walt.farrell thanks for the explanation. Not being able to rely on the tool palette is really bad, one of the worst obstacles I've found since I switched to Affinity from Adobe. . I hope they fix this soon...

    I agree with you, it's annoying, but on the other hand it is logical behavior, because those entries in the Brush Panel are in fact not Brushes, but Brush Presets. And if you change the settings of the chosen preset in the Context Bar, you have no longer selected this certain preset. If you change the preset in the Brush Editor instead, I think it will stay highlighted, but you will of course have a permanently changed preset in that case. 

    I would wish a more convenient solution for this, but at the moment...

  8. If you make photos with your iPad, are they in HEIC-file-format? I'm not experienced in it, but I read that HEIC-files have around half the size of a e.G. JPEG. While the size of a JPEG depends on its compression rate. PNGs are generally bigger than JPEGs, because they use another kind of compression, that is lossless. What I want to say: the file size depends on the file format.

    But I'm not sure if this is the point in your special case.

  9. 3 minutes ago, N.P.M. said:

    You could always use the account on the affinity site to download the components to store somewhere and import later...
     

    But I would export the stuff anyway, because, as far as I remember, some things that were offered there in the past are no longer available. So to be save, better store the stuff somewhere to be able to reinstall it, whenever you want.

  10. I sometimes prefer to use the History to go back to certain states more quickly. The Snapshots are relatively new to me. I don't use them very often, but they can be very helpful sometimes. E.g. if you want to test some alternative workflow and want to be able to to revert it quick and reliable, or you want to save a certain state and to be able to go to it backwards or forwards. It's a very good feature, if you have got used to it. But I rarely save the history with the file, because it blows up the file size so much. I do that only if think that I will possibly need it.

  11. Hi GarryP!

    I never thought about it and didn't even notice this function "New Document from Snapshot", but I suppose that it might be intended that there is now history with it. Because it is a "New" document from the state of this snapshot. That might be the reason why this feature exists: to get a clean and small document file from a certain state. If you want the history back, simply open the file the usual way.

    But as I said, it's completely new to me, and I'm not sure about that.

  12. 11 minutes ago, PixelPest said:

    Sure it has "nice" details: but these are vector based as with any outline font. If you want this "blurry" look add Layer Effects->GaussianBlur to it.

    But if you add a Gaußian Blur to a vector graphic, the exported result will be rastered anyway. Or am I wrong? So the advantages of vectors will be lost. Why not creating it as a pixel image right from the start?

  13. Yes, a battery costs around 10 or 20 €, as far as I remember. It's a simple button battery. One of the larger ones. I would at least ask an expert if this could be the cause of your problem. There are several websites on the web that can tell you how to change the battery yourself. That shouldn't be too difficult, but of course laptops from different manufacturers are different from each other. But if you see a button battery somewhere on the mainboard, it should be the one.

  14. In general, for image editing you need a strong CPU, as much RAM as you can get (minimum 8 GB, better 16 or more) and a good graphic card. Also thinking about the future, you should be aware that the requirements for graphic apps and even operating systems will expectable increase. I personally decided to buy a Gaming PC some years ago, that did cost about 1,200 €. Unfortunately the power you need to handle pixels has its price.

  15. I'm really not a hardware expert, so anything I can tell is without warranty. But as far as I remember, I had somehow similar problems long time ago with my Desktop Computer, that were caused by the battery that was running empty. It was solved by simply changing the button battery, that is placed somewhere on the main board.

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    You find the "View" menu on top of the GUI. In that menu there is an entry "Studio" in which you find the entry "Character". This one should open the "Character" Studio Panel, if it isn't already opened. At the bottom of that panel, there is the section "Language".

    If it doesn't work with unselected text, simply try it with selected text (Ctrl+A on Windows).

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