nickbatz
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52 minutes ago, thomaso said:
These 3 questions may possibly point to differences between Wacom and other brands. I used Wacom tablets only (from A3 to A5 size) and don't know other brands, but @Alfred's answer for your question 1. & 2. surprised me. So, just in case this would be Wacom specific: The Wacom software has the option to define a certain, customized area for the tablet, so it is possible to specify the canvas size only for instance, or, if two monitors are in use, to choose whether the tablet should cover both or one monitor only … which accordingly requires an additional device (mouse, trackpad) to reach the screen areas outside the tablet area. Also, if wanted, for instance to get the maximum tablet area for a canvas in portrait format, you can rotate the tablet by 90º.
Generally a smaller tablet area needs less movements but more drawing precision whereas a larger tablet area requires accordingly longer ways for the pen. If the tablet is too small in relation to the screen area then it turns to get useless because you can't work precisely. Also, depending on your chosen driver settings, the aspect ratio may differ: then drawing a perfect circle (or square) on the tablet would create an ellipse (or rectangle) on screen … and vice versa.
As far I remember pressure sensitivity respectively the resolution of the tablet can vary between different brands. Insufficient values can cause tiny but disturbing delays when drawing and unexpected results on screen.
Finally the connection may matter: A cable connection is more stable while a Bluetooth connection can get unreliable (for technical reasons) and may cause delays, too.
Thanks Thomas.
So what you're saying says that the Xenclkasdfl;adsjf (bad company name!) probably is the best choice. Even if the active area is set, I use one main monitor 99% of the time and 100% of the time I use Affinity Photo.
A lot of reviews and user reports say that its Bluetooth connection (using an included USB dongle) is very solid, and I'm close to the computer, so I'm not worried.
The only negative things I've read are about the build quality of its separate Quickkeys programmable remote. There are positive reviews too, so fingers crossed.
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Medium Xencelabs with the Quickkeys remote control thing shall be ordered. A decision has been made.
Thanks for the help, will report on how it works.
(When I first saw Quickkeys I thought it was the old Mac macro program from the '90s. The company was run by totally obnoxious people, and I would have stayed clear!)
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That's right.
Unfortunately it's not an option with this picture. Too many imported layers from different multi-layered pictures to backtrack.
Thanks though.
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The history isn't saved. Thanks though.
Also, this is 50 billion layers.
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Is it some kind of aliasing? TIA.
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Zoomed in more. See the vertical lines:
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What did I do to create this accidental effect?
Please see post or posts below.
This is zoomed in on a very large picture. Check out the mauve-ish glow here, and I'll zoom in below.
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Thanks. Yeah, I got all that.
I might actually go with the small Xencelabs one, not because of the price but because I expect to continue using the mouse 97% of the time and I don't really want a big thing on my desk.
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Just now, Alfred said:
1. The tablet is mapped to the screen, not the document (otherwise you wouldn’t be able to access the menus, tools or studio panels).
2. See 1.
3. Yes, and yes.
1. Of course. Got it.
2. Of course. Got it.
3. Thanks and thanks again.
Okay, since everyone is waiting with bated breath to hear how this goes, I'll report back.
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20 hours ago, v_kyr said:
So it looks like the Xencelabs one is a good choice. Thanks again.
Some questions about how tablets work in general with Affinity Photo:
1. What happens to the drawing area if you're working in portrait rather than landscape - does it shrink, or do you have to rotate the tablet?
2. Does the drawing area automatically cover the whole document, so if you resize it from 72 DPI to 300 DPI does it know?
3. Pressure sensitivity - does it change the Affinity Photo brush width? If so, does that work well? I vaguely remember reading something about this in the Affinity documentation, but if so I can't find it now.
Thanks.
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Yup. And of course I should have thought of that.
Sorry, as we were.
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So it turns hot that what I want is a drawing tablet and not a graphics one.
Okay, thanks. Will read those in detail when I’m back at my computer.
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Thanks v_kyr and Alfred.
v_kyr, I actually did see the most of those, but I was hoping to get some input from people like Alfred who use these things with Affinity Photo. These days it's hard to know who's a professional journalist and who's just some Internet tosser.
One hint is when they have categories set up so no one looks bad - Best Overall (and click on our affiliate link), Best Budget Model, Best For People Who Wear Pink Gloves on Odd Calendar Days...
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2 hours ago, Alfred said:
Wacom Intuos is the obvious choice if you’re not on a tight budget, but numerous users have reported good experiences with various Huion and XP-Pen models. (I have an XP-Pen Deco 03 that I’m very happy with, but I’m not a Mac user.)
Thanks. It does work on Macs, and unless there are connection issues I can't imagine why it would work differently in Affinity Photo.
Also, is there a reason the Wacom Intuos is better? In other words, why is choosing it obvious if you're not on a tight budget? I don't have money to waste, but I want to get one that works well!
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Thanks, I did search but no one has covered exactly what I’m asking. There are people using iPads, Affinity Designer, old versions, etc.
It’s hard to believe that what I’m looking for is obscure!
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Affinity Photo Beta 2.1.0.1736
Mac Studio Max, Ventura 13.2.1
Repeatable bug (three times before trying Merge Visible, the fourth time after).
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- Mac.
- A high quality one with a good feel and lots of pressure sensitivity. I don't want to say price is *no* object, but I don't want junk.
- Prefer wireless (Wi-Fi), but if it lags then I don't.
- Doesn't need its own screen (because even if I had another port, I don't want to hook up HDMI, and also I'm used to using a mouse while looking at the screen).
- Doesn't need to be big.
I tried using an iPad and an Apple Pencil, but it was not a happening thing at all.
Many thanks.
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3 hours ago, pixelstuff said:
I would bet the majority of Affinity users are primarily here because they don't want to pay Adobe a monthly subscription.
Could be, although I bought my Affinity Photo license without even realizing that it was a Photoshop alternative.
AI is a filthy word to me. Machine learning to help with edits or something, great. It's the whole idea of text to "art" that makes me sick.
And frankly I don't understand why so few people even stop to think about what this incel techbro garbage actually means.
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11 hours ago, drstreit said:
Adobe just announced that they will integrate AI generated content into all of their products as an standard tool: https://www.adobe.com/sensei/generative-ai/firefly.html
So I repeat my plea here: Serif, move it and be fast about it.
This "we have a timeline that is inflexible" is the Kodak way, please react to an industry trend that will be THE defining topic in content creation for the next years.
See, my reaction is that this crap is yet another reason to use Affinity products instead.
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Looks like it's in the latest beta. If I'm right, thanks!
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Okay, that worked. Thanks, I'm going to remove the bug report ampersand.
It's curious that you need to unclip the window to do that, but okay.
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Thanks, but how do you detach a document from the main window?
This is what I meant by explaining it slowly.
By the way, the written manual's search function is as bad as James Ritson's videos are great.
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39 minutes ago, BartonFink said:
Thank you very much for Drag and Drop. Seems to work. Great!
It does? In Affinity Photo?
Would you mind explaining - very slowly, for me - how to do it?
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EDIT: NEVER MIND, SORRY, Barton Fink learned me how to do it.
As far as I can see there's still no way to drag/drop effects and layers between open files in the latest beta 2.1 (the one I downloaded today, March 16). How is this supposed to work?
Separated Mode isn't in v.2, right? (In other words, I did try to RTFM!)
TIA
Tablet recommendations for Affinity Photo, please
in Affinity on Desktop Questions (macOS and Windows)
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Also, I run my monitor at a standard 16:9 aspect ratio (it's a 4K monitor, but I use 3008x1692 - 3840x2160 makes the dot pitch way too small on a 32" monitor).