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Hold the options (alt) key pressed and move your mouse. See also the shortcuts at the bottom left if the Brush tool has been selected.

Hi official Affinity Forum :wub:
 
My Name is Frank. I´m the founder of http://affinitytutorials.de/, https://affinity-forum.de/ and http://affinityphototutorials.de/
 
I´m an Affinity Photo and Affinity Designer user and supporter from day one (Mac Beta). When i started using Affinity i knew it was special and it´ll be huge. I loved the look and feel of it and i got comfortable and used to it very quickly, everything worked so smooth. Switching from Photoshop to Affinity is very easy and it´s a real alternative.
 
And to me that was the beginning back in 2015. I started to share my enthusiasm and love for the Affinity Apps in Germany. I started the first Affinity Tutorials only website http://affinitytutorials.de/. Everything is related to Affinity. This project became very quick a lot of work. I couldn´t do it alone anymore. I needed another Affinity enthusiast and found him here in the forums, my friend Affinity Jack.
 
We put a lot of time, money and effort in this project. Jack provided the germany Affinity community with Affinity Tutorials and i built the base in the background. Started to look for inspiration, news, articles and much more. It´s such a joy to get to know Affinity artists around the world like Neil Ladkin(Serif), Frankentoon, Heli Herrera, Paolo Limoncelli, Angie Elfin Art, Shugmonkey and Laurent Zimny. Thank you guys for your time and support.
 
In spring 2016 i opened the unofficial german Affinity forum https://affinity-forum.deand it is now very popular in germany. More than 1200 Affinity enthuiasts share their love and knowledge with the community. All different kinds of Affinity users are online, hobbyist and professional. What i love the most about the forum is that everybody shares her/her knowledge in a very friendly way. That´s something we are very proud of.
 
10.06.2017 we had the 3rd German Affinity Meet-Up. Guys from around germany (Berlin,Munich,NRW) came to visit and meet in person. It was such an awesome evening. We had dinner at a local restaurant, it was superb Biergarten weather :) I presented everyone a printed Affinity Meet-Up T-shirts for free and i´m never going to forget the happy smiles on their faces. We talked about how awesome Affinity is, shared workflow and tips&tricks and later that evening i presented the new Affinity Photo on iPad Pro 12,9". Everybody is amazed by Affinity Photo iPad. The Affinity Meet-Up was a great success, it was super nice and it´s like a big Affinity family.
 
Thank you Serif for the amazing software. Affinity - The future is now ;)
I´m using Affinity Photo / Affinity Designer on iMac 27" and Affinity Photo Beta on iPad Pro 12,9".
 
Thanks for your time everyone, thanks for reading. Have fun with Affinity.
Cheers Frank
 
You can also find me via Youtube https://www.youtube.com/affinitytutorials and Twitter https://twitter.com/affinitytuts

I'm going to suggest that the names "Photo" and "Designer" were chosen advisedly to reflect specific use cases and target audiences: I, for one - for all I know a typical user of Photo (that is, a digital photographer, pure and simple) - have absolutely no interest whatsoever in a combined solution: to me that'd just be a giant stride towards the kind of bloat that the lack of makes Photo so appealing to photographers.
 
 
That's really, deeply patronising: I personally know professional wildlife and sport photographers who use Affinity Photo in their production environments, right now.

Sorry not for AF but for Photos, take it or leave it. 
https://macphun.com/de/filters-for-photos
 

What's about actions in AP? When they are available? Version 1.5?

Sorry not for AF but for Photos, take it or leave it. 
https://macphun.com/de/filters-for-photos
 

Hi,
 
In diesem Affinity Photo Tutorial zeige ich wie man den Gras-Text-Effekt erstellt. 
Ein Klassiker, den man immer wieder sieht. Er ist schnell und einfach zu machen. Passt zum Frühling.
 
 
In this Affinity Photo Tutorial, I show you how to create the Grass-Text-Effect. 
Classical, and to find everywhere. It is fast and easy to produce, even in spring.
  Ciao Jack    YouTube Tutorial: Gras Text Effekt    

Best Imaging Software Serif Affinity Photo.
 
http://www.tipa.com/awards-en/serif-affinity-photo
 
Congratulations!

Best Imaging Software Serif Affinity Photo.
 
http://www.tipa.com/awards-en/serif-affinity-photo
 
Congratulations!

Best Imaging Software Serif Affinity Photo.
 
http://www.tipa.com/awards-en/serif-affinity-photo
 
Congratulations!

Best Imaging Software Serif Affinity Photo.
 
http://www.tipa.com/awards-en/serif-affinity-photo
 
Congratulations!

I use these forums quite a bit to discover how to use Affinity better. These forums however… I'm not sure what is powering them, I guess InVision? I think this is a sub par experience for a number of reasons:
 
- Does not respond effectively to mobile devices
- login/lout out is clunky and I often loose my session and have to re-login
- Feels super old
 
This last point is hard to nail down but should be fairly apparent. It feels like using a bbs/phpbb form from 2002~ish. There are a lot of great tools for managing communities and forums and as someone who used to work with clients who used InVision is not a good option. 
 
To put it simply This (https://affinity.serif.com/en-us/) and This (https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php) feel like they come from a different century.
 
Some alternatives:
 
- https://muut.com
- http://www.discourse.org
- http://zendesk.comexample>>> https://support.todoist.com/hc/en-us 

Apologies if this sounds overly negative, affinity designer is awesome.

So many answers here, you just have to search for it.

Everybody has different needs, of course. Why would I want to flatten layers while continuing to edit? Because when starting with a 120MB (or more) background layer, and then adding several adjustment layers along with a few pixel-based layers mushrooms my filesize to 1/2 - 3/4GB. Continuing an edit session at those file sizes really takes a toll on performance with my system. Therefore, when I notice things are getting slow I flatten all current layers and continue working. Certainly not a non-destructive workflow, but sometimes ya just gotta do what ya gotta do. :)
 
Best regards,
AlanH

Seltsam. Der Link ist drin und dann aber nicht sichtbar. Jetzt sind 2 Links drin.
Am Mac ist nur einer sichtbar. Als Link.
Am iPhone sind beide sichtbar. Einer als Link, einer als eingebetteter Videoplayer.
 
Verstehe ich nicht. Da wurde irgendetwas auf dieser Website geändert.
Ich hoffe, jetzt geht es.
Ciao Jack

Whenever I try to open up multiple photos at once from a file, say photos 1through X, they seem to be listed in near random order at the top, or if anything in inverted order. Often the photo on the screen isn't even listed at the top, one needs to click the arrow on the right to have it listed!
 
Look at the photo below: Photos 1-10 were opened. They were in numerical order in the file opened. On the Affinity screen, they are listed at the top in the order 7,10,3,4,5,2,8,6,9 !! The active photo, 1, isn't listed at all and one needs to click the double arrow at the right top to have it shown!
 
It shouldn't be too much to ask that photos are listed left to right in order, and the active photo is always visible on the top.

This is a way to do a little more creative vignette effect.
You get lots of control over how and where you want the effect.
If you've made it on one picture you can simply copy it to other images.
 
Cheers :)
 

Is there a way to change the order of before/after? Currently, after is on the left which is different than every other photo app that I have. Thanks.

Hallo,
ich habe auf YouTube ein neues Affinity Photo Tutorial hochgeladen. Den "Color Splash Effekt". Ich habe zeige dazu wie man den Effekt erstellt und wie man ihn variieren kann.
Viel Spaß dabei.

Hi,
I uploaded a new Affinity Photo Tutorial. The "Color Splash Effect" with English Subtitles.
I show how to create the effect quickly and set some variations.
Have fun
Your Jack

Now you must zoom the NIK window at maximum (no full screen). To change NIK-Settings you have to push the settings to the upper edge. Then everything works.

Thanks, I've already found some here.
 
http://www.brusheezy.com/brushes/19243-assorted-fire-brushes

Would you be so kind to make the flame brushes available for all under "Resources".
Thanks!

Has anyone previewed OSX10.11 El Capitan?
Are there any issues with Designer or Photo or is it likely to be safe to upgrade the OS?

Hallo,
obwohl ich immer noch kein Internet habe...
Ein neues Tutorial auf YouTube.
Wie man ein unterbelichtetes (versautes) Foto doch noch retten kann.
Dazu wird im Modul "Develop Persona" gearbeitet. Das funktioniert am besten mit Fotos im RAW-Format, aber auch mit JPG.
Viel Spaß dabei

Euer
Jack Bauer

Hello,
although I still have no Internet...
A new YouTube Tutorial.
How to rescue an underexposed (waste) photo. That works well with RAW-Files, but also with JPG.
Have fun with the video.
Bye
Jack Bauer

Have changed this to an Epub for 1.5 (Updated Dec 7, 2016 with Gold Master Help File)
 
Here is a link to the Affinity Photo Help File in Epub Format for Version 1.5  (December 7, 2016) - works great in Ibooks. 

Very convenient to have in a portable format - or to use side by side with Affinity Photo on your computer.

    Link: https://app.box.com/s/bjv07ey7ryvqbg16zh4yjazcd65uw85c
 
    Alternate Link:  https://1drv.ms/u/s!AjuKWjfPlktwgfoEGfpoz65qzzsz_A
 
 
Just download it to your ipad and pick "open in IBooks"  or download it to your computer and email it to yourself and then pick "open in iBooks" from your iPad.

Its a spectacular resource on an iPad Pro.  If you have an android tablet, go to Google Play and search for "epub reader"