justwilliam

Hi justwilliam,
You have to create your image at 5120 X 2880 - the resolution of your screen. If you create it with just 2560 X 1440 you will lose quality at the native resolution because the image must be upsampled to fill the screen. Regarding file format, it's preferable to choose a lossless format if you want to keep the maximum quality. JPG will compress the image, so it's not the best choice. PNG, TIFF are better options.

My tribute to (or, to put it another way, theft from) the great Charley Harper.
 
First of probably several Xmas card ideas I'm throwing around for the coming season.
 
 

Silly? No!
 
Simple? Yes!
 
Keep on asking and the answers will arrive, that's why this forum works.

Thanks, Johny!

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 :)
 

Hi fmlfoto,
After you have drawn the selection, just move the cursor to the area you want to use - you should see the area you have selected being updated in real time as you move the cursor around -. When you find a suitable area to replace your selection, click on the canvas. Your selection will be patched with the data from the area you have clicked on.
 
Check this clip (no sound) to see how it works. Note that this tool is usually used to correct larger areas where is important to match the texture and tone of the surrounding area (sampled from another section of the image by default - this can be changed in the context toolbar ticking Selection is source). The Blemish Removal tool or even the Healing Brush Tool would be more appropriate for the example in the video...
 
For more information about patching check Affinity Photo Help ▸ Retouching ▸ Patching and Affinity Photo Help ▸ Workspace ▸ Tools ▸ Retouch Tools ▸ Patch Tool.

Hi R Stone,
Welcome to Affinity Forums :)
Go to menu Layer ▸ New Fill Layer, then select the color form the Colour panel on the right of the interface (on top).
This will create a new layer in the Layers panel which you can drag below your cutout.
In case you want to turn them into just one layer again go to menu Document ▸ Flatten.

Hi JFisher/justwilliam,
 
Thanks for your extremely helpful and supportive comments. If this is the quality of response that you get from this forum, I am going to really enjoy it. It was much appreciated and has persuaded me to download Affinity Photo for Mac, later today.

That “IMHO” in connection with “metaphysical certitude” is so funny, my friend … :D

Hi billbir,
If you have used Aperture and Intensify without any major difficulties then Affinity Photo will not be a big jump for you to learn to use; rather it will be a big step up for you. Obviously, there will be many features, concepts, and even terminology that may be new to you but even with all of Affinity Photo's capability and 'complexity' it is in no way 'complicated'. The videos provided by Affinity are easy to follow, plentiful, and will have you up and running editing, compositing, and even manipulating, your photos in ways you haven't imagined.
 
Did you know intuitively how to paint with watercolour before you bought your first brushes and paints? Or were you merely motivated by a desire to paint and learned through doing?
 
Teeter no longer! I have all but metaphysical certitude that you will be ecstatic that you took this step. IMHO.
:)

Hi billbir,
If you have used Aperture and Intensify without any major difficulties then Affinity Photo will not be a big jump for you to learn to use; rather it will be a big step up for you. Obviously, there will be many features, concepts, and even terminology that may be new to you but even with all of Affinity Photo's capability and 'complexity' it is in no way 'complicated'. The videos provided by Affinity are easy to follow, plentiful, and will have you up and running editing, compositing, and even manipulating, your photos in ways you haven't imagined.
 
Did you know intuitively how to paint with watercolour before you bought your first brushes and paints? Or were you merely motivated by a desire to paint and learned through doing?
 
Teeter no longer! I have all but metaphysical certitude that you will be ecstatic that you took this step. IMHO.
:)

Hi NickTann,
Welcome to Affinity Forums :)
To resize an image (a layer actually, not the document), select the Move Tool click on the image and drag one of the bounding box corners (pressing ⇧ (shift) will allow you to scale it non-proportionatelly).
 
To clone from a layer to another one, make sure the source layer is below the target layer in the Layers panel, change to the Clone Brush Tool, go to the context toolbar and set the dropdown near the Aligned checkbox to Layers Beneath, then select the target layer and start painting. To define the clone source area (the area from where the Clone Brush will copy) press ⌥ (option/alt) and click on the canvas.

Hello.
 
I used AD to draw and slice single glyphs for my new comic book font... regular is done, others (italic, bold, bold ilalic) are still in progress.
 

 
... and here is the sampler:

We are going to make a professional Affinity DAM application - stay tuned in 2016 for more information ;)
 
Thanks,
 
Andy.

Hey guys, hope you enjoy this tutorial. It's how to make a neon sign effect in Affinity Designer.
 
quylt.com/news/2015/9/26/tutorial-neon-sign-in-affinity-designer  MOD Comment NO LONGER AVAILABLE
 
Keep on creating!
 
- QUYLT

I'm going to refresh daub-brushes.com sooner or later...
I started this idea using Affinity Designer this summer and it is still somewhere in my hd.
The continuos export is priceless... I'm just crazy about this feature.
 
This is the home page
 

 
This the package/product page
 
 
 
 

 
Will add some views later...
 
What do you think?
 
PS. Any Javascript killer around to make it work? 
If you are interested just send me a PM!  :)

Ooooooo. Hell yeah, I'd be interested in this!! I'll buy anything about Character Design but if it's explicitly tailored towards AD then I'm eager to snatch it from you and gobble it up.
 
I seem get to a point in software where I plateau. I like what I can do with it but never really push the software or my skills further. Any help in this department would be great
 
As for format, iBooks would be great but a physical copy might be worth considering too......
 
Looking forward to any updates and of course the book(s)
 
WoOhoO!!!!!
 
George
 

Rik,
 
You can change the amount of the "nudge" in the preferences. It is under "Preferences/Tools" in the beta. Or you can use the "transform" palette to move things to your liking. 
 
Hokusai

I think...that there are no shorcuts, you need to adjust the converted fonts manually.  Is more precise since every font has its own character and thanks heavens, we are smarter than the software, so I feel more comfortable adjusting those small details laying down some guides in the desired angle and then shaping the paths until they all fit.

Dear Affinity Serif, Please keep the excellent tutorials coming. I'm am learning so much more that I can do with the programs via the tutorials. They are really well done and extremely valuable. More, more!
 
I thing I'd like to see is a suggested workflow for cleaning up photos. I know the de-noise filter was mentioned as a later item to be done in a workflow. What I'd like to see is a workflow suggested order where a photo is opened and then each helpful filter or adjustment is applied and in the most beneficial order.
 
Thanks again, and keep up the terriffic work!

I'm no expert, but maybe you can try this:
 
 

Hi kspector,
Welcome to Affinity Forums :)
Click and hold over the Healing Brush Tool to reveal a menu with the Red-Eye Removal Tool.
 

 
 

The 'next' segment will appear curved if there is an extending control point. To delete the extending control point, click it with Option/Alt held down. You can click any off-curve handle at any time with Option held down and it will be removed. Similarly, clicking an on-curve node with Option held down will make the off-curve nodes on both sides of the node disappear and the point will become sharp

Hi Jeremias,
Welcome to Affinity Forums :)
Currently this is not possible since Apple hasn't implemented the ability to use an external editor in Photos yet. You will have to do it manually. Since the latest Beta it's also possible to use Affinity Photo's extension inside Apple Photos but it's more limited than the main application. In case you decide to try the Beta you can get it from here. You must keep the Mac App Store version installed to be able to run the Beta.
Alternatively you can access Apple Photos library going to menu View ▸ Media Browser... in Affinity Photo but there's no way to save the edits back as explained above.
 
To export a RAW image from Photos app go to menu File ▸ Export ▸ Export Unmodified Original.

Hi Rusty_Spanner, 
 
The Pen Tool toggles to the Node Tool, which is showing in your screen shot. 
 
Click & hold on the Node Tool to get the flyout & select the Pen Tool: 
 
 
Paul.