Fixx
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CTRL click (PC) and CMD click (Mac) should work just as in Photoshop but remember to click LAYER ICON, not LAYER NAME.
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12 hours ago, randomjames said:
the CMD + ALT plus left mouse button drag up / down for this, but (for some reason, this does not work properly on my computer)
With mac computer it would be CTRL + ALT + LMB up/down, and hardness CTRL + ALT + LMB left/right.
No CMD key involved.
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7 minutes ago, walt.farrell said:
Wouldn't it be simpler to simply take the graphic and pin it inline at the end of the article? Why bother with converting it to a font?
There is even no need to pin, you can paste a graphic inline.
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13 hours ago, dcrosby said:
but jpg and mp3 are basic formats without any bells or whistles
Mind you, JPG and MP3 are delivery formats. Exchange formats are more demanding.
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10 minutes ago, haakoo said:
Why not?
Put the mouse pointer at the middle handles and watch it become two parallel lines with arrows in both directions and drag it up/down when on left or right handles or left/right when on top/bottom handles.
OK now I got it. Temporarily did not show.
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Moving, scaling and rotating are easy with move tool, but shearing I cannot do.
Transform panel works fine if you have selected the right layer.
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Serif has "kinda" admitted the quality of Affinity JPEG export is not top notch. It is "kinda" recommended now to use additional software if top quality JPEGs are needed. For example, export from AP to full size TIFF and batch resample/sharpen/convert with XnConvert.
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As operations are non-destructive it is possible to apply posterisation layer and place a curves adjustment layer below it. That way you can adjust posterisation result "quite" easily.
Having adjustment tools right in the posterisation layer would maybe be easier.
Anyway, I dislike the way posterisation works on each colour channel separately, it would be better if it would be more like applying indexed colour mode – you would just define how many colours you want.
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3 hours ago, CodyHill said:
The free FontBase version is pretty useless. You are better of just using google fonts.
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FontBase IS a tool for activating Google fonts? ...maybe you mean download and install is just as easy?
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can't you just use PDF and keep file as vectors
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Crop tool works only the whole document as AP is meant to be a photo editor (as opposed to Designer and Publisher where each object can be cropped individually).
You can though mask each image layer in composite quite easily by drawing a marquee around the image area you want to keep and clicking Mask Layer icon in the Layers palette.
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OP probably wants to load a bunch of images to Place Image Tool and insert each to corresponding table cell. I could not make it happen, inserting images to cells was copy paste only.
Another question is if placing to cells is really necessary, or if they could be placed and lined up normally.
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21 hours ago, CodyHill said:
directly from the app, witch is amazing. Why isn't there the same thing for google fonts?
While using fonts other than installed into system is unorthodox thing to do, web developing apps do it all the time. It would make sense to use Google fonts direct in web development work in Designer. Even though you can download and install them easily enough..
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It is possible that Serif will skip version 1.9 and release v 2.0 soon. But I think it is more probable v 2.0 will not come out this year. This is pure guesswork though. Also, there really is no real indication of pricing. Current app stores though do not support special upgrade prices. So far Serif has sold new versions at reduced price for all for a limited time after release. This may continue or not. Also, it is possible that price will change – maybe version 2.0 will be so much better they charge double price. Anybody's guess.
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Find out what is the optimal dpi for your printing project. Your printer service can probably tell and for cloth printing it is probably significantly lower than for normal printed matter.
You can upsample your images with Affinity Photo: Document > Resize document... Use Lanczos method for sharpest result.
Note that you cannot really add sharpness to image with normal upsample methods. Be sure to apply unsharp mask filter to regain some sharpness. Also it may be meaningless to try upsample image more than 150-200 % – it will look soft anyway.
Exotic upsamplers like Topaz Gigapixel have algorithms that invent sharpness to images and results may be much better at larger percentages.
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I think you need to get a font that has 0 slashed. Any technical font should have it, like Consolas.
Or you can build a graphic for it. Start with "0" and"/".
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5 hours ago, Noj said:
Exposure 5. Selling points for me are
X5 has got some very food reviews. Loos like it is a lot like LR but faster. No import, it just sees folders direct and provides previews as you go. LR catalog import is very basic and some suff like HRD and panos are still missing, NR is nothing to write home about. (This all is hearsay, I have not yet tested.) Wonder if it has content aware fill? Possibly even automatic when doing perspective correction?
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20 hours ago, Old Bruce said:
This has to do with the difference between pixels and vectors. In short you cannot select half of a pixel.
When doing selections the key is antialiasing. Selection brush seems to create not very well antialiased selections.
If you make selection from layers palette (cmd-click layer) it should be smooth, but it works only if you can select whole object content of the layer.
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16 hours ago, trichens said:
I've been using Eagle ( eagle.cool ) recently.
Looks nice, handles also AI and EPS, but it collects all to its own library. Would be better if it would leave files where they are.
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3 hours ago, GarryP said:
Fixx: I didn’t say that PDFs could have any ‘special effects’. I just said that Publisher couldn’t add any. I hope this makes it clearer.
I know, sorry. I just emphasized that using "special effects" is not common or easy task with any other tools either. Currently the fad is to make such effects to a web-based lookalike HTML5 publication, which is PDF no more. (And not really usable, IMHO.)
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On 5/2/2020 at 5:06 PM, GarryP said:
Publisher can’t add any ‘special effects’ to your PDF, such as page turn animations
I have not yet seen any solution for having page turn effect in PDF. If you can point to an example, please do. So far all have been HTML5, not PDF.
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You can drag several PDFs to a Photo window. They will stack as embedded documents in layer palette. Each can be opened with double click for editing.
How to get my painting with only black and white?
in Pre-V2 Archive of Affinity on Desktop Questions (macOS and Windows)
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Easiest way is just to use Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Threshold...
Use the slider to select threshold point after which all colours go white and all others go black.
Mind you, you have transparencies in your file so these parts show grey anyway. Remove that by removing tick from Document > Transparent Background.