[Power Duplicate - Even Concentric Shapes]

This is an old thread but the new Spiral Tool can now be used to create concentric circles

A search of the forum will show you how

[Blank edges when exporting from an artboard]

The problem has something to do with the Live High Pass filter layer.

Delete (not hide) that layer and the problem goes away. 

Not sure why it is doing this

Note: The unwanted space on the exported image gets larger as you increase the Radius slider in the Live High Pass filter

[How to fix "missing font" when exporting publisher to PDF?]

Someone may need to see the document to see what those Find results are pointing to

If you can't upload the document here, the support staff will give you a Dropbox link so you can send it directly to them

[How to fix "missing font" when exporting publisher to PDF?]

Yes

[How to fix "missing font" when exporting publisher to PDF?]

Sorry, you have to click Format first, the 1st item in your list

(I forgot that step)

[How to fix "missing font" when exporting publisher to PDF?]

In the Find & Replace dialog you will see a Cog wheel icon next to Find, click that to bring up the Cog menu/dialog

 

[How to fix "missing font" when exporting publisher to PDF?]

5 hours ago, Amy Choue said:

What do I need to do to fix it? When I click on "fix" on the right side of "Missing font," a dialogue box opens (Font Manager), and it seems I can choose a font to replace the missing font there. Do I simply choose a font there and click on "Close"? Does this take care of the missing font error? 

No, Font Manager just lets you assign a "temporary" font to replace the missing one, so you can print or export your document. You will still get the preflight error warning you that the original font is unavailable on your system.

5 hours ago, Amy Choue said:

It seems I didn't use that "BaskervilleURW-Reg" font anywhere in the file. If it was used, it has to be in the Headings, and none was in that font. Are there ways to go to the places in the file where "missing font" was used?

Yes, you use the Find & Replace dialog

 Use the Cog menu and under Fonts change the ALL dropdown to Missing

Then in the Font Family dropdown you can select the missing font

Click OK in that dialog to close it and then click Find in the Find & Replace panel

You will then get a list of all the occurrences that missing font is located in your Document. Clicking any of those occurrences will take you to the page where that font is used

You can then change it manually or if you prefer you can use the same Find & Replace panel to assign a new font to replace the missing one for all occurrences where that missing font is found

Either way, this change is permanent and preflight will no longer give an error for that missing font

[RAW FILES - SOMETHING BIG IS COMING]

On 2/2/2024 at 6:38 PM, johan belmans said:

The Raw layer Embedded option in Develop Persona is great. The macro solution for copying the Develop Persona settings is good, but it would be great if once developed , a simple right click on the layer (in Photo Persona) would copy the settings and then paste the same settings on a different layer in the same .aphoto file.

This is useful in case you have to update a layer with a new version of a specific image, but still need the same Develop Persona settings. If I need to save each time a macro for each individual .aphoto file I will end up with too many macros. As far as I am aware, the macro is not saved within the .aphoto file.
 

With the Move Tool active, select the developed Raw layer and you will get an option to Replace Image in the context toolbar. When you use that option to replace the original image with a new version of that image, the previously applied Raw edits will be applied to that image also

[Affinity Designer 2]

Try this... (works in my test document but I don't know the complexity of yours)

Select all the Layer layers in the Layers Panel
Right-click and select Expand All
Select > Select All
Right-Click any child Layer and select Release

All child layers should be released but the Layer layers will still be there. But they will be empty, so you just ignore them or delete them if you want to

[Designer Unable to Edit in Publisher (Mac M1 Sonoma)]

7 minutes ago, PatDoran said:

Do I now need to save the document as an EPS file so as to be able to open it in Publisher and continue?

Try doing a Save or Save As to a new file name then open that Designer file in Publisher

[Double-clicking textbox in Transform could allow adding text instead of overwriting]

56 minutes ago, Raptosauru5 said:

Right now I have to click the text box several times

I just click once then use the Right Arrow key

[Designer 2 - can't select a layer]

The background layer's colour can also be changed by selecting the Rectangle in Layer 1 and using the colour panel to change the colour

[Photo 2.3.1 Pixelized image when reloading afphoto file]

16 hours ago, Sylvain Hamel said:

I tried many afphoto files and I realized that it seems to take a while to load the linked RAW file (40 to 80 seconds maybe).

I'm surprised because it takes less time to load the RAW file in the Develop Persona.

Loading a RAW file in the Develop Persona only performs the basic operations needed to load the file but if you then do other things like exposure, curves, noise, shadows etc then all that additional processing has to be redone when you open the APhoto document before the preview (pixelated) image is updated.

Which would explain the increase in time when opening an APhoto document compared to just opening the RAW file

 

If I load the sample file you uploaded in your first post it takes me 22 seconds until it is unpixellated

For some reason you appear to have duplicated the RAW layer in the APhoto file. If you did this so you have a backup then this is not necessary as the original RAW file is not touched. But far more importantly duplicating this (not needed RAW layer) increases the time for "depixelation" to occur significantly. By deleting that additional RAW layer or simply hiding it, and resaving the APhoto file, then the time it takes until the image is unpixellated drops to 11 seconds (half the original 22 seconds).

It looks like each RAW layer has to be processed separately. So don't duplicate the RAW layer if you don't have to

As an additional experiment after deleting your (not needed) RAW layer I then went back into the develop persona and reset all the adjustments (lots) you did to the RAW file back to their defaults. This then enables the file to be fully opened (unpixellated) in just 4 seconds so it's clear that whatever adjustments you do to the RAW layer increases the time to process the document when you reopen it. But there is not much you can do about this, it's just an observation.

 

On 1/28/2024 at 10:00 PM, Sylvain Hamel said:

With these files, the image most of the is displayed properly after 1 to 2 minutes

Not sure why it takes your PC 1 to 2 minutes to "display properly" but it may just be that my PC is faster than yours. You may want to post your PC's specs memory, cpu, drive, (SSD?) for analysis, also a screenshot of Edit > Settings > Performance may be useful 

 

[How to go back to the normal setup]

Redo what you did but this time select the top three items (not just the top two)

 

[Imported photo shown incorrectly]

 

[AP2 - Raw - Save .aphoto project file]

Near the Develop button there is an Output: option

If you select Raw Layer Linked or Raw Layer Embedded you can develop and save the AFPhoto document then go back in and continue editing the Raw file from where you left off

Please read the Help file for further Help

[Frame Text turned into curves by accident (each single letter) - How to undo?]

3 hours ago, Andi Saitenhieb said:

Oh, and how did I actually do this (so I can prevent it from happening in the future ... 🙃)?

Go into shortcuts and remove the shortcut for Convert to Curves

Ctrl+Enter (Windows) or Cmd+Return (Mac)

[Is there a way to gradually reduce font size from one end of a sentance to the end?]

In Affinity Designer:

The Spiral Tool using Text on the Spiral's Path

Then enclosed in a Perspective Warp Group

May be worth experimenting with

(Note: Text remains editable)

 

 

[Can I use History panel for a time-lapse video of me drawing?]

1. If Save History is switched on mid-edit, history will be saved from when you opened the document to the last edit. The Undo Limit is settable in Edit > Settings, this limits how far back you can go in the History panel.

2. Yes, size is dependent on the particular edits done

3. I never do time-lapse - someone else may be able to advise re this

[Affinity Publisher v2 in Windows. is possible get snapping guide work with master page objects as well?]

Change "Candidates" to All layers

 

[Designer - bad behaviour : Select Bottom / Select Top]

6 hours ago, FrM said:

The "Select children in selected group" function does not exist, so I would ask for you to add "Select Children" function.

Select any child in the group
Make sure Edit all Layers is off (in the Layers panel)
Then Select > Select All

[There is no way crop for example 20cm x 20cm piece of image from given coordinate?]

In APhoto v2

Make a 20cm x 20cm rectangle
Use transform panel to place rectangle at desired coordinates, over image
Use Select > Selection from Layer and Delete (to marquee select the rectangle & delete it)
Activate Crop Tool (which, in this instance will automatically crop to selection)

 

 

[How do I use the same spelling dictionary on two machines?]

22 minutes ago, prentice1024 said:

but the Windows file manager continues to show the date and time on dictionary.propcol as 1/8/2024, the date of installation

Sounds like you are not copying the right dictionary.propcol file

Are both Publisher versions exactly the same?

Were both Publisher installations from the same source (Affinity website or Microsoft store)?

and were they the same as regards you installed either the ".exe" version or the "MSIX" version?

 

[No Crop Ratio. No develop.]

Try 

View > Show Context Toolbar

[Holding Shift Key to Proportionally Scale an Object?]

1 hour ago, gotanidea said:

we can hold the Alt key in Affinity Publisher

All the ALT key does is disable snapping

 

15 minutes ago, bbrother said:

Placed images (images layers) are treated differently. By default their aspect ratio is maintained when resizing and you need to use SHIFT-drag from corner handle to make the opposite (resize without maintaining aspect ratio).

But if you drag from a middle handle then SHIFT-drag works in reverse for placed images

There may be a good reason for this (that I don't understand) but it does get a bit confusing at times when working with placed images