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    Gatada reacted to MEB in Not working? AP 2.4.0 — Ask for name when creating Layer and Groups   
    Hi walt,
    The Layer command is being logged already along with the iPad issue.
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    Gatada reacted to MEB in Not working? AP 2.4.0 — Ask for name when creating Layer and Groups   
    It's is correct because Affinity Photo do not support Layers as containers natively. Only Designer and Publisher does. If you go to these apps and use the exact same command from the menu you will see they create a Layer (container) by default, not a pixel layer.

    That's why in Affinity Photo we call them "pixel layers" and in Designer/Publisher just "layers" but since most people is used to layers for everything it does generate some confusion. Maybe the command in Photo should be Layer> New Pixel Layer.
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    Gatada reacted to MEB in Not working? AP 2.4.0 — Ask for name when creating Layer and Groups   
    Yes, they are different. Pixel layers are the equivalent to layers in Photoshop. Layers in Designer are equivalent to layers in Illustrator.
    Since Affinity Photo is a photo editor it doesn't use layers as containers like Affinity Designer does.
    Of course this functionality could also be added to Affinity Photo as an improvement, but currently that option is working as intended.
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    Gatada reacted to NathanC in Bug UI: The Brush Editing window hides Associated Tool on resize   
    Hi @Gatada,
    This definitely looks like a bug, so I've now moved this thread over to the bug section of the forums. I can confirm I've also replicated this so i'll get this logged with the developers, thanks for letting us know. 👍
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    Gatada reacted to erikj in Designer V2 and Image Trace   
    Thank you for clarifying that. My apologies.
    I've read many of the whiny requests on the forum strings. Sorry to have lost myself in the whine for one navel-gazing minute.
    BTW: Thanks to Serif for adding the Book feature to Publisher 2, that was huge for me.
    If I may add my vote for two features in a kinder, more respectful way: Please develop an image trace feature in Designer and a rudimentary epub export for Publisher. Yes, I know there are workarounds available.
    Thanks to Serif for their hard work and the opportunity to tune out of the Adobe Suite.
    Gratitude.
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    Gatada reacted to thomaso in Outline part of mask?   
    With symbols it may be even easier: The hill-mask gets auto-updated if you modify a hill. (but its layer thumbnail might delay in being updated)

    hill-symbol-mask.m4v
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    Gatada reacted to ronnyb in Workflow Improvement: CMD+Shift+Option+S should use name given to the slice in the Export Persona   
    I absolutely agree. There's no reason why the Export command shouldn't use the artboard's name as specified in the Export Persona (and visible/selectable in the Export window via the Area pop-up menu) when choosing to export a specific artboard. It's a no-brainer for enhanced workflow efficiency.
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    Gatada got a reaction from GripsholmLion in Workflow Improvement: CMD+Shift+Option+S should use name given to the slice in the Export Persona   
    Yes, sure, which I do. But often it is faster to simply export. And that workflow would be even faster if the selected artboard dictated the filename of the export.
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    Gatada got a reaction from ronnyb in Workflow Improvement: CMD+Shift+Option+S should use name given to the slice in the Export Persona   
    Yes, sure, which I do. But often it is faster to simply export. And that workflow would be even faster if the selected artboard dictated the filename of the export.
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    Gatada got a reaction from ronnyb in Workflow Improvement: CMD+Shift+Option+S should use name given to the slice in the Export Persona   
    And have you noticed that the Export command always uses filename for the exported artboard—even when selecting a specific artboard? I think Designer could do better: when an artboard is selected, use the name of the artboard as defined in the Export persona.
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    Gatada got a reaction from thomaso in Outline part of mask?   
    Hey all, so grateful for answers, suggestions and contributions! Thank you!
    Now that I see it wasn't simply something obvious that I had overlooked, I've been motivated to try to find other ways.
    So, there is this approach, still tedious and far from as simple as a "include outline in masking operation" toggle:
    Create shape with desired brush, named it Hill. Duplicate shape and make fill and outline 100% black, named it Mask. Select the Hill shape and create Highlight shape with desired brush, it is between Mask and Hill. Right-click Mask in Layers tab and click "Mask to Below". Voila! The result is vectors and masked with outline.
    Hm, oh, is this what @NotMyFault mentioned?
    1. If the Hill is made into a symbol.. And duplicated... and with sync disabled, changed to all black (this is the Mask) Then changing the Hill shape will also affect the Mask. Nice! Now I can change.. But of course... I cannot modify multiple Hills individually.. So still a pain... virtually unsustainable.


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    Gatada got a reaction from GripsholmLion in Outline part of mask?   
    When artwork is finished, and is exported, the format is not significant—as long as resolution is respected.
    I’ll try the above though it sounds .. quite .. tedious.
    I would expect Designer to have a toggle to include or exclude outline when masking. It’s quite obvious that some feature like this is needed, as all sample files have hard shapes and masks—no fuzzy brushes anywher (unless when manually brushed).
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    Gatada reacted to thomaso in Outline part of mask?   
    Currently I see only the compromise to separate fill and stroke for the clipped object, for instance:

    This starts to get more complex than just using a rasterized a layer copy for the clipping object. As @NotMyFault mentioned in Affinity the stroke attribute doesn't allow the required clipping mask but stays in foreground unfortunately. Thus we are forced to workarounds + compromises for this actually very normal, natural task. If brush textures would be true vector and/or allow to get curved accordingly it could be solved easily by "Expand Stroke" and merge fill + stroke to one common curve layer without a separate stroke attribute.
    Does one know for what purpose (advantage?) the Affinity handling of this stroke vs. fill hierarchy in clipping objects has been coded this way?
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    Gatada reacted to thomaso in Outline part of mask?   
    Can you show a screenshot? For what use needs the Symbol be copied?
    I don't get your result for the parent stroke (regardless of "masking" vs. "clipping" position).

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    Gatada got a reaction from ronnyb in Workflow Improvement: CMD+Shift+Option+S should use name given to the slice in the Export Persona   
    When saving an artboard using CMD+Shift+Option+S I save time if the default filename would be the name given to the slice in the Export Persona of Designer. Why use the filename when the file has multiple artboards and only one of them is exported?
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    Gatada reacted to Old Bruce in Support for Page Down and Page Up Keys in Publisher   
    Further to Return's screenshot I would add that the first thing I do is get rid of the Control or Command key and just use the Page up and Page down keys on their own.
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    Gatada reacted to Return in Support for Page Down and Page Up Keys in Publisher   
    Always wondered why this is the default.
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    Gatada reacted to walt.farrell in Running headers   
    I think that Gatada's problem is that they want the extra space in the TOC before some, but not all, of the Heading 1 entries. Thus they need two separate text styles for the headings (so some can have the extra space in the TOC). But that messes up their use of running headers.
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    Gatada reacted to walt.farrell in Publisher - cannot select or delete copy/pasted rectangle   
    You can probably right-click on the Master layer on that page and choose Edit Detached. Then select/delete or move the rectangle out of the layer.
    It sounds like it became Pinned in the text layer.
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    Gatada got a reaction from ITGimmi in Cross reference support   
    Yes, cross-references that are kept up-to-date when content move around is essential for me.
    I feel it is as fundamental as a Table of Contents.
    I'm really hoping work is already being done to deliver this soon 🙂
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    Gatada got a reaction from vishalsignap in Cross reference support   
    Yes, cross-references that are kept up-to-date when content move around is essential for me.
    I feel it is as fundamental as a Table of Contents.
    I'm really hoping work is already being done to deliver this soon 🙂
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    Gatada got a reaction from walt.farrell in Cross reference in Publisher workround? (WIN)   
    Serif linked to your reply when I asked for inline cross-references - appears that this is now the "official" workaround.
    The lack of this feature is puzzling, to say the least.
    Anyway, thanks Walt. I might give it a try..
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    Gatada reacted to ashf in Artboard size is different than output size   
    I think artboards should be always aligned to pixel grid and integer pixel size regardless of the snapping setting when the document unit is pixel.
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    Gatada reacted to Aaron Martin in Gradient Blur Effect   
    Hi Bruce.
    by gradient blur, i mean the blue circle images, where users can apply different level of blur between two points of a shape
    by background blur blend option, i mean something like the yellow and orange circle effect.
    im aware there are multiple ways to apply this effect in afphoto and also designer, but my suggestion is if there is an individual toggle for this effect, could help speed up workflow alot.




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