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First of all, I am very excited that the great Affinity people have added DXF export to the new version of Designer! I often design parts to be cut out with a CNC plasma cutter, and DXF is the preferred format for my cutter. Unfortunately, the DXF files that Designer produces can't be opened by the CAM software that runs our plasma cutter. Since my Mac doesn't currently have an app that can view DXF files, I email the files to myself via gmail in order to view them -- but gmail can't open the Affinity DXF files either. So for now I am still using CloudConvert or Zamzar, but I am very excited for this next big step in Affinity!

Thanks for this topic, y'all, and your answers. I was just trying to figure out how to "flatten" (?) the layer effects, such as a color overlay, into a pixel layer. And it turns out that "rasterize and trim" worked just how i needed it to. I tried it because you started us off, Paul Martin, by saying that you use that command as a fallback when things won't work... it saved me from posting my own separate question. Cheers!

Thank you so much, Old Bruce! That did it! I suspected that there must be some very simple reason for the difference -- but I had no idea what the answer was. I am still not sure how I ever accidentally changed it, but probably hit the keyboard shortcut when I was reaching for something else.

Iron caster.afdesignaccordionist.afdesign In Designer, why can I sometimes see objects that I place outside the document image area, and sometimes they disappear? I like being able to store ingredients in the document where they are easy to reach quickly but they won't show up in the final export. The two attached files are very similar -- the "accordionist" file has a list of color swatches outside of the document to the right side. I tried to establish the same type of list for the "iron caster" file, but it just won't show up. Or at least I can't see it, even though I have moved the items all the way to the front. What am I missing?

Hey y'all -- I guess you figured this out, but here's a workaround: Under Document Setup, switch the document's DPI (resolution) to a much higher setting, then try the Expand Stroke again. It tends to work better.

v_kyr, thank you --- this was just what I was looking for and I had no idea it existed as its own separate service. It's easy and directly suited for what I'm doing here.

Is there any way to figure out how many pixels of a certain color exist in a jpg file? Or alternatively, what percentage of a file's pixels are a certain color? I'm trying to figure out the total surface area of a group of oddly curved, organic shapes.

Pšenda, that's an interesting workaround. Makes good sense. >|<, I was looking for that in Preferences, but couldn't figure out how to get to that option.

OK while I was searching for an existing thread that addresses this topic, I figured out a workaround. So after I posted this question, I set the Flood Fill Tool [G] to 100% Tolerance and unchecked "contiguous". That did the trick. But a keyboard shortcut would be convenient.

Hi -- I think I used to know how to do this in Affinity. I want to Fill the selected pixel area with the foreground color. In Adobe it's "command-delete". Any help would be appreciated very much.

Thank you both so much, PixelPest and R C-R! I had already signed out of and back into the App Store a few times, but deleting the old version, then powering down, and reinstalling did the trick. That makes perfect sense -- i wish i had thought of it. AP 1.5.1 works great now!

Yes -- when i open the App Store, it shows that i have purchased Photo and Designer in 2015, but it doesn't show that i can get an update for Photo. Now i have Photo Beta 1.5.2, which is good, but i have the feeling that i am going about this backwards. (?)

Hi -- Sorry to ask what is probably a dumb question. On my Mac, I have purchased Affinity Photo 1.4.3 and downloaded Photo Beta version 1.5.0. On the Mac app store, Photo 1.5 does not show up under "Updates". When i run my version of Photo, it doesn't ask me if i want to update. I tried throwing my beta version in the trash to see if that would make it ask to update, but no. What should i do? I apologize, because i think i should probably already know how to do this.

Thanks so much R C-R. I had looked around for that update, but in the wrong places. It was right there in my "Purchased" list, waiting for me to install it. And now i have installed the update and am using the Beta version to edit the file that i couldn't get into, the one that i had asked about in the first place. Thank you MattP!

Hmm -- i have downloaded the beta version of Photo, but it won't let me run it because it apparently doesn't recognize that i have the purchased 1.4.2 version of Photo also installed in my Applications folder.