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1 hour ago, Viktor CR said:
How do you have one layer or image spread over multiple Artboards and stay in place consistently, whether you move Artboards or reposition the image?
So many possibilities… especially since using Designer Artboards used to be the actual workaround for the lack of multipage spreads in Publisher.
For example here:^ It's a long thread so there are likely more examples that me and others have posted.
Or here's something:
But if you need to know more, please post a separate thread or join an existing one on that very topic.
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On 10/31/2024 at 5:23 AM, Viktor CR said:
I can imagine artists wanting to be able to eventually produce all sorts of tiled designs, that can effortlessly be output as print ready PDF.
1 hour ago, Petar Petrenko said:I think it will be well suited for Designer.
Yep, this is exactly what you may want to use Designer for all along. Artboards can be of any shape, size and position. They can be even nested or overlapping.
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46 minutes ago, Patrick Connor said:
Can you explain whether you mean
(a) "it is a step back" us not (yet) implementing a way to access the earlier behaviour on mac to match Windows
or
(b) it is "a step back" that it applies to your selection instantly?
Both.
I, for one, like the current behavior, and I like to have options.23 minutes ago, Sean P said:There is an open issue that is preventing that part working on macOS and iPad. It is logged and intended to be fixed (which is why it was phrased with currently).
Ah, thanks.
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20 hours ago, Patrick Connor said:
note this Alt behaviour is currently only available on Windows
Why this? For me as a Mac user this is a step back.
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Ah, rejoice! I'm still using v2.4.2 because of this!
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@Dan C is "(Ex) Staff"? That's quite a loss.
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4 minutes ago, loukash said:
Arial in one of my FM databases in action
P.S.
Of course, I'm not using Arial for PDF export or printing! Hey, I'm not that weird. It's just for the display layout.
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1 hour ago, JoJu said:
they have high resolution screens
That includes my trusty old pre-Retina MBP 2008 as well. In fact, my ambivalent relationship with Arial goes as far back as a purple iMac DV 400, back in 2000…
1 hour ago, JoJu said:35 years working with computers
Yeah, same here. For example, my main computer 1994–1998 was my then-flatmate's PowerBook 140 with a monochrome display and a whopping 40 MB hard drive. It could run PageMaker 4 though, so I was happy with it.
1 hour ago, JoJu said:the definition of "easily readable" does not contain 9 pt text-sizes
It depends on the glasses:
For reading and for computer work, currently I've recycled the spectacles I was wearing when I was like 12-13, i.e. 45 years ago. (I replaced the frames, of course…) They just work nicely for distances around 50–70 cm.1 hour ago, JoJu said:your use case
I've posted this screenshot a few years ago in another context on this forum, but here it is, Arial in one of my FM databases in action:
With Helvetica – or any other sans serif font for that matter – it just didn't work for me the way I wanted it.
The core of this database is over 25 years old. In fact, one of my archived early versions was created on 19 August 1999…~~~
Back on topic:
Hey, it could have been worse!
Comic Sans, anyone?
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Speaking of Arial, it can cause me literally physical pain when I'm looking at it printed on paper.
And boy, was I angry when one of my former clients decided to change their corporate identity and forced me to use Georgia (which is alright) and Arial (ouch!) for the brochures I laid out for them, replacing Helvetica Neue.But…
There are instances when Arial is hard to beat in terms of readability, and that's when it's used at small sizes on a computer display. After all, essentially that's what it was originally designed and optimized for. For example, I do some FileMaker programming every now and then: Arial 9pt is perfect for UI labels, and Arial 11pt for text fields, easily readable on any of my 15" MacBooks. And yes, of course at first I tried Helvetica et al; Arial just works better in those situations, no matter how hard I tried…
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2 hours ago, JoJu said:
just noticed a couple of times, it's not always opening up the symbols panel and I can't see why at the moment.
I don't remember the default MacOS keyboard shortcut for "Emoji & Symbols" as I usually modify many of those shortcuts anyway (hey, my muscle memory goes as far back as System 7 and I don't like to change my habits all too often… ) But it could be that an Affinity shortcut conflicts with it, and overrides it.
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2 minutes ago, walt.farrell said:
Photo doesn't have the Symbols panel
@JoJu means the global MacOS Character Viewer which is – confusingly enough – listed in every Edit menu as "Emoji & Symbols" (at least on Ventura).
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55 minutes ago, MikeTO said:
You can add your own text replacements to Affinity using Settings > AutoCorrect.
Yes, but that's in APu only.
1 hour ago, MikeTO said:Your macOS text replacements will work in Affinity text fields
Exactly, at least in those that are apparently based on NSText.
In Photo, you can e.g. use a field in the Metadata panel to temporarily input the shortcuts, then copy & paste into a text frame. -
23 minutes ago, JoJu said:
in no Affinity app?
Probably because Affinity text frames don't utilize Apple's NSText framework. Which they can't because otherwise they wouldn't be compatible with the Windows versions.
It works with third party text expanders, however. Keyboard Maestro can do it, among many others. -
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Bin ganz deiner Meinung!
Be aware though that you can change your defaults to fit your workflow. My default font of choice is now Menlo.
However, it can be a bit of p.i.t.a. to set up. I still don't remember the exact steps to make it work, but eventually I somehow made it work… -
Hi Emilio, this bug still hasn't been fixed. We have explored a couple of very clunky workarounds here:
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On Mac, there's a nice free app to batch edit PDF metadata:
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5 hours ago, eiketre said:
Peakto
It can read iView catalogs! Well, that's definitely something worth to try.
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10 hours ago, Chills said:
However, starting where we are the discussion changed to a Light-Bridge DAM that is needed because user of all three Affinity apps will have a vast amount of assets to manage. (this is why Bridge was standard will any CS app)
Ah, I should have read on before replying above…
You're actually confirming what I just said.
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10 hours ago, Chills said:
the missing link in the Affinity suite
… is not "missing". It's literally called StudioLink.
10 hours ago, Chills said:Something that ties the other three apps together (which is why Adobe did LR in the first place)
Um, nope. What actually ties Adobe apps together is Bridge.
I, for one, couldn't care less about Lightroom. I'm a designer, not a photographer.Much like I, for one, couldn't care less about an "Affinity Lighttable" (or whatever it would be called).
Affinity is a graphic design suite, not a photo editing suite, hence the "missing link" it needs is something like Bridge or iView/Expression Media. -
1 hour ago, NathanC said:
If there are any further updates the Affinity Info bot will automatically reply
Hm… the bot has been generally quite quiet lately. Is he/she also on summer holidays, perhaps…?
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48 minutes ago, Hangman said:
converting to Curves
Yes, curves are not an issue. It affects only live text.
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23 hours ago, loukash said:apply a vector brush stroke to text
A possibly related bug:
The Stroke popover panel in the Appearance panel is missing the Texture Line Style button when used on live text:
Blend tool in Designer
in Feedback for the Affinity V2 Suite of Products
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"Critical" or not, it's genuinely puzzling that 10 years after its release, Affinity is still lacking a plethora of "classic" vector features which I've been using in Freehand 9 some 25 years ago.