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I thought so, so I'm not shocked.

Metadata panel, ideally with some metadata in it, of course click its "hamburger" menu Export to XML Or as usual, if everything else fails: https://affinity.help/photo2/en-US.lproj/pages/Panels/metadataPanel.html

Oh, I haven't used this "feature" for quite some time, so I don't know. Some time ago I bought https://apps.apple.com/app/super-vectorizer-pro-ai-vector/id1152204742 while they offered some discount, and that works fine for me as vectorizer when needed. It could be related to the new smoothing algorithm though, which is also one of the reasons I'm sticking with v2.4.2.

And that's what you should use. Use any free online "bitmap to vector" service to convert the TIFF to vector PDF or SVG, or an online barcode generator that will create a new barcode from your data as a vector PDF directly. Then open (do not place) the new vector barcode file and copy the curves directly to your layout and give them the required color, usually K100 if the layout is going to print. Been there done that many times. As a side note: Although Affinity doesn't provide a vectorizer built in, there exists an "accidental feature" (or "happy bug") in Publisher that can sort of "vectorize" bitmap layers. It works pretty well especially with barcodes and QR codes:

There are many bugs in the MacOS Recent Items mechanism in general, not just with 3rd party apps but also in Apple's own, since many iterations of MacOS, going many years back. I'm often seeing weird recent lists in Logic Pro, for example, where I have to clear the list every now and then to get rid of too many duplicate ghost entries.

They do provide a tool: Many other proprietary formats also use this same standard sidecar method. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidecar_file On the other hand, how do you access XMP metadata e.g. in *.indd or in *.ai files? Turns out you can't, unless using an Adobe app like Bridge that can read and write them from the proprietary Adobe formats, or unless the *.ai has been saved with the PDF stream. But alright, Bridge is at least free to use. You can also relatively easily extract metadata from IDML because IDML is just a zip archive of human readable plain text XML files anyway.

That will happen if you have previously resized the pixel layer and its DPI value doesn't match the document value anymore. To check the DPI of a resized pixel layer, select it with the Move tool and its DPI will be displayed in the context toolbar. To prevent the blur, (re-)rasterize the scaled pixel layer before merging down. Not sure if this is "by design" or a bug…

??? The plot thickens…

My apologies for trying to be constructive and helpful. Rest assured that it won't happen again. Welcome to my Ignore list.

… and this one is it out of the box: https://onlinetools.com/number/generate-arithmetic-sequence Settings: Start sequence from this number = 128 Increase each element by this amount = -1 Number of elements in sequence = 128 Separate elements in the arithmetic sequence by this character = , Result: 128,127,126,125,124,123,122,121,120,119,118,117,116,115,114,113,112,111,110,109,108,107,106,105,104,103,102,101,100,99,98,97,96,95,94,93,92,91,90,89,88,87,86,85,84,83,82,81,80,79,78,77,76,75,74,73,72,71,70,69,68,67,66,65,64,63,62,61,60,59,58,57,56,55,54,53,52,51,50,49,48,47,46,45,44,43,42,41,40,39,38,37,36,35,34,33,32,31,30,29,28,27,26,25,24,23,22,21,20,19,18,17,16,15,14,13,12,11,10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1

This one is even better because I can define the separator right away: https://onlinetools.com/number/generate-integers Then I only need to remove the minus signs.

So, what I need to do is to generate the number sequence first. Let's see if there's something online: https://duckduckgo.com/?q=number+sequence+generator Ah, here's one that looks promising: https://phrasefix.com/tools/sequential-number-generator The above tool can generate a reversed sequence by using negative integers, so I'll go with -128 to -1 The sequence is separated by line breaks, so I paste it into a text editor – TextEdit on Mac will suffice – or in a temporary text frame in Publisher if needs be. Search for "-", replace with "", removes the minus character. Search for line break, replace with comma, creates the sequence I need to paste into the Export dialog. voilà: 128,127,126,125,124,123,122,121,120,119,118,117,116,115,114,113,112,111,110,109,108,107,106,105,104,103,102,101,100,99,98,97,96,95,94,93,92,91,90,89,88,87,86,85,84,83,82,81,80,79,78,77,76,75,74,73,72,71,70,69,68,67,66,65,64,63,62,61,60,59,58,57,56,55,54,53,52,51,50,49,48,47,46,45,44,43,42,41,40,39,38,37,36,35,34,33,32,31,30,29,28,27,26,25,24,23,22,21,20,19,18,17,16,15,14,13,12,11,10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1

Nur die Ruhe bewahren…

Since pages are a Publisher feature, here you go: Export → File Settings → Area: All Pages → Pages: 16,15,14,13,12,11,10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1 For Designer, see previous page. But yeah, clicking a simple check box would be about 6.3 seconds faster than typing "16,15,14,13,12,11,10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1"…

Given that more than 90% of all Affinity customers *) don't even have an account on this forum, we'll likely never know for sure. *) The math: It's been officially communicated that there are over 3,000,000 Affinity licenses sold, and this forum has 210,437 registered members as of today from: Oxford German Dictionary, Copyright © 2008, 2021 Oxford University Press. All rights reserved. (emphasis mine)

Thanks for clarifying. I've also used the term incorrectly in a post above.

Alright, so possibly it's a specific permission issue with this very document. You can't. Affinity Photo contains primarily the subset of functions that are relevant for photo editing. As the app name says… If you need more pages, then Publisher is the tool with the relevant focus. Once you've added them in Publisher though, Photo will be able to handle them as well. The respective document format is fully interchangeable.

Um… uh… sorry, but… no. Because as always: It depends.® Context matters.™

Well, that proof is already made through the destructive filter's live preview… But yeah, proofs of concept are fun! Just yesterday I spent a few hours with my Line 6 HX Stomp guitar/bass multieffect to prove my concept theory that it can generate drum sounds and act as a drum machine – or at least as an "enhanced metronome". It works.

Ha, still around! houdah.com/houdahSpot P.S. I actually just bought an upgrade. My last license was v2, now they're at v6. Will be useful… P.P.S. I totally forgot how brilliant HoudahSpot is!

You may need to narrow the scope, and not just what to include but also what to exclude. Especially when searching as root. FAF will find things that Schpottlite wants to hide from you. For "Spotlight on steroids", there used to be HoudaSpot. I used to have a license back in the day when Finder seach was just abysmal, I think it was before Apple re-added Finder labels which I've been heavily relying on since the System 7 days. Eventually Finder got better so there was no need for me to upgrade HoudaSpot. I also use PathFinder from time to time, but sadly it never truly lived up to its original potential. Heck, just recently I was forced to upgrade for Ventura, and some essential power features have even disappeared! So for me it's always been a mix of multiple apps for advanced file management, sometimes even one trick ponies. My most essential add-on to Finder is XtraFinder. (Yep, Apple can shovel its SIP somewhere behind… )

Thinking of it: Isn't it easier to simply duplicate the image and pixelate the copy destructively…?

"Radius" of what?

Sure, I know how to set it up and everything. I do such searches all the time, but using the aforementioned Find Any File. Just recently I began to sort out dozens of hard drives I found in my late dad's flat, originally totaling 65TB worth of data. Turned out he had a horrible backup strategy, and additionally he was obsessed with recording TV programs that he never really watched… Finder wasn't of much use here, apart from copying or deleting stuff. The drives were all NTFS, so first I had to copy all data back and forth to HFS+ formatted drives so that I'd be able to safely inspect and edit them on Mac. For cataloging and offline search I've been using NeoFinder, for direct search and for the vast majority of deletions Find Any File. What I hate the most about the Finder search? I do not want to see audio file track title metadata in the search results window! I want to see the audio file names, FFS! Sheesh…