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Can I check, @Etdronehome, do you want to export 10 individual pdf files, one for each page, as opposed to a multiple-page pdf? If so, I think you would need to select page 1, export, choose "Current page" next to "Area" in the export dialog, name the export something like "page1.pdf"; export it, then select page 2 and repeat for the remaining individual pages.

Hi @Destiny Rose and welcome! Here's one way: Use the Flood Select tool ("Magic Wand") in Add mode to select the areas you want to mask. Use the File-Place command to choose the background image. In the layer stack, make sure it's above the background image. In the Layers panel, click the Mask Layer button. Deselect. Hope this helps, H

Thanks @cgleeson, very pleased to be able to help.

How bizarre. That text is present in my screen shot and in the .afpub file I uploaded.

I can't help wondering if this is a font issue. I don't have Word installed on my Mac, but I do have Cambria, which I believe is one of the standard fonts installed with Word on both Mac and PC. The original .docx file uploaded by @AntiqueFlaneur works pretty well for me - I had to delete a couple of page breaks and slightly reposition the images to fit an A4 page, but the result is to my mind pretty impressive. The only real issue I can see is the small square blobs at the beginning of each paragraph, which could easily be removed with a search and replace. Just to reiterate, this is not from a Word- or Pages-generated .pdf, but from the original .docx, and I really have done minimal layout editing to get it into this state. I've uploaded the .afpub document as well, but clearly you would need to have Cambria installed for it to open correctly. I'd normally be the first to say 'strip out the formatting and re-do it from scratch in AFPublisher'. But in this case I'm not so sure. core_blimey.afpub

Hi @vinodnayakyahoo and welcome! Is this the effect you want to achieve: If so, click on the stroke, go to the Layer menu and choose Expand Stroke, then perform the subtract operation. Cheers, H

You may also need to check Include bleed under More in the Export dialog: But (just asking) PNG isn't really a print format - there's no option to include printer's marks. Is your printer happy to accept PNG, or would he/she prefer PDF?

To my eye High Pass is probably your best bet, but a lot of it is down to fiddling around until you get something you like (politely called "experimentation"). I tried Clarity without much luck. At the end of the day there isn't much in the original to sharpen.

I would use a combination of Rulers and the Transform panel to check and adjust the precise size of your image. If rulers aren't visible, go to View and choose Show Rulers. Below, my selected object is 35.5mm W x 34.7mm H. You can align the ruler origin to the top left margins of the document by dragging from the top left corner where the two rulers meet. (This is in Affinity Photo but if by AP you mean Affinity Publisher it's pretty much the same.) (Holding up a ruler or piece of paper to the screen isn't quite as dramatic as using Tippex to correct mistakes, but it's just as unreliable )

Hi @cgleeson and welcome! One way, probably not perfect: Box Blur live filter + Brightness/Contrast live adjustment + Add Noise live filter (the latter for a bit of grit/grain, you may prefer to leave it out). I've also converted to greyscale. .afphoto format file attached. You can adjust to taste. Cheers, H oldphoto.afphoto

Hi @Duane McDermid and welcome! Are they different from the "Formula Guide Solid Coated V4" and "Formula Guide Solid Uncoated V4" shown in your screen shots and on the Pantone website?

You clearly can't apply two character styles to the same run of characters, at least not in Affinity Publisher. That's the nature of the beast. However, there is one way of changing a colour everywhere in a document - swatches and global colours. In the Swatches palette, I created a new palette called "Global true greys" (in part to distinguish it from the RGB so-called greys in the default installation). With nothing selected, I then used the CMYK sliders in the Colour palette to create a fill colour of 0C 0M 0Y 30K. Back in the Swatches palette, I added the current colour as a global colour. I renamed it "Light grey" I then created "Mid grey" (0C 0M 0Y 50K) and "Dark grey" (0C 0M 0Y 70K). This is my Swatches palette: In my document, I have a character style called "Small". I applied it to a couple of words - "connection" and "dreamy" below. I then applied "Mid grey" to those words. I also applied "Mid grey" to a word in normal paragraph style - "some" below: I then deselected all the words, and edited "Mid grey" using the Swatches palette: Screen Recording 2020-10-05 at 14.27.44.mov The colour of all the "Mid grey" words changes as I edit the global swatch. I'm not sure if this does exactly what you want, but it may offer a partial solution. Cheers, H

Just for the record, @Murfee's method is far superior to the one I suggested.

Here's one way: Draw an Ellipse over the image, set its Opacity to around 50% so you can see the underlying image while you adjust the shape to fit: On Mac, Cmd-click on the ellipse icon in the Layers panel. (Probably Control-click on PC?) This will create a selection ("marching ants") of the ellipse shape. Hide the ellipse shape by unchecking it in the Layers panel. Use Feather from the Select menu to blur the edge of the selection. The value you choose will depend on the size of the image. The 20/50 pixels mentioned in the tutorial you link to will probably be too little on a full-size out-of-camera image: . From the Select menu, choose Invert Pixel Selection From the Layer menu, choose New Fill Layer. Set the fill colour to white. If you're happy, delete the ellipse layer and deselect. If you're not, step back through the history, adjust the feather value, rinse and repeat. Cheers, H

Hi @Paul1212 and welcome! I'm not sure where your reference to "100% compatible" comes from. If it's here, then that simply means that Affinity Photo and Affinity Designer documents are interchangeable/compatible between the two Affinity applications. When you say... do you mean Apple Photos (the standard image cataloguing app that came with your iMac)? If so, then you'll need to export your Affinity Photo documents in a format that Apple Photos understands, for example .jpg, .tif or .png. Apple Photos doesn't import or open .afphoto files. Hope I haven't misunderstood, post back if you have further questions.

It will at very high magnifications. This is a screen grab of an exported pdf with 12pt text, blown up dramatically. Left is rasterised, right isn't: Not sure if that's an issue for Blurb.

Hi @Sue Designer and welcome! I'm a bit out of my depth here, but a quick skim through Google suggests that MS Edge is isn't properly colour managed. What happens if you open the pdf in Firefox?

The only way I can see is to set the blend mode of the "white text" frame to Erase. I've attached an example. Screen Recording 2020-10-04 at 11.11.29.mov Hope it helps. black and white.afpub

Which one?

Have you tried View - Studio and unchecking "Hide Studio"?

In the Bleed tab under File - Document Setup... you can unlink the bleed dimensions by clicking the chain, and then set the Inner bleed to 5mm and the Outer, Top and Bottom values to 3mm: This won't change the size of your document - it will only take effect when you export the pdfs as pages. This will depend on the number of pages in the product and the weight of the paper. I think you have to take the printer's word that 5mm will be correct and will give them the tolerances they need to avoid this. Why not send them a test?

If you mean you accidentally closed your Styles panel, you can open it again from View-Studio-Styles:

Assuming you're on a Mac, those are the latest release versions. There are also currently beta versions (1.9.0.x) available for user testing.

Snap.

Only in Publisher as far as I can see (MacOS release version), but it has been implemented in the current betas of Photo and Designer as well.