h_d
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2 minutes ago, thecompu said:
up/down arrow keys at .1 increments
On a Mac, the option (alt) modifier does this. Not sure how it would work out on a PC but I would give alt a try.
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By default, the QuickLook preview for .afphoto files is smaller than that for .jpg, .tiff, etc. Dragging to enlarge an .afphoto QuickLook preview results in a slightly pixellated view. IMH though the previews for .jpg, .tiff etc are too big and the QuickLook preview for .afphoto is just right.
So to say
5 hours ago, Pierre Gill said:its a big problem
is a personal opinion. I would say it's no more than a minor irritation.
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5 minutes ago, thecompu said:
ExifTool for Windows
It's cross-platform.
5 minutes ago, thecompu said:I'm talking .. 1 or 2 degrees in one direction or another.
The Transform panel is another option:
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4 minutes ago, pattmayne said:
And yet Photo deals with bleeds in the export dialogue, so it makes sense that they'd include some control over bleeds in the menus.
True enough.
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Hi @thecompu and welcome!
29 minutes ago, thecompu said:Is there a better way or is that way just as good as any?
Document menu - Rotate 90º in your chosen direction:
Is quicker, especially if you modify the shortcut to something that doesn't wrench your fingers out of their sockets
Using ExifTool I can see a couple of differences between your .tiff files
Samples per pixel in 0000 is 1, in 0002 it's 2
Bits per sample in 0000 is 16, in 0002 it's 16 16
There's also an Extra Samples tag in 0002 which reads "Associated Alpha" and isn't present in 0000
There may be other differences, but I'm not clever enough to tell you what they mean, or whether they would stop a file rendering properly on the Internet Archive. It may be that 0002 has an alpha channel that isn't present in 0000. But I'm speculating wildly...
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Hi @SydBee and welcome! No, if you export then your original file remains intact. Just close it and don't save. If you've made adjustments, added layers, masks etc to an original file, and you choose to save, you'll create an additional .afphoto file and again the original will remain unchanged.
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Strict practice...
See the FAQ
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14 minutes ago, pattmayne said:
There must be a way to set the bleed within Affinity Photo.
As far as I'm aware, there is not. It's a photo-editing program, not a page layout program.
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See my previous instructions. In Publisher, you need to extend the background image to the external bleed line, This is your Publisher document:
This is the "lightly coloured border" that I referred to in my previous post.
The probable reason that you've missed it is that your Publisher page is absolutely colossal:, you've chosen a Page Preset of A0. Check out your Spread Setup:
When you create the Publisher document, it needs to be at the same size as your printed product.
If you get it right in Publisher, you won't need to use Photo for this.
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Can you upload the Publisher document?
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I personally would use Publisher - it's geared towards print output whereas Designer is more directed at web graphics/user interfaces etc. But either would work.
In Publisher:
Create a new document, and set the bleed as specified by your printer (3mm all round is typical in the UK):
When the document opens, you'll see a lightly coloured border outside the main white page area:
When you design your page, make sure that the background image extends to this line, all the way round:
Don't place any important text or image detail closer than 6mm to the bleed line.
Export the document, set to PDF, check Include Bleed:
Click the More button and check Include Printers Marks:
Click Close in the dialog box, then click Export
That's about it...
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In the long run, for producing CMYK print material, you might want to invest in Affinity Designer or Publisher. Both let you set bleed dimensions and output pages in the way that you hope to achieve.
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Should work if you nest the adjustment layer inside the image layer before you go into the Refine dialog:
(Original - curves adjustment nested but hidden)
(Curves adjustment applied)
(With Refine Selection dialog active though not visible in screen grab)
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44 minutes ago, Robylisi said:
I’m using iOS version of affinity photo. Do you know if there is the fft denoise on iPad version?
Might be worth asking in the iPad section of the forums.
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Ah... It might also be something to do with this in Designer.
Go to Affinity Designer>Preferences>Tools and check the settings for Force Touch context menu:
(I'm only guessing with this one as I've never really grasped how Force Touch works on a MacBook Pro trackpad.)
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With a built-in Trackpad (on my MacBook Pro 2018) the options are:
My 'Secondary click" - click or tap with two fingers in the grab above - brings up exactly the same pop-up menu as that shown in @Louvau's original post - the expected behaviour.
There aren't any options in System Preferences to perform right or left clicks as such, although you can also set the Secondary Click to 'Click in bottom left corner' or 'Click in bottom right corner'.
You can also adjust some trackpad settings in System Preferences - Accessibility - Mouse and Trackpad - Trackpad Options. It might be worth checking to see if they. match those on your original MacBook.
What happens if you click in the same way on your Desktop in Finder? Do you get a popup menu then?
Cheers,
H
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Have you watched this official Affinity tutorial video? It uses a dog, not a cat, but the principles are the same.
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Hi @THE SQUIRE
My guess is that you have two different masters - one with an A4 Page Preset (as here):
and one with an A5 Page Preset, and that the first (Master A) has been applied to the front and back, and the second (Master B) has been applied to the inside pages.
But it's just a guess, and without seeing what you're seeing it's almost impossible to be certain. Could you upload the .afpub document? (Not the PDF.)
Cheers,
H
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My advice - don't push text forward with the return key. Instead, set text wraps on the images, with enough distance below the image to allow room for the caption.
Create the captions using ordinary text frames (not Artistic Text). Set the caption frames to Ignore Text Wraps.
An example of text wrap settings for an image (Square, Both Sides, all distances set to 0 except for the bottom, which is set to 8mm:
An example of the Text Frame settings for the caption frame (Ignore Text Wraps is checked):
You can use Artistic Text frames for this and they will automatically Ignore Text Wraps. But they will also go all wibbly if you adjust the shapes of the frames:
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14 minutes ago, gegagome said:
if you can clarify
Hope so...
Draw a rectangle on the page (I've coloured mine red to make it clearer).
In the layer list, drag the Rectangle thumbnail over the right-hand end of the image thumbnail.
You'll see a highlighted rectangle just to the right of the image thumbnail.
Release the rectangle, select it in the layer list, and adjust its handles:
Hope it helps!
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Cmd+I works for me... You need to have the mask layer selected in the layer list:
You'll see black and white swap over in the layer icon.
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OK, the vector mask that you have chosen applies an effect to the image when nested as in your screen grab. Try selecting the mask in the layer. list, then dragging the Gradient tool over it:
If the vector mask is at the top of the layer list, rather than nested, it will affect the entire page:
I'm not sure this is what you want though? In my original example, I drew a Rectangle (not a vector mask) and nested it in the image layer. If you just want to crop an area from the linked pdf, you can use a similar rectangle ("Layer Clipping" in the help files) or the Vector Crop tool:
The Transform panel is another option:
Strict practice...
Selection bug
in Pre-V2 Archive of Affinity on Desktop Questions (macOS and Windows)
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You sure? Cmd-5 does nothing for me and Shift-Cmd-5 does not offer the option to save to "pasteboard" (Clipboard on macOS).