[Flip horizontal and flip vertical tools cause artifacts/distortion in my work: "Affinity Designer" V2 (Newest)]

1 hour ago, Angelia said:

I guess I can find a tutorial about "symbols", but will it fix this issue?

"This issue" is caused by extremely tiny objects (2 x 3 pixels in size) having a stroke with corners curved by the Corner tool. And then being rotated and sheered.

Having said that I too think you may be better served using Symbols instead of copy and paste.

[Flip horizontal and flip vertical tools cause artifacts/distortion in my work: "Affinity Designer" V2 (Newest)]

Finally found your problem object. It is about 3 x 2 pixels in size. You also have used the corner tool on some of the  nodes.

In my opinion this ridiculously tiny size is a major part of the problem. 

General area to look at:

[To what extent, (image on screen vs. image on print), is what you see what you get?]

4 hours ago, Amy Choue said:

... when I tried to "export" that image, the dialogue box shows the size as 1800x2700 px. Which is a good enough size for 6x9 book cover! And this exported JPEG file of the image ...

I just want to add some unasked for advice.

Please get in the habit of not using JPEGs for printed work. There will come a time when you export a JPEG and it will have jpeg compression artifacts. Use TIFF, yes the files will be bigger but no jpeg compression artifacts.

[What happened to my photos in affinity pub? Object filter?]

I can only guess that there is a fill of some sort applied to the Picutre Frames. Try replacing one with a new, no stroke no fill applied Picture Frame.

[Issue with page setup]

2 hours ago, Leah0503 said:

When it opens, it is in ledger form and 11 x 17.

Are you starting on the Left side or the Right side?

   

 

   

[(Beginner) when downloading JPEG images, are there ways to have them in larger versions?]

28 minutes ago, thomaso said:

on the other hand the public mediathek of the German public broadcast is not accessible from most other countries)

I seem to get something here in Canada. Looked like a game show was on.

[AD2 IPad AND Macbook: Slice Names in Export Persona]

2 minutes ago, LionelD said:

I have noticed that changing a layer name in Designer Persona does not always propagate to the derivative slice - sometimes does, and sometimes does not, and its inconsistent within a single document.

I see this if I have changed the Slice name (of the slice made from a layer) in the Export Persona, that Export Persona name will stick. I would think this is working by design, on purpose. I will just delete the slice and make it again and the name from the Layer in the Designer Persona will then work.

[BIG Problem with Publisher Beta 2.2.0 (1971)]

33 minutes ago, Bob Terry said:

But isn't there an easier way to apply a basic text style to an entire lengthy document without having to do this basically with each paragraph?

If you want to apply one Paragraph Style to the entire document then place your text cursor somewhere in the text and use Select > Select All. Then you can apply the one Paragraph Style to all the text.

[Rules Above or Below Text]

8 minutes ago, Mulder said:

Except there was no other style; it was one line of type, all set in Akzidenz Grotesk Extra Bold, 64 pt. It should not change.

Edit that Paragraph Style and add the Paragraph Decorations. Or just use the Paragraph Panel if it is one instance you want to add the lines to. Do not change the Paragraph's Text Style, just Edit it or Override it for the one instance.

[Why does Affinity Photo not show the printers marks on a file created as a print ready PDF file in AffinityDesigner?]

You will need to resize the Canvas in Photo and Designer. An 8 x 10 inch PDF with printer's marks is going to be larger than the 8 inches by 10 inches that is shown when opening in Photo and Designer. In Photo go to Document > Resize Canvas... and in Designer use the Artboard Tool to drag an artboard so it is larger than the open 8 x 10 file.

[Confessions of a font hoarder. I need help.]

I don't know why we cannot access the font collections from Font Book in the Context toolbar but we can access then in the Text Styles and Character Panels.

 Font Book Collections

 Character Panel

[Affinity Publisher Find and Replace function]

@KarinC, you should have something look like these screenshots.

[Affinity Publisher Find and Replace function]

6 minutes ago, R C-R said:

Hmm. I just noticed that there is no shortcut for (among other things) the Window > Find & Replace panel in APub V2 for Mac, nor can one be added.

It is in the Text section, top of the list

7 minutes ago, R C-R said:

In fact, there is no shortcut possible for any of the studio panels listed in the Windows menu, so no way to toggle on or off any of them via a keyboard shortcut.

It is in the Studio section.

[Data Merge with Two source files]

I would bite the bullet and just make a Publisher Document with Sunday Starts Monthly (include blank pages for the Monday Starts Weekly information) Then I would generate the Monthly and add the Weekly Datamerge and generate that.

Or I would make one massive Spreadsheet with both sets of information.

I have to admit that my head hurts trying to visualize the result, and trying to use such a planner.

[Affinity Publisher - Data Merge Issue]

@Karen_, each row is a record. You are having them in columns.

Here is how I would do it. Note that I have some Blank rows in the CSV Spreadsheet, this is to isolate the Wedding Table. After you generate the file you will have to go in and delete the empty text frames and move the head table to the centre as per your first screenshot.

Seating chart etc.zip

[Affinity Publisher - Data Merge Issue]

I think your spreadsheet is sideways. It looks like this

and it should look like this (please excuse the autofill names, these are not real people)

[Export layers as files at full canvas/artboard size rather than just slices]

Not just for animation.

[Where are .affont files stored for the V2 Mac apps?]

Just now, R C-R said:

But that can't be right currently because 1) now it isn't stored on a per app basis & 2) even when those per app folders are present they can be empty or deleted without changing the in-app availability of those fonts if installed via the Accounts dialog.

I kept the downloads in my Documents folder. I will also admit that I find the fonts to be a bit twee... that is perhaps a wrong word. Regardless I doubt I will ever use them, not just because of their rather limited use due to the licensing agreement.

[Layers panel orange line on left? Cannot add border style.]

Forgot the screenshots

[Layers panel orange line on left? Cannot add border style.]

17 minutes ago, minimejdh1 said:

1.  I dragged the master page on to the page spread.  Correct?
2.  Also if I am working in spread view, is there any way to create and apply a master to just one page?  Thanks.

One: yes. Or when you make a new Actual Page you can have the Master Page applied automatically.

Two: In the Pages Panel have the Masters and the Actual Pages visible and drag the Master onto the Actual Page, left or right and wait to see the Blue Outline show only on that one page.

Still Two: Or you can click on the single Actual Page you want to apply the Master page to and have it highlighted with the Blue Outline and right click and choose Apply Master.

[Request - Affinity Image Caddie?]

DAM is an acronym for Digital Asset Manager. I would love to have a DAM that could look after (manage) my digital assets which are Photos, Text Files, Fonts, Audio Files, Video Files, Applications etc. Keep track of what projects used which files and where they are on my hard drive. Oh, wait. I should make a Database. That would also allow me to keep track of sales too.

People here on the forum seem to be wanting is something that will keep track of edits done to each photo file and then reapply those edits at some future date. Most folks focus on raw files and the edits done when converting/developing them. The big problem with the various DAMs listed is that each will develop the raw files and store that information in a proprietary file format. Even if the file format was something that can be read by humans there is no guarantee that a different DAM will be able to apply the same edits. I seem to recall something from years back that used a masking system which was a vector and pixel hybrid which was not translatable for any other application.

In short if you find and use a DAM you are stuck with that DAM and it had better be giving you files which other applications can read. I don't know of any such software.

[Where are .affont files stored for the V2 Mac apps?]

Here on my Mac OS 12.6.8 they are stored in each application's (Version 2 only, won't work with Version 1) folder in Application Support /Users/YOUR NAME GOES HERE/Library/Application Support/Affinity Photo 2 Beta/AffinityFonts

So if you have all three plus the betas you'll need to install them 6 times.

[Cannot find tutorial, or figure out how (image blending)]

I don't know what you mean by 

22 hours ago, TanBrae said:

I still cannot get the edges to blend.

But play about with this Photo File. I used a Rectangle to hold the Gradient because a Vector object will allow me to go back and edit the gradient time and again. The Rectangle is masking the top Pixel layer. Change the Opacity of the stops using the Colour panel's Opacity slider.

transpaency.afphoto

[Can't export pdf with SPOT colours - what am I doing wrong?]

Just now, Daniel Richards said:

how do you know if the white part has the correct colour profile (spot white) in the exported file?

I have no idea.

[Can't export pdf with SPOT colours - what am I doing wrong?]

This is what I see if I export your file as a PDF using the For Print preset and place the PDF on a coloured background. just think "Transparent vinyl" for the orange colour.