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Old Bruce

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    Old Bruce got a reaction from Julez in Data merge: filling from different excel sheets on one layout page   
    Just to be clear in my own mind am I correct in assuming that there are three menus and one set of products with their prices?
    To make your life easier it would be best to use one sheet. Have the Burger listed and have the various prices, sit-down/take out/delivery/etc all in that sheet, it will look unwieldy but it will make your life easier.
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    Old Bruce got a reaction from Compositor K in Canva   
    @wVanDyck,
    Wow, your experience is very very close to mine. For computer use I started with Aldus Pagemaker on a Mac+ then went to Ventura Publisher before Deneba Canvas back on Mac. That is excluding the Letter Press work followed by phototypesetting using Compugraphic equipment with its 6 bit instructions and data code punched into paper tape.
    Seeing as I am here I will wish all of the Affinity team best wishes going forward. I am optimistic. But I would be remiss to not mention that I will bail on any subscription model.
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    Old Bruce got a reaction from SrPx in Canva   
    Regarding the purchase of Affinity by Canva all I can say is I have not seen a reaction like this since Tom Cruise was cast as Jack Reacher.
    And some advice (from a different movie); could we all just "Chill, Winston".
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    Old Bruce reacted to fastrocket in Affinity Designer v2.4.1 Mac - Text Warp (Arc - Horizontal) cropping/distorting colors   
    I solved this by being careful which layers I selected when making adjustments to them.  There's a difference between selecting the warp layer and the layer with the text.  
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    Old Bruce reacted to TomM1 in Canva   
    I think my Affinity app is snappier since Canva took over!
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    Old Bruce reacted to Dr. Bunsen in Canva   
    Well said, I share your sentiments, especially at how this thread has been derailed with personal attacks on both the Serif employees and those with differing opinions from the vocal dissenters. I particularly appreciate Ash's contributions, and the patience shown in letting this thread rumble on as a shock/anger venting mechanism for many, when so many other companies would have shut it down.
    Quite frankly, some growing up is required. Worth bearing this in mind:

    For the past few years, the Affinity products have been great for me, for what I do, and have been incredible value. I've trusted the Serif team in that time and they haven't let me down; I'm willing to trust them going forwards too.
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    Old Bruce reacted to Ash in Canva   
    Yeah for the record done by a new employee doing our social media, it was not authorised by me or any of the senior management here and was in the context of loads of rumours that Adobe were going to buy us at that time. But yeah I get it, we've been caught out with a stupid tweet which everyone is loving throwing back in our face. We're not the first and won't be the last!
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    Old Bruce got a reaction from MarvinR in Canva   
    Regarding the purchase of Affinity by Canva all I can say is I have not seen a reaction like this since Tom Cruise was cast as Jack Reacher.
    And some advice (from a different movie); could we all just "Chill, Winston".
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    Old Bruce reacted to David in Яuislip in Bilder werden unscharf nach dem Rastern   
    Flying a bit blind without a screenshot but why not duplicate the object and use it to clip the png file?

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    Old Bruce reacted to thomaso in Doubt about the Visual Identity files to be delivered to any client   
    Hi @Daniel Zamora,
    Welcome to the Affinity forums!
    There is no general, valid rule or clear law that answers your question. Instead you usually will/should/have to discuss + clarify the required data and their file format, dimension & resolution, colour space & profile, etc., ideally as part of the job description and contract, especially if one item of a project influences your workflow of another project in a certain job (e.g. logo development -> letterhead, business card -> corporate design manual -> website, flyer, poster, brochure, advertisement, signage, fair booth, etc.).
    For professional design work in the sense of officially paid orders you need to distinguish two types of clients:
    • Your client = the direct, final user of your potentially final produced design work.
    • Your client = another designer, department, agency etc., most often without direct contact to the final client.
    • In the first case it is unusual to deliver the original layout document data. Instead you deliver files that are required for the final use of your design work. For instance logo files in CMYK + RGB and as PDF + PNG or JPG in various dimensions which can be implemented by your client's employees themselves in their documents, but not your original layout documents. If you don't just do layout/design work but also take care for production, e.g. printing of flyers or brochures, then you need to deliver neither the initial layout document nor the print data to the client but screen files only for an unambiguous preview of your work with all its details in the according quality.
    • In the second case your work will get completed, finalized, improved, modified etc. by other people after you finished your work. For these people it is of course required that you deliver data which are editable and compatible with their software. If you want to satisfy their needs you try to create your documents in a comprehensive and efficient way and avoid redundant, superfluous, confusing or misleading content or settings. Especially if you don't know each other it is useful to ask for common habits, workflows or possibly unexpected requirements.
    • And there may be a combination: You have done a job successfully directly for a client and months or years later this client asks you to deliver your original documents because they want someone else to do some modifications. Then it is also up to you how this deal gets formulated and paid for you and the client or their new designer.
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    Old Bruce got a reaction from Tickedon in Canva   
    Regarding the purchase of Affinity by Canva all I can say is I have not seen a reaction like this since Tom Cruise was cast as Jack Reacher.
    And some advice (from a different movie); could we all just "Chill, Winston".
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    Old Bruce got a reaction from RNKLN in Canva   
    Regarding the purchase of Affinity by Canva all I can say is I have not seen a reaction like this since Tom Cruise was cast as Jack Reacher.
    And some advice (from a different movie); could we all just "Chill, Winston".
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    Old Bruce got a reaction from AllanP in Canva   
    Regarding the purchase of Affinity by Canva all I can say is I have not seen a reaction like this since Tom Cruise was cast as Jack Reacher.
    And some advice (from a different movie); could we all just "Chill, Winston".
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    Old Bruce got a reaction from R C-R in Canva   
    Regarding the purchase of Affinity by Canva all I can say is I have not seen a reaction like this since Tom Cruise was cast as Jack Reacher.
    And some advice (from a different movie); could we all just "Chill, Winston".
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    Old Bruce reacted to dmstraker in Canva   
    Good luck everyone! I'm presuming that, despite shock all round, this is good news for the business, customers, and importantly, employees. And please don't forget the volunteers, like many of the people on this forum. Personally, I've created over 900 videos on YouTube in my InAffinity channel and learned a huge amount about photo editing in the process. Affinity Photo (and I presume the other apps) is a brilliant product and I am in awe of how you have created this.
    Well done also on the four commitments. Wisely thought out and should help calm nerves all round.
    I can empathise significantly. I was a sofware engineer in small and large companies, UK and global. I moved to marketing and general business and eventually managing mergers and acquisitions in Agilent Technologies (the $10B spin-off from HP of its original businesses), where I was the Workplace Services (facilities, security, H&S, etc) global M&A manager. The most critical element of this, amidst all the IT, HR, Finance, WPS, etc, was cultural integration. One thing we found was that when acquired, people in a company will go along with many changes for the first 100 day, but will want to settle down soon after that.
    Canva sounds like a good fit with Serif but there will be differences and how these are handled is so important. Australian and UK cultures have a lot of overlap, but they are not the same. Key will be leadership, which is often misunderstood. The first layer of understanding for this is followership. Without followers, you may be a manager but you are not a leader. Leaders also need to understand psychology, a subject I studied while writing the many pages on the changingminds.org website.
    I could ramble further, but you've probably had enough by now and I have a photo competition to judge and potatoes to plant.
    Best wishes to all the wonderful Serif, Affinity and Canva people
    .. Dave ..
     
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    Old Bruce got a reaction from dominik in Canva   
    Regarding the purchase of Affinity by Canva all I can say is I have not seen a reaction like this since Tom Cruise was cast as Jack Reacher.
    And some advice (from a different movie); could we all just "Chill, Winston".
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    Old Bruce got a reaction from SreckoM in Canva   
    Regarding the purchase of Affinity by Canva all I can say is I have not seen a reaction like this since Tom Cruise was cast as Jack Reacher.
    And some advice (from a different movie); could we all just "Chill, Winston".
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    Old Bruce got a reaction from LondonSquirrel in Canva   
    Regarding the purchase of Affinity by Canva all I can say is I have not seen a reaction like this since Tom Cruise was cast as Jack Reacher.
    And some advice (from a different movie); could we all just "Chill, Winston".
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    Old Bruce got a reaction from loukash in Canva   
    Regarding the purchase of Affinity by Canva all I can say is I have not seen a reaction like this since Tom Cruise was cast as Jack Reacher.
    And some advice (from a different movie); could we all just "Chill, Winston".
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    Old Bruce reacted to KarinC in It was good while it lasted. Where do you plan to go now?   
    No matter what happens I will never go back to Adobe. I left when they bought and destroyed my beloved Flash then went subscription. I hope I can complete my series of three books within the next 18 months with version 2 (which I love working with). Then I am going to sell my vegetables and eggs at farmer's markets. People will still need to eat.
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    Old Bruce reacted to walt.farrell in Corrupted file (split)   
    There are a couple of things you can try:
    If the file contains any Linked files, rename the directory that contains them, or try Opening the file on a machine without access to the directory. Sometimes if the error is with one of the Linked files, that will allow you to get it opened. If that doesn't work, try starting a new document, and using Document > Add pages from file... to add pages from the old file. Note that if the file you're recovering uses Facing Pages, and starting on the right, you might want to start your new document also with Facing Pages, and 2 pages initially to keep the page arrangement correct. Add the pages after page 2.
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    Old Bruce reacted to walt.farrell in Publisher: Is negation supported in format searches?   
    There's no "not" capability when searching for format info. 
    I would make a copy of the document, and in the copy do a Find for all the text that has the right color format, and replace it. For example, Replace with a single space, or a single _, and then look for any text that still exists.
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    Old Bruce reacted to Patrick Connor in Canva   
    I cannot allow this to stand. Gary Bates and Jim Bryce were both very long term employees in Sales and Development for well over 20 years long before they took on Director roles. They dedicated their careers to both the Serif Legacy range and the Affinity range. Please stop this
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    Old Bruce reacted to R C-R in Canva   
    Just food for thought:
    1. Assume for a minute that Canva has no intention of honoring its 4 pledges. Why then would they even bother to post them? Surely they know that if they do not it will have an extremely damaging impact on the company's reputation, making it hard for them to convince customers looking for alternatives to Adobe to buy their products.
    2. Consider that it has become painfully obvious that Serif does not have the resources to keep adding much requested features & fixing bugs fast enough to keep many of its users from jumping ship & supporting other software. So what else could they reasonably be expected to do besides find a company like Canva to shoulder the load?
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    Old Bruce reacted to Dr. Bunsen in Canva   
    I looked in yesterday lunchtime and was saddened by the tone of the comments. I understand the concern over the potential for a move to a subscription model, but not at all the aggressive and confrontational way in which it has been articulated. Today's clarification is much more reassuring.
    Remember: change is the only constant!
     
     
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