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Hi, everyone!

As I haven't found any topic on this, so the decision was made to post a new one.

I have one elliptical shape, which I want to be distributed along any free line at certain density. 
Something like the image below, only at much higher density, but just so you can understand my needs.
 

 
Maybe just a simple vector brush would do? But I haven't figured out how to make one.
 
— the shape actually mustn't rotate; needs to stay in its default orientaiton
— I would prefer the shape to have an exact dimensions (set in milimeters)
— variable density would be useful, but not necessary
 
Is there a way to do this in Affinity Designer?
I need this for typeface design :) 

Thank you.

Hello from the other side! :)
 
I am just working on a project of designing the candy bar packaging and since I'm too lazy to google, I created my own lo-fi mockup myself in AFD. Then I thought it'd be pity if I leave it just to myself.
 
So here's an exlusive Yell candy bar mockup for y'all! :D 
CandyBarMockup.afdesign
 
It's not the best one, but I didn't find any other mockup made for Affinity (I was forced to google that so I didn't post anything which already exists :)), so if you want to improve this, I encourage you to do so :) 

Also, feel free to share your awesome designs using this to inspire other people in this amazing community :)
(and to bump this post so others can actually find it)


 
Document info:
mm units
A4 artboard
Generic CMYK Profile
 
Place your design inside CANDY BAR object below 3D SHADOWS layer.

Hi @edferrigan,
 
the problem is within the Ai file.
There is some kind of nonsense shape placed where your top image boundaries ends.
 
You can't see it in APhoto, because it sets the document size to the artboard size in Ai file.
However, opened in ADesigner you can clearly see the object (see the attachment).
 
Should be fine if you just delete it from the layers panel :)
 

Hello from the other side! :)
 
I am just working on a project of designing the candy bar packaging and since I'm too lazy to google, I created my own lo-fi mockup myself in AFD. Then I thought it'd be pity if I leave it just to myself.
 
So here's an exlusive Yell candy bar mockup for y'all! :D 
CandyBarMockup.afdesign
 
It's not the best one, but I didn't find any other mockup made for Affinity (I was forced to google that so I didn't post anything which already exists :)), so if you want to improve this, I encourage you to do so :) 

Also, feel free to share your awesome designs using this to inspire other people in this amazing community :)
(and to bump this post so others can actually find it)


 
Document info:
mm units
A4 artboard
Generic CMYK Profile
 
Place your design inside CANDY BAR object below 3D SHADOWS layer.

Hi @OldNav :) 

I've actually tried colorizing B&W photo when I first bought AP few months ago and it works great.
My method was using vector (solid) objects with pixel masks applied to them (you'll really appreciate the Refine selection :D ), then the blend mode was set to Soft Light... 
 
... and I got this! Please note this was only a test and a lot of additional work could be done to make the colored image better.
 

 
 
I believe I watched this Photoshop tutorial since you only need to see the technique, which you can then use in whatever app :)
 
Also, here is my source .AFPHOTO file which you can study. It's 40 MB big, so I couldn't attach it here to the message.
 
Image credit: jura-photography @Pixabay

Hi @OldNav :) 

I've actually tried colorizing B&W photo when I first bought AP few months ago and it works great.
My method was using vector (solid) objects with pixel masks applied to them (you'll really appreciate the Refine selection :D ), then the blend mode was set to Soft Light... 
 
... and I got this! Please note this was only a test and a lot of additional work could be done to make the colored image better.
 

 
 
I believe I watched this Photoshop tutorial since you only need to see the technique, which you can then use in whatever app :)
 
Also, here is my source .AFPHOTO file which you can study. It's 40 MB big, so I couldn't attach it here to the message.
 
Image credit: jura-photography @Pixabay

Hello from the other side! :)
 
I am just working on a project of designing the candy bar packaging and since I'm too lazy to google, I created my own lo-fi mockup myself in AFD. Then I thought it'd be pity if I leave it just to myself.
 
So here's an exlusive Yell candy bar mockup for y'all! :D 
CandyBarMockup.afdesign
 
It's not the best one, but I didn't find any other mockup made for Affinity (I was forced to google that so I didn't post anything which already exists :)), so if you want to improve this, I encourage you to do so :) 

Also, feel free to share your awesome designs using this to inspire other people in this amazing community :)
(and to bump this post so others can actually find it)


 
Document info:
mm units
A4 artboard
Generic CMYK Profile
 
Place your design inside CANDY BAR object below 3D SHADOWS layer.

Hello from the other side! :)
 
I am just working on a project of designing the candy bar packaging and since I'm too lazy to google, I created my own lo-fi mockup myself in AFD. Then I thought it'd be pity if I leave it just to myself.
 
So here's an exlusive Yell candy bar mockup for y'all! :D 
CandyBarMockup.afdesign
 
It's not the best one, but I didn't find any other mockup made for Affinity (I was forced to google that so I didn't post anything which already exists :)), so if you want to improve this, I encourage you to do so :) 

Also, feel free to share your awesome designs using this to inspire other people in this amazing community :)
(and to bump this post so others can actually find it)


 
Document info:
mm units
A4 artboard
Generic CMYK Profile
 
Place your design inside CANDY BAR object below 3D SHADOWS layer.

Another illustration trying the latest beta.
 
More details and thoughts on it in my Behance portfolio. 
 
https://www.behance.net/gallery/31578563/1957-Chevy-Corvette-Roadster-Affinity-D-Vectors
 
 

Hello from the other side! :)
 
I am just working on a project of designing the candy bar packaging and since I'm too lazy to google, I created my own lo-fi mockup myself in AFD. Then I thought it'd be pity if I leave it just to myself.
 
So here's an exlusive Yell candy bar mockup for y'all! :D 
CandyBarMockup.afdesign
 
It's not the best one, but I didn't find any other mockup made for Affinity (I was forced to google that so I didn't post anything which already exists :)), so if you want to improve this, I encourage you to do so :) 

Also, feel free to share your awesome designs using this to inspire other people in this amazing community :)
(and to bump this post so others can actually find it)


 
Document info:
mm units
A4 artboard
Generic CMYK Profile
 
Place your design inside CANDY BAR object below 3D SHADOWS layer.

Hello from the other side! :)
 
I am just working on a project of designing the candy bar packaging and since I'm too lazy to google, I created my own lo-fi mockup myself in AFD. Then I thought it'd be pity if I leave it just to myself.
 
So here's an exlusive Yell candy bar mockup for y'all! :D 
CandyBarMockup.afdesign
 
It's not the best one, but I didn't find any other mockup made for Affinity (I was forced to google that so I didn't post anything which already exists :)), so if you want to improve this, I encourage you to do so :) 

Also, feel free to share your awesome designs using this to inspire other people in this amazing community :)
(and to bump this post so others can actually find it)


 
Document info:
mm units
A4 artboard
Generic CMYK Profile
 
Place your design inside CANDY BAR object below 3D SHADOWS layer.

Here is concept art for a game for a client of mine. This is the exterior and interior of the same house. All work done with Affinity Photo. You can see more of these and some of my process on my Artstation profile.

I mostly see this with pdf product manuals I have downloaded from the web, most recently for a Samsung laser printer.

Yeah, I remembered that part of the problem as you were posting and added that question to my post.
.... and you just answered it. 
 
Back to the drawing board (literally  <_< )

What/Who is Adobe?

@pjglad: you can simply enter 225 and 325 instead of 2.25 and 3.25.
As it is ratio, it doesn't matter. I attached a short video on how to make that. 
 
croppreset.mov

Also you can choose Mode: Absolute Dimensions, choose inch units and enter the exact 2.25 in and 3.25 in values.

@pjglad: you can simply enter 225 and 325 instead of 2.25 and 3.25.
As it is ratio, it doesn't matter. I attached a short video on how to make that. 
 
croppreset.mov

Hi, HYR  :) 

I examined your PDF and it looks like a Designer bug.
 
The document actually contains your bleeds, but the groups (from artboards) are set to clipping masks. Look at the picture below, I did a screenshot of your opened PDF with the masks (crops) disabled. You can also simply import your PDF back to Designer to see this.
 

 
I also tried recreating your design on my own and exporting and got the same results. When exported as individual artboards, no problems, grouped, same trouble.
_______

However, I don't see any point in doing any print design composed from multiple artboards. If it fits your workflow, you probably have only one solution.
 
What I do on every print job is pre-press preparation.
I create a new document with the same dimensions (in your case the dimesion of all 3 artbrds combined) and paste my design in it, including everything.
Then I convert texts to curves, clean the shapes and layers, check the color formats, etc (not neccessary with your test design). Then, of course, the export is not problematic in any way.
See this image, you can see I imported the design with bleeds. 
 

 
It seems like a lot of additional work, but I found out the pre-press prep in the new clean document is important to me, since I can do all the simplification before print without messing with my original file. Plus you basically need to do this only once before sending to printshop, so it's not that bad... :) 
 
Here is the result PDF
and
here the source file
 
Hope it helped :)

Hi, HYR  :) 

I examined your PDF and it looks like a Designer bug.
 
The document actually contains your bleeds, but the groups (from artboards) are set to clipping masks. Look at the picture below, I did a screenshot of your opened PDF with the masks (crops) disabled. You can also simply import your PDF back to Designer to see this.
 

 
I also tried recreating your design on my own and exporting and got the same results. When exported as individual artboards, no problems, grouped, same trouble.
_______

However, I don't see any point in doing any print design composed from multiple artboards. If it fits your workflow, you probably have only one solution.
 
What I do on every print job is pre-press preparation.
I create a new document with the same dimensions (in your case the dimesion of all 3 artbrds combined) and paste my design in it, including everything.
Then I convert texts to curves, clean the shapes and layers, check the color formats, etc (not neccessary with your test design). Then, of course, the export is not problematic in any way.
See this image, you can see I imported the design with bleeds. 
 

 
It seems like a lot of additional work, but I found out the pre-press prep in the new clean document is important to me, since I can do all the simplification before print without messing with my original file. Plus you basically need to do this only once before sending to printshop, so it's not that bad... :) 
 
Here is the result PDF
and
here the source file
 
Hope it helped :)