PaoloT
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On 4/12/2024 at 10:33 PM, pixelstuff said:
That makes me wondering if Amazon it doing targeted ads in their Prime Video service.
Don't know, but they showed an ad for dog products before the film I’m watching now. And I love cats.
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On 2/16/2024 at 1:51 PM, loukash said:
designers don't always need [tables] either
While I know that designers are sometimes forced to use a page layout program (even if they would prefer to do a walk on burning coals), I would bet Publisher is mostly relevant for editors of text-based projects, or at least projects where text has an equal relevance to images.
Academic/research publications, company reports and technical or school manuals are the most commonly produced books. All of them require long, multipage tables. If designers don't want them, let the editors get their portion of tables!
Paolo
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IT'S THE NEW CANVA DEAL!!!!!! THE BETA FORUM WILL ONLY BE AVAILABLE BY SUBSCRIPTION!!!!!!!!
- Patrick Connor, PaulEC, Komatös and 3 others
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Too long since my latest Latin course, but… In mihi abaci vocabularium vivit in pace!
Paolo
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Hi,
While the Alignment commands are available under a single icon, the ones I listed in the subject are not. It would be handy to have them compacted, to make more room in the toolbar (and make it cleaner looking).
Paolo
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On 4/13/2024 at 11:00 AM, Insider said:
I can no longer believe in significant improvements
"I find your lack of faith disturbing!".
- Alfred and Paul Mudditt
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On 3/27/2024 at 9:18 PM, pixelstuff said:
I've wondered why Affinity hasn't taken the touch interface from the iPad and created an optional Windows Tablet mode
Just an hypothesis: because the operating system is not developed by Serif, but by Microsoft?
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On 11/14/2022 at 4:28 PM, spidermurph said:
Yes please. Many designers use Samsung and other pro level tablets.
Which drawing programs for Android are they using?
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Hi,
On Mac Monterey, Designer and Photo 2.4.1 don't show newly opened or created documents, after you have closed the background window.
1. Close all the document windows.
2. Close the blank, background window, to avoid it to block seeing everything that is on the back in the other apps.
3. Crete or open a new document.
No window can be seen in Photo or Designer. The documents are there, since when closing the app you are asked if you want to save them, but you can't see them.
To start seeing documents again, you have to relaunch the app.
Paolo
(who would like some more love for the Apple UI guidelines
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Hi,
When Publisher will feature object styles, I hope it will also include the following:
- Search object types, and mass-apply an object style.
- Allow for resizing multiple objects at once.
Maybe the above features could be part of the Resource Manager, where the object style and size could be an attribute assigned to each of the objects in the list.
Paolo
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Adobe stocks were falling in the latest days. I see that the announcement has given them some breathing room.
(Just sort of kidding. Financial markets are always the last to acknowledge about real-world innovation).
EDIT: Uh-oh. This is what happened to the Adobe stocks after the solemn promise to never cancel the perpetual license of the Affinity apps:
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Contrary to us, I've seen that Canva users are generally enthusiast of the move. Even if I'm not totally sure they understand what the deal has brought them. There are those who are already asking if Affinity can be included in the web app…
Paolo
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All I can hope is that the current model for the Affinity range remains unchanged. Adding the AI and premium content will be only available as a subscription. So, Canva will have:
- Canva Free, a free template-based design suite for the casual user
- Canva Affinity, a professional design suite following a traditional development pace, with only major versions paid (a formula that is still a major advantage over Adobe)
- Canva Pro, a set of AI features, basic animation and collaboration, available on subscription
Canva Affinity may still grow (at an even faster pace than Serif Affinity), with users of Canva Free pushed toward it instead of Adobe. Adobe is the "industry standard" today, but Canva is the "next-industry standard" of tomorrow. It will be an important asset in the company.
AI: Canva says that they protect intellectual property. Maybe. But if one doesn't want to go next to any AI devilry, it will suffice to avoid the Pro subscription.
I want to believe.
Paolo
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3 hours ago, LeoPold said:
Most of my clients only take PDFs for presentations,
I can't check PowerPoint now, but Keynote can export PDFs with animations and other multimedia elements.
Paolo
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4 hours ago, Jonathan A. said:
the only other popular option is Figma
Adobe was defeated by Figma, and found it so unbeatable that they tried to purchase it. I can just guess how at Serif they want to try to invest time and resources to try the same!
Paolo
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Hi,
Not a feature request, but a short recap of what I still miss to make Publisher my page layout program. As a premise, I must say that I'm a technical writer, with the occasional narrative/philosophy book on which to work. So, my needs are very much specialistic, and not obviously general.
- Export to DOCX. This is a file format that would allow exporting to word processors for further reuse, and to programs to be used to generate reflowable ePub books. It would open many opportunities for integrating Publisher into consolidated workflows.
- Export to IDML. This would let InDesign users open Publisher files without too many issues. Reuse would be finally possible, and Publisher will be allowed in a consolidated workflow (as is, for example, LibreOffice or Google Docs into a workflow based on the DOCX file format).
- Support for long and complex tables. As a technical writer, it is easy to understand how essential this feature would be.
- Picture frame/object styles. Being able to quickly adapt the style of image frames to a different house style or output type is essential. For example, I could have shadowed images in the onscreen reading version, and have to remove them for digital printing. Styles would let one do it by just applying a template or editing some parameters in a style.
- Accurate CJK language support. I just need the horizontal version, with correct spacing and line breaks. In my agenda, China and Japan are essential markets for both devices and books.
- RTL language support. While a less immediate need than CJK support for me, this is important. I have to admit that these wouldn't really be a show-stopper for me, at the moment, since my partners usually prefer to work on a Word/LibreOffice file. But it would be handy, when making multilingual publications and wanting to avoid pasting text as images.
- Conditional text. I make different versions of the same project, and conditional text would let me keep all the source materials in the same file. Check a few conditions, and you go from a larger edition to a limited one, or to one for a customized model.
- Scripting. This is very much tied to the ability of exporting to different file formats, so it would be a bit premature. Batch-converting several files would be my main use of scripting in Publisher. So, maybe I just need a batch-convert feature.
I would like more things (like export to a web site project, or finer navigation through a structure tree), but the above would really be enough to allow abandoning InDesign once forever. And getting able to take advantage of the integration with the other Affinity programs.
Paolo
- MikeTO, Oufti and Affinityconfusesme
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1 hour ago, Rafael_Morgan said:
I don't have a backup. I back up my files weekly, not on an hourly basis.
To avoid further incidents in the future, I would suggest you to immediately install an hourly backup system, equivalent to Time Machine on the Mac. Losing one hour of work is not the same as losing one week. And, unfortunately, accidents happen (you only have to ask when, not if).
Paolo
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5 hours ago, garrettm30 said:
I typically go for 72dpi out of tradition, but just to be clear, the formal definition of CSS is 96 pixels equals 1 inch
Since a web image has no absolute size, I'm also inclined to use 72dpi as a reference, since it has a meaning in the real world.
My strategy with multichannel output is to use an image with a high pixel count enough, to be downscaled in a way to look good both on print and on the web. A multiple of 24 should make both 72 and 96 easy to manage without any decimal point. Not bad that 144ppi is the modern standard resolution on the Mac.
Paolo
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14 minutes ago, NathanC said:
I have to agree with Walt here it isn't entirely clear as all the keys appear to be unlabelled in the screenshot.
They are unlabelled in the real keyboard, too! In any case, it is a standard ISO layout, and that group of keys in the top-right corner should be the same also in the ANSI version. The top-center key should be the Home one in every standard keyboard. It indeed works in all the other apps (Mac and Windows).
Paolo
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4 hours ago, MikeTO said:
could you share a screenshot of your shortcut where you're using Home?
Sure. Here it is:
Unofficial PDF Manual - Expert Guide to Affinity Publisher
in Tutorials (Staff and Customer Created Tutorials)
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The best simply goes better! Thank you Mike!
Paolo