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Following on from the previous post, this is the video in particular that covers this topic.
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This camera is not supported in the iOS version. Check this page for a list of supported cameras.
Looking at that list of supported cameras, the EOS M3 should be supported as it was released in 2015Q1. For some reason though it's listed as a 'Canon EOS Kiss M3', instead of 'Canon EOS M3', which is a mistake. I don't know whether this has any relevance or not.
The most recent supported Canon's on that list are the 80D and Rebel T6/1300D, which were released in 2016Q2. Therefore it should be just camera's from the 5D Mark IV onwards (which was released in 2016Q3) that are yet to be supported?
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I have my suspicions that it's an iPad question. If you ignore the original posts from February, it sounds like the question is asking whether there's a quick way on iPad to do the same as Alt/Opt clicking on a node or handle to make a sharp angle. That's my guess anyway.
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I'm realy enjoying Affinity Designer on Windows, but I"m missing a feature. For me it is very hadny to have previews of my files in explorer, but since I asscoiated the SVG file type with Designer, I can no longer have them. So, I'd rather suggest to add support for this.
Are you sure you were able to view SVG thumbnails in Windows File Explorer before? If so it would be due to third-party software you have installed, as Windows doesn't have native thumbnail support for SVG files.
In order to display thumbnails, Windows File Explorer needs a codec for that file type so that it can read them, and that comes from the developers behind that file format. As Windows File Explorer doesn't natively have a codec for SVG files, they won't be displayed in Windows File Explorer and instead you will just see an icon which will be the icon for the program the file type is set to open with (in this case, Affinity Designer).
You'll find the same issue with Camera Raw files, where until the camera manufacturer's submit codecs for their Raw files to Microsoft, you also won't be able to view their thumbnails in Windows File Explorer either, just the icons. However I don't know the reason why other developers such as Adobe or the W3C don't provide codecs for PSD files, SVG files, etc., I guess there's some sort of political reason behind it that only they know. Maybe licencing issues, I don't know.
Therefore the only way to display SVG thumbnails in Windows File Explorer is via third-party software, however I can't give you any advise on this as I don't use them. If you do take that route though, be cautious about what you download and install.
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I suspect this will sort itself out just like it did (for the most part) when the Windows apps were first released. Shortly after the release date, the Questions & Feedback forum was flooded with topics specific to the brand new Windows versions, but that died down within a week or so.
Besides, a great many topics are not limited to any one app or platform. Most of the tools work about the same on all of them & the various techniques users write about are generally applicable regardless of the device used.
The difference with that scenario is that the Mac and Windows versions are pretty much the same, which means the vast majority of the questions can be answered regardless of the OS. What OS people are running is rather moot and unless it's a question specific to something like the RAW engine used, or file system, no-one really cares about the OS as it's largely irrelevant. Therefore, people running Windows are able to answer questions from people with Macs and people with Macs are able to answer questions from people running Windows. Everyone's happy.
With iPad, the menu's, etc. are different, which means unlike Mac/Windows questions, iPad questions really need to be answered by iPad users. I have no way of knowing whether my answer is applicable to the iPad version and am likely to find that after spending time typing a response to a question, that I'm going to be met with a "I can't find the XYZ menu item you mentioned" because I had no idea they were using an iPad.
This is why even though I am happy with (and prefer) Windows and Mac being together, I didn't think the iPad versions should just be jumbled in with Mac and Windows versions and could do with it's own forum section.
That said, one of the suggestions listed in your other post sounds reasonable. When posting a new topic the poster needs to select a product from a drop-down, which is then displayed under the subject title. That way it's possible to know straight away what the post is referring to when looking through the posts and it will also allow filtering. Something along these lines where it's possible to identify iPad posts would be OK for me personally:
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The forum "Questions & Feedback" has become very confusing. It would be better to create sub-forums for Mac, Windows and IPad (just like in the Bugs forum). In any case, the questions about IPad should be in a sub-forum.
I've never found Mac and Windows being together a problem (outside of bug reporting, which is already split) as the programs themselves are more or less the same, however I think iPad could do with it's own sub-forum. It's pretty nuts in here today. :)
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Will it be possible in a future version of AP to save a clipping path created using the pen tool to a file so the clipping path can then be loaded into a new image and the nodes further adjusted?
You can sort of already do that. Select the layer that's using the pen tool shape as a layer mask, then go to 'Edit > Copy', then 'File > New From Clipboard' to paste the layer into a new document. Save the document in a format that supports curve layers (I.E. afphoto, svg, etc.)
Importing it is a bit clunkier because if you open a new document, go to 'File > Place' and place the document with the pen tool shape you created, it will place it as an 'Embedded Document' instead of a Curve layer. So realistically instead of 'placing' the image, you need to open it as it's own document and copy and paste it across into the document you want it in, which will keep it as a Curve layer.
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From Affinity Photo 1.5 you can set not just flow, but also accumulation (opacity) to pen pressure in the brushes 'Dynamics' tab. The icon on the far right will also allow you to adjust the pressure ramp.
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I think it only works with Vector brushes and so unfortunately it doesn't work in Affinity Photo as it only has raster brushes. I posted a screenshot (Post No.4 HERE) where it looks like it's possible, but it doesn't actually do anything.
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If you're running Windows 10 the chances are you could install the 64-bit version of Windows on your machine if you wanted.
It may be worth reading through the below article where it gives details about switching from Windows 10 (32-bit) to Windows 10 (64-bit) using Microsoft's Media Creation tool and clean installing Windows.
Link:
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Latest drivers downloaded installed and a reboot. Still no pressure sensitivity. The tablet works fine in Photoshop CS6.
It may be because you're just using the default basic round brush, which is a constant size brush (I.E. It isn't set to use pen pressure for brush size control by default).
With the Brush tool selected, click the 'Force Pressure to Control Size' button next to the 'More' button in the brush context bar at the top. This will override the brushes size jitter setting in brush dynamics and use pen pressure for brush size control.
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Sorry about the gender assumption! For reasons that probably will be unclear to almost everyone, I somehow associated your name with a different Plan & its writer, producer, & director. I blame it on too much blood in my coffee stream this morning. :wacko:
It's also in part due to a shortcoming in the English language. If the gender is unknown, there isn't a way of using a singular pronoun to refer to someone without identifying them as either male or female, so historically 'He' or 'His' has been viewed as gender inclusive and therefore correct if the gender is unknown because continuously writing 'He/She', 'His/Her', He or she', 'His or her' would make reading and writing rather tedious and cumbersome. Although now it's commonplace to change the singular to plural and use 'Their' or 'They' instead (due to them being gender neutral), technically using the plural form to refer to a singular noun or pronoun is grammatically incorrect, hence the language dilemma.
I will of course allow you to refer to me and my possessions as 'One' or 'One's'. As in "One doth talk a lot of nonsense in one's forum posts".
It’s enough to drive anyone out of their minds. :)
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Brush nozzles are applied in a random order and then further moved around depending on things like Size Jitter, Rotation Jitter and Scatter settings in the Dynamics tab. Is there a particular problem you have with a certain brush?
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After selecting the Mesh Warp Tool, double click inside the warp box where you want to make adjustments and it will add more nodes. To delete a node again, either select 'Cancel' in the top context bar and start over, or single click on the node you want to delete and press the delete key on the keyboard.
The Deform tool can sometimes be useful as well, which can be found in Filters > Distort > Deform. Single click to add anchor points and then move them.
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Affinity Photo uses LZW lossless compression when exporting to TIFF.
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It has been reported before (for example Here and Here). You could see if it occurs in the latest 1.6 Beta as I know they have been doing something with pen input recently and also added brush stabilisation, however as I don't follow the Beta builds I don't know whether the issue has been resolved or not.
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It's likely because they have been added as 'Mask Layers'. Although Adjustment Layers will still work OK like this, if you add them as 'Clipping Layers' instead, you will be able to select them individually by CMD/CTRL clicking them.
Drag them so you see the shorter horizontal blue line underneath the main layer (Clipping Layer), rather than dragging them on top of the main layer thumbnail where you see the small blue vertical line to the right of the thumbnail (Mask Layer). Video link below.
In addition, when CMD/CTRL clicking, make sure to click to the layer itself rather than on the thumbnails.
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I think we can all agree that affinity photo and serif are fantastic products that dethrone adobe products. Are there plans to expand the product line for a replacement to Adobe premiere? I think we would all love to have a pure Affinity worksuite from video to photo to vector illustrations.
It has been asked for quite a few times before, but the response on here from Serif was that they aren't researching or planning any video editing software for now.
Some of us (myself included) would like Serif to create software to replace all the software we use, from animation software, to video editing, to an Office Suite. :) However, as much as it's a compliment to Serif, I get the impression that they've currently already got their hands full with Publisher, Photo and Designer improvements, the iPad version of Affinity Photo, Affinity DAM software, etc. and so don't have time at the moment even if they wanted to.
Never say never I guess, but if you want to ditch Adobe Premiere right now, you could always try DaVinci Resolve 12.5 for video editing and see how you get on with it. The free verison limits project mastering and output to Ultra HD resolutions (3840 X 2160) or lower, but that shouldn't be too problematic for a lot of people. If you scroll to the bottom of the page at the below link, on the left you'll see the download links for both the free version of DaVinci Resolve 12.5 and a public beta version of the upcoming DaVinci Resolve 14:
Download Page Link:
https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/uk/products/davinciresolve
DaVinci Resolve 12.5 Tutorials Playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyHr4tji72rUvEooOCYTJVyjIzRcJp3b0
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It's not just you, I don't get on with pen buttons either, so I removed them altogether on mine. See pics here:
Huion also updated the drivers about a week ago, which means it's now possible to export/import your settings, which is handy if you use a custom area/settings.
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Using the Alt/Option key with the Brush tool is obviously the most common way to pick colours when using the Brush tool. However if as you said you would prefer to use the Colour Picker tool with the Brush tool then after selecting the Colour Picker tool, click the top circle to make it the active one (bring it forward). This will mean that when you use the Colour Picker Tool it will set the brush colour, instead of the background colour. See below screenshot.
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Testing this in Designer 1.6, it seems to work appropriately. Maybe there is a bug in Photo?
Saved gradient swatches work fine for doing what you were doing in the video, but you can't use them for things like Gradient Maps. I'm not sure whether it's a bug, or an oversight.
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There already is. Open up the Swatches panel, and then click on the dropdown menu that says "Grays," and change it to "Gradients." There is an option to add new gradients to that palette.
Unfortunately that doesn't work as it should. Affinity Photo will just use the left most colour of the gradient that you saved in the palette. EG: In the following example, although the saved gradient is blue to yellow, it will just use the left most blue part of the gradient.
I have the same problem with Gradient Maps.
DAUB Vector Set 1?
in Pre-V2 Archive of Affinity on Desktop Questions (macOS and Windows)
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I don't know whether the second set includes the ones from the first set as well, however you can find them on the following page:
http://www.miguelboto.com/affinity/resources/
(The site is run by one of the moderators here)