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RobWu

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    RobWu reacted to Ash in Affinity is joining the Canva family   
    Hi All,

    I am thrilled to announce that Affinity is joining the Canva family.
    This is a moment of great excitement, anticipation, and profound gratitude for all of you who have been part of our story so far. 
    We know that those of you who’ve put your faith in Affinity, some since we launched our very first Mac app, will have questions about what this means for the future of our products. Since the inception of Affinity, our mission has been to empower creatives with tools that unleash their full potential, fostering a community where innovation and artistry flourish. We've worked tirelessly to challenge the status quo, delivering professional-grade creative software that is both accessible and affordable. 
    None of that changes today.
    In Canva, we’ve found a kindred spirit who can help us take Affinity to new levels. Their extra resources will mean we can deliver much more, much faster. Beyond that, we can forge new horizons for Affinity products, opening up a world of possibilities which previously would never have been achievable. 
    Canva’s revolutionary approach to design democratisation and commitment to empowering everyone to create aligns perfectly with our core values and vision. This union is a testament to what can be achieved when two companies that share a common goal of making design accessible and enjoyable for everyone come together. 
    I want to express my deepest gratitude to our incredible Affinity team. Your passion, dedication, and relentless pursuit of excellence have been the driving force behind our success so far, and I can’t wait to continue this journey with you all. 
    To our loyal users and the creative community, your support and feedback have been invaluable. You’ve inspired us to push boundaries and continuously improve, and we’re excited to embark on this new chapter together. 
    The future is bright, and I am incredibly excited to continue our story together and create a world where design is within everyone's reach.
    With heartfelt thanks,
    Ash
    For more information...
    We have made four pledges to the Affinity community which you can read here. We have included some FAQs at the bottom of the announcement article here. A video message from me with some more background is on YouTube here. This announcement post is locked, but I have included a duplicate of it in the questions forum here which you can respond to.
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    RobWu reacted to Affinity Jack in Affinity Photo Tutorial - Manipulation | abstract motion blur in the subway of Berlin   
    In this Affinity Photo Tutorial I show how to use abstract motion blur artistically. Technically, this is not motion blur, but rather zoom blur, because a vanishing point must be observed.
    I'll first show how to apply the zoom blur to just the train. Then I'll show how you can do it exactly the other way around. This requires some preparation, such as determining the vanishing point, creating a selection, and of course, understanding the difference between motion blur and zoom blur.
    Of course, you can apply the effect to anything that moves: a car, a dog, a projectile.
    I wish you much fun.
    Ciao Jack
     
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    RobWu got a reaction from AvdB-Netherlands in Missing font   
    When using a lot of fonts, I also recommend using a font manager app: Best Font Manager for Windows 10 & 11 [Out of 15 Tested] (windowsreport.com)

    There are several 'brands' out there, and most of them work without issues with the Affinity suite of apps.
    So you don't have to install all your fonts, just activate some when you need them.
    I have a separate folder setup with fonts I used over the years, so when I need one again, it's just click and activate.

    I used to use 'Extensis Suitcase', but switched to 'Proxima FontExpert' after my licenses ran out and couldn't justify the new schemes.
    But as the link above shows, there are lots of them. Just be sure they're working nicely with Affinity, especially with 'activate and use directly' functionality..

    rob
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    RobWu reacted to creativevision in 50 Different Shades Of ....   
    Thank you all for the responses. 
    The usage will simply be to create a series of Instagram posts ... all with different content and should look different but the aim is to create 'theme' so the example provided will be the consistent design but the content and colour will change. 
    For idea our purposes @Komatös idea was perfect. 
    Thank you all!
     
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    RobWu got a reaction from henryanthony in 50 Different Shades Of ....   
    What about a HSL adjustment op top, and play with the Hue Shift?
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    RobWu reacted to AvdB-Netherlands in Missing font   
    Hallo Rob, zeer veel dank voor deze waardevolle reactie op het lettertype onderwerp. 
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    RobWu got a reaction from AvdB-Netherlands in Missing font   
    It's often good to see if missing fonts come with copyright issues. Especially with Adobe ones.
    Not sure if this one is copyright free tbh.

    When you search the web for this font, there are several websites where you can download it. Still... Not sure if legit
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    RobWu reacted to Dan C in Projects/images created with Photo V2 try to open with Photo V1   
    Hi @John Schnupp,
    As above, I can confirm this is likely a Windows file association issue - and alternative method to resolve this is as follows:
    Open Windows Explorer Navigate to any .afphoto file Right-click on the file and select Open With... > Choose another app In the dialog that opens, select Affinity Photo 2 Tick Always use this app to open .afphoto files and click OK This file, and all subsequent .afphoto files should now automatically open within Affinity Photo V2 when opened from Explorer.
    I hope this helps
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    RobWu got a reaction from walt.farrell in Export to PDF and TOC-paragraph question/issue   
    Just to finalize this one...

    It ended up being an issue with the anchors in the document.
    Some were old anchors that were still being 'there' after changing a heading title.

    As this was explained to me:
    Create a heading 1 title named Apples. Generate the TOC - you have an anchor named Apples.
    Edit the heading 1 title and rename it to Oranges. Generate the TOC - now you have an anchor named Oranges but you still have an anchor named Apples
    That is a known bug for Publisher apparently.

    The other issue was some weird copy/paste issue between OneNote and Publisher, generation lots of anchors for the imported text paragraphs.
    These anchors showed up in the anchors panel, and were easily deleted after I knew where to look.

    Hope it helps someone when they run into the same 'shenanigans'.

    rob
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    RobWu got a reaction from MikeTO in Export to PDF and TOC-paragraph question/issue   
    Just to finalize this one...

    It ended up being an issue with the anchors in the document.
    Some were old anchors that were still being 'there' after changing a heading title.

    As this was explained to me:
    Create a heading 1 title named Apples. Generate the TOC - you have an anchor named Apples.
    Edit the heading 1 title and rename it to Oranges. Generate the TOC - now you have an anchor named Oranges but you still have an anchor named Apples
    That is a known bug for Publisher apparently.

    The other issue was some weird copy/paste issue between OneNote and Publisher, generation lots of anchors for the imported text paragraphs.
    These anchors showed up in the anchors panel, and were easily deleted after I knew where to look.

    Hope it helps someone when they run into the same 'shenanigans'.

    rob
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    RobWu got a reaction from walt.farrell in Export to PDF and TOC-paragraph question/issue   
    Hi Walt,

    After some more ideas popped up in my head, I did some extra testing before sending out a file.
    It looks like the copy/pasting text from OneNote had some weird side effects in Publisher. Or it seems like that?

    First I fiddled with the existing content and styles on the brochure, even deleting/rebuilding text frames and TOC. But still gave me weird results in the PDF TOC, like double chapter headers etc. There was some more fiddling, but I won't bore you with that....

    But after this testing with the styles, text frames and text, I reverted back to the beginning and tried just completely redo the current text in the existing text frames for one chapter.
    And just to remove all traces of formatting, I used Notepad to strip it all down within the route from Publisher and Notepad v.v.
    After pasting the original flattened text back, and re-applying all the styles, the PDF TOC finally shows me just the chapter list.

    In the brochure, the text blocks in the other chapters that are not replaced/fixed this way, the PDF TOC result is still the same with chapter and text in one 'block'.
    So it is really has something to do with the previous pasting of text out of a OneNote Notebook.

    Now I know what -more or less- is going on, I will rebuild the rest of the pages doing the same thing.
    Although it's a bit of pages already, re-doing the text as stated above will still be fixed fairly quickly.

    Or if this sound familiar, any tips are welcome to avoid this in the future. 

    rob
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    RobWu got a reaction from Alfred in Where, o where, are Affinity2.0 apps installed on my Windows 11 PC?   
    <pedantry>
    I know, I was just explaining both 'regular' locations for .exe Windows applications within Windows. Otherwise somebody could start looking in the wrong folders again...  
    </pedantry>
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    RobWu got a reaction from Alfred in Where, o where, are Affinity2.0 apps installed on my Windows 11 PC?   
    As the links from @Pšenda will tell, is that the MSIX apps are a different 'beast' from the old .exe installers most of us are used to.

    So simply said, every MSIX app (from the MS store) runs in the C:\ Program Files \ WindowsApps environment, and is heavily locked down by the OS after installation.
    Good for preventing shenanigans from stuff like viruses or trojans, maybe not very practical if you want to acces the folder as a user.

    If you don't like this behavior, switch back to the .exe installers Affinity is still providing for the v2 software. That will 'move' the application back to the regular Program Files or Program Files(x86) environment.

    rob
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    RobWu got a reaction from walt.farrell in Export to PDF and TOC-paragraph question/issue   
    Hi Walt,
    That might be the best route to go here. I'll prepare a file later today for peeps to have a look at.
    Like I said, I probably am doing something wrong style wise, or overlooking some other setting.

    I'll be back....

    rob
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    RobWu reacted to walt.farrell in Where, o where, are Affinity2.0 apps installed on my Windows 11 PC?   
    However, if you move back to the EXE/MSI installer, be very careful when the programs notify you that an update is available. When you click Download, and are directed to the website to manually download/install the new installer, it is very easy to choose the wrong one and get the MSIX version instead.
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    RobWu reacted to Pšenda in Where, o where, are Affinity2.0 apps installed on my Windows 11 PC?   
    Because you probably installed a "sandboxed" MSIX version. If you don't like this type, try the MSI/EXE version.
    This has been mentioned many times here on the forum, so try searching for detailed information.
    For example:
     
     
     
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    RobWu reacted to MikeTO in Hyphenation feature within Affinity Publisher 2.0 in the Dutch language.   
    Yes, but you'll need to install the hyphenation dictionary. If you're on macOS, the spelling dictionary is included with macOS but you have to install the hyphenation dictionary. If you're on Windows, you'll need to install both the spelling and hyphenation dictionaries. You can download the files from this page, read the instructions carefully because you must place the hyphenation dictionary into a folder you will create named nl_NL. Cheers.
     
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    RobWu got a reaction from Andy05 in ADAMSKI Effect in Affinity Photo V2   
    I don't understand your issue here. The PS video does -exactly- the same thing as in AP.
    You would already have figured it out in AP, instead of posting  comment after comment.. The examples given should give you enough to start yourself..

    AP isn't PS.
    Differences can cause confusion and changes in workflow.
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    RobWu got a reaction from walt.farrell in ADAMSKI Effect in Affinity Photo V2   
    This....
    A lot of times these videos will show you a basic way of copying a certain look, but the original artist may have come to that look a completely different way.
    There could be several plugins involved for all kinds of tiny details for all we know, in combination with additional manual tweaking like smearing, blurring etc.

    Isn't it the journey to take a video as a basis and see if you can make it even more interesting?
    The fun of using PS or AP is that it isn't cookie cutter filters from e.g. Instagram.
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    RobWu got a reaction from Old Bruce in ADAMSKI Effect in Affinity Photo V2   
    This....
    A lot of times these videos will show you a basic way of copying a certain look, but the original artist may have come to that look a completely different way.
    There could be several plugins involved for all kinds of tiny details for all we know, in combination with additional manual tweaking like smearing, blurring etc.

    Isn't it the journey to take a video as a basis and see if you can make it even more interesting?
    The fun of using PS or AP is that it isn't cookie cutter filters from e.g. Instagram.
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    RobWu got a reaction from emmrecs01 in ADAMSKI Effect in Affinity Photo V2   
    I don't understand your issue here. The PS video does -exactly- the same thing as in AP.
    You would already have figured it out in AP, instead of posting  comment after comment.. The examples given should give you enough to start yourself..

    AP isn't PS.
    Differences can cause confusion and changes in workflow.
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    RobWu got a reaction from PaulEC in ADAMSKI Effect in Affinity Photo V2   
    I don't understand your issue here. The PS video does -exactly- the same thing as in AP.
    You would already have figured it out in AP, instead of posting  comment after comment.. The examples given should give you enough to start yourself..

    AP isn't PS.
    Differences can cause confusion and changes in workflow.
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    RobWu got a reaction from Blastkist in File destroyed by AFPhoto2   
    A bit late, and maybe not what you want to hear, but...

    Always save a file in multiple versions, especially when it becomes one in which you put in a lot of time and effort.
    Also, be sure to have backups, LOTS of backups so you can (hopefully...) revert back to a previous version before the data corruption occurred.

    But good luck on retrieving (most of) the data. This stuff always sucks when it happens. 
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    RobWu reacted to drstreit in AI picture generators urgently required   
    Fun fact: The current generation of generative AI models is what the older of us remember being the first handys: 3kg with battery, sound worse than a walkie talkie and expensive like a car.
    You all argue like this AI generation is the end result, but its not even a full start, b3cause they are ONLY ONE YEAR OLD. 
    Computer WILL beat experts and artists in terms of creativity, inventions and - always - price. 
     
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    RobWu got a reaction from thomaso in Affinity Photo Document File is Corrupted   
    If this is really the case, this a major issue. E V E R Y  application can work just fine with files from a external location.
    I never had any issues working from my Windows Server with Affinity, but if this is really the case I might just stop using Affinity software until this madness is fixed.

    What is this? the 90's????
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