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4 hours ago, beertje53 said:
This is what I am looking for but for in Affinity Photo.
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JohanHello @beertje53,
you may want to look at David Straker's Luminosity Selection Tutorial (there are more on this subject). Perhaps this is what you need?
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16 minutes ago, JayH said:
How is it done in Affintiy Photo?
There is no way to adjust a selection with a keystroke as far as I am aware of.
Try the Flood Selection Tool or the Selection Brush Tool. Move it around the object and it will create a selection around it. There is no need to do a step inbetween by drawing a square selection.
I hope this helps.
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See also this tutorial video (of many on YT) on the Selection Brush Tool:
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15 hours ago, Alex_M said:
Is this possible? My quick search in the help file and on the forum didn't yield any results. I have a PDF open with hundreds/thousands of layers/objects and I want to delete all of them except for the few objects I've selected on the canvas.
It is not possible to invert the selection of layers but you can use 'Select Same > Tag Colour'.
- Select all objects via CTRL+A
- In the layers panel right click and assign a tag colour to all of them
- Then select just the few objects you want to keep and assign them in the layers panel a different tag colour
- Finally select one of the objects you want to delete (with the firstly assigned tag colour) and use menu 'Select Same > Tag Colour'. Then hit delete
That should solve your task.
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24 minutes ago, StuartRc said:
Pressure Graph
d. Attempting to edit the Pressure Graph associated with the line at the same time editing the line with the width tool is a bit frustrating as the pressure graph closes each time you click on the object line@StuartRc, great suggestions.
I support the last one. Have a way to keep the pressure graph open ... and to resize it!
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3 hours ago, fde101 said:
The more important thing to consider is to throw in the forms for a few of the common URI schemes.
I agree. Having some kind of 'QR-Code builder assistant' would be helpful.
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On 4/12/2024 at 2:53 PM, Ash said:
You can also click to add a new pressure point, or double click to remove any pressure point on a curve.
Clicking does add a new pressure point but with zero width! To me this looks like a bug. I would expect it adds a point but does not the line's width at that point.
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11 minutes ago, dominik said:
For some reason I cannot get this tool to work. I do see the line width handles but I cannot grab and drag them. Apart from that, great addition!
OK, correction: for some reason I cannot get this tool to work in APub's Designer Persona. In AD it does work as described above.
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For some reason I cannot get this tool to work. I do see the line width handles but I cannot grab and drag them. Apart from that, great addition!
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1 minute ago, Frozen Death Knight said:
It would take the same amount of time as any other save. File size is not an issue here. Auto-save is a completely different feature separate from incremental saves. An incremental save without auto-save would be you manually saving, which then creates the additional copy. Also, the point of incremental saves is that it is an option, a safeguard for people who avoid losing copious amounts of work. You don't have to use it if you don't want to.
As I said, if it is not slowing down workflow I think this would be a good addition (as an option). I am saving my work all time even with different versions over time (basically a poor man's incremental save) because I was bitten with lost work several times.
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6 minutes ago, Frozen Death Knight said:
Incremental save means to have multiple copies of the original file, which is done automatically without the need to save a separate file manually.
Basically I think is a good idea. I've seen this in other software I use and it occasionally save my ... life.
Problem with Affinity is that with some projects files can become quite huge. The time to save is not instant but can take a up to three seconds or more. This would interrupt workflow quite considerably. I'm not technically good enough to know if some kind of 'shadow copy' mechanism would work.
After all, if there is a way to implement this without interupting workflow I'm all for it.
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11 hours ago, LaraF said:
Danke für den Tipp, hat aber leider auch nicht geklappt.
Uh, oh, das ist alles bedauerlich. Jetzt fällt mir zusammen mit den Vorschlägen von @Komatös nichts mehr ein. Deine Hoffnung ist jetzt, dass jemand von Serif noch interne Möglichkeiten hat, die Daten zu retten. Viel Glück!
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1 hour ago, LaraF said:
Liebes Affinity-Publisher Team,
leider kann ich meine Publisher-Datei nicht mehr öffnen. Ich habe sie gestern ganz normal genutzt und auch gespeichert und geschlossen und heute lässt sie sich nicht mehr öffnen. Vor ein paar Tagen habe ich das vorgeschlagene Update installiert. Die Datei ist auch noch nicht besonders groß und hat nur ca. 53 KB.
Hallo @LaraF und willkommen im Forum.
Tut mir leid, dass sich Deine Datei nicht öffnen lässt.
Einige Fragen:
- wo ist die Datei gespeichert? Interne Festplatte, externe Festplatte, Dropbox, iCloud, Netzwerk-Server, etc. Die sicherste Methode zum Speichern von Dateien, an denen Du aktiv arbeitest, ist das Speichern auf einer internen Festplatte.
- Hast Du ältere Versionen von der Datei, die Du öffnen kannst? Wenn dem so ist, dann hättest Du immerhin ein älteres Backup, falls die Datei nicht gerettet werden kann.
- Sicher meldet sich jemand von Affinity und bietet an, die Datei hochzuladen und zu untersuchen. Heute ist Sonntag, da musst Du evtl. bis zum Wochenanfang warten.
- Wenn Du Publisher geschlossen hast und im Explorer dorthin navigierst, wo Dein Dokument liegt, findest Du dort eine Datei mit der Endung 'afpub~lock~'? Das ist eine verborgene Datei, vielleicht musst Du erst die Anzeige von verborgenen Dateien aktivieren (Optionen Menü vom Explorer). Wenn diese Datei vorhanden ist, dann kannst Du sie probeweise mal woanderes hinverschieben und das Öffnen neu versuchen. Ist nur ein Versuch, aber wer weiss?
- Letzte Möglichkeit, die mir einfällt. Erstelle eine neue, leere Datei und versuche über 'Dokument > Seiten aus Datei hinzufügen...' die Seiten aus der beschädigten Datei in das leere Dokument einzufügen. Manchmal klappt diese Methode.
Viel Glück!
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46 minutes ago, Niki Park said:
Hi! Long time Adobe user here. Thinking about making the switch to Affinity Designer and Photo. But I'm wondering what Affinity users use in place of Adobe Bridge. Thanks!
Hello @Niki Park and welcome to the forum!
As mentioned in this thread already you can continue to use Bridge. The major drawback is that it does not show previews of Affinity files (to my knowledge).
There have been various discussions here on this topic and it all is on Digital Asset Management (a.k.a. DAM). Search the forum and you will find a lot to read.
For some time I was using XNViewMP that has a lot to offer but about two years ago I decided to go with ACDSee Home. It all depends on your needs but in terms of culling images, tagging, keywording and building collections it works in a similar way as Bridge. It can be a little overwhelming in the beginning.
I want to link to one extensive thread here in the forum that should be a good starting point for your research:
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9 minutes ago, Ludwig Sonntag said:
Question to the community: I would like to adjust the pages on the display in Punlisher so that I can see the entire page. I press the Apple key and "0" at the same time but it doesn't work...
... see the screenshot! Thanks for a tip about the functionHello @Ludwig Sonntag,
I think on the Mac it is Command+0.
You can see the shortcut in the menu 'View > Zoom'.
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6 minutes ago, philipt18 said:
I'm sure there is a simple answer to this, but when I'm working in Publisher, how do I see which Master Page is applied to the page I'm looking at?
Also, is it possible to have more than one master applied to a page? I'm seeing something weird where some text is doubling up, but when I apply the correct master to the page it goes away. I think it's happening because there are two possible masters I could use on that page, and one of them has the text frame slightly moved from the other. However, that would mean two masters would be on that page. Is that even possible?
Hello @philipt18,
once you hover with the mouse over a page in the pages panel you will see a little popup that lists all master pages assigne to that page (or spread).
And, yes, you can apply multiple master pages to one page or spread. Just make sure you do not replace the existent masterpage (right click on a page and choose 'Assign master...'
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58 minutes ago, Greg T said:
I don't remember if I installed using EXE or MSIX... I think I used the MSIX version. It's been a long while.
Hello @Greg T,
I am uncertain if I can help you as you are able to provide very detailed technical information already.
First off I would try to reboot the computer.
Second, we've seen occasional hiccups during the install in the past. So trying again a couple of hours later could solve the problem.
Third, you can look on your C:/ drive for the installation folder of the EXE versions. Search for C:\Program Files\Affinity. If it is there you installed the EXE installer. If it is not there you used the MSIX installer.
Good luck to sort this out.
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1 hour ago, Medical Officer Bones said:
Well, Affinity always has been (and still is) a secondary app for myself. My main hub is PhotoLine. I also use Clip Studio EX and Krita.
For myself I consider PhotoLine the only real alternative to Photoshop, mainly because 1bit image support is lacking in Affinity, and I need that for my work.
And PhotoLine also offer a good solid set of vector editing tools. While PhotoLine doesn't support AI tools, I now use Krita with its free AI plugin to balance that out together with its painting tools (which are okay in PhotoLine, but can't compete with Krita or Affinity). Clip Studio EX I use for comic work and publication.
To me PhotoLine is that Swiss knife app that holds my workflow together. And does it well. Affinity never was able to.
thanks for giving an insight in your workflow that you mentioned in this other thread. Food for thought, though my needs are quite different. For now I am sticking with Affinity but it is good to know there is PhotoLine around.
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7 minutes ago, jmwellborn said:
From the day I first discovered Affinity, I have been overwhelmed by the old-fashioned courtesy, dedication, and professionalism of the entire organization. Even when tempted by some occasional unpleasantness from the outside, honor and decency have always prevailed. It was a shock to read of this acquisition/merger today, but I for one, am going to trust Ash and his wonderful team. They have not failed us yet, and I don’t think they will going forward. Affinity is their creation — they surely don’t want to spoil it! Hopefully Affinity will blossom while keeping its tradition for excellence. Steve Jobs started Apple. Apple has added laptops, iPads, iPhones, Apple TV, etc. without spoiling its brand either.
I wish everyone at Serif/Affinity the very best going forward and thank you for what I am sure will be many more years of happiness using the Affinity Suite.
I do support wholeheartedly your words. Thanks.
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8 hours ago, caroline daniell said:
Oh great thanks so much!
Glad this could get solved relatively easily 🙂
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2 minutes ago, caroline daniell said:
Hi there - I'm having a disastrous day on Affinity Designer! I have now lost all my panels - i.e. colour, layers, stroke, transform, swatches etc. etc. I don't have any idea what I did but my screen has gone to full width and I can no longer access any of my panels. Hope someone can help
Try hitting the TAB key. Perhaps you accidentally hid the Studio panels.
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1 hour ago, ecureuil said:
I always use the Inpaining and Patch tools with the "Current Layer & Below" layer setting. I must always set this manually from "Current Layer" which is the default. I could not find an option to change this. Is there a way to do this anyway?
Hello @ecureuil,
I am not aware that it is possible to change the default behaviour. You might want to place a feature request in this section of the forum.
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14 hours ago, PaulHH said:
Das klappt bei mir aber nur, wenn ich aus den Rechtecken als Zwischenschritt erst noch ein Slice erstelle (was kein echter Aufwand ist; ich erwähne es nur der Vollständigkeit halber, falls das Jemand nachbasteln will ;))
Du kannst Slices auch ohne Rechtecke erstellen. Slices sind eigenständige Exportbereiche.
Es gibt hier kein richtig oder falsch, sondern einfach zwei unterschiedliche Arten des Exports. Der Weg über Datei > Export ist bei einem einmaligen Export schnell. Wenn Du komplexe Exportoptionen brauchst, ist die Export-Persona sehr funktionsreich.
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Can I make a dust jacket with Publisher?
in Affinity on Desktop Questions (macOS and Windows)
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Hello @LeftyAngler and welcome to the forum.
Of course you can produce a dust jacket with APub. You need to know that the application does not support spreads with more than two pages. You would set up a one page spread with the size of the entire dust jacket. Then you mark the seperate sections (front cover, spine, ...) with guides. I usually place rectangles with their respective background colour for each segment in the background and lock them.
Essentially is to know the exact measurements of the five segments. But to just build a prototype design you can use guessed dimensions. E.g. you could measure them from a book in your library if you have one. Also keep in mind that you have to include a certain amount of bleed around the entire design.
You could search in the resources section of this forum if you find a template. But it is not very complicated to set up a template by your own.
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