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You have to type into the Width field "=500" without the quotation marks. On a side note: I wish you had choosen to use images of cats or daisies. But to each his own d.

Hello @PixelHead, I can confirm that this should work. Of course you have to select all objects first. Also, if you lock the aspect ratio in the Transform Panel the images won't get distorted. d.

States are available in all three applications. d.

Sorry for the not correct link. Thanks for helping here. d.

Hello @MickM, I think you are on the right track. In Xara Designer there is a concept of 'soft groups'. These are groups of objects (= Affinity layers) that are spread across object hierarchy. This concept is not available in Affinity. In Affinity, though, there is an additional organizational feature called 'Layer States'. This is a very powerfull feature and can simulate 'soft groups' as mentioned above. Basically it is a way of querying all layers according to some of their attributes and select them. Once you created a Layer State you can select all elements across the entire layer hierarchy with one click and modify them. A very simple way is to use layer names to assign them to a certain Layer State. Referring to your initial post you could name individual layers 'red group' or 'blue group'. Once you created Layer States that query just for objects that are called 'red group' you can select these with just one click. The only drawback is that you have to name your layers. There is no drag and drop way to do that. But personally I find this feature pretty slick. Please see this help page for an explanation: https://affinity.help/designer2/English.lproj/index.html d.

Hallo @kiyoshida, ich weiß nicht, ob es eine Option ist, ein zusätzliches Gerät zu kaufen. Es gibt Fußschalter mit z.B. drei Tasten, die man wahrscheinlich mit CTRL, STRG und SHIFT belegen könnte. Ein Beispiel wie das aussieht ist dies hier bei Amazon. Aber ich nehme an, Du bist in dem Thema viel besser informiert, als ich. Grüße! d.

Well, the concept of guides is that they 'guide within the program' not in terms of 'guides that are part of the design. If you want guides that are part of your design you have to create and possibly style them as real vector objects. Guides are no vector objects but rather visual elements. You could place your 'vector guides' in a seperate group and thus turn them on or off for export. It has quite some advantages to do it this way. d.

Hello @omarvelazquez, guidelines are elements that can not be exported. What you can do instead is use the guidelines and place along them vector lines and style them as you want them to look like in the exported document. Snapping will help you to place these lines very exactly. Then you can export and those lines will show up in your exported PDF. d.

Hello @LotharP, the latest version of Publisher supports spreads with multiple pages. This is the reason why I would design in Publisher. You may want to look at my sample file. d. Bucheinband Beispiel.afpub

There are some keyboard shortcuts in this context that you may want to integrate into your workflow. X switches between stroke and fill colour. You still have to think about where you want to assign the current colour but you don't have to move the mouse. SHIFT+X switches the assigned fill and stroke colour. This could be handy if one accidentially clicked stroke instead of fill. D resets to default colours white as fill and black as stroke. I just double checked with my old copy of Xara Designer. Click on a swatch assigns to fill and SHIFT+click assigns to stroke. d.

If you think of it you can first change to fill by clicking on the fill colour. But, what you describe happens to me as well I am not aware of another way than choosing first fill or stroke and then select the colour. It's matter of routine. I think I rememeber in Xara you can left or right click to assign fill or stroke. This would be a good feature request. d.

Hello @blackxacto, as R C-R already mentioned the tutorial was done with a V1 edition of Photo. In V2 the panels were moved to the Window menu. I forgot to mention this, sorry. I think to get a very good result from your original picture you have to do a little more adjustments because it looks faded and has that strong colour cast. Good luck! d.

Hello @blackxacto, you might look into the technique in this video tutorial: Using the colour balance adjustment offers a lot of detail adjustment. You can also use a curves adjustment. In my opinion it is a little less powerfull but is a little better to handle. d.

Hello @wintermute by default you can press ALT+backspace or CTRL+backspace. You find these commands in the 'Edit' menu and you can assign custom shortcuts under 'Preferences'. d.

I think on Windows it is by default ALT + backspace and CTRL + backspace that does the trick. d.

It makes sense to learn a little before just playing around. I mean this honestly due to my own experiences. There is a very comprehensive video tutorial by Elaine Giles with an index from which you can jump directly to certain topics, if needed. d.

There are several fonts that were an add on from Serif. They are installed in a way that they are only visible in the Affinity apps. Check your account from the help menu and see if the font is listed there. d.

This is not an easy task if you want to learn it the manual way. I remember a video tutorial that explains the techniques quite well (the tutorial was made for Photoshop but basically works in APh as well). d.

Hello @Lombra and welcome to the forums. I think what you are looking for is something that is called 'doge and burn'. This is darkening or lightening areas of an image. In Affinity Photo you create a new pixel layer and fill it with a 50% solid grey colour. The layer needs to be above the image layer. Set that layer to mode 'soft light'. This will make this layer basically invisible. Then use a paint brush and set its edges to very soft and its opacity to something like 30%. Select black as your foreground colour and start painting on the newly created layer. This will darken shadows. Select white as foreground colour and it will lighten. Vary the opacity and experiment what works best for you. You do not need to select an area before you start painting. By hiding the layer you can completely remove the effect. By copying the layer you can transfer the effect to a different image. d. PS: another technique is explained in this video Absolute Beginner's Course Series 2: Episode 20: Dodge and Burn Using Layers

Hallo @max wöhrle 2006, ich habe es mit verschiedenen Methoden versucht, die Datei zu öffnen und mir ist das leider auch nicht gelungen. Das Gute ist, die Datei scheint noch den Inhalt zu enthalten, denn sie ist ja über 100 MB groß. Ich würde darauf setzen, dass sich ein Moderator meldet, oder Du kontaktierst den Support direkt wie z.B. hier beschrieben: Viel Glück! d.

Ich habe ja auch die Vermutung, dass die Logik einen Bug hat. Die Gruppe "umarmt" die Bilder und bewegt sie von der ursprünglichen Position weg. Nur die Eigenschaft der Bilder, die für den Textumfluss sorgt, kriegt die Bewegung nicht mit und lässt den Text weiter an der ursprünglichen Stelle fliessen. Im Zweifelsfall kannst Du das ja mal als Bug-Meldung im anderen Forumsbereich posten. Ich habe von dieser Verhaltensweise noch nie gehört. Vielleicht kennen andere Forumsteilnehmer sie. === As I said I assume the logic does have a bug. The group embraces the pictures and moves them away from their original position. Only the property of the images that forces the textflow does not realize the movement. It seems there is a missing link. You can post a bug report in the respective forum area. I never heard of this behaviour but maybe others can chime in. d.

Hallo @wolboe, das ist in gewisser Weise logisch. Die Gruppe selbst hat nicht die Eigenschaft, dass sie vom Text umflossen wird. Und es gibt keine Hierarchie, die diese Eigenschaft von den Gruppenmitgliedern (den Textrahmen) nach oben in die übergeordnete Gruppe weiterreicht. Trotzdem könnte das ein Bug sein. == in some way this has it's logic. The group in itself does not own the property of text flow. Also there is no hierarchy that 'moves' the properties of the group members up to the containing group. This behaviour could be considered as a bug.

In the top right corner of the page there is a drop down menu with you user name on it. Click on it and a menu will appear that offers 'Account Settings'. There choose 'Signature' from the left menu and edit. d.

Just to make sure as you do not mention it in your post: are you looking in Affinity Photo? d.

Thanks @R C-R, I always mix them up. Let's hope this clears @TanBrae's way to the new tools. d.