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I created a screenrecording of a behaviour that I find a little strange, see linked file.
Note: at 35 seconds the mouse moves to the top right end of the window. This did not get recorded correctly. In this section I enable 'Lock Children' to fix the vector crop layer.
What I find strange is the way the top layer is displayed that I am moving around. The image is much larger and I would think that the original size should be shown with the blue handles.
The file is at Dropbox, since the size was too big as an attachment: ADrecording.mp4
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There are thousands of details I wouldn't know where to learn except for other users sharing them.
Hello DavidW,
a good starting point are the many 'Inhouse Affinity Video Tutorials' which are listed on this page. They cover quite a bit and are free to watch.
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Another question:
I tried to make a screenshot with the print key. How do I paste the result from the clipboard into Affinity Photo (as a new image). CTRL+P is disabled. Tried another photo software and it works just as expected.
Hello Irrgeist,
welcome to the forum.
Look for 'File > New from Clipboard'. That should do the trick :)
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I load Background pixel layer, I select the FST.
I set Tolerance to 4%. Mode as Add.
As I select the area (drag the mouse) the Tolerance value rises as I move. It makes selection impossible.
If I just Click into each area the Tolerance remains the same!
Any ideas?
Thanks, Paul
Hi Paul,
this seems to be a feature as explained in this tutorial (starting at about 30 seconds).
It takes a little to get used to it but is helpful :)
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On my PC with German keyboad and Windows 10 the installer for Affinity automatically installs Affinito Photo for Windows in the German Language.
I only have this PC because I am used to german Keyboards due to my job.
Is there a way to change the language used to English (or Dutch) after the installation of Affinity Photo Windows ?
Hello PCH,
welcome to the forum.
You can change the language at 'Edit > Preferences > General'. You have to restart the program but you get a message telling you so.
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Hi guys
Gradient options are missing. Only linear gradient available at the moment?
Many Thanks
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Hello Eeric,
welcome to the forum(s). This is a known issue and they are after it, already.
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Affinity has now become officially cross-platform with the launch of Affinity Designer for Windows.
My congratulations to this accomplishment :)
Not much of a problem but the language chooser is still visible during install.
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I had the same problem ... seriously wondering, why "Import PSD text as text" is not the default setting :-(
Actually I don't know and haven't read a comment on this from the devs. Perhaps the idea is to make sure that missing fonts do not distort the original design.
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I made a test page with both the text frame tool and the artistic tool and saved the file as Photoshop hoping to be able to reopen it and edit the text within
Affinity program. All it does is show me the layers which can be resized but not edited as such.
Designer allows direct editing of the text made from Illustrator etc.
To compete in the market and be relevant we need to be able to edit Photoshop text files.
Hello Pflann,
are you aware that there is a setting in the Preferences > General > 'Import PSD text as text rather than bitmap'? This could help with what you describe.
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NO! 100% Nope, the lasso WAS bugged.
I know what i say.
It IS a bug that CAN happen -_-...
I did show it it with a video and you say I do it wrong...
German: Sobald ich die Maus genutzt habe um zu malen ging es nicht, es hat es abgebrochen/nicht angenommen etc.
Dieses Problem bestand nicht nach dem Neustart der Software, es war ein Bug, genauso wie mit den Farben die einmal nicht im Protokoll waren. Ich weiß doch was ich tuhe -_-....
Hello Dracken,
I watched your video again to make sure that I do understand correctly what you are saying.
From what I understand you want to use the lasso tool set to the left icon, which is called 'freehand mode'. You want to click the left mouse button release the mouse button and then move the mouse. Am I understanding correct?
But the help file is very clear. You have to click and hold and move the left mouse button to create a selection outline. This works for me.
I did not check the translations in the bottom line, though. You may be correct about that. From what I read in this forum the translation team is still not finished. So this should be fixed in a future release.
Please excuse if I misunderstood anything in your post.
Cheers,
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I have previously tried the suggestions contained within the links in your last post
Hi Jonopen,
by accident today I looked at my files with the thumbnail preview turned on. Usually I look at the 'detail view'. To my surprise Affinity Photo thumbnails showed just the AP icon while Affinity Designer thumbnails did show a preview of the file content. In other words I shared (at least) part of your problem.
I then decided to visit my own recommended solution pages from above to try and see what they have to offer for my problem.
I downloaded the free and small (portable) program Thumbnail and Icon Cache Rebuilder.I ran it with the option 'Delete Thumbnail Cache' and then rebooted my computer.
Result: Affinity Photo thumbnails show the content of the file. Not bad.
If you dare to download and run a program from a link provided by basically a stranger (= me, not related in any way to the program I link to) I'd be interested to hear if this helps with your situation. But I will fully understand if you refuse to do so.
Best regars,
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If I understand it correctly, dominik, then so do you! ;)
Well, at least there is an understandable und correct working solution for now :)
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it looks as though it needs to be on Vimeo, not YouTube. :(
Good, thanks.
By investigating about IP.Board's featurs (IP.Board, the software that hosts this forum) I found code to embed YouTube videos. It seems that Serif's administrators have disabled this.
This is not a complaint. I just want to understand what is possible :)
Cheers,
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Hello James,
first off, many thanks for the tutorial and also the many other tutorial videos you provided. They are just plain helpful (if not essential) to explore and understand Affinity Designer and Photo.
I want to ask a completely different question. How do you embed a video in a posting so that it can be viewed without leaving this forum?
You just did with your Vimeo tutorial. I tried with a YouTube video and can't get it to work.
Thank you and best regards,
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As a workaround, you can put each 'page' on its own artboard and then print each artboard on a separate sheet; if you export the entire document to PDF, you'll get one artboard on each page of the PDF file, ordered from the bottom to the top of the layer stack (i.e. the order in which you would usually add objects to your document).
Hi Alfred,
I am trying to understand how to export to a multipage PDF from the Export Persona. Searching the forums I came across this thread. It seems using artboards and the Export in the File menu is currently the only option. Do I understand this correct?
I tried it and it works as expected.
I am just surprised that the Export Persona does not support this.
Cheers,
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You can press the right mouse button first ;)
Interesting. I didn't realise that. I'll try if this makes it easier.
You can get used to everything. But why not only the right mouse button, but both buttons (like PS)?I think this is because the developers want to keep feature parity with the Mac version of AP.
Mark explains it in this thread.
Cheers,
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You can press the right mouse button first ;)You can get used to everything. But why not only the right mouse button, but both buttons (like PS)? -
In any case I have not yet understood the need of the Masks.
Hello Daniele,
your explanation on how you select and copy a section of your image sounds logical.
As always, there are different ways on how to accomplish a task. Your way is to mark an area and then copy the content you are looking for.
With masks you could do the same with the additional benefit that you can change your image content afterwards as many time you want.
With a mask you just hide areas of an image that you don't want to use. This is done by painting with black color on the mask layer. Every image area under the black color will turn transparent.
You can try this very easily:
1) Open an image in AP.
2) Click on the mask icon at the bottom of the layers palette. This will add a mask to the image.
3) Click on the triangle left to the image layer in the layers palette. The layer expands and you see the mask below the pixel layer with the image on it.
4) Click on the mask layer to activate it.
5) Select the paintbrush tool. Set it's opacity to 100% and it's hardness to 100%. Make sure your foreground color is set to black.
6) Now paint on the mask layer.
You will see, where you painted with the black brush the image disappears and becomes transparent.
Finally make your foreground color white and paint across the transparent area. Your image becomes visible again.
I hope I explained this good enough to follow :)
Cheers,
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On 14/11/2016 at 11:06 PM, SrPx said:
Alfred -and please, excuse everyone else if I have posted this link too much...- I came up with a solution using certain great utility. I have it set this way permanently for my beta, to change size and smoothness very easily. You might want to give it a try, I explain even the exact settings for the case.
But I strongly recommend that if you want to try it, first read my other post, for another shortcut issue, where I explain it step by step, the usage of this utility (there's no way to get lost :D, even trying. ) :
https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/27990-zoom-like-a-photoshop/?p=135701
Is just a very nice workaround, for a lot of possible shortcut preferences, that combined with the flexibility of an intuos or similar tablet, of having a mouse button or key combination configured in any of your 3 pen buttons, one of the 8 tablet buttons (in an intuos pro), and/or the ring and its options... the possibilities are amazing, and it has made my workflow much more comfortable, otherwise I wouldn't be mentioning it...
Hi SrPx,
I took a look at this utility but I do not quite understand how to use it. Thanks for the link, anyway. I'll try it again some time later.
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On this laptop, the left and right mouse buttons cannot both be pressed at the same time, so I don't have that option unless I plug in an external pointing device. :(
I couldn't do this on my laptop, either. But I am used to use a mouse so that is not a problem (for me).
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Is there any way to assign the same keys for decreasing and increasing brush size for all tools in the photo persona?
Hi DarkClown,
what works with all brush sizes is to first press ALT then left mouse button and then additionally right mouse button.
Dragging the mouse left and right decreases/increases the size of the brush.
Dragging the mouse up and down decreases/increases the feathering of the brush.
This is not a key but 'mouse acrobatics' ;) ... and needs a litte training but works very well, once you get used to it.
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So I got a new bug, I had it already a few days ago, I can not use my mouse to ..german: um etwas auszuwählen mit dem lassowrkzeug.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1u5GwbpnjE
And I found something that is still not translated.
Hi Dracken,
I watched your video and I think you misunderstand how the lasso tool works, becaus for me the tool works as expected.
Freehand: You click and hold the mouse and drag and that way you select an area.
Polygonal: You click and click and click and you create a selection with straight lines.
Magnetic: You click and let go the mouse button. Then you move the mouse (without clicking) around an area and AP tries to find automatically borders between areas of different color.
Please try it again. I am sure you will get the hang of it.
And, yes, there are some missing translations :)
I suggest that you post these in a seperate thread with a clear topic name. Otherwise moderators/devs won't take notice of that.
(I still don't see my embedded videos -_-.... Forum bug ?)
I tried to find out how to embed in posts but have not found an answer. Perhaps others can chime in?
I suspect that embedding YouTube videos is disabled. You just can post a link to it.
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While I am here maybe you can give me another couple of important suggestions while cutiing a profile in a photo.
Hi Daniele,
I see that MEB was able to help you your questions. Sorry, I was out all day long.
Happy masking :)
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I used strg+z but it did not work :(
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Hm, that is strange. Did you try to use the 'Protokoll'? That way you can step backward and forward until you found the correct version of the document you want to keep.
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Thanks for the replies to evenly alpha-setting. My fault, I missed that until now, probably because I looked for alpha-settings only to the alpha-setting-tool, not at the color palette :(
Don't feel bad. We all are learning constantly and the community here is glad to help with it :)
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Delete multiple Artboards with objects on them
in [ARCHIVE] Designer beta on Windows threads
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1) Create a new document
2) Create two artboards
3) Place some objects on each artboard
4) With artboardtool select one artboard and hit DELETE > messagebox shows up and asks, if I want to keep the objects on this artboard.
5) With artboardtool select two artboards and hit DELETE > artboards get deleted instantly including all containing objects.
I would expect that the same messagebox shows up as well...
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