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Here's a guess. AP saves .jpg at 100%. Often, that bumps the file size by at least 30% over a 90% compression. I have to suppose that each adjustment layer is an bitmap of a similar size or bigger , because it may set aside space for selections within the adjustments.
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I'm using a Huion wh1409. The pen response is good. I fussed a bit w. the pressure controls recently, and it helped, but I can't quite get as smooth a response as I'd like. That could be because of my arthritic hands. The other down side of the tablets design is that the programable buttons are matte black. I've yet to get around to putting dabs of liquid paper on them so I can see them in dim light.
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Hi, espresso,
I'm having some trouble understanding what you are trying to do. I can see traces of the 1st fan design in the image of what I suppose is a knitted surface, but that seems somewhat different. Is it the fan you want, and what sort of shape are you trying to use it on? Could you just draw a loose example to show?
Assuming you want a repeatable tiling, AD handles that if you use a bitmap fill that was already designed to be repeated. The bitmap can be sized to however large or small you need, but it will be across a 2D surface. I haven't come across an auto wrap feature in AD like you describe in Photoshop, and I can only guess at what that does.
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I see that the foundation already has a logo. That would just need to be inserted as needed. AD is probably not appropriate, because while it can set up pages, it is not a page-layout program, which have many features to span layout over a whole document.
Most likely as mentioned above, going w. pre-made MS Word templates would be a good idea. Familiarize yourself w. the white paper styles appropriate for the audience you are aiming at. Some may be graphics intensive, but others will more likely respond better to a simple but exact text layout.
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Progressing nicely. A suggestion. Try placing smaller ones on larger ones, somewhat like looking at wet beach stones laying across one another.
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Hi, Morten_Hjort,
It appears you tried to subtract from a group. You have to subtract a curve from a curve.
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One thing that perplexes me somewhat. Why is it important to have the grid as a background element, as apposed to an overlay? If I'm stacking objects while snapping to grid, it makes it so much easier to see the grid, rather than have to approximate where I might get a snapping indicator.
Myself, I can judge the transparency levels as well w. the grid visible or not.
There is a keyboard shortcut for toggling the visibility. On or off is just a key combo press away. I toggle it allthe time.
Agreed, defaults would be useful for projects that will span multiple documents.
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A few of my homemade brushes. Mostly work:
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Hi Brian,
Good to see you posting again. I think the sample on the upper right quadrant looks quite natural.
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Nice. I prefer the ones where the perimeter has all smooth nodes.
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I decided I'd try a pixel art 24 px on the side. Made me feel like I was staring at Space Invaders. +/- version.
Thought of something else:
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When I looked at the "birthday cake" the 1st thing that came to mind was three rulers. So I thought much the same thing as dutchshader.
Here's my take, which looks to small at 48 px H on my retina display.
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Hi, lenelg,
Perhaps someone who has used SerifDraw will comment, but from what I can find from online tutorials, in AD they'd just be a textured image brush. Not exactly vectors along a path. One can create vector objects, save them off as .png files, and use them singly or multiply as a brush that works w. the vector brush, or any vector stroke.
At present, AD only supports vectors along paths which are fonts. That works w. dingbat and image fonts, if you have any of those.
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Hi, MikePerk,
I use a Mac program called "NeoFinder." There is a Windows version called abeMeda. You might want to look into that. On the Mac, it is very fast, and one can search on all the meta data, and even has a geolocation map when the data is present.
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Thought about it some more, decided that in most situations it would be too inaccurate. So, made 3 shapes that could be placed at right angles to the diagonal, transferred the node positions to a calculator, and worked out the hypotenuse, divided that by 5, and made a series of circles based on that value to better intersect the diagonal.
Fairly tedious, but works if no other option is available.
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Hi, leuveg,
At this point, AD has no tool to divide a vector between 2 nodes. It would have to be done manually. I can think of a couple of ways, tho' I'm not certain of the level of precision.
Here is an illustration. Sw. snapping on, enclose the irregular shape in a rectangle. Copy the rectangle, and multiply the width by .2, using the transform dialog. Slide the copy to the side, and repeatedly duplicate while positioning towards the opposite side. Once the 5 copies have spanned the diagonal, use the node tool to add nodes snapped to the edges of the rectangles where they intersect the diagonal.
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Hi, UkeyD
What you came across is part of the great advantage of making vector graphics.
Using English measurement terms, look at the following statements:
draw a line 1 inch long
draw a line 1 yard long
draw a line 1 mile long
Each has the same number of letters, and encoding those will have a minuscule difference.
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I started out using the ellipse tool, converting to pie section. The center 1, 45°, the left and right, 22.5°. Made a larger center section, and used the corner tool to round the top corners. U
Using the pen tool, made a zig zag line snapping to grid. Made the line weight what I thought was similar to the photo example. Selected all those, and expanded stroke. Added the shapes together, and gave them color.
Converted the pie shapes to curves, and changed nodes to sharp to get triangles. Nested the zig-zag lines in the main triangle. Duplicated that, and rotated around the bottom vertex. Adjusted the parent triangles nodes to snap to the underlying pie shapes.
I could only imagine what machines might do to cut out the shapes, perhaps perforate them, add glue, and fold them into the cone pocket. So the notations like "2nd fold" are just my imagination.
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Hi, tterihaj,
The file confuses me some. It starts w. the main wedge. It seems to be close to 45 degrees, but not quite. I can't tell, but I think it is 44.2 +/- .05. That makes every thing hard to line up.
Also, the "measures" are oddly constructed. Seems to be a bunch of thin overlapping rectangles. Polygons w. corner nodes overlapping should allow better placement of object on upper layers.
I have to take care of something else just now, but will try to get back in an hour or so with some solutions.
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Hi, Galvertron,
Its been years since I used Illustrator, but I recall that a layer in it was a separate workspace comprising the whole document. Designers layers don't work like that. One may however make shapes that encompass the canvas with an empty fill that can be used in much the same way.
If you draw something, say a rectangle, and click on the insert inside widget at the top right, subsequent objects will be nested inside the rectangles geometry, and clipped by its periphery. And then each object within can also be selected, insert inside chosen again, and other layers of nested objects will go into those.
As already mentioned, one can create a group, and subsequent objects will be gathered into it no matter where on the canvas they are.
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Both will do the job. Designer is great for making tight vector shapes for logos or that can contain photo bit maps, and can do some color adjustments. Also, it has built in art boards set up for printing use. Photo has some of the vector tools, but has a much larger set of filters and adjustments, far beyond retouching. Not really an answer, I guess.
Download the trial versions, and see what you can do. Each is limited to 10 days, so do one after another if you don't have lots of time each day for the trials.
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14 hours ago, R C-R said:
That rarely happens these days due to improvements in Mac OS, but when it does the usual cause is the same one that was a problem with older OS versions: the Launch Services database has become corrupted & needs to be rebuilt. There are several articles on the web that explain how to do this, some more up-to-date than others. This article is the most up-to-date one I could find & should be relevant for High Sierra as well as older OS versions.
Since doing this manually involves using some fairly complex terminal commands, as the article mentions a good alternative for most users is to use the command built into the freeware utility Onyx instead. Just make sure you use the version of Onyx made for your OS version & keep it up-to-date. Also, just because the rebuild Lanuch Services function is the the "Maintenance" section of Onyx, this does not mean it is suggesting there is any need (or any benefit) to running any of the listed functions unless there is an issue they can correct. The app includes good built-in help that will explain what each function is for & when to use it.
The first time I tried a manual rebuild, but something screwed up and 24 hours later, I was getting the problem again. Remembered I had Onyx, d-loaded the appropriate version. I recall having to try a few times w. different setting, but it did clear up the launch problem.
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FWIW, I haven't had a system update in awhile, but 2 times in the last year, the OS has re-assigned file~app defaults. Preview, the usual default for .jpg, went to Photoshop Elements. I deleted the app, but of few weeks later it was changed to AD. All my simple text files started opening in the Numbers spread sheet!? Etc.
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Nice play. I spend wa-a-a-y too much time having fun, erm, experimenting w. Affinity features, so I can imagine the enjoyment you had. Glad to see it. Affinity is really good for trying out lots of stuff fast. And then, when you have something that needs to be done, hah!, know how to do that better.