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2 hours ago, Nightjar said:
- Good Tip with opening the PDF in AP, I didn't know it was possible. There I see a lot of TIFFs. This is very odd. Why would AP keep the tiffs and put it into the PDF rather than converting it to JPEG? Any solutions for this?
Where do you see these TIFFs in the Layers panel after opening the PDF? Note that layers may have names that include endings like "tiff" but that does not mean they are tiff files. Each layer there should have an icon to the left of the name. If you hover the pointer over the icon after a short delay a tooltip should pop up identifying the layer type.
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4 hours ago, Komatös said:
Not all Photoshop assets can be opened with Affinity programmes. Actions are particularly noteworthy in this regard.
I may have missed something but I think among the mentioned PS assets only some brushes can be imported, & some that can will have problems. PS shape *.csh files will not, nor will *.pat ones.
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FWIW, there are so many tool choices there that it would be helpful if there was a search or filter option of some sort, or maybe an alphabetically sorted text view option.
However, I do not think this is important enough for a feature request, at least not until many many more of the bugs in the apps are fixed.
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5 hours ago, jackamus said:
It does say how to create the path in the first place or am I missing something?
Did you mean to say it "does not say how"?
Regardless, like @MEB mentioned, creating path text is covered in the help topics, for instance in https://affinity.help/designer2/en-US.lproj/pages/Text/pathText.html for Designer.
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2 hours ago, Rubie said:
I can see the tool bar but cannot select any tools.
Do you mean the Tools panel? If so, do you have a document open? The Tools will be dimmed out if there is no open file to use them on.
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10 minutes ago, boelens218 said:
Therefore, I would want to export my processed raw images in the highest quality possible. I understand this would be 32-bit ProPhoto RGB in the TIFF format.
There are AFAIK no cameras that capture 32 bit depth images -- typically the high end ones capture at 14 bits, & some medium format ones at 16 bits, so there is no advantage to bloating the file to 32 bits. 16 bit output should be adequate.
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5 hours ago, Big_R said:
When i try to open exported files from affinity designer i just get error messages.
It might help if you provided one or more of these error messages....
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3 minutes ago, Hangman said:
Practically, I see no reason why, even in its greyed-out state, it doesn't just reflect the Master page and show the same number of columns.
But in practical terms since it can't be changed does it really matter?
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9 hours ago, Hangman said:
Hi @NathanC,
Bizarrely, the Publication page does show 0 columns when the Master page shows 1 column...
It does but it is greyed out, at least until Edit Detached is activated, so in effect the gray means 'not applicable' or some such. AMybe a dash or the like would be more helpful.
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8 hours ago, Ron P. said:
I'm not sure where RC-R came up with his answer...
In retrospect, I'm not sure how I came up with that either. I think I might have been thinking about a different topic but clearly I was wrong about being able to export directly frm the Develop Persona.
Sorry for any confusion that might have caused.
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1 hour ago, boelens218 said:
Can I export directly from Develop Persona to my desktop or another folder?
Yes, & this was covered in another topic where you asked the same question.
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1 hour ago, boelens218 said:
Is this the only way to rotate a layer clockwise or counterclockwise without having the blurry edges? Why do you get blurry edges when clicking on rotate left/right?
If, as requested, you could share a file like the one shown in your earlier post with the 2 rectangles, we could probably tell you why that wasn't working for you, but I have tried this with a number of my own test files & I get no anti-aliasing (which appears to be what you are calling blurring).
I also suggest reading about the Transform Panel in the help. It has many options, some of which work in conjunction with others, like setting a transform origin (an option in the context toolbar) to rotate about any arbitrary point, even one that is outside the document bounds. maybe also check out the Rotating & Shearing topic.
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6 minutes ago, markw said:
There is no right or wrong here each artist must find the tools that work for them.
Exactly! And there is nothing wrong with buying one that comes with a money back guarantee. Just keep in mind that it may take a while to acclimate to the new device, so make sure you have time to do that before the time limit on returning it does not expire.
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1 minute ago, nickbatz said:
Oh come on. If you were sitting with me when I had this thing, I promise that you'd agree. There's nothing subjective about putting the pen down where you want to draw and having it jump half an inch away!
First, we are not sitting with you so we have no idea why the pen is not working for you. But we do know without a doubt that many people do not report any such issues with theirs -- just reading the reviews from users of various models online or the many posts in these forums from users who recommend one or more of these devices. Ask yourself why would they do that if behaved so erratically.
Second, most of these devices have a number of settings in their preferences and/or OS level settings (like Windows Ink, if I have that right) that influence how the pen works. Did you experiment with any of them or ask for help from customer support, or possibly search or ask on this forum about that? Some of these things are sensitive to fingers accidentally touching the surface, which could cause the kind of jumping you describe, so some have methods to mitigate that. Did you consider that as a possible cause of what you experienced & check to see what if anything could prevent it?
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2 minutes ago, Alfred said:
There are doubtless many other people like you who have had a similar reaction, but there are clearly enough people out there in sufficient numbers that several manufacturers make such devices in a variety of configurations and sell them at prices ranging from a few tens of dollars to hundreds or even thousands of dollars.
Moreover, there clearly are people who initially found these things nearly impossible to use but stuck with them long enough to eventually get used to them & use them as just another input device, perhaps as a compliment to a mouse, trackpad, or whatever, like when they want to use pressure for sketching, something that a mouse can't offer.
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5 hours ago, Ldina said:
EDIT: That doesn't seem to join those two nodes at that point, but it does join the two curves and convert them into a single layer.
As explained, that is because a node can join no more than 2 curve segments. So if the curves are both open, their ends can be joined to create a single curve, but anything that could connect more than 2 segments cannot be done.
Try it with one open & one closed curve & you will se that the Join Curves button is dimmed out & cannot be clicked.
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6 hours ago, PaulEC said:
On Windows you can use the Sticky Keys feature, in the Accessibility settings, so that you can use modifier keys sequentially, rather than simultaneously. I don't know if there is a similar feature available on Mac.
There is. See for instance https://setapp.com/how-to/slow-keys-on-mac but basically go to System Preferences, click on the Accessibility icon, then select Keyboard from the list on the left.
FWIW, I think this has been a feature of the macOS for decades, possibly some years before it was a Windows option.
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37 minutes ago, nickbatz said:
and I'm not going to take your bait.
I am in no way trying to bait you, just to make it clear to the OP that there are lots of people that use the ones you consider to be garbage as quite useful tools.
IOW, it has nothing to do with you.
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52 minutes ago, soggybag said:
Consider this as user feedback.
There is a forum for user feedback, but this is not it. Hint: at the top of this & every topic page there is under "Browse" a link to the Forums overview page. Click it to see info about what each forum is intended for.
55 minutes ago, soggybag said:As a user I expect that a selection of objects would be combined into a single symbol from the selection when I select "Create Symbol".
Why specifically would you (or do you think anyone else) want to do that? I agree with @RE4LLY, the way it works now is the most intuitive. least likely way to cause confusion or other issues with them.
So can you provide an example file that has multiple objects in it that you want to turn into a single symbol, & tell us which ones you want to do that with?
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3 hours ago, soggybag said:
I seriously doubt anyone's workflow is to make a dozen icons, then select them all and make a symbols. More likely, you make an icon, turn it into a symbol. Then move onto the next icon.
What do you mean by "icons"? Typically, in AD icons are built by combining various vector shapes, & even if they were not going to be reused throughout the document so there would be no reason to make them symbols, they quite often are placed in a group for convenience so they can be hidden or shown, locked or unlocked, etc. in a single step, to give each of a them a suggestive name, to reduce clutter in the layers panel, & so on.
So at least to me it does not seem at all counter-intuitive that if one wants a symbol that consists of multiple objects, they should be grouped & the group used to make the symbol. After all, like a group, a symbol is a container object.
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22 hours ago, Joe451 said:
I had similar thoughts but for my purposes, basically just hobby use, justifying the expense of a drawing tablet is a bit of a stretch. I haven't decided yet, and might make due with the mouse for now... still looking and taking advice...
Keep in mind that there are tons of users of graphic tablets that find them perfect for some or all of their needs, & find that drawing on something other than the screen itself not much different from using a mouse on a desk or a trackpad on a laptop to draw what appears on the screen in response to their off-screen actions.
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For more about that see https://affinity.help/photo2/en-US.lproj/pages/CurvesShapes/dot_dash_lines.html (or the equivalent in other supported languages).
There are actually 7 fields in the panel plus the balance button.
Affinity Suite not saving
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What specifically do you see when you use File > Save? Are you certain you are looking in the correct folder for the saved file? If, after you close the file, you Go to File > Open Recent do you see the file listed? If so, what happens if you click on it there?