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TanBrae

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  1. 1 hour ago, Gaz said:

    I will continue supporting Affinity (and Canva) going forward. Purchasing major upgrades as they happen, as I realise you guys also need funding for continued development. Good luck with the new collaboration.

    I didn't mind purchasing that major upgrade as it was still very reasonably priced. What I fear is that they WILL become subscription, only, or the already paid for versions will become unsupported, and eventually worthless. 

    It's ridiculous to me how much software costs. We have a local business who's slogan is (paraphrasing) "We'd rather sell for less and make a whole lot more sales"... makes a LOT more sense to me, than to make software "exclusive" to only those who are already making a ton of money. Blah! So, Affinity, BAD move, in my opinion. You had a good thing going. WHY????

  2. On 3/26/2024 at 3:54 AM, Alfred said:

    We were sold version 2 on the understanding that all point releases would be free. If 2.5 turns out to be a paid upgrade, huge swathes of users will abandon ship.

    Not to mention 3.0! 
    I bought an Adobe suite for college - mainly because I wanted to learn PS. They are GREAT products, but when they went subscription, and stopped supporting my version (6), I couldn't afford it. 

    I was SO happy when I found Affinity Photo! I can't tell you how many photos I've edited since first making the purchase a few years ago. Just got done editing some 200+ .jpg photos for my husband's daughter. I was pleasantly surprised at how well AP did with them, knowing how messy it can be to edit .jpgs. 

    Now, I'm concerned I'll be left high and dry, again, with Affinity's move to SELL to a not-so-choice company. May be a good move for Serif, but more than likely NOT for consumers. I'm just sad. I have a very small business that I'm trying to build, and any output I have to make just really cuts into my income. 

    DANG, Affinity! REALLY?

  3. 26 minutes ago, thomaso said:

    For wrapped text you need a vector shape used as text frame. Assuming a certain font size (in relation to the size of the image) the text shape doesn't need to have exactly the identical shape & details of your image.

    Just in case: if you could use APublisher with its Text Wrap option to get the shape automatically created without a need to draw it yourself.

    Alternatively you could use any vectorizer app to convert your raster image into a vector shape for text wrap.

    Thank you! I'm saving all of this. 

    I DID get it to work!!! Whew! Learning is quite a process for my little pea brain! LOL THANK you for all the tips!

    st._nick_silhouette_poem.png

  4. 17 hours ago, firstdefence said:

    Like Komatos has said and demonstrated, there are a few ways to do what you want, maybe if you take a screenshot of what you have we can better show you. 

    I want to fill this with the "Twas the Night Before Christmas" poem. I have saved it in .svg, .png (what I posted here), and .afphoto. Not sure which file I should use. I tried Komatössuggestion, but couldn't figure out what he meant. 

    Here is the image I want to fill.

     

    santa_silhouette.png

  5. 18 hours ago, Komatös said:

    No, you can also use the Selection Brush Tool to mask out the object. Use the Refine... button to refine your selection. Chose New layer with mask under Output. 

    Now draw a recangle that fits the selection area or insert a new fill layer.  In both cases set the colour you wish and nest the layer in the mask layer.

    At the last step make a new frame text or artistic text layer an nest it in the rectangle or the fill layer.

    image.png.e913eb1b3ae832d65565badd3ab661d4.png

     

    My example (with history): Boomer.afphoto

     

    Thanks! I'll give that a shot!

    Beautiful Lab, BTW!!! I used to show Labs, and miss that. 

     

  6. 9 hours ago, firstdefence said:

    Yes this can be done in both the apps you have mentioned. Take a look at this file...

    image.png.f412a8327f4803416c817810be246de0.png
    Mock me all.afdesign

    I have created a clipping mask using curves drawn with the pen tool around the gorilla, I duplicated that curve and used one to colour the gorilla and the other to clip the text to the curves shape, I dropped the opacity of the text layer to 50%.

    This is just one method of several that can be used to clip and mask objects in a document.

    So, I have to draw around the image, using the pen tool, then create a clipping mask? Oh, boy. My hand is too shaky for that. :( I was hoping I could just "cut it out", then fill it in. It's a solid shape, not shaded like your gorilla. 

     

  7. This may be a bit "convoluted", but...

    I cut out a part of an image, saved the cut out part, and turned it red. I need to save this "image" as a shape I can fill with text. I can't find a way to do that in Photo or Designer. Not even sure the file type in which I should save it. I need to keep the color (red), and fill with white text. CAN it be done in Photo or Designer? 

    Do I make it into a tracing, then make the background of the text red, the text white, and do a mask? That isn't quite what I want to accomplish, but it would be close enough to get the gist of what I'm trying to create.

  8. I know I can use the color replacement brush tool. Been there, done that. 

    My issue is this:  I frequently work with black and white graphics. Up to this point, my workflow has been to remove white, then invert so the image is white. Then, I go to Adjustment Layer and choose Recolor. This works, except if I need to replace the color with a specific hex color. There is no option, and using the sliders isn't very helpful. 

    Is there something I'm missing, or is there a better way? For my work, using the color replacement brush isn't very quick, so I'm not keen on that option. I guess I'm thinking it would be nice if I could just type in a hex color in the color picker. 

  9. 46 minutes ago, loukash said:

    I see.
    You may need to "commit" the field edit by pressing Enter, Return or Tab before you click Create.
    In fact, if that's the last thing you're editing in the dialog, pressing Enter or Return twice will commit the field value change and create the new document.

    I DID click enter. I'll try twice the next time. ;)

     

  10. In AP v. 2 (2.3), Mac Sonoma (14.1.2) I want to create an 8.5x11 document with transparent background, and .25 inch margins. I change all the margins, and SEE that they ARE changed, but when I click Create, the bottom margin stays at 1.25. I close it, check the margins again, and click Create, and it opens with the margins I choose. 

    This is the third time it has happened, so I guess it's recreate-able. ;) It used to work as it should prior to the latest update. 

    No unusual hardware connected (just an external from which I'm working), and the Hardware Acceleration change did nothing. 

    Not a big issue, but thought you'd like to know. 

  11. After trying this so many times that I've lost count, I still cannot achieve what I'm trying to do. I'm following your video, but I still cannot get the edges to blend. What I get is the bottom layer's opacity changing, with nothing happening to the top layer. 

    So, can anybody point me in the direction of a tutorial, perhaps with audio, so I can make this happen? I have watched it done in PS, as seen in the linked video in my original post, but that still isn't quite what I am trying to do. 

    I want to blend edges so I don't have sharp, well defined edges.

  12. 2 hours ago, Dan C said:

    Currently your 'Inches' setting it at 1 decimal place and therefore is rounded up, to 0.3 - changing this setting for Inches to allow for 2 or more decimals should resolve this for you.

    As Garry has mentioned, you may wish to repeat this for other units also :)

    I did change them all, thank you! 
    Gotta say, this forum is amazing! You all are so patient, friendly, and helpful!

  13. On 7/22/2023 at 5:57 PM, walt.farrell said:

    You have your User Interface configured (by default) to round the measurement to one decimal place for display purposes. Open the application Settings, User Interface section, and increase the number of decimal places.

    Okay, thanks, but WHICH decimal setting do I change? I've attached the image of the decimal settings. I tried changing the inch setting, but that didn't work, nor did the degrees setting. 

    Screenshot 2023-07-24 at 12.40.26 AM.png

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