Mithferion
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1 minute ago, Oval said:
Most people don’t realize that customers don’t get an answer. For years! … Luckily?
I've seen some threads where the Serif folks acknowledge that this is a big problem, that they haven't solved it, and that is not easy. That's an answer. Not a welcome one, but that's them saying it in a honest way.
Now, if you mean "customers don't get a solution. For years!", then I totally agree. I'd love to see it solved, but can I do in order to get that fixed? I don't have the programming skills to go there and fix it.
Now, if someone thinks that they don't care, I don't buy that.
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Just now, αℓƒяє∂ said:
I like the idea of having groups, but since I can already tag fonts in my font manager I wouldn’t want to tag them all over again inside each of the Affinity apps.
I see. So, I guess having both options would make more users happy.
I'd use the Groups to make conventional categories for them: Serif, Sans Serif, Script, etc.
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Hi there!
I like the idea of having tags and groups, that would make it easier to organize them inside the Application.
Now, on a side note, I am one of those that use the least possible number of Typefaces; there's so much quality out there, but one thing I make sure about is that the Typeface/Font can be used commercially and refrain myself from installing "Personal use only" Typefaces, and even doing that, I have over 1,000 Fonts (including those that come with Windows and Microsoft Office); that way at least I don't have to be worried about the use I can make of them.
So, the thing Steve Jobs said can be applied here: People think focus means saying yes to the thing you've got to focus on. But that's not what it means at all. It means saying no to the hundred other good ideas that there are. You have to pick carefully. I'm actually as proud of the things we haven't done as the things I have done. Innovation is saying ‘no’ to 1,000 things.
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11 hours ago, mnsac5000 said:
But A-Photo rasterizes...thats the problem. It baffles me that A-Designer does not have this feature. It's virtually useless for most Type Solution Designing.
Thanks for your comments.
Maybe this thread can help you.
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1 hour ago, MattP said:
Sorry for the lack of response in this particular thread. I did mention in another Beta forum thread that I had been very busy over the last development cycle as I was writing the iPad version of Designer, so hadn't been able to spend time tackling a number of the most-requested features and bugs. I said in the other thread, so will re-iterate here that now iPad Designer is written, so I don't have to spend time developing that next cycle, so I can devote time to actually looking into these long-standing areas.
Also, I've got to say, there is no 'deafening silence' - there is a reality that we don't have a lot of developers and that you're actually talking to them on these forums - I can't type multiple things at once so when we're responding on here, we're not typing the features, so...
That's the thing most people don't realise. I understand them, because this lack of manpower can make you feel like you are not being considered... but I don't agree with their statements and how they react.
Hope you do well in your nex assignments, Matt.
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2 hours ago, C_Calmes said:
Anyway, is there a release date for the Affinity Photo 1.7 for Windows ? I can't stand having a better support for X-Trans sensors....
They are working on a bug that affects Windows 7 systems; that bug prevented the release on windows, so it will be avilable as soon as possible.
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2 hours ago, billtils said:
It's been "wait until next year" since day 1. I can understand that Serif devoted resources to other developments such as the iThingy version for sound commercial reasons, but would have preferred that they just drop the DAM and be done - and let us know that's where things are.
This ETA was mentioned by Ash in a recent interview, so now we have a number.
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17 minutes ago, Gear maker said:
You are right Peter, I would much rather they had held onto this release until the Affinity people had addressed all the requests and complaints they have collected over the last 4 years. Then when they released it 10 years from now we would all be so happy. At least the dozen people still using AD would be so happy, the rest of us would probably be gone. I don't know why anyone would figure the roadmap needs to be completed before version 1.7 was released. The roadmap contains things Affinity has said would be done before moving on to version 2. I for one am not disappointed so far and I am still opening presents.
The level of disappointment will be proportional to the need of a very specific feature. I myself I'm grateful for some of these improvements/new features, but I get how others feel... and I know the Dev Team needs to address many internal parts before any specific features comes to life, I also am aware of the fact that many internal changes will eventually lead to a faster development of new Features (as Ben said).
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If you are happy with the shape of the Star, when you convert it to Curve, this happens:
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9 hours ago, Petar Petrenko said:
Thanks very much A-team. Really great work.
But, IMO a lot of users will be a little dissapointed. Or... maybe much more dissapointed... Why? Because of arrowheads and mesh tools. They where asked 1000s time more then node, pen, isometric... and other enhancements. And not a word about it, or anything else.
Exactly my thoughts... if we compare this with the Roadmap, the only features that can be deleted are "Bleed area guides" and “Bullets and numbering”.
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My sense of smell is lacking, I see.
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I can smell they are being cooked (compiled).
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15 minutes ago, dasmurphy said:
1. Would it be possible to get some how Guidelines as a List like the Layers? That would be awesome and it would be possible to show/hide them on demand.
Do you mean like, having this windows as a Panel instead of a floating window?
As for hiding them, you can show/hide them with the Ctrl + ; command (on windows).
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4 minutes ago, bowen192 said:
It's never done that before though; normally they are automatically checked/created. Not sure I've done anything different.
Yes, that's what happens always. At least, to me that has been the case.
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On my second attempt, I did the following with your file:
- Grouped all the effects with your original image, and then I rasterized it.
- After that, I set the text's stroke color to transparent (this is to avoid redundant Curves):
- Then exported it with the following settings:
- And the result was this, your text converted to curves and the image as a separated object, with all the adjustments you originally did. For your printing purposes, I guess this should be enough:
Hope this helps. I also attached the EPS file.
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12 hours ago, Ashwin said:
Hi Mithferion,
No, I checked and am not applying any effect to the text. I've also attached the file I'm attempting to export in this post.
Hi there.
Well, I exported your file using the EPS (For web) preset:
- And this is what I see if I open the file in Photo again (I don't have Futura, so I used a similar Font):
So, here is the thing:
- The top object iside the Layer is an image (red rectangle), that has the picture and the text you put in there
- But below that (blue rectangle) you have your Curves (text and rectangle) and more images.
So, I guess that the first object is what the print person must be seeing. The other thing I noticed about the way I exported it is that the color of the other images images changed a bit; there must some setting to address that issue; I'll make some more testings.
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From this article:
- For now, the main effort is on getting Publisher out of the door early next year. After that, Hewson says there will probably be an asset manager to organise Affinity files, perhaps in 2020. In the meantime, Serif plans to work on extensibility, to open up Affinity so third parties can write plugins and links, historically part of the appeal of Adobe’s and Quark’s success. “If everything goes well we may have that capability towards the end of next year, 12 months away,” says Hewson. “We will then be wanting to talk to people who might want to take advantage of that. There are very specific high end use cases for print.”
So, there is a possibility for us to see Astute Graphics' stuff in the Affinity world.
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5 minutes ago, GarryP said:
Note: On WIndows 10 I had to drag the Preview Mode icon from the Customise Toolbar dialog to get it (after resetting the user defaults); it wasn't on the toolbar by default (as the text in the first post seems to suggest). Don't know if this is expected behaviour or not.
I had to drag it there too. And as you can see on my Signature, I also use Windows 10.
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If I use the Crop Tool in a Text, and then export said text, the resulting image is just what I trimmed it to.
- Crop Tool and Export using "Selection with background":
- I open it back in Designer
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When the time comes for the 2.0 version, Serif will charge an Upgrade Fee.
When will that happen? I don't know. some months ago, they reached the Million Users Mark, so there is potential for growth. When Publisher is released, there will be a percentage of users that will acquire a License, so, Serif will sustain until they reach the 2.0 moment...
Also, if I remember correctly, Tony Brightman said that this model also was designed to get them the most profit.
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By any chance, are you applying any kind of effect to said text?
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Smart Star shapes size is not right
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Totally, but for those who prefer such behaviour, maybe there should an option for those who don't want to hit the Period (.) key to use the Bounding box...
And by the way:
So, here is the heart: ♥
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