DavidDoesAffinity

Adding to this request, I am a Video editor who uses  Grass Valley Edius. Grass Valley are a big player in broadcast hardware and software. particularly in the US. Whilst it may not be as well known as Adobe it is as stable as Nelson's Column. It's users needless to say are not Adobe fans. We have requested support for aphoto native files but have been told by GV that there is no Affinity SDK. The GV forum mods (GV employees) are big fans and users of Affinity and like many users would love to see it supported. Of course PSD and PNG etc can be opened by assigning Affinity to open the files on the timeline or bin but not being able to open .aphoto is a PIA and it's addition would be a game changer.
I am happy to put you in touch with my contacts at GV.

It appears that AD and APh automatically make the form transparent when you add text on the path. However, APub retains the fill colour of the form.
So, in order to achieve the desired effect in APub, you could start with an ellipse (form tool in the left column; click on the little triangle to choose from predefined forms). Create it with the mouse to your liking (you can change its size later). Choose “no filling” for its body colour.
Now switch to the art text tool and click on the ellipse (slightly outside or inside; cursor shows ”T with wave”). In the tool bar set your choice of text colour. Then type your text.
See also this discussion
I do agree that APub's behaviour should match AD and APh in this respect.

I feel such an idiot. I have seen that box a 1000 times but only ever used light changes on FX. Thank You.

No problem David.
You just need to change the box next to opacity from "Normal" to "Soft Light"

Yes, a quick copy of the roof area to a new layer then FFT on that layer only

Thanks both for helping me back to a degree of sanity. Worse, I was working on my laptop and the presets I thought were gone, were on my studio PC🙄

That would be for Templates for File > New, not for Presets for File > New.
For Presets, in the File > New dialog, in the Presets section, click on the + sign:

Are you suggesting that deciphering Adobe's proprietary implementation is simple? If only!
John

Thank you both for confirming I had not missed something obvious. 

Thank you both for confirming I had not missed something obvious. 

There’s a choice of two right here on these forums!   🦄

You will need to ask the unicorns

Fill Layers are special magical layers created by unicorns
You can add a gradient to a Fill Layer, do some other stuff, then reselect the Fill Layer at any time and use the Gradient Tool to modify the previously created gradient

It seems you need to apply the gradient to a vector object to keep it editable at later times.
In case of applying to a pixel layer the current UI appears neither to recognize the applied gradient (gradient tool and/or move tool) nor to allow to change one of its colors only (gradient tool).




This makes me wonder:
The gradient's blue applied to the pixel layer appears different to the same values applied to the vector layer? For both the cmyk slider was used with 100c 50m, the document is AdobeRGB.
• Any idea why or how this happens, and how to avoid it?

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I think it is just an oversight, the omission seems a little baffling.

Hi Walt 
In  taking screen shots I can see MY issue. In the layers dropown Merge Visible is just that, whereas in the Layers MENU merge selected is there.
It would be nice to have the Merge selected in the dropdown so that it works in the same way and as Merge layers does in PS.
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Hi!
I suppose, you can merge pixel layers by command found in Layers menu. In case of curves go to geometry. See my attached screens.
 
 

I'd say they were perspective shadows.
 

No problem. Another solution, that is if the printer supports it, so to check the box in affinity when exporting to a PDF, make sure that overprint black is specified in the export box. The only way this will work though is to be printing using a postscript driver/printer from Acrobat. It will also make your blacks more dense.

 
We use that quite often to ensure no gaps throughout the print run.

Yes, the output color space(s) get defined on export. Until then, you can mix your inputs, but keep in mind that some RBG colors may differ from the (smaller) CMYK color space. Therefore, it is useful if you prefer to create a color or a swatch in CMYK – rather than RGB, HSL, or LAB.
(cmyk has 4 color channels whereas rgb has 3 only. that is why your video software gets issues with cmyk input – not because of the colors.)
When exporting to PDF, note that the PDF version has an influence on the colors, the number of color spaces and thus on the compatibility with different print workflows. Means that not every PDF version is useful or optimal for each content.

Thanks for that - if this issue arises again please let us know! 

Agreed. This does the job of Revert but is also more flexible and you now have the ability to have multiple history branches with the 'cycle future' feature. 

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