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Bad_Wolf

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  1. Hi V_Kyr and Dan C, Thank you both so much for your advice. I followed the instructions of Dan C for all three programs and it seems they are opening normally again. I do appreciate the input and help from everybody who replied to my problem. This is a great community! Chris
  2. Hi Everybody, Thank you all so much for your input. When any of those applications fail to open, they do not show up in the Taskmanager. Also, something strange is going on. Sometimes they open without any problem. Then for some unknown reason, they refuse to open. It doesn't mattr if double clicking, choosing from the Toolbar or opening them by right clicking and then opening as administrator, when they fail to open they keep stuborn. Also, trying to open an existing Affinity document does not start the application. Nothing happens. I include the logs from moments when they refuse to open and the last one when they succesfully open. I have no idea because before Sunday, they all opened without any problem. I didn't install or change anything. I have ExpressVPN and iTop VPN on this laptop, however it is the same behaviour with or without a VPN. Your efforts to help me are much appreciated. Chris Log_SuccessfullyOpening.txt Log_WhenFailingToOpen.txt
  3. Hi Paul, Thank you for your reply. I did tried restarting this laptop several times. Everything remains the same. Chris
  4. Hi all, Please can you help me with the following problem. I am using the 1.10.4 versions of all three applications. When I double click on their icon, or click on them in the Toolbar or double click on their .exe file, they are no longer opening. Yesterday morning everything was fine, by the evening nothing opens any longer. I am using Windows 10 which is up to date. I also did not install or changed anything. Can you tell me what is going wrong and how I can fix it. All three appliations worked perfectly before. I will appreciate your help so much. Chris
  5. Hi Leahanne419, There is no replicate function yet like in Silhouette Studio. However follow the following steps to see if "CTRL"+J is usefull for you. 1. Draw an oval (or any shape). 2. With the oval selected, press "CTRL + J". You will see that there is a new object in your layers panel. 3. Drag the new created object to the left or right of your original object. 4. Select both objects. 5. Press "CTRL + j" again, two other objects are created. 6. Drag the newly created objects under the original ones. 7. Now with the newly created objects selected, press "CTRL + J" a few times again. The objects will be duplicated and placed on the distance you selected in step 6. This is how I replicate in Affinity Designer. Maybe someone else knows another way. Chris
  6. Welcome to the forums Jessica. I create all my artwork, including for gaming with Designer. I am also using PixelEdit and in the past Blender for creating spritesheets and animation. But all the drawing is done in Designer. I know from the Scirra (Construct 3) forum that there are several people also using the Affinity Suite for their artwork. Many of them are also using Spriter as an addition to Designer.
  7. Thank you all for your replies and your help. I installed ExifTool and tried both the photo here included and a landscape photo. Like Hens, the orientation was 270° CW. But the landscape one was shown as normal. I think it is rather something which went wrong in the camera, because also Ragtime has the same behaviour than Publisher. I appreciate your efforts to help me so much. Chris
  8. Hi Carl, I apologize for the link not working, it seemed to be restricted. I removed the restriction so now everybody can access it. Here is the link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-zBlImoprl57UAf0hn5eMfa7wYcUGkw7/view?usp=sharing Thank you again for your efforts, I really do appreciate it! Chris
  9. Thank you again Carl for your suggestion. I tried to attach the original file in a ZIP archive, but it always fail with error 200. Its size is something more than 3 mb which is probably too much. So I uploaded the original photo to my Google Drive and you can access it with the following link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-zBlImoprl57UAf0hn5eMfa7wYcUGkw7/view?usp=sharing I succeeded to attach a screenshot coming from Affinity Photo which shows the original orientation. I do appreciate your efforts to solve my problem. Chris Edit: I just downloaded the image from Google Drive again, and it has the same fault.
  10. Sorry to bother again but I found out that when I export the photo in aPhoto to PNG or JPG, that same photo is in the correct position in Publisher and Ragtime. I have no idea what is wrong but this is a good workaround for me. I still think, the cause is in the camera. Maybe a setting which is wrong? Have a good day! Chris
  11. I like to add, when I rotate the image frame so that the photo is shown in the correct position, and I change for example the height then it is not the height which changes but the width of the original photo. This gives a small photo. I have no idea, what goes wrong here and in the other application too. Chris
  12. I like to add, when I rotate the image frame so that the photo is shown in the correct position, and I change for example the height then it is not the height which changes but the width of the original photo. This gives a small photo. When I place a landscape image, everything is as expected. I have no idea, what goes wrong here and in the other application too. Chris
  13. Hello Carl, Thank you for your suggestion. I converted the photo originally from jpg to eps format and then opened the photo like you suggested in Publisher. In this case, the photo is in the correct position like it should be. Any Idea what is wrong when I use "Place..."? I think that my problem originate from the moment I took it. I looked in the meta information, but cannot find anything wrong. Have a lovely day. Chris
  14. Hi All, Can you explain some kind of weird experience I have. I open a portrait photo in Affinity Photo and everything looks fine, in other words it is a photo in portrait position. Now I import the same photo in Affinity Pubisher and the photo is laying on its side, just as if it were landscape. I do not now if this is clear, but let me explain some more. The photo is a road with some lightpoles besides it. Now in aPhoto, the road is in its normal position with the cars in normal position. Now importing (placing) the same photo in aPublisher, the road, the cars and the lightning poles are on their sides. If this were the reality, the cars will fall over. Can anybody tell me, how I can solve this problem? In aPhoto there is nothing to solve, everything is OK. But from the moment I place it in aPublisher (or RagTime), I got that weird image. Because it is in the two applications, this is not a bug but something I did wrong. The photo is taken with a Canon SX40HD camera by myself and the original is in portrait position. Thank you so much for your help. Chris
  15. Take into acount that ClipStudio Paint Pro (I have ClipStudio Paint EX) has a much steeper learning curve than Designer. I have both on this laptop and mostly use Designer. When drawing in ClipStudio Paint I need my drawing tablet, in Designer I can draw with the mouse too despite the fact the tablet is easier). You can animated your creations with ClipStudio Paint which is not possible with Designer. But this will be of no consideration now, but maybe an option for the future? Like other members said, both Designer and ClipStudio Paint have their own uses. If you like to create comic illustrated books, ClipStudio Paint together with Rebelle is a very good choice. Both have free trial versions, so maybe you should try the trial version first to find out which one you need in which case. Chris
  16. Hi Walt, With the "Use shift..." deselected, it brows through rectange, oval, rounded rectangle tool with the single keypress "M" but also when pressing "M" & "Shift". It seems more beneficial to deselect than select de Use Shift option to browse through groups to me. Chris
  17. I just tried it in Photo and when you press the "O" key when on a "Pixel" layer", it switches every time between the "Dodge Brush Tool", the "Burn Brush Tool" and the "Sponge Brush Tool". Its indeed nicely hidden, but still accessible once you know how. Chris
  18. Hi, You can find the "Burn Brush Tool" in the "Pixel" persona on your left side. It is the "Flaming" icon. You can also press the "O" key on your keyboard, however this shortcut is also assigned to the "Dodge Brush Tool". So depending on your keypress, it is possible you have to press the "O" key twice because this key switches between the two brushes. By the way, I am talking here about Designer. I hope this helps. Chris
  19. Affinity Publisher is not the right tool for creating ebooks. It is better to create your recipe ebook directly in a tool like Jutoh (easy and clean ebook code) or Scrivener. An ebook dedicated tool makes sure your book is reflowable. The difference between an ebook created with a dedicated tool and APub will be clearly visible. Even using a tool like Jutoh or Scrivener (I have both), you need an option to change the underlying code. You are going to waste much more time in altering the document coming from APub than when using Jutoh or Scrivener. But in the end it is your choice.
  20. It surprises me that there are so many crack sites for Affinity programs if you compare the low (54 euro) price. To avoid any ransomware/malware problems which can cost you thousand fold, make sure you buy or download from the official channels. Be always very carefull with things which comes for free or are looking too good to be true.
  21. You can use Moho for animating your characters drawn in Designer. However, be prepared for a very difficult learning curve. If you want to go cheaper, you can use Blender.
  22. Hi Alfred, Regretfully I cannot remember the font name anymore. It is too long. The only thing I remember is the clover like ornaments. Those ornaments where clover leaves which are connected at bended sterms. Anyway, the font was excellent designed because those ornaments kept beautiful even at small font sizes which is a credit to the font creator. I had a subscription on MacUser and they had a monthly CD. From time to time, they had an extra CD which contained interesting extra's like applications, drawings, fonts and so on. At one time they included an extra CD full of fonts. However, in their next issue they asked not to use those fonts because for some unknown reason they had no permission to include those or some of those fonts. I still have the disk but no Mac to read anymore. So I cannot read the disk. Those ornaments where part of a normal font. Sometimes, because I miss those ornaments, I lookup fonts at Google Fonts but never found anything which comes close. Alfred, I know you are also a font creator because I also see you at the Font Creator forum just as Bhikku Pesala and some others. It would not surprise me if the font I cannot remember would be coming from your hand. Am I right in my assumption? Chris
  23. If you wish you can connect a Paypal account to your bank account. I find this a much safer way of paying that creditcard. My creditcard get hacked at least 4 times in the past 12 years I am using credit cards. I had never safety issues with PayPal and you as the customer, is better protected. Chris
  24. Maybe this advice will sound far fetched but it worked and still works for me. Go to Amazon and look for the book from Australian author Melissa Crowhurst with the title "Real Manifesting" and subtitle "Hacking the law of attraction". She only publish paperbacks, regretfully no epubs or kindle versions. But I tell you, she is very good. She also has a very good Udemy course "How to manifest using the law of attraction certification". The book is a good alternative for those moments you do not have access to the Internet. I recognize myself in what you have said. You have to bring your brain into that creative state of art. It isn't that difficult but you need to know "how". Do you recognize you want to create something, have a very good idea and then when you actually want to create you block? Your idea doesn't seems so good anymore or you do not know where to start. When you are staring at that blank page and don't know where to start, then take a good look at your idea. Just start drawing, if it is good or bad, doesn't matter, just draw. You correct later. Also split down your idea in regular shapes. See which shapes you need and how you can combine those shapes into the form you want. The boolean tools in Affinity Designer are your best friends. Take a good course about Affinity Designer. I can recommend Simon Foster's "Affinity Designer: Solid Foundations" on Udemy. This course is project based and you go through several different projects. This is also a very engaging and motivating teacher. I bought this course and followed it to the end. Like the title says; after finishing, you have a solid foundation to step up for your own projects. I do a lot of word processing and I started to make my own ornaments for lists, lines and so on. In the nineties I had an vegan ornamental font on the Mac I used back then. Regretfully I lost it when I switched to PC. A few months ago I started to create those ornaments again in Affinity designer based on my memory I had from them. So what I do is make sure I have a strong image in my head about the complete ornament. Then I break it down in small parts and start drawing each individual part. When I have all parts, I assemble the different parts in the whole ornament. It is very important to know what you want to create, the how you create is much less important at that stage. Focus on what you want to create. Avoid questions like "Can I draw this?" or "Will I succeed?" because they are limiting your creative thinking. Once you know what you want to create, just start and whatever you do, don't correct at that stage. When you create and correct, you switch between the right and left side of your brain. That switching has a negative influence on your creativity. You are creating digitally, so just start a new object instead of correcting or leave the object with its flaws and continue being creative. This is something I learned the hard way. Even in my word processing, I don't look for errors or mistakes when I am typing, that comes later. Many times my documents contain several different layouts which are defined in styles. So I type the text, then when finished typing correct it. After that, I create my styles by first format a small part of the text and then create a style based on that formatting. I also could just ask for a new style and start inputting the properties of that style. However, that breaks the creative process and invite mistakes. When the first style is finished, I go to the next and so on... When I have all styles then I start to apply them to the text itself. In the end, the text looks like I want. I deliberatelly left out the page creation itself just to make this example not to complex. Here it does not matter if it is word processing or artwork or anything else, what matters is the creative process and let it continue flowing with as little interruptions as possible. Withing your thinking, try to remain at one side (the left or right) of your brain and avoid switching between the two. You type the text, you are using one half of your brain, you start editing then you are using the other side of your brain. The same is true for your drawing. You draw using the pen tool, or the shapes or whatever else, you use one side of your brain. You start making corrections, then you are switching to the other side of your brain. Take this into account, because it is important both to be creative and to be productive! To finish my reply, I like to add something very important: You can accomplish more than you think, as long as you believe you are gonna make it! Chris
  25. Hi R C-R, Thank you for your reply. The thread about the latest Designer beta was closed because it went too far off topic. I agree with you, "Break Curve" is a good workaround for the missing knife tool. For most artwork, this method is more than enough. Chris
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