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Hi all, Yesterday I received an iPad of the 9th generation, model A2602. Now I like to buy and install Affinity Designer on it. My problem is I do not know how to buy and install AD on it. I searched the app store but cannot find anything. All the information I find on the Internet does not tell me where and how I can find it. Can someone please tell me how I can buy AD for iPad, how I get it on the iPad and how to install it? Thank you so much in advance. Chris

Hi Crystalyn, Since Sunday I had the same problem with all three Affinity applications. Please, look in my thread "Designer-Photo-Publisher no longer starting". Dan C his suggestion worked for me and maybe will work for you too. Before Sunday, everything was normal, but for some unknown reason, since Sunday they were no longer working. I hope this helps. Chris

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

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

Hi Paul, Thank you for your reply. I did tried restarting this laptop several times. Everything remains the same. Chris

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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