Richard S.

“the rule is always, close any file before you attempt to open on any other system.” Unfortunately this completely negates the entire point of handoff.

OMG!! - I’m actually speechless. Thanks Alfred.

Is is still not possible to import swatches into AD on iPad??? I have just tried again after not using AD for over a year, and there still seems to be no option to import swatches? Surely I must be mistaken, so could someone please advise me how to achieve this. Thank you all in advance.

Hi Vienna, I obviously have no idea how much you know about resolution etc. so please excuse me if I'm advising you on matters which you already know about. Example: If you have a 1000px X 1000px image @ 72dpi, and then simply increase the resolution to 300 dpi - the image will shrink in size but become sharper. HOWEVER - if you increase the dpi to 300 but still want the image to be the same dimensions (1000 x 1000) the image will pixelate badly. With regards to resolution (dpi) - an image can always be downscaled (resulting in a sharper but smaller image) - but not upscaled, without degradation. This is obviously a simplified answer, as there are multiple factors with regards to resolution, but I hope this helped somehow.

Hi everyone. Not sure where to post this, so I will ask it here - does anyone know of a free Big Sur icon template which can be used to create the main icon for a macOS Big Sur app? Thank you all in advance.

Just tried Photoscape X and have absolutely no idea how to wrap an image to a sphere - even after looking at your screenshots. I will have to try the "Distort > Spherical" way in Affinity Photo. Thanks.

Hi, - is the Pro version of Photoscape X required to map onto a sphere, and can you map your own images, or just create lines as per in your example? Thanks.

Hi, can anyone advise me how I map an image around a sphere in Affinity Photo. Thanks in advance.

Thank you both - I just tried both of your solutions and both worked perfectly. Thank You!

Hi, I had an image consisting of 2 layers - a layer of white handwritten text, and a black background layer. Somewhere along the line I accidentally flattened the image and lost my original. I now need to extract just the white text. Can someone advise me how to either get just the white text onto a new layer, OR, change the black background into specific RGB values. I can't just type the text onto a new layer as it is handmade text, and not a font. I have tried to select the handwritten text and put it onto a new layer, but the text appears very jagged and is unusable. Any help appreciated. Thank you.

Hi everyone - does Affinity Photo / Designer contain any kind of stylus smoothing similar to Hej Stylus? I am considering purchasing it, but just thought that maybe Photo / Designer has this as a hidden feature. Thank you all in advance.

I personally thought exactly the same thing - I would love to see a release where NO new features are added, but LOTS of little things are improved. Kind of a "major maintenance release". I'm guessing this would make a lot of existing customers very happy. I still love Affinity Photo and Designer, but still can't get my head around why new features are continually added, whilst some basic glaring omissions are passed by..

No worries - thank you for trying to help - it's much appreciated.

Hi, The save dialogue I see has no file extension added - it just displays the name. When I add .afpalette and then save the file - it saves as DarkMode.afpalette.clr I just did a test - irrelevant of wether I load in a .afpalette swatch, or a .clr swatch - the export option only saves as .clr???

Hi everyone, I have imported a "DarkMode.clr" palette/swatch into affinity photo and would like to export / save it as 'DarkMode.afpalette". Whenever I export the palette/swatch, it automatically exports it as a .clr file, as opposed to .afpalette. Could someone please explain how I save it as an Affinity specific palette/swatch file. (macOS Catalina) Thank you all in advance.