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Bryce

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  1. 6 minutes ago, Alfred said:

    I’ve never used Illy, but in other applications that have a Knife Tool you can slice through multiple points on one or more curves/paths, which is obviously more efficient than clicking and splitting one point at a time.

    You can split more than one now. You just hold down shift while you click on all the points you want to split and then split all at once when you click Break Curve. Maybe I'm missing something?

  2. I just made a new file and tried to use similar effects to what you used. Here is what I came up with:

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    I don't see the pixilation when I zoom up, but I also made sure that I was in vector persona which others here are asking you too. Do you see the problem here? I don't.

    I then exported the final piece to the resolution of the iPhone XR:

    test.thumb.jpg.f27426a292e3d9aba86df5c171d8eea3.jpg

    Both seem to be just fine. I bet that if you go with the suggestions here, it probably all be good. If you can provide the file it will be even better. is it by chance possible that you started with a bitmap file and then applied the effects?

  3. For what you are doing I think you would want another program to do the separations such as Acrobat or a RIP.

    It's the same reason why we don't, at our printshop, have Indesign or Illustrator handle separations. They just aren't very good at it. 

    Acrobat can handle the imposition with plugins, edit all objects including editing EPS and other embedded PDF's that other ones just can't do very well.

     

  4. Hi Danny,

    I personally am not into tats but your work speaks volumes! Great Job!

    I too am using Affinity more and more. I have a print/sign shop and a newspaper and every day more and more is getting done in Affinity. 

    Here's why:

    1. Size: Adobe is limited to 200 inches. I've done over 1200 feet files in Affinity.

    2. gradations and transparencies - much more powerful

    3. iPad version is fully compatible and as capable as the desktop version.

    4. Drop shadows actually export correctly rather than strange squares around objects that sometimes show up in print.

    There are certainly things I have gotten frustrated over and that is the massive file sizes but I get over it. Much of the time though Affinity will fix files that come from Adobe. 

    Sometime I'll probably post my comics here but I am completely amazed everytime I use Designer. One day I hope to be free of Adobe - though I don't see a replacement for Acrobat (and my plugins) any time soon.

  5. I see what you mean now. "Generic" is only available on the desktop version. I actually am a printer and we setup for the US Web Coated (SWOP) v2 for compatibility then we (try) and tell it to remove all profiles on export to PDF so that it will not mess up the RIP's and large format printers. On files we have exported from Designer they have had massive pilings of ink and it should not be that way. I noticed that the transparency, even if told to be CMYK will export with an RGB profile. I've reported this as a bug. If you use PDF/x4 it will export as CMYK transparencies. 

  6. @Love2Design

    I agree with everything up there. Even before the new models came out I was able to get a 256 12.9 iPad Pro for $750. I thought it was a great deal on Amazon and picked it up. I wasn't even considering one until I saw Designer come out. Apple should be paying Affinity since it's selling iPad Pros!

    >>That’s a few helpful hints and tips to get you started.  Hope it’s helpful for you seeing you helped me so much before. :D  I did notice that affinity designer on the iPad doesn’t have the generic cmyk profile option, <<

    I am able to set the print profile just fine in the preferences, along with the color model as CMYK when setting up a new document. Is that what you are talking about?

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  7. I just ran into a problem. I noticed there was an update (1.6.5) for Designer on the Affinity site here and I downloaded it and installed it. I originally bought it on the Mac App store where the last update is 10 months old (1.6.1). I thought I would install the latest since I was having a problem with gradient transparencies not exporting correctly to PDF. 

    Now it's asking me for a key that I don't have. 10535630_ScreenShot2019-01-08at4_48_05PM.thumb.png.6b93a0645736ee5ae77d7619e7f10514.png


    What can I do now besides by another version online? The app store won't let me download it because it's installed and just wants to open.

    What's the deal with the app store not getting updated?

    thanks!

  8. I've got the iPad Pro and the Affinity Designer and it's fantastic--except for one thing: When I'm drawing in Designer using the Apple Pencil the color picker keeps coming up and choosing colors. How can I turn off the color picker while I'm drawing? I've turned off the option "touch for gestures only" and it makes no difference.

    I searched and found other people are having the same problem but seemingly no solutions.

    Has anyone come up with a solution?

    thanks!

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