[Set single block colour for Paint Brush Tool]

and the Blend Mode should be set to Normal!

[Starting new chapters]

Unfortunately your attached image is not showing, so I'm not sure what you mean by "Word codes", or what it has to do with "Starting new chapters", could you explain a little more about the problem? 

[Installation Mac + Windows]

4 minutes ago, Alexandre Valensi said:

Does the paid version need a connection if we want to use them ?

No, the apps are installed on your computer, so you don't need to be online to use them. (Unless, of course, you want to download anything to use in your projects, such as items from the Stock Panel.)

[Affinity Photo: Copied Graphic Reduced in Quality from 300 DPI to 96 DPI]

4 hours ago, andren said:

I'm already going to have to spend a lot of time finding the files whose DPI was lowered to 96 and try to convert them to 300 DPI one by one.

Rather than doing them one by one, use a macro and do a batch job.

[The white balance picker work correctly?]

This is not a "bug". It is not what White Balance is supposed to do!

White Balance gets rid of colour casts. it does not replace other colours with white, nor does it affect the "exposure". The background appears to be grey, but I think it's just a bit underexposed. If so you just need to adjust the exposure/levels etc to make it white.

EDIT: This is with a levels adjustment:

 

[Export to .BMP]

9 hours ago, Humam2104 said:

Btw, I think even paint that comes with windows saves bmp pictures ever since windows xp or something.

That's hardly surprising, as it was developed by Microsoft! Obviously they would use it in their own software. 😉

[Export to .BMP]

10 hours ago, AdamStanislav said:

What extra cost?

This was in reply to the statement "Photoshop does the job", and trying to make the point that paying for Photoshop, just to get an extra export format, would be just a bit daft! – I'm afraid I do get a bit fed up with the oft repeated idea that anything and everything available in Photoshop should also be in APhoto (for a fraction of the cost)!

I actually agree that it would be nice if APhoto could export BMP (and webp,) but the reality is that it doesn't at the moment! In the meantime (if it's that important to you,) you can either pay for another app, like Photoshop, or use a free app, like XNConvert, to convert the file types that APhoto doesn't export to.

 

[Importing crayon brushes into Photo]

If you want to delete a set of brushes you can do so from the "hamburger" menu at the top right of the brushes panel.

I don't know what you mean about being "invisible", but if they are vector brushes (although you can import them) they will not show up in the APhoto brushes. 

 

[Export to .BMP]

4 minutes ago, Przemysław Sztoch said:

PhotoShop does the job here.

Photoshop also costs considerably more! Is the slight inconvenience of using a third party app. (such as XNConvert) to get BMP files, worth the extra cost?

[Free Trial Expired ?]

Well, I suppose you could install the trial on a different computer, using a different email address! But you did say that you "loved" APhoto and wanted to buy it "right away". There have been may improvements and bug fixes in the last year or so, so personally I would suggest buying it now, and just get a refund if you decide you no longer like it!

[Free Trial Expired ?]

Hi @Revolen Welcome to the forums.

AFAIK there is no way to have more than one free trial for each Affinity app. However, there is a 14 day refund policy, so you could buy it, then return it if you decide you no longer want to carry on using it.

 

[Banding whith affinity photo]

👍

[Banding whith affinity photo]

Try unticking "Hardware Acceleration" in Preferences.

[How can I make the inside of an ellipse transparent while keeping the text around it black?]

I really don't see why there is a problem!

Although part of a suite, all three apps have different capabilities. If you want the shape to have a fill and/or a stroke it is much easier in APub than in the other apps, but it is easy to remove them in APub by using the Text Frame tab (which is not available in the other apps).

In APhoto and ADesigner the fill/stroke will disappear when you add text and you have to duplicate the shape in order to display a fill and/or stroke.

 

[Publishing software not working with Xerox C230 printer]

Export your project as a PDF, then try printing from your PDF reader.

[Affinity Designer, best way to provide art files to a commercial printer]

11 hours ago, Shawn Seale said:

I can work around that by grouping and subtracting the "punch out" text using Shape combinations, but that does not allow me to retain the original design elements in an editable way,

I'd suggest keeping two versions of the file, an editable version and one that has been optimised for printing.

[Where buy Frankentoon Ink pro brushes?]

All you have to do is follow the link from the link you posted!

https://frankentoonstudio.com/product/octopus-affinity-designer/

If you're not sure if this is the right pack, just drop them an email.

[Fuji Film Simulations]

If we're talking about the Fuji Film Simulations linked to by Pšenda, they are LUTs, not plugins, and can be imported to the LUT Adjustments in APhoto.

[Scroll Wheel Slider Adjustment]

Still works for me! Scroll wheel on it's own changes by one unit, +Ctrl in tenths and +Shift in 10s. (AFAIK, This works in all three apps in most boxes with most units except percentages.)

[Does anyone know how to embed text/fonts in AF Publisher?]

1 hour ago, LibreTraining said:

There is no difference in features between OpenType-TT (.ttf) and OpenType-PS (.otf)

Thanks for this, I'm obviously a bit out of date!

I'm now rather puzzled by why some fonts are provided as both .ttf and .otf as it would appear that there is no practical difference between them?

[Does anyone know how to embed text/fonts in AF Publisher?]

Basically:

TTF is older and more widely supported. (EDIT: Having said that, I don't think there are any modern apps that don't support OTF nowadays!)

OTF generally has more advanced typesetting features and often includes embellishments like ligatures and alternate characters.

Personally, given the choice, I always use OTF.

[Affinity products for Linux]

17 minutes ago, Friksel said:

Cool! So with that reasoning in mind: 

Windows leading the way by far with 75%... Could we get the Designer and Photo Tablet version apps (now available on iOS only) ported to Windows so we can use it on pen tablets? That would be very nice! 😀

These stats are for desktops, not tablets! (For tablets Windows has a much lower market share than iOS.)

[Next Build Updates]

6 minutes ago, LostInTranslation said:

I understand that. But a short heads up that they are still working on something would be very nice.

Is this not good enough!

On 7/5/2022 at 10:24 AM, Patrick Connor said:

Sorry, we are focussing our efforts on a major release (new features and fixes) and consequently have not done any minor patches for a long time, as you say. But no not dead.

[move / copy layers from one file to another]

1 hour ago, InfaRed said:

I just get a error sound when I try to use the Macros, so that is not the correct macro.

What Macros? "Use the ctrl/cmd+C and ctrl/cmd+V keyboard shortcuts to copy layers or groups between different Affinity documents".

1 hour ago, InfaRed said:

Is there any reason why there is not a "copy layer" choice in the Layer dropdown window ?

Because Copy and Paste are in the Edit Menu. (Just like in most other software!)

 

 

 

[Transparent Background Document Properties Not Showing as Checkers]

If the screen shots you posted look wrong to you, I'd suggest you try recalibrating your monitor!