PaulEC
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Dare I say that if someone has encrypted a PDF file they probably don't want someone else to be able to open and edit it! Personally I would be much happier if Serif do not enable any Affinity apps to open encrypted files. (I say this as someone who regularly has to encrypt files to secure them, so that only the intended recipient can read them, and no-one can edit them.) I know it is possible to break encrypted files, but I really don't think this function should be included in easily available/legal software.
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14 hours ago, loukash said:
The old free Google version should be still available for download from various sources, probably via archive.org.
Link available from:
https://lenscraft.co.uk/photography-blog/can-i-get-the-nik-collection-download-free/
This site also has information on using the NIK Collection.
It's worth mentioning that the free version (unlike the paid version) is destructive, so I would suggest always working on a copy of your image rather than the original.
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I haven't tried it myself, but have you tried using the "Pinch/Punch" live filter instead?
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I would hope that anything like this would be optional, as I assume it would increase file sizes considerably. Personally I've never had a problem with transferring between work and home computers; it's quite easy to install the same content on both. (Just copy over the user files in appdata.)
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Under "View" menu, tick "Show context toolbar". - How did you get the screen grab if it's missing?
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Its always been beyond me why there isn't an option in Preferences to pick a default unit! 🙁
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I think the closest thing in AP, to get similar results, is the HSL adjustment. You can pick colours in the image and adjust the HSL values for each one.
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6 hours ago, juliankaye said:
How do I turn this graphic into an outline without having to trace it:
I'm probably misunderstanding this, but the question was about turning the graphic into an outline without tracing it, rather than turning it into a vector. If this is the case, then (in Photo) you can just use "Filter" - "Detect" - "Detect Edges", then invert the image.
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Welcome to the Forums.
When you create a new document untick "Transparent Background". You can also untick it in the Document Set-up Tab.
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I'd suggest you try emailing affinityorders@serif.com
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Possible workaround - Instead of using Backspace key, move cursor to the other end of the word and press Delete key.
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I think this is some sort of display bug. If you change to single pages, then back to facing pages again, the guides reappear!
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2 hours ago, Rodi said:
It's print, keep looking, you find mistakes!
Too true!
For years I was involved with producing "What's On" brochures for a theatre, with a calendar listing shows, dates, times etc. Three of us used to proof read these. Taking our time, checking everything several times over. As sure as God made little apples, for virtually every edition, we'd approve the proofs, the print would be delivered and as soon as I looked at the finished article, there, standing out like a sore thumb, was some glaring, obvious, typo that all of us should have spotted easily. Never failed! 😁
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I think we have to agree to disagree. My point was that someone may well think that the "Erase white paper" filter had not worked, because there is nothing to show that there is any transparency there, just a slight change in the background colour. If you want to be able to see that there is transparency in an image you need "Transparent background" to be checked. 😉
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12 hours ago, iconoclast said:
A pure black layer turns to a dark blue if I apply "remove black background" to it.
AFAIK there is no such thing as "remove black background", are you sure you're not actually using "Remove black matte" ? (Although I don't know why that would turn the layer dark blue!).
The "Remove black matte" and "Remove white matte" filters are intended to remove black or white fringing on pictures with a transparent background, they do not remove the background.
I get the feeling that the OP is actually confusing "Remove white matte" with "Erase white paper" (as carl123 suggested) which will remove the white in an image. Pure white will become fully transparent and everything else (except solid black) will be varying degrees of semi-transparent.
13 hours ago, Pšenda said:This could only be a solution for pure white image background. However, OP has a grayer background (rather than experimenting with #ffffff), so the effect of Erase White Paper should be clearly visible even with a non-transparent document background.
But if "Transparent Background" is not ticked the transparency won't show the usual checkerboard pattern, so grey will look virtually the same as before applying the filter.
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18 minutes ago, Mandoleer said:
" it makes it quicker if you enable the "uniform margins" lock so you only need to enter the size in one box. "
Sorry, maybe I'm using the wrong term, it's really a link, rather than a lock!. In the dialogue where you set the width of the margins there is a small symbol just to the right of the four boxes, if you click on that you can "Edit all margins together".
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I would suspect that the problem is with scaling when printing the page. In the APub file you attached the page size is correct and the two images are also correct size. Rather than placing the pictures side by side in the top left corner, I would suggest placing them centrally, with a border of white space around them. (Preferably also with a gap between them,) When you print the sheet, make sure there is no scaling used. (i.e. "Fit type" should be set to "Scale" and "Scale" to "100%").
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1 hour ago, Dia said:
I love how they explain that skin is really just grey and the blood under the skin is what gives colour and of course everyone's blood is the same colour.
If this was correct everyone, the world over, would have the same skin colour! Variations in skin colour are mainly due to the amount and type of melanin in the skin, which is determined by geographical and genetic variations. (Just look at the variety of skin colours in the swatch used in the video.)
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On the whole I like the design. I'd agree with what Alfred and carl123 say. Also, being very picky, I would prefer it if, in the left-hand chart, some of the numbers at the top were not covered with the brown bars. Also, it might be better if the check pattern under the chicken and beer images at the top were the same size on both sides.
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Could I suggest that you keep both APub and PDF versions of your files, it can save a lot save a lot of work if you need to change things! 😉
The file requires a password.
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Sorry, we obviously use encryption differently. Rather than editing an encrypted file I go back to the original (unencrypted) file, edit that, then encrypt that to send to the client. I would agree that requiring a password to open/edit encrypted files would be fine, as long as it is secure and allows for files that have different passwords to open and to edit files. I didn't realise that Affinity apps ever had the ability to request passwords for encrypted files.