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Markus Dierolf

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  1. Thanks Mike, but that is not the problem here, sure you can create PDF files without a profile, but vice versa, you can't create an AD document without a profile -> except for the Mac AD with the "Generic CMYK/8 Profile". :)
  2. I had a little time to test different settings, but the resulat is nearly the same ... Mac - blank AD document RGB/8 with "Generic RGB profile" = 1.4mb native AD document filesize - blank AD document CMYK/8 with "Generic CMYK profile" = 45kb native AD document file size So I belive RGB saves the profile into the AD file and CMYK doesn't, caus the file is much to small for any more than a profile reference. Win - RGB looks like on the Mac side - CMYK/8 still can't select a comparable profile like on the Mac side and copy from Mac to Win had no effect on this. So I think it is like it is, always profiled, with one exception on the Mac side. CorelDraw, ... don't use always embedded profiles (Serif Draw not testet) and they can be neutral. As I wrote, at last this is no problem, but one of the little things that are strange and could be optimised or cleared up. :)
  3. Thanks Lee, but as Fixx reportet, for Europe "U.S. Web" is no common standard, but only Serif knows where the most customers are living ... ;) Beside this the colour profile for in Germany commonly used profiles like "ISOcoated_v2_eci.icc" adds about 1.7mb to the file, and almost all official eci-profiles have this size. But again what was the point: Mac: I create a new AD file with a genereic profile and save it. No profile will be saved within this file. Win: I create A new AD file and have to select any profile, but there ist no "Generic CMYK" to select. So if I select any profile, it will be embedded automatically. So I think the Generic Profile-problem musst be solved for this on my Win machine, maybe as R C-R noted with the Mac one. I'll give that a try if I find the time this weekend. It is not a really fatal, it is just a little "different". Ok, I could work still on my Mac, aber nowadays my Win10 machine is much more flexible, has more power and is cheaper :( so most of the work will be done there.
  4. Tx, I'll give it a try and try to find out how it works and what differences they maybe have Win/Mac. :)
  5. Thanks, doesn't help to much cause it doesn't resolve the problem if I use it under Windows directly. If I export a PDF with the WIN AD there is allready a generic profile, but can't be selected ... strange. Maybe it is a must to use a colour workflow (till the next release?!) :)
  6. I'm working on Mac and Win with the AD. On the Mac side I can use a "Generic CMYK" profile for my document (if I want to make nothing special) so the AD file uses for a little logo about 50kb filesize, same to EPS and PDF -> sometimes does size matter and not the profile ;) On the WIN side I have no such option for a generic profile, I have to select one by creating a document. The AD file always is always saved with the selected profile (about 1,4mb), same to EPS, only for a PDF I can select the export without the profile which results in the much smaller file size cause the profile was not embedded. Ist there an option on the WIN side to do like on the Mac side if I don't need colourmanagement, beside if this makes less or more sense for someone else?! Thanks.
  7. Same problem here. Converting between RGB/8 and CMYK/8 makes the colours go crazy. And no matter which option is selected before switching. :( I tried it with one vector and one rasterized object, but both changed in an unexpected way.
  8. Can confirm this. Cut/copy/pase inside a text field is not possible within AD. Text from external can be pasted.
  9. Too bad for now Leigh, but thanks, I postet it as a feature request.
  10. I recommend the "printing all artboards seperateat once" feature. It will make life easier, especially if you have a lot of arboards. And if you have artboards it should remember which one was the last printed.
  11. Using the latest Beta (.7) and AD still doesn't remember my colour profile (ISO coated v2 300% ECI) I set in the preferences for CMYK when no document is open.
  12. Just wondering: if I create a new document I can set the size, colour/profile and margins. But why can't I also adjust the bleed, resolution and maybe also columns (2 with 5mm space, ...) in this menu? Is there a special idea behind? Ok, let the columns aside, but I think defining the bleed and resolution inside the new document menu would be very usefull to many users.
  13. No, sorry. A JPG is a pixel based file format and the AD-file you created was vektor. So you can place the flattened JPG in AD but just edit with pixel tools and no single elements.
  14. Maybe only a little feature but I think mostly usefull: On export AD/AP uses the filename itself as new filename for the export (PDF, SVG, ...) But if I make more variations oder more than one correction it would come in handy when the export-filename is remembered, independent from the filename. --> filename: fox flyer a5.afdesign --> export filename: fox flyer a5 correction1.pdf .... So that would make life much easier if I exported more correction oder variation-files and I see instantly which was the last one. Just a little thought, maybe it's a easy to do for you :)
  15. I made some CMYK- and also spot-colours for a specific document. Now, if I copy elements with the spacific colour to a new document I can't find the colour in the document swatches (I think if a new colour comes in it should be shown there). For the CMYK elements it is not a big problem cause I can check the used colour and add it manually. But the elements with self defined spot-colours I don't even see if it's a spot or not. It shows me just the CMYK sliders and nothing more. And if I define a colour swatch in CMYK I can later define (right mouse button) if it should be global or not. But how can I define it additional as a spot after creating it? It should be only a click away like overprint ...
  16. I have a AD document with 5 artboards in A3 size. If I want to print them I have to sent each page for itself to the printer cause if I use "whole document" the whole artboard-area with all artboards will be used as one big single page. That makes no sense to me. Is there a way to change (at least to say artboard 1-5) this which I may have overlooked, cause if I have much more arboards ... ?! :(
  17. I installed the beta with english language but in the File and Edit menues something is mixed up with german (default language on the system). Also if I select the eci v2 300% colour profile as default in the preferenced and quit AD - on reopening the default US SWOP is back in place. Same thing with the greyscale profile. Windows 10 Pro German, i5, Geforce 970, latest patches
  18. Perfect. Exactly that one I was missing. Thanks guys :)
  19. Productive with my iMac, so the Beta 1.5 comes in handy for the Windows machine to take a look. Only Apple and their forthcoming product(hardware) plans will show if the future is still Mac or a Windows machine - cause the Affinity software will be available for both :)
  20. Dear MEB, I checked the link for the business-information you provided and I saw that there is "click'n buy" as payment method mentioned on the serif-page which was discontininued by the company itself and Apple also does not longer accept it as a payment method. Maybe a little update of the site will help to prevent confusion of potential customers :)
  21. Hey MEB, it would be fine if AD rembers the last exportet artboard and doesn't switch back to default "whole doc" if you want export again. If I have many artboards I must sometimes export them two or three times with changes and always have to select the right artboard again. Also if AD remembers which one was the last exportet, I don't have to check first which I have to export next. Would make life just easier ...
  22. Yeah, if it's going RC we're having soon a final release. Tx guys :)
  23. Das generische ICC-Profil wird nicht eingebettet. Wenn man ein anderes wie z.B. das weit verbreitete "ISO Coated V2 300% (ECI)" verwendet, dann wird das eingebettet. The generic CMYK-profile will not be embeded. Use a specific like the "ISO Coated V2 300% (ECI)" and it works.
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