Gary Rowe

Hi again Matt, In trying to get to a position where I can stop this buzzing around in my head - yes, I can be a real nerd about this kind of stuff and it can keep me awake at night :( - I was rereading the full thread again, and came across the following point from you which has jarred with my current concept of DPI (and so, of course, raised the thought that I may not have the full picture - a polite way of saying I might be wrong about something ;). Are you saying that there are times when DPI would be the more correct term to use, at some stages in Affinity? ... It would need to change to say DPI/PPI each time the units changed between screen or physical types and it would not further enhance anyone's understanding of what was meant - in fact it may detract for many users. We also show items on screen at physical size with screen density corrections, so it does indeed have an actual physical meaning in our program. Thanks, Gary

Matt, I have to admit I'm more than somewhat confused by this idea that it is better to deliberately say the wrong thing as it is less likely to confuse people (or, put another way, perhaps, to pander to those that are happy to be wrong, rather than to those who are trying to do it right) ... Ok, let's say that's true; then, as a user trying to understand vector drawing and how to create a full workflow for my wife - from her concept to creating the physical reality on paper and the web, please can you give me the list of *all* such inconsistencies in your software so that I can understand where you have decided to deliberately state the wrong terms?

Hi, I've been into photography for 40 years, and am now teaching my daughter (doing design in college) photography and teaching my wife how to design logos etc for herself; I bought the two Affinity products as I've always loved Serif software and the new Affinity range (well, new to windows!) seems to cover my two needs so well. However, having already taught my other daughter (in college doing animation) about DPI / LPI / PPI, I am pretty disappointed that I have to now explain that - in Affinity - the program I am recommending they use has a stupid mistake right at the beginning - namely, asking for the DPI of a new file! Over and over again I am teaching them to think for themselves and giving them the knowledge so that they can make their own way forwards ... it really doesn't help them to understand things when I explain something correctly and then have to go through with them how the SOFTWARE is wrong ... I *refuse* to teach them the mistakes people make until they've learnt and have understood the correct facts first! And, I don't want to take the easy way out and keep such mistakes going, promoting further misunderstandings in the future. PLEASE. Stop trying to pander to the post-truth people, and be brave - use the correct term, PPI. Gary