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    manu schwendener got a reaction from Nivrams in Frequency Separation   
    The video 'Nature portrait start to finish'
    has also a long part about frequency separation, starting at 1'07''
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    manu schwendener reacted to A_B_C in Affinity Photo Help - the good, bad, or ugly?   
    A searchable PDF file with internal links would be great too ... this was requested several times on the forum, as far as I can remember ...  :)
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    manu schwendener reacted to csp in A before & after Americana AP sample   
    Started with a raw file,  all work done with AP


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    manu schwendener reacted to acapstick in LEGACY: Official Affinity Designer Video Tutorials (70+)   
    A more recent set of tutorials for 1.7 (and above) is available via affinity.serif.com or from Designer's Welcome screen.
    The legacy tutorial set, also available on YouTube, includes:
    1. Getting Started
    •        Discover Affinity Designer
    •        For Beginners
    •        For Beginners Too
    •        Using the Help System
    •        CMYK Setup
    •        Designing from a Sketch
    •        New from Clipboard
    •        Actual Size Zoom
    •        Editing PDF Text
    •        Using the Grade UI Kit
    2. Artboards
    •        Artboards: Basics
    •        Artboards: Exporting and Printing
    •        Artboards: Colour and Opacity
    •        Artboards: From Content
    •        Artboards: Design Aids
    3. Drawing Lines and Shapes
    •        Pen Power
    •        Shapes
    •        Convert to Curves
    •        Corner Tool
    •        Drawing Perfect Triangles
    •        Stylish Strokes: Textured Lines
    •        Stylish Strokes: Dashed Lines
    4. Colour and Opacity
    •        Complex Gradients
    •        Adjusting Noise and Opacity in Fills
    •        Transparency Tool
    •        Changing Colours
    •        Blend Modes
    •        Colour Picker Tool
    •        Colour Palette from Document
    •        Colour Palette from Image
    •        Pantone Colours
    •        Global, Spot and Overprint Colours
    •        Quick Opacity Setting
    5. Layer control
    •        Layers Panel
    •        Lock Children
    6. Object control
    •        Selecting, Finding and Isolating Objects
    •        Rotation Point: Overview
    •        Rotation Point: Worked Example
    •        Vector Scaling Options
    7. Symbols and Assets
    •        Symbols (1.5)
    •        Assets (1.5)
    8. Painting
    •        Shading Using Raster Brushes
    •        Adding Raster Texture
    9. Text
    •        Artistic, Frame and Shape Text
    •        Text on a Path: Overview
    •        Text on a Path: Worked Example
    •        OpenType Typography
    10. Media
    •        Using Raster Images in a Composition
    •        Film Noir Style Illustration
    11. Saving, exporting and sharing
    •        Save History
    •        Soft Proofing
    •        Exporting
    •        Exporting: Layers
    •        Exporting: Slices
    •        Exporting: Continuous
    •        Exporting: Automatic Directory/Folder Creation
    •        Exporting: Multiple Outputs from a Single Slice
    •        Exporting: Transparent and Coloured Backgrounds
    •        Exporting User Settings and Keyboard Shortcuts
    12. Design Aids
    •        Constraints: Overview
    •        Constraints: Worked Example for Web Design
    •        Snapping and Dynamic Guides •        Snapping: Candidates
    •        Snapping: Object Creation
    •        Snapping: UI and Web Design
    •        View Modes and Split View
    •        New View
    •        View Points
    •        Grids: Icon Design
    •        Grids: Floor Plans
    •        Isometric Grid Drawings: Part 1 (Single Planes)
    •        Isometric Grid Drawings: Part 2 (Multiple Planes)
    •        Isometric Grid Drawings: Part 3 (Layers and Compounds)
    •        Grids: Coloured Lines
     
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    manu schwendener reacted to acapstick in LEGACY: Official Affinity Photo (Desktop) Video Tutorials   
    Happy Monday to you all,
     
    Just following up on a few comments over the last few days.
     
    The Designer list seems to have been appreciated. I'll mark newly added content with a 'Date Added' suffix. I'll not add "New"  as things get confusing once you've replaced a lot of videos!!!
      Tutorial photos - we don't plan to make these available to download, although i'd like to explore a more 'hands on' approach to learning with sample files in future.  
     Tutorials
    Incorporating vector design into Affinity Photo. We are planning to have a tutorial which looks at using shapes, text, and closed curves to create selections and masks. Of course, you can create vector content as in Designer - see shape and pen tool vids. In terms of blending, vector content can be blended with layers below just like blending pixel layer over pixel layer.
      Highlighting cursors better. We've got several ways of doing this in our video editing software. Some look a bit cheesy and potentially more off putting that the benefit of using cursor highlighting.  Investigations underway.
      Video lists directly on the website. Good idea - i'll pass comment on to the web team.  Thanks for all comments.
     
    Andy Capstick
    Affinity Docs
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    manu schwendener got a reaction from Gear maker in What happened to the bug and feature forums?   
    Could you please fix the side effect that the links under "My content" don't work any longer?
     
    Also: doesn't this mean that there will be a lot of confusion because the threads don't explicitly state that they are about AP, because they were posted in the AP forum?
     
    Edit: And I liked browsing the AP forums to see what other users talked about / suggested. But I'm a photographer, not a designer, so unless there will be facets/filters to find the AP specific threads this won't be possible any longer.
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    manu schwendener got a reaction from Paul Bravery in AP: Export with 'Coated FOGRA39' profile?   
    Thank you!
     
     
    (Document -> Assign ICC Profile -> Coated FOGRA 39)
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    manu schwendener reacted to Paul Bravery in AP: Export with 'Coated FOGRA39' profile?   
    Hi -manuschwendener.ch,
     
    The Coated FOGRA 39 profile is one of the CMYK settings you can choose for your document set up.
     
    When your file is using this profile, then your exported file will also comply with this profile.
     
    Paul.
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    manu schwendener reacted to silvergelatin in Photo: Blemish Tool   
    EDIT: Never mind! I just realized that I should have been using the Inpainting tool to do what I want. DIsregard.
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    manu schwendener reacted to A_B_C in Copy or Cut and Paste part of an image   
    Hi IanfaeAiberdeen,
     
    and welcome here …  :)
     
    Suppose you open a PDF document in Affinity Photo. Then you will see that Affinity Photo interprets the PDF data, creating text boxes, vector shapes, image layers etc. as faithful as possible to match the content of your document. But the marquee selection tools do only work on pixel layers, so you either have to choose Edit > Copy Merged (Shift+Cmd+C) and then Edit > Paste (Cmd+V) or to merge the layers Affinity Photo has created into a new pixel layer before copying, e.g. by using Shift+Opt+Cmd+E (merge all visible layers). More merge options are present in the Layer menu.
     
    Hope that helps. Cheers,
    Alex  :)
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    manu schwendener reacted to LilleG in Post when Affinity tutorials are updated / added?   
    You know, I think you're prolly right on that.  Didn't think that one through.  :unsure:
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    manu schwendener reacted to DonatoF in Post when Affinity tutorials are updated / added?   
    Hi - I re-watched the excellent "Start to Finish - Nature Portrait" tutorial and it looks like it was re-done a bit (possibly added modifier keys graphics, and took out the playing with the flowers in her hair piece).  I was just wondering if you could post here when you update the in-house tutorials so we might know to have a second look. Not sure if you already do this, but if you add a new video, this would be a good place to post that info too.  Thanks!
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    manu schwendener got a reaction from Paul Bravery in Tools on left side are too dim to see.   
    > I've only been on this forum for a day, but there seems to be a persistent thread of non-response by Affinity to questions asked in this forum.
     
    That is just not true. I've never seen a company more involved in a forum.
     
    Also, see https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/10410-common-feature-requests-index-> Interface
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    manu schwendener reacted to Lojza in PhotoStack revitalization..?   
    Hi,
     
    I'm so enthusiastic about Affinity Designer and Affinity Photo (both bought and watched over their beta versions for more than half a year...). I also found that Serif offers PhotoStack for photo management, but this app seems a little bit "outdated".
     
    So, are there any plans to revive PhotoStack and make it more Affinity-like and Affinity compatible?
     
    The background is I'm looking for a decent photo manager, that would go well with Affinity Photo and that would completely replace Photos by Apple, which I consider a really weak app.
     
    Thank you.
     
     
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    manu schwendener reacted to yan in Can you make the Startup window disappear when I just open a file   
    Thanks, that works.
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    manu schwendener got a reaction from yan in Can you make the Startup window disappear when I just open a file   
    > I don't get any notice when I get reply about my question, is there any setting I should turn on?
     
    Check your notification options (https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?app=core&module=usercp&tab=core&area=notifications):
     
    - is "Auto follow topics I reply to." checked?
    - are all the notifications you want to get by email set to "Email?
     
    If it's still not working: is the your email address in your profile correct?
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    manu schwendener reacted to acapstick in Frequency Separation Video on Vimeo   
    Should be up now.
     
    Thanks
    Andy
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    manu schwendener reacted to michaelscheiden in Tools are gone   
    Solution was clearing the plug ins folder and reinstalling Nik software, OnOne perfect photo suite, Imagenomic Portraiture.
    Fortunately the tools are back!!!
     
    Thanx for the help 
     
    Michael
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    manu schwendener got a reaction from Claude B. in Tools on left side are too dim to see.   
    > I've only been on this forum for a day, but there seems to be a persistent thread of non-response by Affinity to questions asked in this forum.
     
    That is just not true. I've never seen a company more involved in a forum.
     
    Also, see https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/10410-common-feature-requests-index-> Interface
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    manu schwendener reacted to Pentaxian in Support by Affinity team   
    Can I just butt in here, as a very recent buyer of Affinity Photo, and a long time Photoshop user (and Aperture) - I only signed into these forums a couple of days ago, and also the Facebook page, but I am BLOWN AWAY by the speed of the responses..!
     
    Outstanding stuff, Affinity team, Mods, and long-time forumites.  That level of support, along with what really does seem like such a genuine desire to work with users and improve the products, will be the making of this company.
     
    It stands in stark contrast to the absolutely TERRIBLE non-support from the likes of Adobe, along with their pricing policies, subscription scams, etc. They may create good software like Photoshop, but their attitude to their users is woeful.
     
    It is an absolute delight to encounter the genuine, helpful, and rapid responses in support of Affinity Photo.
     
    Thanks team - I think you've won me over :)
     
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    manu schwendener reacted to Andy Somerfield in Support by Affinity team   
    Pentaxian,
     
    Thanks for the kind words - launch periods are notoriously busy times on these forums and while we aim to answer all questions quickly it can be a bit slower around launch!
     
    Giving direct access to the development teams seems to work well for us - customers can get answers to questions quickly, and developers can efficiently fix problems and add new features :)
     
    Andy.
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    manu schwendener reacted to Pentaxian in Tools on left side are too dim to see.   
    Before complaing about response time, I think you need to take into account that:
     
    1. Affinity/Serif are probably in a completely different timezone than you are,
     
    2. They are dealing with a HUGE amount of support calls and messages during the launch period of Affinity Photo.
     
    I've only been on here for a week or so, but I have been VERY impressed at not only the speed with which somebody from Affinity or one of the Mods will respond, but also the fact that several of those who DO respond are the actual developer team. So you're talking directly to the programmers/coders.
     
    For a $50 piece of software, that is as sophisticated and powerful as Affinity Photo is, and considering that this is the initial release, I am amazed at what the app will do.
     
    Sure, there are some teething bugs to get sorted out - there always are. Things like tweaking the UI such as your concerns, or things like getting some of the Photoshop plugins to work in Affinity Photo - still to be fixed.
     
    But given that the programmers are trying to divide their time between actually coding the tweaks, responding on here, and getting some sleep, I think you're being unnecessarily harsh and too quick to jump to criticism. I'd put money on you getting a response from Affinity within the next few hours. The initial post on this thread was still only 5 hoours ago - and you're accusing them of not responding?  Holy mackerel - this isn't a Skype call or a real-time chat...!
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    manu schwendener reacted to capn in Phoot merge   
    Fantastic guys! 
    Thank you so much for the feedback :-).
     
    Cheers! 
    Claudio. 
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    manu schwendener got a reaction from capn in Phoot merge   
    If you mean stitching several pictures together, for example for a panorama: no, not yet.
     
    But it's on the list of common feature requests: https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/10410-common-feature-requests-index
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    manu schwendener reacted to Paul Bravery in Phoot merge   
    Hi Claudio, 
     
    There is an open source, third party app you could try called Hugin. 
     
     
    I have been using it with some success on my iMac, it can be downloaded here: http://sourceforge.net/projects/hugin/files/latest/download
     
    I hope this helps in the mean time. 
     
    Paul. 
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