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  1. jatclat
    Many thanks, that sorts it. I’ve settled for MSIX and the problem has been solved. I am most grateful.
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    Thanks to you all. I’ve checked the list of installed apps, and I now see that I do have 2 versions of each installed (over and above Affinity 1). In each case I am not aware of ever having installed the MSI/EXE versions, because the instructions led me to think I should install the MSI version. So can you please advise? 1) Is it okay to leave Affinity 1 installed as it is? Not that I need it I suppose. 2) Should I uninstall both versions of Affinity 2 and then do a full reinstall? Or just uninstall one of them? In the case of all 3 programs one version describes itself as Serif Europe Ltd and the other as 2.5.5.2636. 3) After that, and in future, is it best to use MSI or MSI/EXE? Until now I understood from the instructions that for a single Windows user like me MSI is the one to use.
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    When I open Designer, Photo & Publisher alike I’m told I’m in v. 2.5.5 and there is an update available (to 2.6.3.3228, 2.5.6.2887 & 2.5.6.2887 respectively). I click Download and get offered 2.6.3 in all cases. ‘Already exists. Replace? Yes.’ But when I reopen I am back to 2.5.5.
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    But v2 of Designer is now out, with no vectorising. This is why I haven't upgraded to it. Any chance it will come one day?
  5. jatclat
    Thanks for letting me know.
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    I've just received the information about Version 2. Version 1 is a lot more complex than I need but the one thing I'd really appreciate is a way of converting pixel images into vector shapes. Is that included now?
  7. jatclat
    Oh thanks. Yes, this worked. Much appreciated.
  8. jatclat
    Thanks for the suggestion but it has been switched on all along.
  9. jatclat
    I use Affinity Photo on a PC (HP Elite 800, 5 years old) for most things and a laptop (HP Pavilion) for minor adjustments. The laptop has Version 1.9.2.1035; I haven’t updated since. Task Manager tells me it uses 383 MB. I have the most up to date version on the PC. Currently it’s using 514 MB. It became so slow as to be virtually unusable. I’ve just upgraded the RAM from 32 to 48 G, but it isn’t noticeably faster. I could uninstall it and reinstall an older version, but I’m writing to ask whether there is a better solution.
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    Absolutely amazing. It works! Why did I never think of that? When it's time for me to become a billionaire I'll ask to you sort it for me. Many thanks.
  11. jatclat
    Thanks for the information about Sourceforge. I hadn’t heard of it. But, at the risk of infuriating all those good people who put so much work into Aff Publisher, Page Plus remains the best method. So that means creating 2 versions. Characteristically, I create a first draft, print it out, and then examine the printed copy for alterations that need making. I may have to do this a few times. In the system you describe here I would have to make the alterations twice over. In the ‘rotate 180 degrees’ system I would have to unrotate, make the changes, and then re-rotate. Either of these can be done. It’s just that the Page Plus template, which in effect did the rotating for me, eliminated the extra work. If I’m the only person doing this kind of thing maybe it’s not worth your while to cater for me, but I guess there may be others.
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    Thank you for explaining this, and I appreciate the speed of your responses. What I’ve been working on is a 4-page A6 booklet, so producing 2 copies from 1 sheet of A4. I was assuming the ‘Booklet’ facility in the Print dialog box would make it possible. I can see that the manual workaround you describe can work, but it’s so much easier in Page Plus that I was hoping for an equivalent. Any chance a future version might introduce one?
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    Many thanks for such a quick reply. However I'm still stuck. Half the pages (typically, 2 & 3 out of 4) will need to be upside-down. How do I edit these pages the right way up and then get the imposing done so that 1 and 4 are the right way up and 2 & 3 are upside down? I can see that if I want at least 4 copies I can follow your instructions but typically I want only 1 or 2. Any ideas?
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    I can’t work out how to set up a template to print 4 pages of A6 on an A4 sheet, and end up with the pages properly imposed. Page Plus does this well. How do I do it in Aff Publisher? I’m using Windows 10 and an Epson ET 2726 printer.
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    Thank you!
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    Designer 1.9.1.979 on Windows 10. I am trying to follow the video on custom brushes as in https://affinityspotlight.com/article/5-things-you-should-know-about-affinity-designer-19/?utm_source=SpotlightEmail&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Newsletter The video begins with 5 vector shapes on one layer. As far as I can make out, they have to be on the same layer; otherwise the brush is created from only one shape. I can add them together, and then they do go onto the same layer, but then they are all changed to the same colour. How do I do it?
  17. jatclat
    Thank you, that works really well.
  18. jatclat
    Oh that's brilliant. Thanks.
  19. jatclat
    One more question. After I have done it, I can't work out how to go back into the gradient to re-edit it. Is there a way of doing it?
  20. jatclat
    Thanks, this is really helpful.
  21. jatclat
    Thanks both of you. I spent ages experimenting with gradients and masks, and somehow never got it right – but you make it sound so simple. Presumably this technique with masks is the reason why the Transparency tool is in Publisher and Designer but not in Photo.
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    I'm trying to superimpose one photo on top of another, with a gradient opacity. Both are roughly circular, and I want the opacity of the top image to be 0 in the centre and 100 at the outside. I've tried to use a radial gradient, and it gets the opacity down in the centre, but I can't work out how to set the outside stop so that it leaves the photo's colours unchanged. I seem obliged to set it all to a specific colour, which isn't what I want. How do I get round this?
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    Oh, I've sorted it. I had the wrap settings for the jpg set to tight for a different textbox. Is there any way I can have the same photo set for different wrap settings for different text boxes? I guess not.
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    I've got a text in a shape (a double star) and I want to put it partly over a jpg. The shape sits on top as expected, but the text which should be over the jpg doesn't appear. The text outside the jpg appears okay. Publisher 1.7.3.481 on Windows 10.
  25. jatclat
    I've just received the email suggesting 'Show as list'. Just what I needed, thanks. That'll do.
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