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If you mean, 'you think it should do' well it doesn't.
I'm also having problems with the Clone tool as I did yesterday. It is very sluggish and not very responsive.
Is there a way to select the target area but keep it stationery whilst moving the tool remove the unwanted parts? I don't want to use the Erase tool as it will be obvious that an erasure has taken place.
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But surely if I saved the edited image as an AP file it should copy with the editing intact.
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Carrying on from my topic yesterday, I edited a pdf image using Vibrance, to enhance colour, Levels to remove blue tint background and the Clone tool to remove unwanted areas. I saved it as an AD file.
I then copy and pasted the saved image into a blank page in AD and the blue tinted background that I removed in AP is now visible in AD.
What is the best way to copy an AP file into an AD doc?
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I see what you mean. It would have been better to scan the original image as a jpeg rather than a pdf.
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9 hours ago, R C-R said:
It works fine & quickly on my Mac (specs in my sig below) but I don't use it on huge files.
How large (in pixels) is the layer you are working on & is it an Image, Pixel, or some other kind of layer?
The images were 12MB pdf. I went back to do a screen shot to show the blurring but couldn't reproduce the problem. I can only assume that it was a one-off glitch.
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The mistake I was making was not selecting the image layer.
Since using it I find it is very erratic and slow. Is this normal or a bug?
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42 minutes ago, Twolane said:
You might have a look at this video, but I'm not sure if it's what you're looking for.
Thanks for the help. this would do what I want but I would also like to know how to use the Clone and Eraser tools.
I do suspect that I missed something to do with the layers. I will go back and check.
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I am using AP for the first time, prviously I used Photoshop which was pretty easy to use.
I'm trying to remove part of the image using either the Erase or the Clone tools'
I've read the manual on each of these tools but it doesn't seem to actually tell you how to use them - it only tells you what they can do and how to adjust their parameters.
In Photoshop you could use the Clone tool by using 'alt' to select the sample area and then click the part you didn't want.
Does AP work in a similar manner? If so where can I find the instructions?
Also as I use the various adjustments part of the image momentarily blurs - is this a bug?
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8 minutes ago, R C-R said:
So it came with no driver software or if it did you did not install it?
No driver software. It was just a plug-in USB wireless dongle.
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7 hours ago, R C-R said:
Sure, but there is no way I know of for an Affinity or any other app besides System Preferences > Mouse to change any of those settings, so there must be some other explanation for why your mouse's tracking (or scrolling?) speed suddenly changed on your Mac.
That's a good point however someone suggested that if I was using a 'special' mouse it may have been something to do with my mouse and not AD. I'm using a wireless mouse that I bought from a supermarket - nothing special as far as I know it has the usual left and right buttons and a scroll wheel.
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1 hour ago, thomaso said:
How do you "reset the mouse settings" ? – Is it something different than unplug or dis-/reconnect?
On a Mac you go to 'System Preferences' select the mouse settings and change them - its that simple!
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Whilst I was was using AD at some point my mouse started to move very fast and not at the speed I normally set at in my Mac system preferences. What could I have been doing in AD that accidentally changed my mouse speed?
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8 minutes ago, GarryP said:
Make sure that “Select new object” is ticked (checked) on the Context Toolbar when you have the Quick Shape Tool selected.
Thanks.
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When I select a QS, how do I make it 'stay Selected' by default for setting its size in the Transform tab? At the moment I can draw the QS but I then have to select it to set is size.
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Thanks Mark this would seem to explain it. I'll give it a try.
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I scanned a rectangular object but When I view it in AD it is not quite rectangular. I thought I could use the 'Warp' feature to distort it into a rectangle. When I try to use it it seems only to adjust the outside perimeter of the image and not the whole image. What an I doing wrong?
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10 minutes ago, markw said:
Yes, there is something odd going on with that document…?
If you Group all the objects that make up that bottom right object it fails to display a correct Group bounding box. It just shows one white corner control handle where the bottom right of the bounding box should be.
Similarly if the objects in the top right of the document are Grouped the same thing happens.
Attempting to copy either group will crash AD (Crash report attached).
The three objects on the left of the document behave correctly and cause no crashes.
Affinity Designer 2 Affinity Store_2023-10-13-101550_mark-withingtons-MacBook-Pro.crashWas this helpful in reporting the crash or is there something else I could do.
BTW I copied the image to a new doc and then exported it as a jpeg. This worked and I was able to insert the jpeg into the email.
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AD has crashed 4 times when I try to paste a copied AD image i (file attached) into an email. The part of the image that I copied was the object with the dimensions only.
Each time it crashed I was able to open the recovery file.
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26 minutes ago, MikeTO said:
In the Character panel, expand Positioning and Transform and then use the Tracking field.
- "Tracking—controls the spacing between characters. This setting is expressed in permilles, i.e. thousanths of an em space."
Thanks for the help Mike.
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I looked in the help 'Character formatting' > 'Spacing' but could not find it in the 'Character' panel. I want to close up the default spacing of a particular font. Where do I find how to do this?
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1 hour ago, henryanthony said:
Blender is free. Donation is requested but not required to download, install, and use the program as you wish.
@jackamus You wrote, "This could be useful when drawing a perspective grid where the lines can be used as guides for drawing. I would add that because the lines are equidistant apart it must not be confused a being some kind of drawing scale. I have spent many hours drawing a grid and then trying to find a way to create scaled divisions along an X, Y and Z axis.
The grid divisions in Blender are scaled and can be changed as needed.
I know its free but I can't get past the Donation window to download it!
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I have attached a file that I created this afternoon to explain how I create a 2 point perspective grid. If anyone can let me know if there are any AD tools or features that would simplify or make easier I would be interested to know what they are?
22 minutes ago, thomaso said:In a 2D application like Affinity, this can be an unsolvable approach because the Z axis is missing as a property specifically of vanishing point perspective. For this reason, you are forced to simulate this dimension with lines at varying angles, while each single subdivision guide and illustration line max require a different, unique angle.
And this is also the reason why various hints to 3D / CAD apps were mentioned occasionally in your threads about snapping and technical / construction drawings. (for instance)
I assumed that you would have to simulate a Z axis and that is possible using a 3 point perspective grid. I used Z axis instead of 3rd vanishing point. The clever bit is knowing how to create them!
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What is the 'Inpainting brush tool'?
Reluctantly I'm attaching the jpeg file which is a child's drawing so you can try the Clone tool yourself. I'm trying to remove all the blue lines - you can see where I have had a go.
Let me know if you encounter the same sluggishness.
Also can you advise on my question about fixing the sample area in one place?