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Is this photo workbook still as relevant now as when first published? Just wondering if many things have changed since the books release. Im tempted to purchase but just wondering.
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44 minutes ago, R C-R said:
There are many different ways you can configure the Affinity app workspace, but there are relatively few you can add to the main toolbar. You did not mention which Affinity app you are using (maybe Affinity Photo since you are comparing it to Photoshop?) or which platform (Mac or Windows) you use, but the basic procedure for customizing that toolbar is the same -- you can use the View menu "Customize Toolbar..." item to see the choices, & drag & drop or rearrange them however you want.
Other things you can customize are whether Studio panels & the Tools panel are docked or floating, if or how Studio panels are organized in tab groups, & the number of items on the Tools panel & how many columns they are displayed in.
A major difference between Affinity & Adobe apps is Affinity's Personas, which are sort of task-oriented workspaces. Each of them can be configured differently; the idea being to reduce clutter so only the tools & panels needed for that kind of task need to be displayed in the workspace.
Thanks for the reply. As I was comparing to photoshop and mentioned I was getting back into photo/image editing I took it for granted people would know I was referring to affinity photo.I'm also curious what difference there is between windows and mac versions.
Ok so I'm not missing anything regarding the top menu. I'm sure it is something I will be able to adapt to. Its just a strange environment when used to another program. Hopefully having separate sections will make more sense with use.
What I do like about this desktop edition is its actual speed at tasks compared to how I thought it would be. I might just buy the book to brush up on the different techniques needed to create my usual photoshop editing.
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Hi guys. Might be premature with this question but bear with me.
I went ahead and bought affinity as I'm getting back into photo/image editing and really like the look of affinity. I wasn't going to start paying those other guys every month just to edit images.
Anyway, One thing I'm having a hard time with is...….
Layout. Photoshop had a menu item where ALL of the editing tools where. I have had a look around affinity and notice most of the same options are actually available as layer adjustments. Im taking it this is not customisable to get all of these into the top menu bar itself so I can free up the amount of tools etc on the RHS? In photoshop the RHS was used primarily for layers and not where all my tools or options are.
Thanks for any help on this guys.
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On 06/06/2017 at 8:05 PM, MEB said:
Hi Valerier23,
Welcome to Affinity Forums
Check the Layers Studio: right above the layer's name (in small letters) does it say Image or Pixel? If it says Image it means you are working with an image layer type. This is considered an object layer - it preserves all original image data so you can scale it, rotate and apply other transforms without ever losing quality, however you are not able to change its content - the pixels -. To be able to edit the pixels you must convert it to a Pixel layer type where you can apply most tolls that affects the pixels directly. To convert an Image layer type to a Pixel layer type, select it in the Layers Studio then tap the ellipsis icon (the three dots) on the top of the interface and select Rasterise ▸ Rasterise. Now you can use the Blemish Removal Tool taping over the target area on canvas, or tapping and holding while you move your finger to the area you want to use as the source.
Trouble is though, by rasterising you don't get the same effect from the blemish tool. The fact you can see the scourge with a line going to the blemish area, and being able to change the position and size is a great aspect of the tool. When I rasterise it just becomes a clone tool of sorts. Is there any way to work with the tool showing on the image?
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Ah ok, so you didn't find it constantly gobbled up more and more space then? If it stays at 15gb I can live with that if they plan to enable removal of tutorials and samples.
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Krist, i think the problem, that concerns me is the fact the app takes up space and doesn't release the full space back even after work is finished and the photos are transferred off the iPad.
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I'll check that out thanks. Hopefully it shows dodging and burning using the brush tool rather than the actual Dodge burn tool. However I'm looking into this apparent memory holding problem this app is reported to have before purchasing.
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I was quite excited in switching to the ipad and infinity to develop my images but this storage problem is quite worrying. Is there any fix to this being done? im certainly not using this app if its going to cause issues with my storage space.
if only i read about this issue before ordering my 128gb ipad mainly after watching videos on being able to finally use a full blown editor on a tablet!!!!
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first day testing this out on pc ready for ipad purchase.
Does anyone know if its possible to create a 50% grey overlay layer mask but be able to use white and black brush to burn or dodge the image? dont like the standard burn dodge tools.
TIA, ric
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Thank you. Book now ordered.