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Ron P.

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  1. 5 minutes ago, RedSnapper said:

    I AM USING WINDOWS 10.

    Did you check to see if you had any of those windows updates installed? I didn't think I did, until I tried to replicate an issue, and the app (Designer) crashed. Check to see if which and when updates were installed.

    Now to make matters worse, with Win10, we do not have the built in ability to hide updates once we uninstall. So what happens is that a short time later the update is reinstalled by MS. The only workaround I've found is to pause and set the time for checking for updates back as far as it allows.  

  2. Welcome to the forums, :)

    Here's one possible solution. I don't know if it works.

    Preview CR2 RAW files in Windows 7

    That's for the older Canon CR2 format. IF you have a newer EOS camera, one that uses the CR3 format, I think you're out of luck. You probably need to think about upgrading your OS to at least Win10 or 11.

    Do you have Canon's DPP? They provide it free for their cameras. It is an excellent RAW developer for their proprietary format.

  3. Welcome to the forums :)

    Are you using a mouse or pen tablet? Those brush settings work best using a pen tablet. The drop-down menu that's labeled Pressure, located below the sliders, is where the twist or thinning of the stroke is made. Click on the icon to the right of Pressure. You'll see various Profile Presets. You should see a graph, that resembles the Curves adjustment. You can click to add nodes, and drag them. When you do, watch the preview to the top. It will change to reflect the changes you're making.

    By the looks of your screenshot, you should be able to paint with that brush and it should give you the twist, unless your using a mouse. Using a mouse you can not apply pressure. You can change the Pressure to Velocity, and it should do about the same when using a mouse.

    https://affinity.help/designer/en-US.lproj/pages/Tools/tools_Brush.html

    https://affinity.help/designer/en-US.lproj/pages/Painting/modifyStrokes.html

     

  4. 34 minutes ago, enginestar said:

    Is there a a super quick way of doing or is it a lengthy task?

    No super-quick way if you're wanting it to look real and natural.

    34 minutes ago, enginestar said:

    I see videos that are 20 min long!

    I don't fancy sitting through such a long video.

    It's going to take investing some time to learn. The most difficult part is getting a good selection of the hair. Then knowing what to do with it.

    Super-quick will get you a cheesy look, like you just painted on your image.

    Here's a good one to learn from

    Affinity Revolution, How to Change Hair Color

  5. Welcome to the forums, :)

    Try checking to see if your text is using any partial pixels. Make sure you have the Transform studio open (View>Studio>Transform). Then select your text and look at the W, H, X & Y entries. They should be Integers, no numbers to the right of the decimal. If not, then change them, round up or down. Then export and see if that helps.

  6. Since the HA was already disabled and you're experiencing crashing, have you tried enabling it? However, you're GPU must meet the specs for HA. FWIW, mine does not, so it does not allow me to enable it. You have posted any info on your PC. What GPU are you using? Do you work off of internal HDD? Are they spinning platters, or SSD? Serif recommends to work off of internal drives, not external, network (NAS), or internet (OneDrive, iCloud and the like).

    5 hours ago, Chris26 said:

    I just noticed my RAM usage in preferences/Performance says 4096 Mb when I only have 4000mb - could this be a problem, should I lower it to say 3800 Mb?

     

    Are you sure about those numbers? 4,000Mb is only 4 gig. It would difficult to run most any current photo, video, apps and all other things that a pc may be running in the background.

    I have 32gig of RAM, which is roughly 32,000Mb, and have been running the Ram usage limit around 29,000 (29 gig). I could and probably should go a lot lower, since I don't do any real intense work with AP or AD.

  7. 20 hours ago, grahamsmythe said:

    Bit of a shame that CMD J has already been taken, so I'll have to use something else.

    Why not change it? CMD (or CTL in Windows) is not a hard-wired command. Just change the Go to Page shortcut to CMD + J. Then for the Duplicate Selection, which CMD+J is the default, change it to CMD+ Page-up. Then you will have the shortcut you're used to.

  8. I think the tree getting darker is an illusion, due to the background being dark.

    There's several ways to lighten up the tree a little. Apply a Curves, or Levels Adjustment to the tree. One quick trick when using a curves adjustment, is to change the Opacity for the Curves to 50%. This is in the lower-left of the Curves dialog window. It makes it easier to control when moving the points on the graph.

    You could also Dodge the tree. I always use a non-destructive approach, by adding a blank pixel layer above the layer I want to dodge or burn. I change the blend mode of that pixel layer to Overlay. Select your paintbrush tool, make sure the colors are set to Black and White. Use a very low opacity and flow settings, of around 10%. Then paint over the tree (on the blank pixel layer) using White color to lighten. Black will darken.

    It was said, and I used, a pixel layer filled with 50% grey for the dodge/burn, however learned that filling the layer was not necessary, the blank pixel layer does the same.

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