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  1. I dream of the day when it will be possible to do this in Designer: 1. To place and actually see a single image/artwork spanning two or more Artboards 2. Being able to export the Artboards and getting separate files
  2. @Bobby Hendersonyou can also have great fun if you select all the objects that you need to align and click on the 'Show Alignment Handles' button found on the Context Toolbar. The function is truly remarkable. My only wish is for Affinity to expand the functionality by adding the ability to distribute objects. Currently the distribution buttons are way too hidden...
  3. @Bobby HendersonI just wanted to point out that to achieve a temporary zoom akin to Adobe's, you need to press Spacebar first and then Control key in any Affinity application. Coming from Adobe it somehow feels counterintuitive but it works.
  4. I have two user accounts on my PC and at times I experience awkward moments when attempting to open an .apub file that was created while working in the other user account, a message will pop up indicating that I don't have permission to open the file (Refer to attached image). I am only able to open these files if I run Publisher as Administrator. But again I don't want to do this as this will restrict me from clicking and dragging images from the desktop to place into Publisher. Note that these are intermittent occurrences but all the same annoying. This only happens with Affinity apps. How best can I overcome this challenge?
  5. There appears to be a serious regression in Affinity V2 when working with linked images. I prefer working with linked images as opposed to embedding them and have been doing this ever since the link images feature was introduced in Affinity V1. This feature works as expected in V1. I created a design for an outdoor billboard sign in Affinity Designer V2 and got an unexpected huge size when I saved the file. The Image Placement Policy was set to 'Prefer Linked' but I got 222mb file size. I then embedded the image and resaved and the file size was now 223mb. I recreated the same file in Affinity Designer V1 and the results are as follows: Prefer Linked Policy: 458kb Prefer Embedded Policy: 111mb Also tested Publisher and Photo and got same results. The placed file used in all the layouts is a CMYK 8bit Jpg file which is 1.22GB in size. Size of billboard is 3m High x 12m Wide. CMYK document.
  6. The ANTICIPATION. One of the longest countdowns I ever had. Phew...
  7. If you want to maintain a consistent transparency fade after you have replaced an image, you need to carry out the following steps: 1. Place the image and group it to create a new object BEFORE you apply the transparency 2. Apply the transparency fade (note that the transparency fade will be applied onto the group and not directly onto the image) 3. Dig into the group and select the image 4. Replace the image and you will notice that the transparency fade has not shifted since the effect has been applied onto the group Working with Affinity's grouping method is magical to say the least. The group itself is defined as an object and will accept all the effects found in Affinity (transparency, outer shadows, bevels, inner glow etc... For example, you can place an image or draw a rectangle and do the following: 1. Select Transparency Tool. Click and drag to apply a Linear Transparency effect to the right side of the object 2. Group the object (you now have a new object) 3. Apply a Linear Transparency effect to the left side 4. Repeat step 2 5. Apply a Linear Transparency effect to the top side 6. Repeat step 2 7. Apply a Linear Transparency effect to the bottom side 8. Now if you ungroup several times, you are left with the original object minus the left, top and bottom transparency effects.
  8. My pleasure. You can even go back into the Layer Effects dialog box and spice it up some more by adding an outline effect to the group.
  9. Thank you for the video Yodel. You can achieve this in Affinity: Create a shape and fill it with any colour Group the shape and keep it selected Go into Layer Effects dialog box Select Gradient Overlay and edit gradient to taste Exit the dialog box Now double click the selected shape (group) to edit the group Draw any shape(s) and the new shape(s) will become part of the group and adopt the gradient fill Move the new shape(s) around and you will notice that the gradient will also shift accordingly Exit the group by just clicking on an empty space
  10. Hi Yodel Maybe a video to illustrate the feature from Resolume would help.
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