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luminance mask
firstdefence replied to beertje53's topic in Affinity on Desktop Questions (macOS and Windows)
Another Affinity luminosity mask tutorial is done by Robin Whalley: -
Hi Judy, the Text frame is likely to be on one of the master pages. You can either delete it from the master page; which will delete it from all other pages that are associated with that master page or go to Layer > Master Page > Edit Detached, after doing this you can delete it if you want to. bear in mind that any pages created afterwards would still have that text frame because the text frame still exists on the master page, all you did using the edit detached is delete an instance of the text frame on the master page.
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Lines in SVG, how to remove
firstdefence replied to Pokepoke's topic in Affinity on Desktop Questions (macOS and Windows)
This is from Illustrator and you will find the red grid will match how your eps file shows up in Affinity. -
Lines in SVG, how to remove
firstdefence replied to Pokepoke's topic in Affinity on Desktop Questions (macOS and Windows)
The lines are a consequence of using gradient meshes most likely in Illustrator. Affinity, cannot interpret them because Affinity doesn't have gradient meshes so rasterises them into images. I opened the eps file in illustrator and exported it to png for you. -
Wouldn't it be simple to add an option in the brush settings, you already have rotation, surely flip horizontally and vertically could be added? In the meantime, a workaround would be to create a flipped brush using New brush from selection... Select brush of choice Stamp an instance of said brush Flip stamped brush Go to the brushes panel click on the burger menu icon and select New brush from selection... You now have a flipped brush. Bear in mind this method doesn't work with the vector/raster hybrid brushes in Affinity Designer.
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PSD compatibility is a gimmick
firstdefence replied to DGee's topic in Affinity on Desktop Questions (macOS and Windows)
Re the hoodie mockup, I can't see anything wrong with it at all in Affinity Designer, it works just as if it's in Photoshop, Layer structure is the same too. In Affinity Photo you have to nest the colours to get the same effect. Forgot to do the hoodie design too, nest that. -
How arch text?
firstdefence replied to hsmokey's topic in Affinity on Desktop Questions (macOS and Windows)
The warp feature in Affinity is quite rudimentary compared to Illustrator and VectorStyler. The biggest omission as far as I can see is the lack of constraint and no way to snap to guides nor grid, this makes the warping process clumsy at best. There are no centre nodes to move, so again you have to guess the centre of the text. All of these missing features should have been included by default along with the ability to save presets. Report card: Affinity-Canva needs to try harder. C- -
How export as DXF?
firstdefence replied to hsmokey's topic in Affinity on Desktop Questions (macOS and Windows)
I can export a file to DXF and open a DXF file in Silhouette Studio (SS) and have the objects show. I apply a 0.1 stroke to all objects. On the export panel I choose the preset DXF - Preserve Vectors and I leave all settings as is. Maybe upload the SVG file to see if we can get it into SS. Used a free SVG from https://tarareed.com/craft-vault/ " Adventure awaits, if I open the SVG and export to DXF, because the shapes do not have a stroke, when I open the DXF in SS nothing shows, but if I apply a small stroke to all of the objects I can see the objects, so I think adding a stroke is the key here. -
Using "views" inside a prompt
firstdefence replied to Scratrat's topic in Affinity on Desktop Questions (macOS and Windows)
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Using "views" inside a prompt
firstdefence replied to Scratrat's topic in Affinity on Desktop Questions (macOS and Windows)
Just as a guide you could try using the prompt "Aerial View" or "aerial view. of trees." in your AI of choice. -
Using "views" inside a prompt
firstdefence replied to Scratrat's topic in Affinity on Desktop Questions (macOS and Windows)
Are you sure you have the right forum? -
Photo: Straightening Blueprints
firstdefence replied to JimSlade's topic in Affinity on Desktop Questions (macOS and Windows)
@Alfred Pixelstuff wrote as if I was the OP I was simply pointing out I was not the OP. I know I used the term, I wasn't saying Pixelstuff said it, but I'm still waiting for an answer as to the accuracy requirements, I think all of that should be dealt with at the scan stage so no correction is required. -
Photo: Straightening Blueprints
firstdefence replied to JimSlade's topic in Affinity on Desktop Questions (macOS and Windows)
I’m not the original poster @JimSlade is. I suppose the question is, does it matter that the blueprints; being distorted when scanned will not be accurate when the scan adjusted in Affinity Photo unless Jim uses a grid set to the correct proportions of the original blueprint. how accurate does this need to be? -
Photo: Straightening Blueprints
firstdefence replied to JimSlade's topic in Affinity on Desktop Questions (macOS and Windows)
Select the Move tool 'V' on the keyboard, then select image layer and the transform options should become active. @pixelstuff doesn't the perspective tool distort the original design so that its no longer an accurate facsimile of the scanned document. -
It is not an inconsistency, I think it's by design. With text frames you would be using text formatting such as paragraph, character and text frame parameters, you would be considering how to snap to the frame not the text, that is why the text frame is highlighted when the pen tool is selected. I don't think I've seen a single post where someone has queried why they can't I snap to words and letters in a text frame. But for artistic text it has practical applications.