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    firstdefence got a reaction from Dazmondo77 in Adobe .grd gradient to .afpalette converter   
    Mind officially blown, thank you @Balakov
    Stock Photoshop Gradients.zip
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    firstdefence got a reaction from PaulEC in Unable to figure out how to manipulate these particular nodes.   
    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.
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    firstdefence got a reaction from thomaso in Unable to figure out how to manipulate these particular nodes.   
    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.
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    firstdefence got a reaction from caroline daniell in Creating Personal Styles   
    Can you add the link to the tutorial you are watching?
    Look for the Appearance Panel, if you cannot see it, go to Window > and click on Appearance on the Appearance panel you can add multiple fills and strokes.

    Select the layer to apply the FX to and click on the small FX icon at the bottom of the layers panel.

    Select the layer with the style you have created and click on the Styles panel, click on the small burger menu and select Add style from selection.

    The opacity slider is also the noise slider, click on the small icon below the word "Opacity"
     
     
     
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    firstdefence reacted to MikeTO in Override Master Page item on Page in Apub 2.4   
    Yes, by editing the page detached. Choose Layer > Master Page > Edit Detached. if you have multiple masters applied to a page, you should instead right-click the master page name in the Layers panel and choose it from there so that you're editing the right master page. Click Finish when you're done editing the master page. Note that this only edits the copy of the master objects on this page, not on other pages.
    Cheers
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    firstdefence reacted to Old Bruce in Inserting an image into a PSD book mockup / Affinity Publisher V2   
    Do you have the Import PSD smart objects where possible checked?  It is in the preferences under General.

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    firstdefence reacted to AJW57 in Text. Colour change   
    Brilliant! Worked first time...thanks for your help.
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    firstdefence got a reaction from Alfred in Text. Colour change   
    Try this, select the text layer and use the context menu just above the workspace.

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    firstdefence got a reaction from MattyWS in Best (easiest) way to run Affinity Photo on Linux?   
    They have enough on their plate sorting Mac, Windows and OSPad fixes out  without adding Linux to the mix.
    Is it financially worth it? while there are a lot of linux desktop users is it financially viable to make a paid for system that caters for 4-5% of the desktop OS market and then deal with the compatibility of the major desktop distros e.g. Ubuntu, Mint, Manjaro, Fedora and Arch and all their baby sub distro's and, while there is a hive of linux bees ready to get their busy fingers on the keyboard and into the command line to solve all the issues that come up, I don't think enthusiasm will sustain development.
    Caveat: I have been known to be wrong    
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    firstdefence got a reaction from Alfred in Brushes no longer work. Why?   
    There you go, I knew you could do it 
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    firstdefence got a reaction from emmrecs01 in Brushes no longer work. Why?   
    There you go, I knew you could do it 
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    firstdefence got a reaction from R C-R in Best (easiest) way to run Affinity Photo on Linux?   
    They have enough on their plate sorting Mac, Windows and OSPad fixes out  without adding Linux to the mix.
    Is it financially worth it? while there are a lot of linux desktop users is it financially viable to make a paid for system that caters for 4-5% of the desktop OS market and then deal with the compatibility of the major desktop distros e.g. Ubuntu, Mint, Manjaro, Fedora and Arch and all their baby sub distro's and, while there is a hive of linux bees ready to get their busy fingers on the keyboard and into the command line to solve all the issues that come up, I don't think enthusiasm will sustain development.
    Caveat: I have been known to be wrong    
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    firstdefence got a reaction from lphilpot in Best (easiest) way to run Affinity Photo on Linux?   
    They have enough on their plate sorting Mac, Windows and OSPad fixes out  without adding Linux to the mix.
    Is it financially worth it? while there are a lot of linux desktop users is it financially viable to make a paid for system that caters for 4-5% of the desktop OS market and then deal with the compatibility of the major desktop distros e.g. Ubuntu, Mint, Manjaro, Fedora and Arch and all their baby sub distro's and, while there is a hive of linux bees ready to get their busy fingers on the keyboard and into the command line to solve all the issues that come up, I don't think enthusiasm will sustain development.
    Caveat: I have been known to be wrong    
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    firstdefence reacted to Jason Oates in I want to add freehand to a layer but it keeps adding layers every time.   
    Thanks everyone for your help. 
    One key thing that helped me was the "New Layer"  command rather than drawing and getting a layer element which was what was frustrating me. 
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    firstdefence got a reaction from Alfred in I want to add freehand to a layer but it keeps adding layers every time.   
    Well after the heady heights of buying hepaflo bags for my Henry hoover, I embarked upon a quest to find a vector map maker, little did I know I would have to battle goblins and truggs from the age of yore but enough of this whimsicalnessness.
    I found this little gem: https://azgaar.github.io/Fantasy-Map-Generator/
    Now before you all go off and make maps and export to SVG with gleeful abandon, there are a few glitches. Firstly Inkscape appears to open the map correctly, Illustrator says the file is Invalid, Affinity opens the SVG but for the issues listed below. Even with these issues it can still be a big time saver. 
    The icons under the Terrain layer open in Affinity bigger than they should be, and are offset to where they should be. Both of these issues are easily fixed. The Offset is easily fixed by noting the co-ordinates of the Regions Layer and adjusting the Terrain layers co-ordinates to match. The Scale of the icons is also easy to fix by selecting all of the child layers to the Parent Terrain Layer and scaling them down 80% this will result in the correct scale for the terrain icons. Some of the textures don't appear to import but you can add or create your own textures. The Vignette doesn't import but again easily created. The text is smaller than it should be and it's transform isn't honoured and yet again it's easily fixed. Apart from that you can get a map like the one below pretty quickly.

    Map Close up:

    It's a shame Affinity Cannot open the SVG like Inkscape can.
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    firstdefence got a reaction from Hangman in I want to add freehand to a layer but it keeps adding layers every time.   
    lol, I'm on my way 
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    firstdefence got a reaction from Alfred in I want to add freehand to a layer but it keeps adding layers every time.   
    lol, I'm on my way 
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    firstdefence reacted to MEB in I want to add freehand to a layer but it keeps adding layers every time.   
    Hi @Jason Oates,
    Welcome to Affinity Forums
    Adding to what Hangman said above you can alternatively enable "Add New Curve To selected Curves Object" (6th icon in the Mode section on the context toolbar) to keep adding paths to the same object layer instead of creating a new one for each path (assuming that's what you want).
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    firstdefence got a reaction from walt.farrell in I CAN´T DEVELOP NIKON RAW (NEF). FILES from my Nikon Z8   
    I think the image used was Standard, I'm not really sure but after further research I'm guessing it was standard.
    Although everyone makes a big noise about HEIF files, there isn't a single clear image from a Nikon Z8 using HEIF which I find very odd considering all the hype, I've checked multiple reviews with sample images and they are either NEF or Jpeg with no info as to whether High Efficiency* or High Efficiency was used.
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    firstdefence reacted to walt.farrell in I CAN´T DEVELOP NIKON RAW (NEF). FILES from my Nikon Z8   
    While that's true, the reports I've seen from other users are that the files with High Efficiency Compression don't open at all; they give an error message in 2.4.
    @TOMAS WILDE:
    Are you on Windows or macOS? If macOS, are you using the Serif Labs Raw engine or the Apple engine? (You can find that setting in the Develop Assistant). Can you check which compression method you are using with your camera?
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    firstdefence got a reaction from R C-R in Strange Perspective Filter result via Publisher and Photo with Picture Frames   
    I did the same as you @R C-R and got a good result no weird display. Having said that, we are both on mac and with different versions of Affinity to @GarryP
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    firstdefence got a reaction from Dan C in Frequency Separation / Inpainting Brush Tool Not Working?   
    Ok @Karizakia I think I've found the problem, you have a very small selection somewhere in the image, so, Press Cmd + D or Ctrl + D on windows to deselect the selection and your inpainting brush will work again.
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    firstdefence got a reaction from Alfred in Frequency Separation / Inpainting Brush Tool Not Working?   
    Ok @Karizakia I think I've found the problem, you have a very small selection somewhere in the image, so, Press Cmd + D or Ctrl + D on windows to deselect the selection and your inpainting brush will work again.
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    firstdefence reacted to Karizakia in Frequency Separation / Inpainting Brush Tool Not Working?   
    @firstdefence YESSSS!!
    That was the solution. Thank you so so much!!
    I could cry haha that was so frustrating.
    Thanks again and to you too @Dan C.  
    Appreciate y'all
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    firstdefence reacted to NathanC in I can't use any of the Affinity App without severe lag and clunckyness   
    Hi @Sulsa,
    If you've got a display with a dedicated G-Sync module i'd suggest turning this off completely in the Nvidia Control panel, as this can cause the app to flicker and stutter.
    If it persists could you upload a screen recording demonstrating the problem in the app? The FAQ below details some methods to record.
     
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