jmwellborn
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9 minutes ago, Ash said:
Yes I do! Realise there seems to be a distinct lack of faith flying around here, but we'll be revealing more about our plans in the coming days and yes I'm sure you will all be pleased with what we have to say.
From the day I first discovered Affinity, I have been overwhelmed by the old-fashioned courtesy, dedication, and professionalism of the entire organization. Even when tempted by some occasional unpleasantness from the outside, honor and decency have always prevailed. It was a shock to read of this acquisition/merger today, but I for one, am going to trust Ash and his wonderful team. They have not failed us yet, and I don’t think they will going forward. Affinity is their creation — they surely don’t want to spoil it! Hopefully Affinity will blossom while keeping its tradition for excellence. Steve Jobs started Apple. Apple has added laptops, iPads, iPhones, Apple TV, etc. without spoiling its brand either.
I wish everyone at Serif/Affinity the very best going forward and thank you for what I am sure will be many more years of happiness using the Affinity Suite.
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There is also a difference in the size of Princess Charlotte's left and right hand. It looks to me as though her entire left arm and hand came from another image. Notice the colour of the two sleeves.
But good for them, all the same! It is a loving and gentle picture in a presently-dreadfully unloving world! I am so happy to have seen it here in the USA before it was so sadly removed.
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@smadell I just looked at my download of "Ten Thousand Feet" and I don't think the font is the same. I was referring to your PDF regarding the Reticulated Gradient Maps. By the way, I think "Ten Thousand Feet" should be bumped again!! Can't find it!
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@smadell I have just tried your macro for the first time. What fun! Here is a first stab. No self-respecting owl would ever claim this relative! (Or the one in the old print from the British Library — on the left — for that matter.)
On another subject entirely, would you be willing to share the name of the font you used for your PDF? I am translating a very long book into English and have been considering Adobe Garamond Pro, but I like yours so much better — it has a cleaner look!
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5 hours ago, GarryP said:
It’s one of those functionalities that is ‘hidden in plain sight’ but very useful once you know about it.
I read about these sort of things in the forums so often. Just one of the reasons why I think users should get more involved with the forums.
There’s so much to learn which isn’t obvious and it only takes someone to say “Have you tried <this>?” to set you down a new road of discovery.
1,000% right. My modus operandi.
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@TrentL Your videos are wonderfully clear and really helpful! There is just one thing in this one that you might not have found. At least on MAC it is possible to Insert filler text and edit it if you go to Settings>Text and check Insert filler text as text. The default is unchecked. This option is available in Publisher, Designer, and Photo. When this is checked, one can change fonts from word to word, split the filler text into paragraphs, experiment with tab settings, etc. Very handy and not immediately discoverable☺️!
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Good morning, Troops! As small children, when my siblings and I would say “I thought,” or “I am thinking” after some foolish or downright silly remark, our father used to ask, “Are you sure you were thinking?” If we just leave this topic now to the originator to “think” in at his leisure, and not rise to the bait by commenting in any of his further multiple attempts to keep it going, here or in a new post, he can be quite happy by counting his own posts. That would appear to be his goal.
After all, “you can lead a horse to water but you can’t make him drink.” Or think?
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I struggled and struggled because the plugin kept trying to use Photo V1 and even then it said "file type not supported." But I did open the app as a standalone, and fiddled around with it a bit. As far as I am concerned, Affinity Photo is hands down far, far nicer to use, has so many more possibilities, and allows one to be infinitely more creative. We just have to discover and learn all its possibilities.
After a few minutes, I used the handy uninstall folder that ON1 provides, and confined the whole thing to the trash.
Just me.
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Poor fellow!
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@TrentL Thank you! I have Bookmarked your video and have noted the time for things I particularly want to see again (i.e. the context toolbar when using the pen tool). It is a wonderful expansion of the occasionally rather dry HELP material and should be a big help to brand-new converts to Affinity!
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For people like me, who always learn anything more rapidly by reading than by viewing, your "10 Tips" PDF is a really nice addition! I also am easily learning new things I can do with both Photo and Designer from your videos! Many years ago, a very intelligent mentor advised me always to explain things in my field in more detail than I thought necessary; that I would not be patronising my audience because, although I understood the issue clearly, it was not a given that my audience did. Seems to me that this certainly applies with Photo, Designer, and Publisher, because the brilliant people at Serif are heads and shoulders above some of us in understanding how Affinity works!
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9 hours ago, MEB said:
Hi @XW-Affinity,
Welcome to Affinity Forums
Can you try something for me please? If you change the default shortcuts to something else (F5 to decrease/F6 to increase or another single key shortcut) does it work correctly for you without using the "Snap to Edges" trick?I spotted this, and Today my bracket default shortcut keys in Photo 2.3 were working perfectly, with either Snap to Edges checked or unchecked. I decided to change the default shortcuts to F5 and F6 to see what would happen. Testing on that same document, the F5 and F6 shortcuts did not work with either Snap to Edges checked or unchecked. Then I went back to Settings and changed the shortcuts back to the [ ] bracket keys. Testing on the same document, with either Snap to Edges checked or unchecked, the [ ] keys work.
I hope this helps.
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@walt.farrell I began by saying “If I understand your issue correctly…”. Apparently not. Oh well. Maybe it will give somebody else a laugh as well.🤪
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1 hour ago, eobet said:
I'm also looking for this info. The above answer is not sufficient because it's not a specific indexed palette (it's "automatic", ie outside of your specific control).
Here it's described how to save a palette from an image document, but you can't use that palette to convert a document to it?
If I understand your issue correctly, here is a way to create your own palette with the colours you want, rather than the automatic ones created when using Create Palette from Image. It is definitely fiddly, but it works.
1. From the Swatches panel, hamburger menu, choose Create Palette from Image. Then import your image document that has the colours you want.
2. When the image appears on your canvas, move the slider to choose 3 colours only. Choose Application palette, because you must be able to find it in the Swatches panel to use for the next document when you reach step 5.
3. Give the new palette a name. Then in the Swatches panel, right click on any two of the colors that have been automatically inserted, and select Delete, leaving just one colour which you can later delete.
4. Now you close the document.
5. Create a blank new document. Choose FILE>PLACE and import the same image document you used in step 1. Duplicate it, and lock the background layer.
Now, with the duplicate layer selected, use the eyedropper from the Swatches Panel, select a colour in the image that you wish to keep, click on the well in the swatches panel, and it will load. Then click to add it to the swatches. (Video attached.)
6. I did not do this in the video, but once you have one or two of your own swatches placed in your category, you can click on the initial swatch that was automatically selected and delete it.
7. Note that each time you add a swatch to your category, the duplicate layer will remain that colour. That is why you must keep deleting the duplicate layer and then creating a new duplicate.Said it was fiddly!
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Original black and white image is "Stonethwaite Bridge, Borrowdale, Cumberland, from a soft ground etching by William Green, 1809," now in the public domain, courtesy of the British Library.
The bluebird and cardinal, who is actually bright red in my original jpg, are regulars from my garden. They join me in wishing everybody a much happier 2024!!
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@Patty Keeney welcome to the Forums! And a Happy New Year with Publisher!!
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@Old Bruce Am I being picky? My keyboards have the tilde on the upper left, next to the 1 key. Also here on my iPad. Anyway, best wishes for a Happy New Year!
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@Chris Z welcome to the forums!