VectorWhiz

Creating a second TOC (or even more) should not be this complex. When advanced users must offer all sorts of advice, that is confusing to normal users, like me, it is too complex for every day use for common users. I guess there are many users that are well capable of creating proper books, but who are not so technical savvy to successfully ad such an intricate feature to their documents. I think that it would benefit to a good reputation of Publisher if this was less complicated to do, by providing users with a clear and transparent (user friendly) tool. Just my two cents.

Very nice, assuming this was created in Affinity Designer.

@Taxicab Messiah: Thanks for the tip. I will try it out. There are good tutorials about the program on this Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TechWithM

Front cover of a book I am in the process of writing with a collection of visual poems I wrote in the past four decades. The weird colours of the falcon were created by some wild editing with the Curves Adjustment tool of which I posted a tutorial some time ago. When adding many points in that tool with extreme high and low positions in the RGB category, an unusual and unpredictable colour palette appears. On top is the falcon, in the middle is the original unedited falcon and below that the front cover.

Prachtige foto van de zwaan. Ik werk ook veel met de Curves adjustment; een geweldig gereedschap en de blauwige waas vind ik juist mooi of dat in de originele foto zit of door het editen komt, maakt mij niets uit. Als dat bewust is aangebracht, vind het artistieke vrijheid, die naar mijn mening goed heeft uitgepakt.

Drawn in Designer, edited in Photo.

Since I create realistic vector portraits, would it be possible to make a tool that allows to blur the edges of an object at values that can be set without blurring the entire object as in FX?

I love the logo! Well done.

If this is Affinity's first implementation of an AI module, I applaude the devs. I like it. Kudos!

Brilliant tutorial; very clear and informative. It allows users to fully use the functionality and versatility of Designer to the max.

Great tutorial! Thanks for creating. Kudos.

Judging by the extensive listed information on the rear cover of the book, provides sufficient knowledge to safely collect mushrooms while preventing to make aversive mistakes. The neat lay-out in itself is a sales argument on the book for people interested in collecting edible mushrooms without risk.

@Ldina: One of the biggest time savers in which Photo excels, is to create custom brushes. For the grass I created several; take a good look on images of specific types of grass that you can find in Google and other search engines. Replicate that in Designer, of which I attached a file, export it an create a brush from it. You can mix several of such brushes and manipulate its shape and direction with the Node Tool and in the dialogs of the brushes to obtain a proper rendering. After exporting it to png-files in Designer, you have the option of painting realistic grass fields. In the same way I created several strands strands of hair of the younger man to the right, almost never just on single brush. A combination of a number of these brushes allows to create realistic parts of the painting in very little time. After having painted what I want, I group them in the Layers Panel and give the group a unique name to visibly reduce the number of the Layers. It requires an effort to do such a thing in this way, but particularly if you decide to edit parts of the paintings afterwards, it save a ton of time. Quite often I edit the brushes with the brilliant Curves Adjustment Tool to make things even more realistic. Compared to programs of the competition Photo does these things in a magnificent way. Green grass 4.afdesign

The final version looks absolutely great. Fungi are fascinating; I once read that a scientist called them the subterranean internet, which hints at their function and I read in Merlin Sheldrake's book 'Entangled life' that some species are able to propagate in the soil beneath our feet at a pace of 100 km/h, which is mind blowing stunning. In addition some taste wonderful......

Definitely an improvement. When looking at Renoir's 'Woman with a Parasol in a Garden' you see his miraculous (colouring) technique and talent for composition. I doubt if any of us mortals could even come close to what he achieved, but it at least gives us an idea of how to make a well balanced and appealing painting.