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I'm interested in this as well. My new camera doesn't have a panaramic mode, so I did a quick test by taking 3x images and got the same result. Got 3x ticked images but the stitch panarama button wouldn't do anything. Will be watching this thread with interest.

Close! I'm in NZ. Unit coming from US Amazon. Usually takes at least two to three weeks. Let us know how you go with it. Cheers.

Quick update: I purhcased these brushes ( Xenon Brush Pack", "Concept Master Vol 1 - Nature Pack" and "180 Smoke and Cloud brushes." ) and have been playing around with them for a couple of hours. There are some really great brushes within these packs and I think I'll get a lot of use from them. A special mention goes to the Frankentoon brushes (Concept Master Vol 1 - Nature Pack) which are very cool (going to use these a lot), but they come with a colour brush guide AND user guide (tips and tricks) in pdf format. Also included was a colour palette (.afpalette), which made colouring choices so much easier. How to use the brushes from a non-pro perspective is certainly icing on the cake. Thanks for the extra effort here.

I bit the bullet as well and brought one last night. Will probably take several weeks to arrive though .

Great...I'm real tempted to get one from Amazon myself - especially as there is a 20% coupon currently.

I just found this drawing tablet as well "HUION H610PRO V2" which appears to have a tilt function as well. This seems like a reasonable tablet for the money and it seems that several people here use one with AP / AD.

Well that's a shame. Apple products are way too expensive here in NZ, so I guess it won't be happening. Pity there isn't an alternative. Thanks for the input.

Hi Wosven, Thanks for the insight on these brushes. I've never brought any before - wanted some advice as there are heaps of free ones available online, but I like the look of the ones I mentioned. And...there is the feeling I'm supporting Serif in the process. Guess I just need to get them and take them for a spin. Much appreciated. Regards

Nope...don't know anything about brushes...how they are made...or really how they work. I just saw that guy using the ipad pencil and how he used wrist movements to control the brush and how it laid it down on the screen. Also he tipped the pencil over and that changed the colour. Way cool I thought. SO...are these wacom tablet thingees with a pen simliar to the way the ipad pencil works? Is there any recommendation on what model(s) to look at? Appreciate the input. Thanks

Just watched a video of a guy using the luminance Brush set while using an Ipad and a Ipad Pencil. (very cool). Is there an equivilent that can be used on a windows desktop (some type of wacom like tablet or something?). While I'm just a hobbyist and no expert, some things are really tough to achieve with a mouse. And...I don't want the expense or locked down nature of an Apple product.

Looking to get some brushes during the BF sale at the Affinity Store. I'm not a professional and only try to do things with AP, AD as a hobbyist...and I know nothing about brushes. I have downloaded many free brushes from the net, but have yet to install many of them into the programs because of the brush reset bug. I was playing around with some brushes today and I noticed some of them are really blurry at what I guess could be considered high-res (A4 size). Is this normal?? I saw another post where a person brought some brushes from the Affinity store and found the same thing. Do the brushes have to be high-res? How does one know what res they are?? I only create using high-res and only want quality brushes - especially if I purchase them. I am looking at the following brushes... "Xenon Brush Pack", "Concept Master Vol 1 - Nature Pack" and "180 Smoke and Cloud brushes." Can someone with these brushes give me some feedback on them...and if possible the above questions so I can an least have some understanding. Much appreciated

@R C-R Thanks for the link...and the comments. I think I'll need the camera to fully (maybe paritally ) understand this. This camera seems a massive step up compared to the S50. (Still...15 years is a long time for advancement). I have a lot to learn (been enjoying AP heaps) - especially after using PhotoDraw V2 for 17 years.

@Ron P. Thanks for the insight. I had already downloaded the pdf user guide and am slowing working my way through it. I am currently hard out on Youtube as well checking things out. Your comment on blurry images in burst mode is understandable. The S50 has a panarama mode, so I have no expereince whatsoever taking panaramas without using that mode. However, I did stitch some images together in AP that were not shot in PR mode and I was very happy with the results. Thanks for the explanation of the focus merge stuff. I thought a lot of cameras had a function that automatically changed the focus using some type of burst mode. Need to read up.

Greetings, Currently looking to upgrade our camera from a canon S50 (approx 15 years old) to a Canon PowerShot G7 X Mark II. I'm not a pro photographer (or software user) and need some help understanding some of the stuff the new camera entails and how that will be impacted in AP. 1.There is no panarama mode in this camera, but I have found AP does an excellent job of creating panaramas from images that weren't shot in the panarama mode. Is a panarama mode necessary if this is the case? I have heard there is a work around by using a continuous shooting mode and then using software to create the panarama. Maybe one can just fake the panarama but shooting a series of images? I'd like to be able to use the focus merge / stacking features of AP. Does this camera have these features. I don't really know anything about what is actually needed for this. Same applies to HDR? Anyone use this camera? Any suggestions?? This camera outputs CR2 RAW (I think). How are poeple vieiwing these as thumbnails on Win 10? (I usually shoot jpg, but want to look at RAW as well)

Thanks for this. As I stated above, the AM was unchecked and this resolved the issue (except for the other question I had concerning the expanding of the layer). Much appreciated.

Thanks Dan....whatever this means. Looks like I've got even more stuff to suss. Please be gentle. I've come from using MS Photodraw (V2) for the last 17 years - did everything I wanted. Got a lot of new stuff to learn - made more difficult by the fact I"m not a professional at this - just long-toothed and trying to keep the old brain active Just gave this a go with an imported image - rasterised it from the right click menu and the mask button hasn't changed - still puts the mask above the layer - selected or not! Edit: Carl123's suggestion sorted it out. Seems the assistant manager was un-checked and once I checked it, everything was back to working as it was. Question: Now that its working again, when I add a mask to the layer, it expands the layer to show the mask underneath it. In both tutorials I watched this never happened and the layer stayed collapsed (perhaps they were using an older version of the software). Is this the expected action?? Edit: Okay...found my own answer..."show selection in layers panel" was checked in preferences under "User Interface" Now it operates as per the videos I saw. Thanks for the help. Now I'm off to learn about the masking/clipping thingee

Hey Dan C Thanks for the input. Here is a vid. Puts it above the layer stack everytime, or above the selected layer...never on the layer like your does. I'll check out that other post. Capture_20180921200109.mp4

Greetings, Been doing a lot of tutorials using AP. I noted that one tutorial showed the presenter clicking the mask button at the bottom of the layer panel and the mask appearing on the selected layer (beside the square layer icon). There was also an expand arrow that appeared on the selected layer. I thought this much be a MAC feature as the tuturial was using the MAC version, but now I just watched a Windows AP tutorial and the presenter does the same thing and the mask appears on the selected layer. SO it's not OS specific. However, on my machine (Win 10) using 1.6.5.123 when I click the mask button, it puts the mask layer eithe at the top of the layer stack, or if a layer is selected then it puts it directly above that layer. I have to manually move it everytime? My question is why doesn't mine work like the video??? (I have tried the modifier keys without success.) Also, what is the difference between moving the mask so there is a long blue horizontal highlight underneath layer, and moving the mask so that there is a small blue vertical highlight beside the square layer image. (One nests the masks under the selected layer, the other puts it beside the square if the layer is collapsed.) Thanks for the help.