[Affinity Publisher Native Imposition Facilities]

Hi @jepho,

 

We cannot confirm or deny any features for Affinity Publisher until the beta is released. Sorry

 

Thaks,

Gabe. 

[How do you make logo guidelines?]

 

Hi @MiLeung,

 

Welcome to the forums. 

 

You can have precise guidings, but you're "limited" to just the object itself and the canvas. Let's say, you cannot move an object Y/20 on Y axis of another object. You can, however, move it y/20 in relation to its current position. As for the guides, you can use other objects as guides, with centre guides and align guides. Have a look here - 12. Design Aids

 

Thanks,

Gabe. 

 

[Wacom PC Paint]

I'm afraid you posted on the wrong forum. Here we only support Affinity ( Photo and Designer ) . You can give our trials a go:

 

Affinity Photo: https://affinity.serif.com/signup/trial/photo/
Affinity Designer: https://affinity.serif.com/signup/trial/designer/

 

Any other software that you have issues with, I suggest you get in touch with their tech support. 

[Star Trails]

HI @Kulashaker,

 

Welcome to the forums. 

 

The speed of the stack would be greatly influenced by the RAM, and by the file size of your photos. When you're stacking images, most of the info will be stored in RAM for the duration of the process. I suggest you give it a go with 10 images and see how it goes. But I'm pretty sure that 100 photos will take at least 15-20 minutes. I gave it a quick try with 90 images ( 300kb each ) and it took about 1 minute. If you're working with raw files( 30mb+ each file ), you can expect longer waiting times.

 

Thanks,

Gabe. 

[Gradient Spot color value...]

Hi @Zelig,

 

Welcome to the forums. 

 

I've created a quick gif showing how to do it  See below. 

[How to export from AD to Illustrator to preserve layer names]

Hi @Karol Rzadczyk,

 

Welcome to the forums. 

 

Both PDF and SVG will keep the layers and file names if you choose PDF(for export) or SVG(for export) in the preset dialogue. Just be aware that this will not export any hidden layers. 

 

Thanks

Gabe. 

[Export not match Affinity Photo preview]

Hi @Mareck,

 

You would be better off working in a sRGB across the board. Your final image is going to be Jpeg srgb anyways, and there's no real reason to go from linear to Filmic OCIO , and then from Filmic OCIO to sRGB. Try to set the working space in Blender to sRGB_OETF. In 32 bit preview, select the sRGB_OETF in the first drop-down menu, and sRGB in the second one. Or, you can leave it to ICC. Both will look almost identical. This way you will definitely export what you see on the screen.  

[Wacom PC Paint]

Hi @Denis English,

 

Welcome to the forum. 

 

I'm not quite sure if I understood this right. Are you using Microsoft Paint or Affinity to design the illustrations?

 

Thanks,

Gabe. 

[Support for RAW with Nikon B700]

Hi @LadyBillieBoo,

 

This has been raised with our development team and we hope to get it implemented in future updates. However, we do not have an ETA as of now  Sorry.

If you however have a MAC, you can change the RAW engine in Develop Assistant>Raw engine to Apple(core Image RAW) and this will open RAW files just fine, 

 

Thanks, 

Gabe. 

[Affinity grayscale 8 bit jpeg to Motion 5.]

Hi Paula, 

 

Welcome to the forums. 

 

I have spoken with our content creator here in the office and they've used Motion and FCPX with files exported as FCPX PSD without any issues. Any chance you can upload your .psd and .afdesign or .afphoto so we can have a look?

 

Thanks,

Gabe. 

 

 

[Unable to export photo]

I've had a look at the file attached. The reason why it's so slow is that you have got so many live filters applied. Live filters work a bit different, and they will have a big impact on performance. I suggest this workflow: Once you're happy with the result, open the live filter and click on "merge". The main "issues" are the layers parented your background layer. If you merge all of them one by one, the export only takes a few seconds to export. 

[tone mapping not working on a single image pixel layer]

That pixel layer looks empty to me. Have you got anything on it?

[tone mapping not working on a single image pixel layer]

It's entirely up to you. If you want to isolate that pixel layer when you tone map, yes. You would have to. But there is no need to do it unless you want to do it. Can you upload your .afphoto file so I can have a look? 

[tone mapping not working on a single image pixel layer]

Hi williamgale,

 

Welcome to the forums. 

 

Tone mapping will work on a layer basis, with only one layer at a time. If you have 2 layers, you will have to select one, go into tone mapping, do the adjustments, save, select the second one, do the adjustments, save. 

 

Thanks,

Gabe. 

[Auto Save Recovery on Affinity Photo not working]

Hi saikat,

 

Affinity ( both Photo and Designer) tries to recover the file when you open that specific file. If you, however, were working on a new document and you have never saved it, the recovery won't work. If you saved the file at any point, it will try to recover it when you re-open it. But there is no guarantee you will always have a recovery file. 

 

Thanks,

Gabe. 

[Unable to export photo]

Hi Bear, 

 

Welcome to the forums. 

 

Any chance you can attach the .afdesign file so we can have a look? If it's too big, you can use our dropbox account:

 

https://www.dropbox.com/request/wXz8g5L2MmwZiaI6M7jE

 

Thanks,

Gabe. 

 

 

[Affinity Photo failed download]

Hi @g_bottini ,

 

 

Open finder and press Command+Shift+G. navigate to /private/var/log/install.log , open install.log and check why it fails. 

 

Thanks,

Gabe. 

[Mysterious Shortcut on Photo! Pressing G+G blurs selected layer!]

Hi @saikat,

 

This is definitely not an intended feature. By default, G cycles between Gradient Tool and Flood Fill Tool.  If you don't have any custom shortcuts, go to Edit>Prefferences>Keyboard Shortcuts>Reset. This will reset any custom shortcuts to default.

 

Thanks,

Gabe. 

[Anyway to speed up Affinity Photo w 24GB RAM]

Hi @blackxacto,

 

Welcome to the forums. 

 

Quote

OS X has a limit on the number of sandbox resources for security purposes which is shared by all Sandboxed applications

 

If you're using other sandbox apps at the same time with Affinity, you will share the same resources. Try a reboot, run only AP and see if that makes any difference. 

 

Thanks,

Gabe. 

[Update fails due to missing installer]

Try to use a uninstall manager like Revo: https://www.revouninstaller.com/revo_uninstaller_free_download.html . Something must be corrupt ( files or registry keys). 

[collage]

Hi @Mr.T ,

 

Welcome to the forums. 

 

You can easily do this. However, it is not a 1-click-job. We do not have templates for college jobs, so you will have to come up with your own design and arrange the photos accordingly. Have a look at this tutorial:

 

Thanks,

Gabe. 

[I can't seem to scan properly in Affinity Photo]

You cannot really add a driver as a plugin unless the driver itself it's in a "plugin format". Because we don't have a dedicated tool for scanning, it's hard to say what's wrong. We're just relying on the drivers you have. I suggest you scan the files separately. Perhaps you can try to see if there's an update available for your scanner? 

[I can't seem to scan properly in Affinity Photo]

Hi @Kogios5,

 

Welcome to the forums. 

 

Affinity does not have any built-in drivers, and it's purely relying on the drivers you have already installed. Can you scan properly with the dedicated software for your scanner? 

 

Thanks,

Gabe. 

[When Symbol Syncing Fails]

I believe it's more to do in the "back end code" and how the software treats the text. The Frame text will have a solid line as it's fully synced. The artistic text I believe it's just a "Text frame with a frame=disabled tag( back-end), therefore the dashed line and the "unlinked attribute: Frame text " (front end). It's just a thought. Will log this as an improvement with our devs in the meantime. 

[When Symbol Syncing Fails]

I believe the Unlinked Text frame is because both text tools are technically the same, one being constrained within a box(frame text tool), probably with a tag in the code, while the other one is not. If this applies to the symbols, then the "tag being off" for the artistic text would be the Unlinked attribute. The symbol might look for all the attributes, and if any are "disabled" - Artistic text, it will display the unlinked "error".