[Raw file issues on Mac]

Hi MartinF,

Welcome to the forums

Could you please confirm, are you using Serif Labs RAW engine or Apple Core? Both are compatible with your camera, but the issue may be isolated to one and not both.

I've seen something similar to this before (see thread below), and this problem was only occasional. Could you please try closing the RAW development and opening the image again? Does it appear correctly?

 

[Any Fuji X shooters out there...?]

Hi Phatman

You might find something helpful in the links provided in the below post, unfortunately I'm not a Fuji user so couldn't comment personally!

 

 

[Batch Job Skips Files]

Hi LinkLayer

I'm sorry to hear this, it certainly isn't something I've heard of before.

Could you please upload some sample JPEGs (10-15 would be perfect) and the macro that you're running to the following link? This will allow me to look into this for you!

https://www.dropbox.com/request/2EBRoejpuetmfTgT7rgs

[Raw File issues related to Panasonic DC G9]

Sorry to hear this Gregory, my colleague @James Ritson uses the Olympus EM-1 Mk2  (or at least used to!) and may be able to provide some helpful tips.

When opening the RAW, are you using Serif Labs or the Apple Core RAW engine?  

[Export .afdesign Files]

Hi Goosekeeper

If you have an iCloud account shared between the two iPads, you could open Affinity Designers settings on the iPad that contains all of your work, and change the Default Save Location to iCloud. Then, select the three tiered menu option next to each open document on your iPad and select Save. This will save each file as an .afdesign file directly to your iCloud, if they are all called 'untitled' then each time you save another it should incrementally add a number to the end of each document, as to not overwrite the last. If your files are already named, the name should not be changed through this procedure.

You can now go to your new iPad and import all of your work from the cloud, using the + icon on the homescreen. I hope this helps!

[Feature request: PDF support]

Hi Doc Ricky

Affinity Designer for iPad supports the following file formats for import and export currently:

Full Open or Import List
Adobe® Photoshop® PSD
Adobe® Illustrator® AI (containing PDF stream)
PDF
SVG
EPS
Adobe® FreeHand® (versions 9 to 11)
PNG
TIFF
JPG
GIF
EXR (Open EXR)
HDR (Radiance)
Affinity Photo native file
Affinity Designer native file

Full Save or Export List
Adobe® Photoshop® PSD
PDF (can be opened in Adobe® Illustrator®)
SVG
EPS
TIFF
PNG
JPG
GIF
EXR (Open EXR)
HDR (Radiance)
Affinity Designer (Affinity common file format)

[How to check document size?]

Hi godwheel,

Welcome to the forums

Selecting the Hand Tool (H) will show your canvas size in the context toolbar at any time.

This has been requested previously, see the thread below!

 

[Affinity Photo User Interface (UI) Scaling]

Hi Alinoyan,

Welcome to the forums

1 hour ago, Friksel said:

It would help if you inform us if you're working on Windows or Mac

I believe they did, with the following sentence but I may be incorrect.

7 hours ago, Alinoyan said:

Is there a setting or a clever way to make them bigger, without messing around with the Windows' own desktop scaling?

The answer, if you are using Windows, is that Affinity scales with Windows desktop scaling only currently, and doesn't have a built in option to enlarge the UI, my apologies.

You can change a few things, like the tool handle size under Edit>Preferences>Tools, but the overall UI scaling is takes from the Windows provided percentage.

[Converting a dash into individual strokes.]

Hi Doc Ricky,

Welcome to the forums

The best way to do this is to select the curve, go to the three dot menu at the top left and select Expand Stroke, then without removing your selection, go to the same menu and select Divide under Geometry. This will create multiple 'curve' objects, one for each dash. Hope this helps!

[Swap Dynamic Zoom Hotkey?]

Hi Kbock

There's no way to swap this currently, apologies. I'll move this thread to Feature Requests for our devs to see and consider adding an option in the future!

[designer brushes]

Hi ydaltak  

12 hours ago, ydaltak said:

is there any way to find out which brush was used?

Unfortunately this isn't currently possible, your idea of naming the Pixel layers certainly sounds like a good workaround!

[questions to staff here or other members]

Hi derlange 58

I recommend you check out the below post from KateM:

 

[Edit Styles?]

Hi organicspot

18 hours ago, organicspot said:

I want the existing style to be edited.

Unfortunately this isn't currently possible, I'll move this thread to our Feature Requests section of the forums for our devs to consider adding in the future!

[Raw File issues related to Panasonic DC G9]

Hi Brunswick83,

Welcome to the forums

Unfortunately the Apple Core RAW engine is only available on Apple PCs. We update our RAW support as often as possible, and I certainly hope the G9 will be included in our supported list for Serif Labs, however I cannot make any guarantees of this, or offer a time-frame currently, my sincerest apologies.

[Can not install Affinity Photo and designer]

Hi aDora,

Welcome to the forums

Could you please confirm, what version of Windows are you using? Is it 32bit or 64bit please?

[When can Affinity Designer update?]

Hi JeffreyMontgomery,

Welcome to the forums

We update Affinity as often as possible, with the small incremental updates (such as 1.6.1 to 1.6.2) being mainly bug fixes, and larger updates (such as 1.6 to 1.7) being feature changes or additions, along with bug fixes etc.

We don't have an update schedule or estimated dates for when these updates are available, we simply release them when ready. Perhaps keep an eye on our beta forums (we aren't running any currently, but hopefully soon) to see what may be included in future updates!

https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/forum/60-affinity-designer-beta-forums/

If you have an update available, you can see the change list below:

Win - 

Mac - 

 

[How to transfer Affinity from windows to Mac]

Hi

Welcome to the forums!

Firstly, I recommend changing your username from your email address, as this is a public forum and it may be used maliciously.

Secondly, Affinity licenses are non-transferable, meaning if you now require a Mac license you will need to purchase the software again, my apologies.

[iPad - Copy and Paste setting]

Hi Roshin,

Welcome to the forums

14 hours ago, Roshin said:

Does Affinity Photo on iPad allow copy and pasting of adjustments?

It certainly does, please watch the quick video below to see this in action!

 

14 hours ago, Roshin said:

Can you copy changes made and apply to multiple images?

You can use Macros in Affinity Photo for iPad to apply a preset of changes to an image, however you can't currently record these on the iOS version of Affinity, so you will have to create them in the desktop version and import them in.

[Exporting to PSD]

Hi Steveporter

We've seen this issue before in Procreate (See below thread) and I imagine they are related, I'll update our developer report to include Quark Xpress. Could you please confirm your PSD export settings?

Unfortunately there's no workaround for opening PSD files into other 3rd party apps currently, so you may need to use PDF files, my apologies for any inconveniences caused.

 

[Opacity Pressure Control]

Hi Daniel Aubert,

Welcome to the forums

We  recommend trying Flow Jitter at 100% set to pressure and Accumulation Jitter between 30%-50%, to closely mimic PS opacity on pressure!

[Colouring Layers]

Hi saraheagle! 

At the moment, only the colour of the layer can be changed, it's been requested previously to have a thicker line option so that these colours are more obvious, I'll update the improvement report with your comments

In the meantime, I'd recommend using a bolder or brighter colour, as this may 'jump out' a little more at a glance!

[Set a keyboard shortcut for "Lock children"]

Hi saraheagle

Unfortunately there's no shortcut option currently for Lock Children. I'll move this thread to Feature Requests for our devs to consider adding in a future update!

[Can not install Affinity Photo and designer]

Hi betant,

Welcome to the forums

We've seen similar reports of this before on our forums, see link below, could you please try updating your graphics card drivers and installing again?

We also have an install FAQ linked below which may help!

 

[This really can't be the right size, well?]

Thanks for your files, I've looked through and most of this is to be expected. When developing images into 32bit we expect the file size to be much larger, and as mikerofoto has mentioned converting the file to 8bit and deleting the snapshot will reduce the file-size drastically.

I developed your Basics image into 16bit without making changes and saved the file at 217MB. I then converted the file and deleted the snapshot and saved it as a new file at 54.3MB.

I'd recommend reading the following thread, as our developers went into great detail regarding our proprietary file size  

 

 

[Layer alpha channel promote to mask?]

Hi Mark_A

If you right click on the filter layers alpha and select create mask layer, Affinity will create a new mask layer that contains the filters selective adjustment. This can then be nested within another filter, such that they have the same selective masking.