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ikirbster

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  1. So for "Show Special Characters" import a Linux APU file. I'm not sure how easy that would be to do on a Mac but I'll look into it. As a Graphic Designer, I think that the distort tool should be a priority as well as basic paragraph text tools. Of course I obviously don't speak for everyone but Illustrator has these tools and for those of us with a background in Adobe products, it would be a big help. I have upgraded to Mac OS Catalina and my CS6 products no longer work. My bridges have been burned, I'm all in with Affinity products now. Thanks for the quick replies.
  2. I have 3 features that I need, two of them are supposed to be in Affinity Design but I can't seem to get them to work, these are: I cannot get guides to show I cannot find "show special characters" with paragraph text, also, no tabs tool? The third feature is "distorting objects" which should exist and probably does but I can't find it. The text features exist, I'm sure, in Publisher, which I have but I don't like to do single page design in Publisher. I consider that more for documents and multi page documents. I understand if you don't agree with me on where the features should reside but it seems to me that these features must be in Designer.
  3. OK, I've been updating the betas via the beta software. This is the first time that I've run into this problem. Thanks for your explanation.
  4. I've been using the Designer and Photo Beta software for a long time but this new version, 1.7 is asking me for my Product Key before finishing the boot up. My problem is that I don't see Product Keys for Designer and Photo in my account. I believe that I purchased my original versions through the Apple Store and I don't have Product Keys for them. Can you help with this?
  5. Wow, thank you so much! I did not see Affinity's formats in the supported list and when I opened XN View there were only placeholders for Affinity. But I made some changes and reopened the program and it works! This is exactly what I was looking for but didn't know it existed.
  6. That does support a lot of formats (500) but not Affinity products unfortunately. From the graphic designer perspective, Adobe Bridge already has this capability. What I'm looking for is to able to see a preview of all of my Affinity file images. The idea is to be able to scroll through your Affinity images as well as photos, PDFs etc...
  7. I did, most of the posts that I read were about a DAM for photography, such as in Lightroom which is different than what I'm asking for. I admit that I only read several pages...
  8. At the present time I use Adobe Bridge to look through my files for images that I need for my work. Because I'm now using Affinity products instead of Adobe products (PS, AI, ID) I cannot see previews of the Affinity images. A DAM product that replaces what Adobe Bridge does but adds support for Affinity images would be very helpful for graphic designers. It would also show PDFs, TIFF, JPEG, and GIF image previews and allow moving or opening images. This is a very specific use but one that most users would, I believe, support.
  9. I got the 1.7.0.6 version of Designer Beta, Placed a .afphoto image and it worked as it should. Sorry about the trouble.
  10. I am using the Photo Beta and the Designer Beta (1.7.0.4) software only, not the 1.6 version. From your replies, it appears that it should be working so I'm guessing that it is a mistake at my end. OK, so I just tried to do the Place Image using Photo 1.6.7 and Designer 1.6.1. It worked as I had expected it to. So this was apparently something to do with the Beta software. I just tried to do it again using the Designer Beta 1.7, and the Photo Beta 1.7 it still didn't work but if I used an .afphoto file made in Photo 1.6, it worked as expected. Concerning embedding vs linking a file, when you embed a file it usually makes the vector programs (Designer) file size much larger, thus using more hard drive memory. You are actually creating an extra version of the rasterized (Photo) file. It has nothing to do with sending a file, I was just explaining the problem that some designers have with switching over to Designer from the Adobe products.
  11. I apparently still don't understand. Attached is a proof (JPEG) of a poster that I did in Designer (for a client) and also a downsized version of one of the reptile .afphoto files that I attempted to Place. The reptile image is mine so there is not a copyright issue. I'm a graphic designer with a background in Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, Quark, and many other graphic programs from when they first emerged from the primordial void, about 1989 if I remember correctly. What I wanted to do was Link the photo in my Designer document (to keep the file size small). When I hit "D" for the Place command, I click on the image and choose "Open". If the image is a PSD, it is Placed into my document as I expected, however, if the image is a .afphoto image nothing happens. I should probably mention that I'm using the Beta versions instead of the regular versions. I have a terrible weakness for working in Beta versions of software even when I'm doing critical work for clients. Still, I find the Betas to be very stable and seemingly feature complete. BTW, I very much appreciate your help and patience. I'm extremely happy with the Affinity software but I still find myself occasionally searching for how to do something that I learned many years ago in another software program. I keep telling other designers that they should switch but the having to send "native files" thing is still an issue for many people. testcollaredliz.afphoto
  12. I'm sorry Walt, I was not clear. I meant why can't I do a Place Image command using an .afphoto file? If I Export the image as a PSD I can do a Place but not with the .afphoto.
  13. Probably these two questions has been answered previously but here it is: In Affinity Designer, when in the pixel persona, do the brushes upscale if you enlarge the file? Also why can't I open an .afphoto in Designer?
  14. The Width Tool in Illustrator is extremely useful and is something that I hope we will see in Designer in 2019. Any way of changing the width of a part of a vector line would be helpful.
  15. Thanks for the help. I sure hope they add Text>Show Special Characters to Designer. I'm very glad that Affinity has Publisher as it was one of the missing pieces to replace Adobe (Bridge is the last missing piece) but except for books or brochures, I use Designer for design.
  16. I know all of the Adobe Illustrator keyboard shortcuts that I need to work in Illustrator and many of them are the same in Designer. However, there are some that I can't figure out so I have two questions: Is there a list that compares keyboard shortcuts between Illustrator and Designer? Second question, how do you "Show Hidden Characters" in Designer? In AI is is CMD/SHFT/I.
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