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SamSteele

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  1. 14 hours ago, paco52 said:

    INDD import would be nice.
    It doesn't seems impossible.
    I have recently tested Viva Designer and it imports nearly flawlessly INDD files.
    Acctually, with the basic 100 € version of Viva Designer, one can open INDD files and export them in IDML

    On the VIVADesigner website it only says the IDML files can be imported from or exported to InDesign;

    "Due to the excellent Import and Export functions of the Viva technology, InDesign® documents w.e.f. version CS4 in IDML format can be imported and also re-exported to InDesign®.

    See: http://www.viva.de/en/solutions/adobe-indesign-user.

    See also:Snip below of http://www.viva.de/en/component/jdownloads/send/53-manual/128-exchange-with-indesign

    Do you have a reference that states differently?

    VivaDesign-IDML.PNG

  2. 6 hours ago, NotMyFault said:

    Taking a different road to a more targeted approach:

    • use frequency separation with 3px to isolate unwanted color issue
    • add B/W adjustment. Set blend mode to difference
    • merge visible (looks almost black but isn’t, use levels adjustment to better see )
    • hide helping layers
    • Set blend mode to add
    • adjust opacity to about 30% gives optimal result

    This preserves the fine structures.

    you may need to experiment a bit with px settings.

    BTW the HF layer shows that a low quality jpeg compression amplified the scan damage.

    (Amplified color cast):

     

     

    remove color from scan.afphoto

    Will give it a shot. Photo was as given. The person is now deceased. What can you do?

  3. Photo 1.9.2.1035, Win 7

    I seem to have created a monster: a rectangular brush I cannot get rid of. I also tried to create an image brush following all of James' steps in his tutorial bur could not see it being saved. Then I tried exporting something the pixel layer and it must have ended up somewhere but I can't import it. Confused? So am I.

    It's all quite a mess, really. My omnipresent monster never goes away, even after editing and I have no other brushes to choose from. Where are the brushes?

  4. 9 hours ago, VirginiaL said:

    hi you all. Is there any news aboout .indd files?

    Thank you

    Native Indd files not likely. Via IDML, it is possible in Affinity Publisher.

    Last November Eddie Aguirre said "Any of you guys on a Mac looking for a way to convert your native InDesign files to Affinity Publisher (through IDML), IDMarkz, might be the tool you need. As many of you have mentioned, this can be done using InDesign, but if you're looking for a long-term solution that makes the process seamless, check out this video showing how simple the conversion process is. The video shows the process with an older version of Publisher, but the current version will convert using an IDML rather than PDF."

    I asked about a WIN solutions and Eddie said: "It's in the works."?

  5. 41 minutes ago, walt.farrell said:

    But with it in General, as it is now, it is consistent across all three Affinity applications. Remember that only Publisher has the Filler Text panel in the Preferences dialog; the other two don't have it.

    One size does not fit all.

    I can not imagine using filler text in Photo or Design. What for?  But if they claim to worship at the Temple of Consistency, which they don't, then real consistency would have the Filler Text panel in all 3 apps. And, Clip/unclip canvas would be found in the same place and do the same thing. Yes? They aren't and it doesn't. Try it.

    I'm not sure the if UI was designed or "It just growed."

  6. 2 hours ago, dominik said:

    Hi @SamSteele,

    filler text is, after you inserted it, a field that has the property to adjust itself to the available space of a text frame. In other words, you shrink the text frame and the filler text reduces itself automatically. This is an option in the general options an can be turned off.

    While filler text is a field you cannot select single words or lines. You have to first right click on it and select 'expand field'.

    Hope that helps.
    d.

    Two great tips! Thank you Dominik, very helpful. 👌 Now, if the switch "Insert filler text as text" was put in the "Filler Text" preference and labelled as "Make filler text properties adjustable" (or something like that), it would be perfect.

    Again, thanks. 

    R.

  7. 2 hours ago, fde101 said:

    You seem to have missed the organization of the context toolbar.

    Character properties on the left, paragraph properties on the right.

    Your proposed change would cause them to become interspersed, causing needless mayhem and potentially resulting in a space-time anomaly that could destroy civilization as we may have once been about to know it.

    Oh.   There's a logic to it? So sorry. 🙏

  8. 8 minutes ago, Wosven said:

    Perhaps you missed the important part we're talking about (bottom of the page you linked):

     

     

    Not a reference to my quote, but good to know (for those who still use InDesign). I can see possibly using character leading for a title design or a sub-heading but space after (or before) is probably more useful for sub-heads.

    Playing around with automatic Filler text, I find it less than useful because you can't select specific lines or paragraphs (at least I couldn't). Maybe I haven't played with it enough. I prefer my own filler text file.

     

  9. 9 hours ago, fde101 said:

    Those are all character properties, placing them under Paragraph would make no sense.  Leading is kind of unique in that it is available as a paragraph property but there is also a leading "override" which is a character property and overrides the paragraph leading for some range of characters.

    Leading is not a character spec. You don't lead one character; you might raise it, but not lead it. People don't set type o n e  c h a r a c h t e r  at a time. Leading is a function of lines of type, therefore it is a paragraph spec normally found in paragraph styles. Affinity screwed up on this.

    My next lesson will be on Kerning: What it really means for designers.

  10. 1 hour ago, SamSteele said:

    I agree. Publisher is a comer. Now if only they had made leading part of paragraph specs/styles instead of a character spec...<sigh>

     

    My mistake—it happens occasionally. What I meant to say was "If only type specs for typeface, font, size and leading had all been combined in one place (preferably under Paragraph, but I guess Character would do) it would be good. Type is always spec'd as "10/12" or "10 on 12", height and leading together.

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