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Hi dear community, is there any option to create a PDF/X-4 with layers? (I attached a screenshot of the AD export dialogue where the layer checkbox is greyed out - sorry only in German language) The special print shop I have a cooperation with has the requirement of having PDF/X-4 Pdf with separate layers for the print of cosmetic tubes. I know there's this option in Adobe Illustrator (there's a checkbox for creating Pdf-Layers in PDF/X-4). I have read that PDF/X-4 was introduced to enable, among other things, the possibility of layers in PDFs. PS: I created a design in Affinity Designer already, to benefit from it's included PANTONE+ Library (another requirement for the cosmetic tube print). Sadly Adobe Illustrator has no preset/included PANTONE+ Library anymore since 2023. I ask for your help and look forward to your feedback Thanks and greets, Gregor

After watching a couple of Ocean documentaries I was deeply intrigued by the endless number of sea creatures that exist. Eventually I got tired watching and got inspired to create this Ocean inspired Deep See art. Enjoy. Tools: Affinity Designer, Affinity Photo, Affinity Publisher Let's connect: https://www.behance.net/bah-is-life https://www.instagram.com/bah_is_life/

Mandala, designed in Affinity Designer 2.5 beta following Tutorial on YouTube. ❤️

Finally finished the 1st episode of the animated series I've been working on for years with my nephew 🙌 Affinity Designer and Photo was used to create some of the backgrounds and design most of the characters. Would love to know what you think of it!

The Triskalion, a Celtic mystical symbol representing courage, power and wisdom. Made in Affinity Designer using the spiral tool and the symbols panel.

When working with the vector tool, its great that the pressure can be recorded when using a graphic tablet. But when only using the mouse, you have to use the pressure controls inside the stroke-panel. For short curves this is pretty ok, but if my curve gets too long, the precise configuration of the pressure is near to impossible. To improve the usability I suggest an seperate pressure-edit mode or something like that where you can specify the pressure value directly on the actual curve (maybe by adding points similar to those handlese on bézier-curves). This should be additional, so you could also edit the pressure on the old way.

Vector brushes are cool but when they are applied to long curves, many of them break because they get streched. On the other hand with vector curves are perfect for geometric or very precice shapes because they can be reajusted afterward. Pixel-based brushes don't have the downsides mentioned before. So it would be cool to have in addition to the normal vector brushes the option to use the rasterized brushes for curves. The curve represents the mouse movement when working with the pen tool. Other advanages inclue: You could change the the brush size afterwards You could also vary the brush pressure (because this is an already existing feature in vector brushes) Have a great day!

🇬🇧 A little tribute to the graphic designer Michel GRANGER, French author of several album cover illustrations by Jean-Michel JARRE including the 4th, “Equinoxe”, released in 1978. The character on this cover is called “the Watcher”. He is adorned with the three Serif colors and looks into the future, saying to himself: what will I become?... And what will we become?... 🇫🇷 Petit hommage au graphiste Michel GRANGER, auteur français de plusieurs illustrations de couverture d'albums de Jean-Michel JARRE dont le 4ème, “Equinoxe”, sorti en 1978. Le personnage de cette couverture se nomme “l'Observateur”. Il est bardé des trois couleurs Serif et scrute l'avenir en se disant : que vais-je devenir ?... Et nous, qu'allons-nous devenir ?... 😉

Make your own digital mosaics and fauxsaics in Affinity Designer! >>GET THE PACK HERE<< After a trip to Sicily, where I saw some stunning ancient Roman mosaics, it occurred to me that there was no tool which allowed Affinity Designer users to draw their own mosaic designs. So, I set about making this complete mosaic tile tool kit – it contains everything you need to create your own realistic looking fauxsaics. In this pack I’ve captured the irregular, chipped edges of the original Roman source material (c. 4th century AD) allowing you to create stunning designs and illustrations with a sense of antiquity. However, the pack isn’t just for adding a vintage look – as you’ll see from the screen-shots you can use the Affinity Designer brushes, patterns and textures to bring a unique twist to contemporary designs too. To test the pack I studied real mosaics and put the Affinity brushes through their paces by re-creating a real Roman design – the bear image screen-shot. >>GET THE PACK HERE<< The pack contains all of these fantastic components: The Brushes A variety of mosaic tile Affinity Designer vector brushes, all sourced from genuine 1600+ year old material. A grout brush is also included – perfect for adding a rough, undulating edges to vector shapes. The Pattern Styles 6 authentic mosaic repeat patterns – perfect for backgrounds or for flooding areas with tiles quickly. Supplied as One-click Affinity Designer styles. The Border Brushes Add authentic looking borders to your mosaics. 6 Different designs supplied, each made using multiple vector brushes – simply layer them up. The Seamless Overlay Textures 2 Stone textures and 2 grunge overlay textures – use these to flood areas quickly and add age and authenticity to your designs. The featured Affinity Designer textures are seamless, so you can fill any sized area. Supplied as One-click Affinity styles. A quick reference PDF guide This will help you quickly find the right brushes and styles for the task in hand and get the most out of this brush, pattern and texture pack. Example file The Skull image has been supplied for you to backwards engineer. Supplied as an Affinity Designer file. Instructions A very thorough guide on how to load, apply and then adjust this brush, style and texture tool kit is included. >>GET THE PACK HERE<<

Hey everyone, I've noticed time and again that there are recurring issues with different blend modes for effects, layers, shapes, etc. In the attached file, you can see this at the bottom edge of the compound shape with gradient and effect. There's a bar or area that seems to be unaffected by the effect. Over the years, I've pragmatically looked for and then used similar blend modes. But now I'm wondering: Are these display errors still due to technically limitations, and why aren't they being addressed/fixed after all this time? Cheers, Dennis Discolored_Bar_Bug.afdesign

Hey everyone, I'm a big fan of shortcuts and well organized layers in my workflow and noticed something that could be improved – the accessibility of the Move Selection to New Layer option. Right now, it’s only available from the Move Tools context menu, which is fine, but I think it could be better, more visible and accessible. Wouldn't it be great if we could also find this option in the Layer options menu and therefore have the ability to set a custom shortcut for it? I feel like these changes would help make the (well, my) workflow smoother. What do you guys think? Is this something you’d find useful too? Cheers! Dennis

Hi everyone Here’s little something I did a while ago with iPad and affinity designer. I call these „angular girls” and drew around 20 so far (most of them can be considered nsfw so if anyone’s interested please visit @sztukierobie on IG )

Hey everyone, I've run into an issue in Affinity Designer when using the Contour Tool with compound objects. What I would expect: When I select individual elements within a compound object, the bounding boxes fit snugly around each element – just as they do with shapes that aren't using the Contour Tool. What actually happens: All good when selecting elements one by one. But when I select the whole compound object, the bounding box is unexpectedly large, even though I reduced the shapes size inside with the Contour Tool. It doesn’t match the actual size of the object, making it really tough to position things accurately. I attached a sample file. I know I could »bake the appearance« to fix it, which makes the size permanent, but I want to keep the design flexible (need to create a graphic with different sized window frames). So, that’s not the solution for me. Has anyone else dealt with this? Greetings Dennis Contour_Tool_Compound_Object_Bounding_Box.afdesign

I've completed designing, 3d modeling, surfacing/texturing and rigging a 3D City Bus for my upcoming Animation Short Film. Completely ready to animate, including rigs for the doors and to drive and steer the bus. Affinity Designer was used for all logo and texture designs. Here's a demo video

Hello everyone, I would like to create electronic components for my projects (Arduino) so that I can use them in a software program. To do this, the external dimensions must fit. I have already created it in Affinity Designer and have external dimensions of 20x25mm. After exporting as SVG, whether as a document, as an artboard or as a slice, I always have different dimensions afterwards. Even when I open it again in Affinity, my original 20mm becomes something around 80mm. Can any of you help me how to export such files correctly? Iam also interested in whether it is possible to automatically adapt an artboard or a slice to a selection. I have to leave the layers as they are for the software to export and not group them. This means that slicing, for example, does not work properly. I will be grateful for any tips. Many thanks in advance and best regards from Germany 🙂.

I want to use Pen mode and quickly and easily deselect when I am done drawing a curve so ,I can start to draw the next curve. In select mode one can tap the screen but in Pen Mode that just continues the curve.

Hi y'all, Today I've published a new video with visuals for music I made recently. Graphics were designed in Affinity Designer and animated in Moho Pro. Don't forget to listen through headphones or with good bass bins Hope you like it!

Covering many tools in this tutorial, and all broken down into easy manageable chapters. https://youtu.be/IKSNeoU_iAI

Hi everyone, I recorded this tutorial on how to draw the Flower of Life in Affinity Designer. I hope you guys find it insightful.

Thought I'd show another comparison of original sketch to vector.

I created this sacred geometry figure in Affinity Designer, called the Dodeca Fractals. I hope you guys like it.

Immediately after updating to 2.4.1 (and continuing through an update to 2.4.2), Affinity Designer (EDIT: And Affinity Publisher!) is stalling after I open it. I cannot open any file or create a new file. The dialog box for creating a new file still functions, but once I press CREATE, nothing happens. Nothing will open, but it's using a lot of processing power (CPU at 25%). I tried uninstalling and reinstalling it, and that made no difference. Other than updating, the only recent changes I've made that might affect Affinity Designer is installing multiple new fonts on my system.

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I copied mine .CSV file in PANTONE directory in all three 2.4.1 apps just about an hour before 2.4.2 appeared. Now, it dissapeared from all 3 apps. Why are you deleting files that are not part of Affinity apps? Do we have to "reinstall" them after every update / upgrade?