Santas Rejected Candy Cane Textures !

[carl123]

Since both the .afstyles and .zip file you uploaded do not appear to work (I tried both) it's possible they were corrupted when you uploaded them to the forum.

This is something that happens to me a lot on this forum and I believe has affected others also.

You may want to set up a dropbox or wetransfer link for those people that would still like to download the files

At the very least it could eliminate (or confirm) this forum as being the source of the problem.

PS Never allow a few users to get to you on a forum, your uploads are appreciated by far more users than them

[Move Along People]

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[A_B_C]

I was sorry to see how this thread spiralled out of control. Personally, I would love to use these styles. The holidays are approaching way to fast, after all … 

I would probably want to suggest that we should make this into a bug report. I tried to install the styles, but I ended up with the same error message on macOS Sierra 10.12.6, latest version of Affinity Suite. So there must be a bug in the export algorithm, which would be, in my opinion, worthwhile to have investigated by the team. 

So rather than getting mad at each other, we should try to get down to the bottom of the issue. I’ll post a bug report re-uploading your file, @LyricsGirl. Hope you don’t mind. 

[A_B_C]

I created a bug report for this. Unfortunately, the .afstyles format is proprietary, so there is no way on the user’s end to validate a file in this format other than by importing. 

[Sean P]

Hi LyricsGirl,

Would you be able to create a completely new export out of Affinity and then zip that file straight up and attach it please?

Would you be able to zip up and upload a copy of your %APPDATA%\Affinity\Designer\1.0\ folder to our internal Dropbox account using the link below please?
https://www.dropbox.com/request/bCiZuHqEjL2KkRYQBQ6i

It sounds as though your internet connection may have been a bit temperamental, as both the zip and afstyles file you uploaded couldn't be opened on Windows or Mac.

[Madame]

@LyricsGirl
I’m sorry to have caused so much commotion. I was just trying to be helpful when I told you I couldn’t open the file.
As for "security reasons", I found this:


"Actually did figure that out in the end… that happens when the zip archive is pass-protected and the default utility doesn’t pop out the option to enter a password as programs like BetterZip and other do. So the whole problem got solved when I didn’t just double-clicked the archive but when I opened it with a program that supported pass-protected archives.
Of course if you forgot the pass of an archive you pass protected in the past (when sent to someone or for own safe keeping) then you are pretty much screwed since there aren’t easy ways to recover that archive’s password"

As English isn’t my first language, (nor is computing) I’m not sure if I understood this correct? That this could be the reason?  That I don’t have the right unzip.programme?
I’m sure this would be useful for you to know if you will sell your products later.

[v_kyr]

Well your above ZIP file is broken, also it's just 1 MB in size, here is a verbose unzip contents check ...

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> unzip -v -l Angelas_Candy_Shoppe.zip
Archive:  Angelas_Candy_Shoppe.zip
error [Angelas_Candy_Shoppe.zip]:  missing 20971520 bytes in zipfile
  (attempting to process anyway)
 Length   Method    Size  Ratio   Date   Time   CRC-32    Name
--------  ------  ------- -----   ----   ----   ------    ----
       0  Stored        0   0%  11-04-19 14:50  00000000  Angelas Candy Shoppe/
  284444  Defl:N   260062   9%  11-03-19 21:15  550b961e  Angelas Candy Shoppe/Angelas FREE  Candy Shoppe Style Set .jpg
 1042875  Defl:N  1002690   4%  11-03-19 20:39  283921ef  Angelas Candy Shoppe/Candy !.jpg
  628950  Defl:N   539192  14%  11-03-19 20:54  17a76554  Angelas Candy Shoppe/Candy 10.png
  628726  Defl:N   537444  15%  11-03-19 20:55  780163c5  Angelas Candy Shoppe/Candy 11.png
  628955  Defl:N   538479  14%  11-03-19 20:55  98388bb7  Angelas Candy Shoppe/Candy 12.png
  628967  Defl:N   539800  14%  11-03-19 20:56  b5bc93c1  Angelas Candy Shoppe/Candy 13.png
  628578  Defl:N   538160  14%  11-03-19 20:56  c5a82970  Angelas Candy Shoppe/Candy 14.png
  628335  Defl:N   539506  14%  11-03-19 20:56  cac98df0  Angelas Candy Shoppe/Candy 15.png
  620931  Defl:N   565524   9%  11-03-19 20:43  7b21da33  Angelas Candy Shoppe/Candy 2.jpg
  628928  Defl:N   539319  14%  11-03-19 20:51  033c6a2e  Angelas Candy Shoppe/Candy 2.png
 1777582  Defl:N  1738209   2%  11-03-19 20:45  88b4a9fe  Angelas Candy Shoppe/Candy 3.jpg
  629001  Defl:N   539492  14%  11-03-19 20:52  89ad45b3  Angelas Candy Shoppe/Candy 3.png
 1838196  Defl:N  1786134   3%  11-03-19 20:46  b523592b  Angelas Candy Shoppe/Candy 4.jpg
  628790  Defl:N   538136  14%  11-03-19 20:52  e25230b5  Angelas Candy Shoppe/Candy 4.png
 1584180  Defl:N  1543918   3%  11-03-19 20:47  ee8a86cd  Angelas Candy Shoppe/Candy 5.jpg
  628773  Defl:N   537885  15%  11-03-19 20:52  c5bd3873  Angelas Candy Shoppe/Candy 5.png
 1530600  Defl:N  1475079   4%  11-03-19 20:47  306c7227  Angelas Candy Shoppe/Candy 6.jpg
  628929  Defl:N   538797  14%  11-03-19 20:53  6226eb9d  Angelas Candy Shoppe/Candy 6.png
 1820982  Defl:N  1779389   2%  11-03-19 20:48  b69b7528  Angelas Candy Shoppe/Candy 7.jpg
  628982  Defl:N   539376  14%  11-03-19 20:53  3085837d  Angelas Candy Shoppe/Candy 7.png
 1902459  Defl:N  1860185   2%  11-03-19 20:48  220e4b34  Angelas Candy Shoppe/Candy 8.jpg
  628985  Defl:N   539657  14%  11-03-19 20:54  016c6644  Angelas Candy Shoppe/Candy 8.png
 1902459  Defl:N  1860185   2%  11-03-19 20:49  220e4b34  Angelas Candy Shoppe/Candy 9.jpg
  628978  Defl:N   539568  14%  11-03-19 20:54  97cb3f77  Angelas Candy Shoppe/Candy 9.png
  628947  Defl:N   538991  14%  11-03-19 20:51  7b1ac62d  Angelas Candy Shoppe/Candy1.png
   45113  Defl:N    44620   1%  11-03-19 20:36  0c51876c  Angelas Candy Shoppe/Lightglobe 1.jpg
--------          -------  ---                            -------
23782645         21999797   8%                            27 files

 

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> unzip -v -t Angelas_Candy_Shoppe.zip
Archive:  Angelas_Candy_Shoppe.zip
error [Angelas_Candy_Shoppe.zip]:  missing 20971520 bytes in zipfile
  (attempting to process anyway)
error [Angelas_Candy_Shoppe.zip]:  attempt to seek before beginning of zipfile
  (please check that you have transferred or created the zipfile in the
  appropriate BINARY mode and that you have compiled UnZip properly)
  (attempting to re-compensate)
file #1:  bad zipfile offset (local header sig):  0
  (attempting to re-compensate)
...
error [Angelas_Candy_Shoppe.zip]:  attempt to seek before beginning of zipfile
  (please check that you have transferred or created the zipfile in the
  appropriate BINARY mode and that you have compiled UnZip properly)
    testing: Angelas Candy Shoppe/Candy1.png   OK
    testing: Angelas Candy Shoppe/Lightglobe 1.jpg   OK
At least one error was detected in Angelas_Candy_Shoppe.zip.

• Angelas_Candy_Shoppe.afstyles   17137537 bytes (17,1 MB)
• Angelas_Candy_Shoppe.zip              1033109 bytes (1 MB)

If you want you can recreate those files and then exchange your above uploads.

[LyricsGirl]

7 hours ago, A_B_C said:

I was sorry to see how this thread spiralled out of control. Personally, I would love to use these styles. The holidays are approaching way to fast, after all … 

I would probably want to suggest that we should make this into a bug report. I tried to install the styles, but I ended up with the same error message on macOS Sierra 10.12.6, latest version of Affinity Suite. So there must be a bug in the export algorithm, which would be, in my opinion, worthwhile to have investigated by the team. 

So rather than getting mad at each other, we should try to get down to the bottom of the issue. I’ll post a bug report re-uploading your file, @LyricsGirl. Hope you don’t mind. 

Thank you  A_B_C for your posting. This actually makes sense that  forums users were experiencing problems while the Group members on a Face Book  group where I also uploaded the files to, did NOT experience problems.

 

I have now  created a NEW style set from Affinity Photo Ver 1.7.3   and uploaded them to a GOOGLE DRIVE in the hopes that forum users will be able to successfully import the Candy Cane styles. I have also included all the textures in either JPG or PNG format as well as one sample of what final textures you can create from them.

 

I have also messaged one forum member  privately as I feel that is how any negative or personal discussions should be handles, not publicly for all to see. I have been upset over what was meant as a Goodwill Gesture.

 

I will NOT comment further on this  thread.

 

Thank you.

[A_B_C]

Thank you so much, @LyricsGirl … now the styles are imported perfectly. 

So @carl123’s guess was spot on. There was a persistent problem with the forum uploader. Great this isn’t a style export problem. Thank you again! 

[Pepperdog2]

Seem to work OK for me. Here's a quickie sample using miscellaneous styles here and there.

[LyricsGirl]

3 hours ago, Pepperdog2 said:

Seem to work OK for me. Here's a quickie sample using miscellaneous styles here and there.

Serve me Right1 I ashould have had you test them out FIRST, Pepperdog!. Well I will send you something in the email shortly to test out! SSShh! Irs different!

 

[Hootowl]

Thank You for sharing these styles, they are great!  I had no trouble downloading them or installing them.  Thanks again!

[Madame]

They downloaded  just fine now, Thank you!