CKeady Posted January 2, 2020 Posted January 2, 2020 I am a newbie with Affinity and thought I would ask the group for your thoughts. I've been asked to create a marketing slick that will visualize data in a bubble format. We use Affinity for our marketing materials but I've never really touched it and am completely overwhelmed when I try to do anything in Affinity. I'm not a graphics person. I am pretty sure Word isn't going to cut but I also think Affinity might be overkill. Would you use Affinity for this type of task? Quote
Old Bruce Posted January 2, 2020 Posted January 2, 2020 Which program/application do you have? I assume you mean 'marketing slide' meaning a graphic with some type of graphic bubble holding text. Text in an ellipse and above it another ellipse with a gradient and an Overlay blend mode. Quote Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.6 Affinity Designer 2.5.7 | Affinity Photo 2.5.7 | Affinity Publisher 2.5.7 | Beta versions as they appear. I have never mastered color management, period, so I cannot help with that.
CKeady Posted January 2, 2020 Author Posted January 2, 2020 I have Affinity Designer and the usual Microsoft applications. I was given a piece of paper with one center bubble (my company's name) and other bubbles coming off of it - like a basic radial. Those secondary bubbles (markets like Commercial, Federal, Non-Profit) would have different sized bubbles inside of them to represent our clients. They will want to take it to a printer so that's why I think they are keen on using Affinity. Maybe it would look too cluttered in that format regardless of the software? Thank you for taking a look at my post. I appreciate your response and time! Quote
firstdefence Posted January 3, 2020 Posted January 3, 2020 You can create a simple bubble chart using the Ellipse shape. If you know the percentages that each client group represents you can create a centre bubble which represents 100% then duplicate that bubble and scale it down to the matching client percentage i.e Main bubble = 100% Commercial = 57% Federal = 30% Non-Profit = 13% In the transform Panel you can scale objects by percent... So in my example, I have used a 100 x 100mm Ellipse, I made 3 duplicates (Cmd + J) and on each duplicate I scaled it by the percentage shown above. Company report.afdesign CKeady 1 Quote iMac 27" 2019 Sequoia 15.0 (24A335), iMac 27" Affinity Designer, Photo & Publisher V1 & V2, Adobe, Inkscape, Vectorstyler, Blender, C4D, Sketchup + more... XP-Pen Artist-22E, - iPad Pro 12.9 (Please refrain from licking the screen while using this forum) Affinity Help - Affinity Desktop Tutorials - Feedback - FAQ - most asked questions
CKeady Posted January 3, 2020 Author Posted January 3, 2020 Thank you for responding! You've given me a lot to think about and even better, you showed me how to duplicate and modify, which gives me a little more confidence that I can do this. I really appreciate that you included the steps. The second page is the one I am looking to recreate. I don't think Word is the best for maintaining perfect circles. I'll play around a bit and see if I can recreate this in Designer. Do you think Designer is the best for this task or would you recommend Publisher? Markets Clients DV.docx Quote
Old Bruce Posted January 3, 2020 Posted January 3, 2020 51 minutes ago, CKeady said: Do you think Designer is the best for this task or would you recommend Publisher? Designer. Publisher could do it but I would do a one page thing like this in Designer, less clutter in the interface. CKeady 1 Quote Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.6 Affinity Designer 2.5.7 | Affinity Photo 2.5.7 | Affinity Publisher 2.5.7 | Beta versions as they appear. I have never mastered color management, period, so I cannot help with that.
CKeady Posted January 3, 2020 Author Posted January 3, 2020 Thanks for your reply, Bruce! I appreciate the insight on Designer over Publisher. Quote
v_kyr Posted January 3, 2020 Posted January 3, 2020 Should be easy with Designer, to rebuild flyers or brochures etc. CKeady 1 Quote ☛ Affinity Designer 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Photo 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Publisher 1.10.8 ◆ OSX El Capitan ☛ Affinity V2.3 apps ◆ MacOS Sonoma 14.2 ◆ iPad OS 17.2
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