jmwellborn Posted February 13, 2020 Share Posted February 13, 2020 With the artistic ability of a flea, and an elderly and very shaky camera hand, but also as a very-retired publisher and author, I have had the most glorious time since early 2017 with first: Photo, and then -- starting with the Betas -- Publisher; and last with Designer. With Studio Link it seemed the fun thing to do to learn all three at once. Maybe "you can't teach an old dog new tricks" and I am most certainly a very elderly specimen, but I have still learned so much and have had a glorious time in the process. It could not have happened without the wonderful people at Affinity who have not only created these beautiful Applications, but who have also been consistently patient, extraordinarily courteous, and so quickly responsive to the questions I (and many others) have posted in these forums. So thank you, @acapstick, @AdamW, @Andy Somerfield, @Ben, @Callum, @Chris B, Dan with the duck, @Dave Harris, @DWright, @Gabe, @James Ritson, @Jon P, @Lee D, @MattP, @MEB, @Patrick Connor, @Pauls, and @stokerg. If I can learn -- anybody can!! There are also so many Forum members who have taught me so much, either by responding to my howls for help, or by helping others. So here is a feeble attempt to create a valentine for you all, using my trusty inpainting brush tool to rid the water of various and sundry floating stuff, one of Multi4G's 80 LUT's (Shade King's Ink at 100% opacity with a blend mode of Pin Light) to alter the swans' originally too-bright orange beaks and to mute the water color, a Live Filter> Unsharp Mask with a radius of 2 px, a factor of 0.5 and a blend mode of Normal to draw out the swans' neck feathers, and most of all, v_kyr's extremely generous envelope.afphoto file, which was so kindly shared with us in the Resources Forum. I know that my image won't fit inside the envelope, by the way. It was fun flipping back and forth between the three apps! Perhaps this is progress, after my original Designer donation over a year ago and about 5 minutes after I purchased that app!. Anyway, thank you everybody, and Happy Valentine's Day tomorrow to you all! Alfred, Move Along People, GarryP and 17 others 16 4 Quote 24" iMAC Apple M1 chip, 8-core CPU, 8-core GPU, 16 GB unified memory, 1 TB SSD storage, Ventura 13.6. Photo, Publisher, Designer 1.10.5, and 2.3. MacBook Pro 13" 2020, Apple M1 chip, 16GB unified memory, 256GB SSD storage, Ventura 13.6. Publisher, Photo, Designer 1.10.5, and 2.1.1. iPad Pro 12.9 2020 (4th Gen. IOS 16.6.1); Apple pencil. Wired and bluetooth mice and keyboards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeW Posted February 13, 2020 Share Posted February 13, 2020 You are much too kind (not in a bad way...isn't that a funny expression?)! Happy Valentines Day to you and yours, too. Mike jmwellborn 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Patrick Connor Posted February 13, 2020 Staff Share Posted February 13, 2020 Thank you very much jmwellborn, that's very kind jmwellborn 1 Quote Patrick Connor Serif Europe Ltd Latest V2 releases on each platform Help make our apps better by joining our beta program! "There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man. True nobility lies in being superior to your previous self." W. L. Sheldon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Move Along People Posted February 13, 2020 Share Posted February 13, 2020 - jmwellborn 1 Quote Move Along people,nothing to see here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StuartRc Posted February 13, 2020 Share Posted February 13, 2020 Many thanks!...much appreciated... jmwellborn 1 Quote Affinity Version 1 (10.6) Affinity Version 2.4.2 All (Designer | Photo | Publisher) Beta; 2.5 2.2415 OS:Windows 10 Pro 22H2 OS Build 19045.4046+ Windows Feature Experience Pack 1000.19053.1000.0 Rig:AMD FX 8350 and AMD Radeon (R9 380 Series) Settings Version 21.04.01 Radeon Settings Version 2020 20.1.03) + Wacom Intuous 4M with driver 6.3.41-1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Dan C Posted February 14, 2020 Staff Share Posted February 14, 2020 11 hours ago, jmwellborn said: Dan with the duck When I changed my username I was certain there couldn't be any downside - but I forgot about 'tagging' users! 😅 You're certainly very kind and we appreciate your presence here on the Forums as much as you appreciate ours - Affinity is only as good as our customers help make it. I personally think this community is wonderful, and I'm very proud to be a part of it 😊 MEB, Roger C, MikeW and 2 others 5 Quote Please note - I am currently out of the office for a short while whilst recovering from surgery (nothing serious!), therefore will not be available on the Forums during this time. Should you require a response from the team in a thread I have previously replied in - please Create a New Thread and our team will be sure to reply as soon as possible. Many thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Pauls Posted February 14, 2020 Staff Share Posted February 14, 2020 thank you - that's lovely jmwellborn 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Jon P Posted February 14, 2020 Staff Share Posted February 14, 2020 Many thanks jmwellborn 1 Quote Serif Europe Ltd. - www.serif.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smadell Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 Thank you for the shout-out, jmwellborn. Your valentine is certainly appreciated! - smadell jmwellborn 1 Quote Affinity Photo 2, Affinity Publisher 2, Affinity Designer 2 (latest retail versions) - desktop & iPad Culling - FastRawViewer; Raw Developer - Capture One Pro; Asset Management - Photo Supreme Mac Studio with M2 Max (2023}; 64 GB RAM; macOS 13 (Ventura); Mac Studio Display - iPad Air 4th Gen; iPadOS 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 Many thanks, Jennifer. I hope you enjoyed the day! jmwellborn 1 Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.4.1 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted February 17, 2020 Staff Share Posted February 17, 2020 Hi jmwellborn, I'm a little late (haven't been working) but wanted to thank you as well. Hope you had a great Valentine's day! jmwellborn 1 Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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