Joachim_L Posted March 9, 2020 Posted March 9, 2020 When you copy "something" and want to paste it to an Affinity application with Paste Special there is the option Serif Persona Nodes? I cannot find a description for this format in the help section. What are Serif Persona Nodes meant for? Quote ------ Windows 10 | i5-8500 CPU | Intel UHD 630 Graphics | 32 GB RAM | Latest Retail and Beta versions of complete Affinity range installed
Mark Ingram Posted March 9, 2020 Posted March 9, 2020 It just means "Paste using objects native to Affinity". It's our internal format. Joachim_L and walt.farrell 2 Quote
walt.farrell Posted March 9, 2020 Posted March 9, 2020 5 minutes ago, Mark Ingram said: It just means "Paste using objects native to Affinity". It's our internal format. Probably should be mentioned in the Help. I'd suggest updating the Paste Special documentation to mention that one, but I can't find any documentation about Paste Special, either Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. Laptop 2: Windows 11 Pro 24H2, 16GB memory, Snapdragon(R) X Elite - X1E80100 - Qualcomm(R) Oryon(TM) 12 Core CPU 4.01 GHz, Qualcomm(R) Adreno(TM) X1-85 GPU iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 18.2.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sequoia 15.0.1
Dan C Posted March 9, 2020 Posted March 9, 2020 3 minutes ago, walt.farrell said: Probably should be mentioned in the Help. I agree - especially in Publisher the Paste Special option is likely to be used more often - I'll log this with our documentation team to be added in the future walt.farrell 1 Quote
R C-R Posted March 9, 2020 Posted March 9, 2020 7 hours ago, walt.farrell said: I'd suggest updating the Paste Special documentation to mention that one, but I can't find any documentation about Paste Special, either Maybe it is missing because there is no "Paste Special" in the Mac versions (& the Mac help topic documentation in Paste Style and FX is at best very sparse)? Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.5.7 Mac apps; 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7 All 3 V2 apps for iPad; 6th Generation iPad 32 GB; Apple Pencil; iPadOS 15.7
walt.farrell Posted March 10, 2020 Posted March 10, 2020 59 minutes ago, R C-R said: Maybe it is missing because there is no "Paste Special" in the Mac versions (& the Mac help topic documentation in Paste Style and FX is at best very sparse)? Possibly. But given that there are functions on one OS but not the other, the Help needs to accomodate such differences. Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. Laptop 2: Windows 11 Pro 24H2, 16GB memory, Snapdragon(R) X Elite - X1E80100 - Qualcomm(R) Oryon(TM) 12 Core CPU 4.01 GHz, Qualcomm(R) Adreno(TM) X1-85 GPU iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 18.2.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sequoia 15.0.1
Joachim_L Posted March 10, 2020 Author Posted March 10, 2020 15 hours ago, Dan C said: especially in Publisher the Paste Special option is likely to be used more often How do you know? Anyway, one more question and one bug: Question: What is the benefit of pasting Serif Persona Nodes instead of a) image/x-inkscape.svg, b) SVG, c) PDF? Bug: When pasting special as PDF, the pasted object is smaller than the original. I guess know (tested it right now) the PDF is pasted with 72 dpi?. Quote ------ Windows 10 | i5-8500 CPU | Intel UHD 630 Graphics | 32 GB RAM | Latest Retail and Beta versions of complete Affinity range installed
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Dan C Posted March 11, 2020 Posted March 11, 2020 On 3/10/2020 at 7:26 AM, Joachim_L said: Question: What is the benefit of pasting Serif Persona Nodes instead of a) image/x-inkscape.svg, b) SVG, c) PDF? When copy and pasting between Affinity apps, using a Serif Persona Node will always retain as much information as possible, as it's our native format. Other formats may retain the same information, but it's a lot harder to be certain when it's not our own format. On 3/10/2020 at 7:26 AM, Joachim_L said: Bug: When pasting special as PDF, the pasted object is smaller than the original. I guess know (tested it right now) the PDF is pasted with 72 dpi?. I agree, I've found this is present for all Affinity apps (on Windows) and therefor I'll log this now - it does appear to always paste at 72DPI, rather then the DPI it was copied from. Quote
Staff Patrick Connor Posted March 11, 2020 Staff Posted March 11, 2020 On 3/10/2020 at 7:42 AM, haakoo said: Well since it's the internal format for af~files it shouldn't be visible at all. Only the formats possible from external sources should have an option in the paste special part. Agreed, we are looking into this oversight Move Along People 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
walt.farrell Posted March 11, 2020 Posted March 11, 2020 1 hour ago, Patrick Connor said: Agreed, we are looking into this oversight For what it may be worth, I'm not sure I agree it's an oversight. I think that Paste Special provides all the available choices, and I think that's appropriate. If you were to consider removing Serif Persona Node (as opposed to merely renaming it to something more user-friendly), then the rationale would presumably be that it wasn't needed because one could simply use Paste rather than Paste Special. But by that reasoning, when there is text on the clipboard, and Paste would paste it, why should Unicode Text appear on Paste Special. One could use either Paste or Paste Special > Unicode Text, so why have Unicode Text available on Paste Special. Let it be empty, and force use of Paste for that circumstance. Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. Laptop 2: Windows 11 Pro 24H2, 16GB memory, Snapdragon(R) X Elite - X1E80100 - Qualcomm(R) Oryon(TM) 12 Core CPU 4.01 GHz, Qualcomm(R) Adreno(TM) X1-85 GPU iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 18.2.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sequoia 15.0.1
R C-R Posted March 11, 2020 Posted March 11, 2020 2 hours ago, Patrick Connor said: Agreed, we are looking into this oversight A bit off-topic but while that is being looked at, is there any chance that adding something similar to "Paste Special" could be considered for the Mac versions? walt.farrell 1 Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.5.7 Mac apps; 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7 All 3 V2 apps for iPad; 6th Generation iPad 32 GB; Apple Pencil; iPadOS 15.7
Staff Patrick Connor Posted March 12, 2020 Staff Posted March 12, 2020 Completely OT and I have no idea what's involved, sorry 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
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