AllAppsUser Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 As there doesn’t seem to be an export/import option for palettes in Designer iPad... how do you coordinate colour across different artwork documents? ______________________ I have a document palette I’ve created with global colours defined. I’ve created a new document and waded in creating the artwork. I now want to bring in the document palette into this new art, and use it. I’ve tried copying objects, but the global colours didn’t seem to want to come with them. I can only think: duplicate the old document, delete all the objects, and then paste-in the new artwork.... sigh. That’s what I’ll do now, while hoping someone’s got this for future. _____________________ How do you do it? Got a better workaround anyone? Anyone know the secret? Thanks. Quote - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Words are crude implements, difficult to get perfect, easy to get tied in knots with, and often - usually - misunderstood, which is why 'tolarence' is the best word of all. The word "professional" fits us all - amateur, semi-pro, beginner, advanced, middle, beyond it all, and on....., because professionals are tolerant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DM1 Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 2 hours ago, ProDesigner said: Anyone know the secret? Thanks. I think we all need to pester Affinity to add the (2years overdue) import/export palette feature 😉 AllAppsUser 1 Quote M1 IPad Air 10.9/256GB lpadOS 17.1.1 Apple Pencil (2nd gen). Affinity Photo 1.10.5 Affinity Design 1.10.5 Affinity Publisher 2, Affinity Designer 2, Affinity Photo 2 and betas. Official Online iPad Help documents (multi-lingual) here: https://affinity.https://affinity.help/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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DM1 Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 9 minutes ago, haakoo said: Can you drag/drop files on ipad? Yes but affinity on iPad can only open one initial file. Any other files then have to be Placed. Quote M1 IPad Air 10.9/256GB lpadOS 17.1.1 Apple Pencil (2nd gen). Affinity Photo 1.10.5 Affinity Design 1.10.5 Affinity Publisher 2, Affinity Designer 2, Affinity Photo 2 and betas. Official Online iPad Help documents (multi-lingual) here: https://affinity.https://affinity.help/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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AllAppsUser Posted February 11, 2021 Author Share Posted February 11, 2021 Hello @haakoo Can I create an afpalette file on the iPad? How do I do that, please? This is about me working somewhere with *only* an iPad. Without access to a desktop version. I’m not following your direction of travel here, I’m afraid. Thanks for trying to help. Quote - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Words are crude implements, difficult to get perfect, easy to get tied in knots with, and often - usually - misunderstood, which is why 'tolarence' is the best word of all. The word "professional" fits us all - amateur, semi-pro, beginner, advanced, middle, beyond it all, and on....., because professionals are tolerant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Mudditt Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 On 2/10/2021 at 8:48 PM, ProDesigner said: As there doesn’t seem to be an export/import option for palettes in Designer iPad... how do you coordinate colour across different artwork documents? ______________________ I have a document palette I’ve created with global colours defined. I’ve created a new document and waded in creating the artwork. I now want to bring in the document palette into this new art, and use it. I’ve tried copying objects, but the global colours didn’t seem to want to come with them. I can only think: duplicate the old document, delete all the objects, and then paste-in the new artwork.... sigh. That’s what I’ll do now, while hoping someone’s got this for future. _____________________ How do you do it? Got a better workaround anyone? Anyone know the secret? Thanks. Why didn’t you create an Application Palette rather than a Document Pallete, An application palette is available to all documents. Quote My dad always told me, a bad workman always blames their tools…. Just waiting for Ronny Pickering….. Affinity Photo, Designer, Publisher 1.10 and 2.4 on macOS Sonoma 14 on M1 Mac Mini 16GB 1TB Affinity Photo, Designer, Publisher 1.10 and 2.4 on Windows 10 Pro. Deceased Affinity Photo, Designer, Publisher 2.4 on M1 iPad Pro 11” on iPadOS 17.4 https://www.facebook.com/groups/AffinityForiPad https://www.facebook.com/groups/AffinityPhoto/ The hardest link to find https://affinity.help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllAppsUser Posted February 11, 2021 Author Share Posted February 11, 2021 1 hour ago, Paul Mudditt said: Why didn’t you create an Application Palette rather than a Document Pallete, An application palette is available to all documents. Because the palette is bespoke to a client. Therefore it’s not used in all documents, just some... a series, if you like. It’s wrong to think of palettes as Application vs single Document in some ways. Universal vs One-off. It’s better to think of palettes as ‘complex artwork’ (single document), or ‘artwork series’ and ‘client/brand’ palettes. So One-off vs Series. It’s the series palette that’s the most useful, and an application palette that’s the least useful. I did wonder if an Application palette is what Serif -think- is what’s required. I’ll admit I’m unclear about whether deleting an application palette, when I move on to work for a different client, means it’ll be gone from all documents. Logic suggests this is what will happen. The alternative is that I end up with hundreds (ultimately) of Application palettes listed in every document. I thought about experimenting to see what actually happens, except I’m on a live job. The experiment feels dangerous, with the potential for many hours work putting things right, and worse. I’d be grateful for any steer here, Paul, thanks. Quote - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Words are crude implements, difficult to get perfect, easy to get tied in knots with, and often - usually - misunderstood, which is why 'tolarence' is the best word of all. The word "professional" fits us all - amateur, semi-pro, beginner, advanced, middle, beyond it all, and on....., because professionals are tolerant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Mudditt Posted February 12, 2021 Share Posted February 12, 2021 7 hours ago, ProDesigner said: Because the palette is bespoke to a client. Therefore it’s not used in all documents, just some... a series, if you like. It’s wrong to think of palettes as Application vs single Document in some ways. Universal vs One-off. It’s better to think of palettes as ‘complex artwork’ (single document), or ‘artwork series’ and ‘client/brand’ palettes. So One-off vs Series. It’s the series palette that’s the most useful, and an application palette that’s the least useful. I did wonder if an Application palette is what Serif -think- is what’s required. I’ll admit I’m unclear about whether deleting an application palette, when I move on to work for a different client, means it’ll be gone from all documents. Logic suggests this is what will happen. The alternative is that I end up with hundreds (ultimately) of Application palettes listed in every document. I thought about experimenting to see what actually happens, except I’m on a live job. The experiment feels dangerous, with the potential for many hours work putting things right, and worse. I’d be grateful for any steer here, Paul, thanks. You can have Application palette 1, 2 ,3 Client 1, Client 2, Skin retouching, Old photo restoring etc, it isn’t a single application palette option. They are all available no matter what document you are working on. Experimenting is needed, why not install the V1.9 beta alongside your V1.9 live version and play with that version. DM1 1 Quote My dad always told me, a bad workman always blames their tools…. Just waiting for Ronny Pickering….. Affinity Photo, Designer, Publisher 1.10 and 2.4 on macOS Sonoma 14 on M1 Mac Mini 16GB 1TB Affinity Photo, Designer, Publisher 1.10 and 2.4 on Windows 10 Pro. Deceased Affinity Photo, Designer, Publisher 2.4 on M1 iPad Pro 11” on iPadOS 17.4 https://www.facebook.com/groups/AffinityForiPad https://www.facebook.com/groups/AffinityPhoto/ The hardest link to find https://affinity.help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllAppsUser Posted February 12, 2021 Author Share Posted February 12, 2021 I get that, thanks. My question was: what happens when I delete an Application palette? Does it detach itself from the artwork? I don't want hundreds of Application palettes hanging around. However, I do want the palettes available to pick back-up when/if a client comes back - ideally the palettes remain with the artwork. I’m going to try to find the time to explore and understand this.. but I have deadlines to meet right now. Quote - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Words are crude implements, difficult to get perfect, easy to get tied in knots with, and often - usually - misunderstood, which is why 'tolarence' is the best word of all. The word "professional" fits us all - amateur, semi-pro, beginner, advanced, middle, beyond it all, and on....., because professionals are tolerant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Mudditt Posted February 12, 2021 Share Posted February 12, 2021 7 hours ago, ProDesigner said: I get that, thanks. My question was: what happens when I delete an Application palette? Does it detach itself from the artwork? I don't want hundreds of Application palettes hanging around. However, I do want the palettes available to pick back-up when/if a client comes back - ideally the palettes remain with the artwork. I’m going to try to find the time to explore and understand this.. but I have deadlines to meet right now. It’s logical, a document palette is attached to a document only, it follows the document around.from machine to machine. An application palette is attached to the application only, it isn’t attached to a document, if you delete an application palette then its gone for all documents. Quote My dad always told me, a bad workman always blames their tools…. Just waiting for Ronny Pickering….. Affinity Photo, Designer, Publisher 1.10 and 2.4 on macOS Sonoma 14 on M1 Mac Mini 16GB 1TB Affinity Photo, Designer, Publisher 1.10 and 2.4 on Windows 10 Pro. Deceased Affinity Photo, Designer, Publisher 2.4 on M1 iPad Pro 11” on iPadOS 17.4 https://www.facebook.com/groups/AffinityForiPad https://www.facebook.com/groups/AffinityPhoto/ The hardest link to find https://affinity.help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllAppsUser Posted February 12, 2021 Author Share Posted February 12, 2021 I understand all that. Three examples........ Task A - one-off illustration = Document palette. ✅ job done. Task B - complex illustration for client. Forgets to tell me it needs to be in same colour scheme (Document Palette) as a previous artwork. Task C - illustration needs to be in Brand B and Brand C colours. Two existing clients who’ve got together for first time. I think the answer to my original question is "no, no one has fathomed a clever easy way to do this" given there’s no export/import for document palettes (Designer iPad) an application palette is not the answer because I need the palettes to follow their documents. Quote - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Words are crude implements, difficult to get perfect, easy to get tied in knots with, and often - usually - misunderstood, which is why 'tolarence' is the best word of all. The word "professional" fits us all - amateur, semi-pro, beginner, advanced, middle, beyond it all, and on....., because professionals are tolerant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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