capsLOCK Posted December 27, 2022 Posted December 27, 2022 Hi everyone I've been trying to not let this get to me, but now it has become too annoying for me to not raise it. You see, the issue I have is that the Affinity Publisher icon on the taskbar is a completely different size to Affinity Designer and Photo. The icons are fine on the Start menu in Windows 11, so why are they different for the taskbar? Hope one of the developers can take a look and amend. Apologies that it's not a functional issue but for a designer, it's just 'niggly'. activivan and AITCH 1 1 Quote
Stepaan Posted December 28, 2022 Posted December 28, 2022 It must be something related to your machine. Look: AITCH 1 Quote
deeds Posted December 28, 2022 Posted December 28, 2022 Feel like this makes the case for a redesign, too... Pencil, Shutter, Page Curl... seems like the obvious thing it should be. Not sure what the four bands signify. Quote
capsLOCK Posted December 29, 2022 Author Posted December 29, 2022 I thought you were on to something there @Stepaan as my display is scaled to 150% when using 4K monitors. I noticed from your screenshot that you're using 'Dark' mode on Windows 11. I switched to that and lo and behold, the icon is fixed. It's just something to do with light mode. It looks like the icon is being swapped somehow when switched to light mode and the scaling is wrong. On 12/28/2022 at 2:47 PM, Stepaan said: It must be something related to your machine. Look: activivan 1 Quote
capsLOCK Posted December 29, 2022 Author Posted December 29, 2022 23 hours ago, deeds said: Feel like this makes the case for a redesign, too... Pencil, Shutter, Page Curl... seems like the obvious thing it should be. Not sure what the four bands signify. I thought the intention was that they would all represent an 'A' in the icon? I couldn't really see the pencil before now, I had just assumed it was a triangle. I can definitely see the shutter for Photo though. Quote
carl123 Posted December 29, 2022 Posted December 29, 2022 On 12/28/2022 at 3:24 PM, deeds said: Not sure what the four bands signify. I thought the icon was representing 3 books with 2 book ends - like you would find on a shelf Probably has a deeper meaning though Quote To save time I am currently using an automated AI to reply to some posts on this forum. If any of "my" posts are wrong or appear to be total b*ll*cks they are the ones generated by the AI. If correct they were probably mine. I apologise for any mistakes made by my AI - I'm sure it will improve with time.
Old Bruce Posted December 29, 2022 Posted December 29, 2022 On 12/28/2022 at 7:24 AM, deeds said: Not sure what the four bands signify. Pages/Signatures inside the publication's cover. And Photo is just the Iris, the aperture blades. Leaf shutters don't look like that. Quote Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.6 Affinity Designer 2.6.0 | Affinity Photo 2.6.0 | Affinity Publisher 2.6.0 | Beta versions as they appear. I have never mastered color management, period, so I cannot help with that.
AnBö Posted January 4, 2023 Posted January 4, 2023 The behavior is exactly the same for me. Both on my laptop (FullHD or 4K) and on my desktop PC (4K). Scaling is at 150% in both cases. Everything is fine in dark mode. Only the Affinity Publisher 2 icon is affected. activivan and AITCH 1 1 Quote
jacobj Posted January 6, 2023 Posted January 6, 2023 Same issue for me - light mode only, Affinity Publisher only. AITCH 1 Quote
Pšenda Posted January 6, 2023 Posted January 6, 2023 On 1/4/2023 at 3:32 PM, AnBö said: Scaling is at 150% in both cases. And scalling 100%? Quote Affinity Store (MSI/EXE): Affinity Suite (ADe, APh, APu) 2.5.7.2948 (Retail) Dell OptiPlex 7060, i5-8500 3.00 GHz, 16 GB, Intel UHD Graphics 630, Dell P2417H 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 24H2, Build 26100.2605. Dell Latitude E5570, i5-6440HQ 2.60 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics 530, 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 24H2, Build 26100.2605. Intel NUC5PGYH, Pentium N3700 2.40 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics, EIZO EV2456 1920 x 1200, Windows 10 Pro, Version 21H1, Build 19043.2130.
AITCH Posted January 6, 2023 Posted January 6, 2023 On 12/27/2022 at 10:23 AM, capsLOCK said: Hi everyone I've been trying to not let this get to me, but now it has become too annoying for me to not raise it. You see, the issue I have is that the Affinity Publisher icon on the taskbar is a completely different size to Affinity Designer and Photo. The icons are fine on the Start menu in Windows 11, so why are they different for the taskbar? Hope one of the developers can take a look and amend. Apologies that it's not a functional issue but for a designer, it's just 'niggly'. You're not on your own, it;s really annoying me too (Windows 10 user) Quote
AnBö Posted January 11, 2023 Posted January 11, 2023 On 1/6/2023 at 6:15 PM, Pšenda said: And scalling 100%? With 100% everything is OK. Pšenda 1 Quote
AITCH Posted January 11, 2023 Posted January 11, 2023 On 12/28/2022 at 2:47 PM, Stepaan said: It must be something related to your machine. Look: This is the solution Quote
Horys Posted January 18, 2023 Posted January 18, 2023 I only confirm the issue with Publisher icon in a light mode scaled to 150 % in Windows 11. Please, Serif, have a look at it. Thanks! Quote
AnBö Posted January 26, 2023 Posted January 26, 2023 See screenshot, I found another app with the buggy behavior. It is the app "Remotedesktop" (from the Microsoft Store). Manufacturer is ... Micorsoft. (Well, they should actually know … 🙂) Quote
HelmutW Posted February 10, 2023 Posted February 10, 2023 Same here. Light theme, 150%. After a couple of updates to 2.04 no fix yet. Disappointing, the evil A-company has no problems to display icons correctly. Quote
AnBö Posted March 27, 2023 Posted March 27, 2023 It seems to be OK now. It is still the same version of Affinity Publisher (2.0.4). Maybe a Windows Update fixed it. (Now only the Remote Desktop icon on the left is wrong. But even this icon looks different, it is bigger now.) Quote
Pšenda Posted March 27, 2023 Posted March 27, 2023 1 hour ago, AnBö said: It seems to be OK now. It's just strange that the APublisher icon is the only one without rounded corners, which could also be a mistake in the icon's design. Quote Affinity Store (MSI/EXE): Affinity Suite (ADe, APh, APu) 2.5.7.2948 (Retail) Dell OptiPlex 7060, i5-8500 3.00 GHz, 16 GB, Intel UHD Graphics 630, Dell P2417H 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 24H2, Build 26100.2605. Dell Latitude E5570, i5-6440HQ 2.60 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics 530, 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 24H2, Build 26100.2605. Intel NUC5PGYH, Pentium N3700 2.40 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics, EIZO EV2456 1920 x 1200, Windows 10 Pro, Version 21H1, Build 19043.2130.
AnBö Posted March 30, 2023 Posted March 30, 2023 On 3/27/2023 at 4:11 PM, Pšenda said: It's just strange that the APublisher icon is the only one without rounded corners, which could also be a mistake in the icon's design. Oh, you're right, Pšenda. So, only the icon size seems to be fixed. Its transparency is still buggy. Compare it to the icon of the Remote Desktop App (the red circle). It is bigger now, but still has a gray background. Same behavior here. Quote
Doug.S Posted May 21, 2023 Posted May 21, 2023 Has anyone figured out how to change the default Affinity icons on win 10 taskbar? There is no "properties" to select to change the icon (like was available for ver. 1). I'd like to use my own icons like I do on other programs icons on the win taskbar. Quote
Pšenda Posted May 21, 2023 Posted May 21, 2023 3 hours ago, Doug.S said: Has anyone figured out how to change the default Affinity icons on win 10 taskbar? MSI or MSIX installation? Quote Affinity Store (MSI/EXE): Affinity Suite (ADe, APh, APu) 2.5.7.2948 (Retail) Dell OptiPlex 7060, i5-8500 3.00 GHz, 16 GB, Intel UHD Graphics 630, Dell P2417H 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 24H2, Build 26100.2605. Dell Latitude E5570, i5-6440HQ 2.60 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics 530, 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 24H2, Build 26100.2605. Intel NUC5PGYH, Pentium N3700 2.40 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics, EIZO EV2456 1920 x 1200, Windows 10 Pro, Version 21H1, Build 19043.2130.
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