Ian Weetman Posted March 6, 2023 Posted March 6, 2023 Hi - just installed this new and new doc will not offer me an option of any more than 1 page, there is no number of pages box to enter a value into. where might i be going wrong? Quote
Hangman Posted March 6, 2023 Posted March 6, 2023 Hi @Ian Weetman and welcome to the forums… Your screen grab shows Affinity Designer rather than Affinity Publisher which is why you won’t see an option to add multiple pages… Affinity Designer will just create a single canvas or you can start with a single Artboard and then add additional Artboards using the Artboard tool in the toolbar… Quote Affinity Designer 2.6.0 | Affinity Photo 2.6.0 | Affinity Publisher 2.6.0 Affinity Designer 2.6.2 (3213) Beta | Affinity Photo 2.6.2 (3213) Beta | Affinity Publisher 2.6.2 (3213) Beta MacBook Pro M3 Max, 36 GB Unified Memory, macOS Sonoma 14.6.1, Magic Mouse HP ENVY x360, 8 GB RAM, AMD Ryzen 5 2500U, Windows 10 Home, Logitech Mouse
R C-R Posted March 6, 2023 Posted March 6, 2023 44 minutes ago, Hangman said: Affinity Designer will just create a single canvas or you can start with a single Artboard... Just curious I guess but anybody know why in the OP's screenshot is the "Create Artboard" option in the New window dialog greyed out? Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.6 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 6, 2023 Posted March 6, 2023 17 minutes ago, R C-R said: Just curious I guess but anybody know why in the OP's screenshot is the "Create Artboard" option in the New window dialog greyed out? I don't think it's grayed out; just gray. 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 18.3.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sequoia 15.0.1
R C-R Posted March 6, 2023 Posted March 6, 2023 2 minutes ago, walt.farrell said: I don't think it's grayed out; just gray. Maybe but in the Mac version it is not grey. It is the same near-white as the Layer & other tabs. Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.6 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
thomaso Posted March 6, 2023 Posted March 6, 2023 28 minutes ago, R C-R said: Just curious I guess but anybody know why in the OP's screenshot is the "Create Artboard" option in the New window dialog greyed out? Just curious, does "Create Artboard" appear different than grey to you in the dark UI? However, the online Help seems to contain another version for the text colours in the left area: https://affinity.help/designer2/English.lproj/images/newdocument.png Quote macOS 10.14.6 | MacBookPro Retina 15" | Eizo 27" | Affinity V1
Hangman Posted March 6, 2023 Posted March 6, 2023 3 minutes ago, R C-R said: Just curious I guess but anybody know why in the OP's screenshot is the "Create Artboard" option in the New window dialog greyed out? Maybe but in the Mac version it is not grey. It is the same near-white as the Layer & other tabs. It's not greyed out, it's simply the Text Contrast setting, the text is the same shade of grey as Page Width, Page Height etc., Quote Affinity Designer 2.6.0 | Affinity Photo 2.6.0 | Affinity Publisher 2.6.0 Affinity Designer 2.6.2 (3213) Beta | Affinity Photo 2.6.2 (3213) Beta | Affinity Publisher 2.6.2 (3213) Beta MacBook Pro M3 Max, 36 GB Unified Memory, macOS Sonoma 14.6.1, Magic Mouse HP ENVY x360, 8 GB RAM, AMD Ryzen 5 2500U, Windows 10 Home, Logitech Mouse
R C-R Posted March 6, 2023 Posted March 6, 2023 8 minutes ago, thomaso said: Just curious, does "Create Artboard" appear different than grey to you in the dark UI? Yes, like I said, it is almost the same near-white as the Layer & other tabs. 5 minutes ago, Hangman said: It's not greyed out, it's simply the Text Contrast setting, the text is the same shade of grey as Page Width, Page Height etc., All of those items are near-white on my Mac. Maybe it is just the Text Contrast setting I am using but regardless, it is just one more example of how poorly low UI contrast can make it difficult to tell what is & is not available. Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.6 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
Hangman Posted March 6, 2023 Posted March 6, 2023 7 minutes ago, R C-R said: All of those items are near-white on my Mac. Maybe it is just the Text Contrast setting I am using but regardless, it is just one more example of how poorly low UI contrast can make it difficult to tell what is & is not available. They are on my Mac too but if I move the text UI preference slider to the left then it matches the screen grab in the original post which I guess is the default setting for a new installation… Quote Affinity Designer 2.6.0 | Affinity Photo 2.6.0 | Affinity Publisher 2.6.0 Affinity Designer 2.6.2 (3213) Beta | Affinity Photo 2.6.2 (3213) Beta | Affinity Publisher 2.6.2 (3213) Beta MacBook Pro M3 Max, 36 GB Unified Memory, macOS Sonoma 14.6.1, Magic Mouse HP ENVY x360, 8 GB RAM, AMD Ryzen 5 2500U, Windows 10 Home, Logitech Mouse
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