Moonflight Posted December 25, 2024 Posted December 25, 2024 Whenever I use the QR Code Tool in Publisher, the QR Code is drawn in blue, but immediately greys out when I click away from it. No one else seems to be reporting this, so it's probably something I'm doing wrong. is there a trick to this? Thank you, John Quote
Oufti Posted December 25, 2024 Posted December 25, 2024 Welcome on these forums! Your screenshot helps to see the result but a full window screenshot, or better an example file exhibiting the problem should be more helpful to find the cause of this. Quote Affinity Suite 2.5 – Monterey 12.7.5 – MacBookPro 14" 2021 M1 Pro 16Go/1To I apologise for any approximations in my English. It is not my mother tongue.
Pšenda Posted December 25, 2024 Posted December 25, 2024 8 hours ago, Moonflight said: the QR Code is drawn in blue, but immediately greys out when I click away from it Change the Fill color to another one - whatever you need. 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.
Moonflight Posted January 1 Author Posted January 1 @Pšenda, thank you 😀 That worked. Here is where I do yet another forehead-slap. It didn't occur to me to try picking a colour - I guess I expected a default code that was visible, not transparent. But it's fixed now, so, many thanks indeed. @Oufti, thanks also. I'll try to remember to include a working file with my next issue, if I can. It's good advice, and appreciated. Pšenda and Oufti 2 Quote
Pšenda Posted January 1 Posted January 1 14 hours ago, Moonflight said: I guess I expected a default code that was visible The default - light gray color is really unusual. I would also expect a standard and completely common black color, not a color that is used more to express a disabled state. 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.
walt.farrell Posted January 2 Posted January 2 17 hours ago, Pšenda said: The default - light gray color is really unusual. I would also expect a standard and completely common black color, not a color that is used more to express a disabled state. Basically, the QR Code is just handled as another kind of Shape, and uses the default (or current) Shape color you have configured. Oufti 1 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
Pšenda Posted January 2 Posted January 2 2 hours ago, walt.farrell said: Basically, the QR Code is just handled as another kind of Shape, and uses the default (or current) Shape color you have configured. Sure, but given that 99.9% of QR codes are black (at least in the world I live in), it's obvious that this isn't a good way to define its default color, as it requires constant adjustment. It would be much more convenient if individual shapes allowed for a specific color choice. walt.farrell, R C-R and Alfred 3 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.
Alfred Posted January 2 Posted January 2 24 minutes ago, Pšenda said: It would be much more convenient if individual shapes allowed for a specific color choice. Good idea. If we had installation defaults for each shape, we could get something sensible ‘out of the box’ (e.g. black for QR codes, red for hearts, etc) with the current foreground colour being used for any shape that doesn’t have a default value at installation. Pšenda 1 Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.5.1 (iPad 7th gen)
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