Working, off the page

[Rik]

This is one feature that's not in AD.

And the one feature that stops me from really using AD.

 

OK. We don't all work in the same way, but, the one thing I've been so used to (in Xara), is the ability to draw something, and save a stage of the to one side, before making more changes to the drawing.

 

So, are there any plans to allow a drawing (and anything else) to be placed off the page, whilst working on a drawing?

[MEB]

Hi Rik,

Go to menu View ▸ View Mode  and uncheck Clip to Canvas. You can then use the pasteboard area as in Xara.

[Rik]

OMG!

How long has that option been there?

I remember asking about this before, and, now I wish I'd asked this question months ago.

 

:D

[MEB]

It was introduced in version 1.5 Beta with artboards, so it's still relatively recent.

[ONSO]

Thats whats up!—I have been wondering about ever since iI switched to Affinity. Thanks MEB!

[AuthorAuthor]

Yay!

 

And THANK YOU!

 

And YOU GUYS ROCK!

 

And MY CAPS LOCK IS STuc...okay, it works now.

 

-g

[Rik]

Yay!

 

And THANK YOU!

 

And YOU GUYS ROCK!

 

And MY CAPS LOCK IS STuc...okay, it works now.

 

-g

Now, that was funny! :lol:

[Fixx]

It was introduced in version 1.5 Beta, so it's still relatively recent.

 

In 1.4.2 it certainly already is. In the dark side things different may be.

[MEB]

You're right Fixx. I meant with the artboards feature which was introduced before 1.5.

Thanks for the correction. So, dark side hein....?!

[Alfred]

In the dark side things different may be.

 

[AuthorAuthor]

[vMiKL]

hello,

when converting the page work plan, this method no longer works. :(

 

 

[Rik]

All-you-need-is-love.jpg

Why have you not included one of your best pieces of work, in your gallery?

[AuthorAuthor]

Hi Rik—

 

Buddy, it's your opinion that this tea set is one of my best pieces. If you look at the copyright on this site, it's almost a year old—I've not been curating it.

 

Sad to say, that because of an attention deficiency (not A.D.D., just a pinhead!), I've got work scattered all over the web. Some site go out of business, like Graphics dot com, while others are wickedly hard to upadate, such as the Featured Artists on Xara's site.

 

Well, Rik, as long as you've posted the image you like, there's no sense in me adding it to a gallery. :)

 

How about a link you might not have been to before?

A gallery at Adobe/Behance

 

I'm absolutely LOVING this beta!

 

Here's a rework, using AD, of a graphic I did several years ago.

 

Some say it's unsettling.

 

Others say it's my self-portrait...

 

 

Obviously, there is no Blend feature in AD (yet), so I was able to goof with gradients and transparencies to approximate what I'd originally done.

 

My Best,

 

Gary

[Alfred]

How about a link you might not have been to before?

A gallery at Adobe/Behance

 

Jaw-dropping stuff, Gary! Thanks for the link.

 

Are you thinking of recreating any of those pieces in AD, once its tools are up to the job? How long did it take you to draw that violin? (I used to play, badly.)

[AuthorAuthor]

Jaw-dropping stuff, Gary! Thanks for the link.

 

Are you thinking of recreating any of those pieces in AD, once its tools are up to the job? How long did it take you to draw that violin? (I used to play, badly.)

Oh, gosh, Alfred. I think I've misrepresented my talent, sorry! The violin belongs to a collection of rendered models I've created over the past 20 years. This collection is in no way intended to represnt my drawing talents, in software or with an actual pencil!

 

I am seriously going to consider re-rendering my drawings, however, and there is a gallery of my past CorelDRAW and Xara work...

 

Bouton draws attention

 

Tanks for the lovely mistake, however, Afred. Much appreciated!

 

For the record, the videos were mostly created in Cinema 4D and edited in Adobe After Effects (different category in Behance) and I think the logo work, the fourth collection, is a combo of C4D and Xara.

 

And I see I haven't added to any of the collections in four years.

 

I need to get my keister in action. Or my skills. Or both.

 

Kind Regards,

 

Gary

 

P.S. I'll bet I play the violin worse than you.

 

And worse than Cumberbatch on Sherlock Holmes.

[Alfred]

I need to get my keister in action. Or my skills. Or both.

 

I have to confess that the word 'keister' is new to me.

 

P.S. I'll bet I play the violin worse than you.

 

I wouldn't be so sure, unless you've never even played as much as a single note! :P

[AuthorAuthor]

I have to confess that the word 'keister' is new to me.

 

 

I wouldn't be so sure, unless you've never even played as much as a single note! :P

 

"Keister" is circa 1931, probably of Germanic roots, and you can sorta figure it out in context. :)

 

I have never, as my Dad used to say, "strangled the cat", an affectionate but derisive term for my cousin Susan who did take violin lessons, but sure didn't play the violin! :) I believe "strangling the cat" also applies to the inept use of bagpipes.

 

Nope. I took up guitar when I was 12 to be cool (to stop being beaten up in the lav at school, IOW). My hands weren't terrifically strong, so I had an Affinity (see how I snuck the topic name in?) for Rickenbackers: very slim neck, very low action. I model them ever so often, and draw different models:

 

 

 

My wife calls my work Guitar Porn.

 

And I'm severely off-topic, sorry!

 

I'm a Mod on a different forum and should know better!

 

—g

[Alfred]

"Keister" is circa 1931, probably of Germanic roots, and you can sorta figure it out in context. :)

 

In theory, perhaps. :(

 

My wife calls my work Guitar Porn.

 

:D

 

And I'm severely off-topic, sorry!

 

Ditto!

 

I'm a Mod on a different forum and should know better!

 

And ditto and ditto!

 

I think we can cling to the excuse that the OP's question was answered at the top of the thread, so it isn't as if we're derailing a discussion of ongoing problems. ;)

[Rik]

And ditto and ditto!

 

I think we can cling to the excuse that the OP's question was answered at the top of the thread, so it isn't as if we're derailing a discussion of ongoing problems. ;)

As you say, Alfred. My question was answered and I've never minded seeing quality work.

I've learnt a lot from Gary, so I'd say that he has dibs on going off-topic!

[AuthorAuthor]

Let me try to bring this thread back on-topic:

 

 

:)

 

-g

 

 

[AuthorAuthor]

Is the extent to which you you have a scrapboard or pasteboard limited in size, or proportionate to the defined page size?