bryan Posted October 24, 2016 Share Posted October 24, 2016 I just received my hardback copy of the Affinity Designer Workbook. It looks great. At the start of each chapter is the "Resource" box with a filename in it. Where are these files to be found!? The book says, At the beginning of each project you will be provided with a link to download all the resources for that project that have been provided by the contributing illustrator/designer. I see green box with the filename in it... but no link info. I tried tapping on it with my finger, but nothing happened. :) Yesenia and cosmonaut61 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted October 24, 2016 Staff Share Posted October 24, 2016 Hi bryan, Welcome to Affinity Forums :) Go to the the green page at the beginning of each chapter and you should find a url like affin.co/xyz.. On the projects section the link is on the first page after the separator pages (in green too). Type it on your browser to download the zipped resources files. Basically you have to add the project name after the affin.co/ to download the resources for that project. bryan, mehenninger and Aizat 3 Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bryan Posted October 24, 2016 Author Share Posted October 24, 2016 Thanks Advanced Member! Maybe the instructions quoted above should have said "At the beginning of each chapter..." and then specify that each project will identify the respective files to use, since chapters have multiple projects in them. I was also surprised that the link was a direct download link... and not a page where I could selectively download the current project files only. FYI Thanks again for the clarification. UPDATE: It appears this is only true for the first chapter. The rest of the chapters have no links, and the first project page within those chapters does have the corresponding link. Patrick Connor and rabradley1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitcherooney Posted November 1, 2016 Share Posted November 1, 2016 So I typed in affin.co/core_skills_artboards.afdesign (as per page 71) and all I get is an Error 404 - page not found. Clearly I am doing something wrong. Would some kind soul please enlighten me? I'm old, so be gentle. Thanks rabradley1, 2989 and Besli 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Patrick Connor Posted November 1, 2016 Staff Share Posted November 1, 2016 The resources like .afdesign files are in a zip. You get the zip file by just typing ONLY the affin.co/xyz.. (but instead of xyz type it in exactly as it appears at the start of the chapter) nothing more or less. It will then download to your computer. Unzip it and find the resources for that chapter. There are 10 in total if you follow them all, including core skills. Quote Patrick Connor Serif Europe Ltd Latest V2 releases on each platform Help make our apps better by joining our beta program! "There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man. True nobility lies in being superior to your previous self." W. L. Sheldon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leafdancing Posted November 1, 2016 Share Posted November 1, 2016 Hi Mitcherooney, You can find the links on the following pages: pages 126, 150, 184, 234, 262, 306, 338, 362, 414 They are all in green, and begin affix.co/ For example, the link on page 69 is http://affin.co/coreskills Hope this helps :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted November 1, 2016 Share Posted November 1, 2016 The resources like .afdesign files are in a zip. You get the zip file by just typing ONLY the affin.co/xyz.. (but instead of xyz type it in exactly as it appears at the start of the chapter) nothing more or less. It will then download to your computer. Unzip it and find the resources for that chapter. There are 9 in total if you follow them all. There are nine if you're only counting the ones that are associated with specific chapters, but ten if you include the 'core skills' one. :) Patrick Connor 1 Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.4.1 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Besli Posted November 3, 2016 Share Posted November 3, 2016 Help, I am not finding this/these zip files!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madame Posted November 5, 2016 Share Posted November 5, 2016 Hi, you have to type the link in the browser window not in the search bar. Quote - Affinity Photo 2.3.0 - Affinity Designer 2.3.0 -Affinity Publisher 2.3.0 MacBook Pro 16 GB MacOS Sonoma 14.1.2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Harman Posted November 6, 2016 Share Posted November 6, 2016 IMG_0540.afphoto I too am getting Error 404 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Harman Posted November 6, 2016 Share Posted November 6, 2016 Silly me! I get it now the heading at the top of the page are files within the resource Folder for Example Chapter 2 (Page 69) The zipped folder can be downloaded by typing the file affin.co/cskills into a browser. The names in green boxes throughout the chapter are files within that zipped up Folder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rabradley1 Posted December 8, 2016 Share Posted December 8, 2016 is this a TEST? Really? this is taking way to much time - my first experience with AD - that makes NO sense..... Besli 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elipticz Posted December 17, 2016 Share Posted December 17, 2016 Hey Rab, I ran into the same issue with this, the "actual" url is: affin.co/coreskills Drop it into a browser and the .zip file will start the download, book is very vague on this, would be great if resources were put in one place on the support site with direct linking, but thats just me.. -e Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elipticz Posted December 21, 2016 Share Posted December 21, 2016 A good example of what isnt working: affin.co/nibs_source.tiff which is on page 200 of the book. page returns a 404 error (see attached) Question: Is this resource suppose to live at this address? Of is it expected to be extracted from the coreSkills session? -> Follow-up i checked the core skills and this project has no associated project references with it..(they dont live with the core skills session). What am I not seeing here? Wouldnt just a drop box or some FTP with ALL resources stored in the archive be way easier then having to goto each, theres like almost one a page.. Just a thought..8), put em all with the core skiils in another folder... BTW love the suite so far!! Thanks for any insight into this 8) -e purpleMix 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted December 21, 2016 Share Posted December 21, 2016 The file 'nibs_source.tiff' is in the 'whittler' zip archive. Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.4.1 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted December 21, 2016 Staff Share Posted December 21, 2016 Hi elipticz, Welcome to Affinity Forums :) The links are on pages 126, 150, 184, 234, 262, 306, 338, 362, 414 These include all files used in the corresponding chapter. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elipticz Posted December 21, 2016 Share Posted December 21, 2016 Ahhhh I have seen the light...lol, thanks for response, didnt get the primary linking for each project... -e Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whisper3 Posted January 18, 2017 Share Posted January 18, 2017 Hi, I also am having trouble getting into this core skills site. This is so unusual for Serif. I have been using Serif products since PagePlusx2 also with Drawplus. Have just bought the wookbook, along with the program and would like to follow the book. Trying to convert from DrawPlusX8 , Also don't see the replicate tool, but I guess we have to do that differently too. Any Help would be appreciated. Many Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted January 18, 2017 Staff Share Posted January 18, 2017 Hi Whisper3, Welcome to Affinity Forums :) Take a look at the following video tutorial regarding the duplicate functionality in Affinity apps: Power duplicate. Here’s some additional resources that may help you get started. Take a look at the extensive video tutorial library since it already covers most of all apps functionality/features. - In-house Video Tutorials for Affinity Designer and Affinity Photo - The Help file (menu Help ▸ AffinityDesigner/Photo Help) covers extensively all features/tools of the each program. It’s a great reference too, don’t overlook it. - I’ve also compiled a list of other learning resources here, including third party Books, Training Courses and Tutorials If you have any further questions, just ask here in the forums. There's always users and staff willing to help. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whisper3 Posted January 18, 2017 Share Posted January 18, 2017 Thank you for the information. I am impressed with Power Duplicate. Many thanks again. Whisper3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted January 18, 2017 Staff Share Posted January 18, 2017 @Whisper3 You're welcome ^_^ Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted January 18, 2017 Share Posted January 18, 2017 I am impressed with Power Duplicate. So am I, but what it does is similar to what the Replicate command does in DrawPlus. The Replicate Tool in DrawPlus X8 is much more powerful. http://www.serif.com/appresources/DPX8/Help/en-gb/drawplus.htm#help/replicating_an_object.htm#MT_ReplicateTool Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.4.1 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMC68 Posted February 5, 2017 Share Posted February 5, 2017 I cannot download the files from affin.co/coreskills on my PC as both Firefox and Edge 'helpfully' add www. at the start. That results in an error message. I have just spent a frustrating hour trying - and I was so looking forward to learning from this workbook How do I access these files, please? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Patrick Connor Posted February 5, 2017 Staff Share Posted February 5, 2017 AMC68 Welcome to the Serif Affinity forums Try typing adding https:// to the front of each link (found at the start of each chapter) like this https://affin.co/coreskills In the second run of this book we are adding the "https://" on the page to be more explicit (the first German edition also has https:// prefixes) Quote Patrick Connor Serif Europe Ltd Latest V2 releases on each platform Help make our apps better by joining our beta program! "There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man. True nobility lies in being superior to your previous self." W. L. Sheldon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMC68 Posted February 6, 2017 Share Posted February 6, 2017 Thank you - works fine. No more frustration. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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