R C-R Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 16 hours ago, Snap said: That line honestly sums it up perfectly. Please note the choice of words here. A "suite" of "applications" that work "seamlessly together". They do work seamlessly together. They just don't all offer identical access to all the features the suite supports. So for example, to access some features not accessible from AD but accessible in AP, you can use the File > Edit in Photo menu item to seamlessly switch to AP, use the feature there & then seamlessly switch back to AD via the File >Edit in Designer menu item. There is no conversion or loss of data involved, making it completely seamless. Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.5.5 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brew Posted July 7, 2021 Share Posted July 7, 2021 New to Affinity Designer. When I found this thread I was really bummed out about not being able to Clone basic pixels like I can in GIMP. Was looking to clean this pixilation but no can do Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted July 7, 2021 Share Posted July 7, 2021 4 minutes ago, Brew said: New to Affinity Designer. When I found this thread I was really bummed out about not being able to Clone basic pixels like I can in GIMP. Was looking to clean this pixilation but no can do As mentioned earlier in this thread, you're in the wrong application to do that. GIMP is a photo editor, so if you want comparable functions you should use Affinity Photo. Snap 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 17.6.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.6.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted July 7, 2021 Share Posted July 7, 2021 54 minutes ago, Brew said: New to Affinity Designer. When I found this thread I was really bummed out about not being able to Clone basic pixels like I can in GIMP. Was looking to clean this pixilation but no can do If you are limited to using AD you can do some cleanup work in its Pixel Persona, for example by using the Flood Fill Tool, continuous mode, & setting the tolerance to a low enough value that it does not 'leak' into unwanted areas. Snap 1 Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.5.5 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalicrowa Posted February 24, 2022 Share Posted February 24, 2022 Yeah all these "This isn't the right program for that" responses I think are very silly. I love affinity photo/designer but I really hope they strive to improve it instead of doing stuff like this and not listening to feedback Cloning brush is a VERY basic thing to have in the program. Yes I have affinity photo, but wouldn't it be NICER if you didn't need to open another program just to do this 1 basic thing? it's not like adding it would make the program worse or more confusing, you can just have it as a tool in the pixel persona, and it doesn't even need to be on the toolbar on default! I seriously hope the affinity team considers this. It would make my workflow SO much easier for my work if it had this ONE tool. I usually already have like 5 other programs open at the same time when working and needing to open a 6th one really slows the computer down... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snap Posted March 3, 2022 Share Posted March 3, 2022 The clone stamp tool works by copying pixels of one or more layers to another layer (or part of a layer). Vector data does not have the pixel data to make cloning an option unfortunately. As a matter of fact, vectors have no pixel data until they're rasterized, in which case it's not a vector anymore. They have points, lines, curves, and polygon data (and then when it gets rasterized all that data gets "thrown out" and replaced with bitmap data). There's no easy way to implement a clone stamp tool where points, lines, curves, and/or polygons can be copied and "painted" onto a layer in an intuitive way the same way pixels can be like how the clone stamp tool works. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalicrowa Posted March 3, 2022 Share Posted March 3, 2022 Oh no, I meant a clone stamp tool just for rasterized layers. I do thumbnails for a youtuber and I prefer working in Affinity Designer over Photo a lot more because of the vector based tools that arent available in Photo. But I also use screenshots and mask out parts of it or use the screenshot as a background. But sometimes theres things I dont want in the background and I love the clone stamp tool for that, but I would have to move it all into Affinity Photo to do that and its a HUGE pain since it takes so long to load. I really just want to use the clone stamp tool in Affinity Designer on a single rasterized layer, it doesnt need to use any of the vector graphics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artworkzzz Posted August 23, 2023 Share Posted August 23, 2023 It would be fantastic if when using publisher one could select the designer tools in their entirety, and likewise selecting pixel persona would enable the full photo toolset. Anything else seems like...why bother. We all use the tools from time to time and to have to pop over to a different app to do a small this or that is clunky. If publisher bought the other two apps into itself entirely, that would be just what the doctor ordered. It was actually what I expected when reading the advertising blurb before I bought the products.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artworkzzz Posted December 5, 2023 Share Posted December 5, 2023 Ever since I started using computers for artwork, I yearned for a programme that would allow any type of graphic within any shape boundary, be it vector, raster, text. There are times when a design's goal does not include the necessity of flawless scalability. Some art styles revolve around drawing a set of hard outlines ie selections, and filling them as appropriate, as in airbrush work using masks. In this, and other cases, filling with vector grads is hugely limited compared to muticolour airbrushed filling. So I was delighted to see that AD allowed this....and then today found no clone brush and thought it was a no brainer for any designer really, vectors or no. Honestly, I cannot for the life of me understand the resistance to including this simple component, which is already in the other two programmes. Come on guys, PLEEEEESE???? You need to understand that different artist work in different ways, and there would seem to be a lot of demand for this simple feature. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flux_capacitor Posted May 1 Share Posted May 1 I bought Affinity Designer on iPad minutes ago only to find out that they didn't put this basic function in the pixel persona (I searched for it in vain in the software, then on the internet and this thread popped out in the results). And they never will, as the ages from this thread shows, because they want you to buy two apps instead of one. I wish Pixelmator Pro was available for iPad #bummer #pissedoff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Komatös Posted May 1 Share Posted May 1 2 hours ago, flux_capacitor said: because they want you to buy two apps instead of one. You still have the option of returning the license and refunding the purchase price. https://store.serif.com/en-gb/help/#:~:text=2 licensed customers.-,returns and refunds,-What is your Quote AMD Ryzen 7 5700X | INTEL Arc A770 LE 16 GB | 32 GB DDR4 3200MHz | Windows 11 Pro 24H2 (26100.1742) Affinity Suite V 2.5.3 & Beta 2.(latest) Interested in a free (selfhosted) PDF Solution? Have a look at Stirling PDF Before you ask, no! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted May 1 Share Posted May 1 29 minutes ago, Komatös said: You still have the option of returning the license and refunding the purchase price. https://store.serif.com/en-gb/help/#:~:text=2 licensed customers.-,returns and refunds,-What is your A more direct link: https://store.serif.com/help/#returns 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 17.6.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.6.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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