Popular Post Chris Van Cleve Posted December 14, 2014 Popular Post Posted December 14, 2014 So, I fell in love with Affinity after about an hour of playing with it. I bought it and started bringing my favorite assets over from Photoshop and Illustrator, including some styles I have been using for years on my web projects. I thought perhaps others could use them too, so here they are with a bonus set of sticker styles. Enjoy if they're of interest to you. UPDATE: New version 2.0! This time the gradients and strokes are tool editable. No more trips to the Effects Panel. This gives better and easier control of the styles. BONUS: By request, 4 atmosphere styles. Included is the AD file with all styles applied for you to play with. Will likely only open in the latest beta. Sorry. BONUS: Dream Metals styles! Aluminum, Gold, and Copper. Find these and more at https://dscape-llc.com/affinity SunRiseMoon, Reggie1958, AnnH and 60 others 57 6 Quote Journey forth my friend, by body if needs be... MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Late 2013), 2.6 GHz Intel Core i5, 8GB RAM, OS X 10.14 beta || USB Keyboard, Wireless Trackpad, Wacom Intous 3 Tablet
Staff MEB Posted December 14, 2014 Staff Posted December 14, 2014 Hello cvancleve :) Welcome to Affinity Forums. Thank you for sharing them with us. It's an impressive set of styles. Really like them all! Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software
RNKLN Posted December 14, 2014 Posted December 14, 2014 This is a very nice palette. Thanks for sharing! Quote Affinity Photo - Affinity Designer - Affinity Publisher | macOS Sonoma (14.5) on 16GB MBP14 2021 with 2.5.X versions
Chris Van Cleve Posted December 14, 2014 Author Posted December 14, 2014 You're welcome! I should probably explain that the name isn't an arrogant, self-aggrandizing thing. My company's name is DreamScape Visionery, hence Dream Styles. Reggie1958, Ariana M and sincetimebegan 3 Quote Journey forth my friend, by body if needs be... MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Late 2013), 2.6 GHz Intel Core i5, 8GB RAM, OS X 10.14 beta || USB Keyboard, Wireless Trackpad, Wacom Intous 3 Tablet
Staff MattP Posted December 15, 2014 Staff Posted December 15, 2014 Wow, thanks for these Chris! :D Quote
Dutch Posted December 21, 2014 Posted December 21, 2014 That's a nice collection, Chris! Thanks a bundle, it's very much appreciated! Dutch Quote iMac : 2.3 Ghz Dual-Core intel Core i5 Affinity Designer 2.0.3 : Affinity Publisher 2.0.0 : Affinity Photo 2.0.0
Nevermore Posted December 22, 2014 Posted December 22, 2014 I would like to import some of my PS styles: I have quite a lot. Was it difficult to do? I have no problem with swatches as I have a program that allows me to export swatches in different file formats, one of which is .clr which is what Affinity uses. But of course, I don't have that option for my PS styles. If it was not difficult, could you kindly explain how you did it? (In my neck of the woods, difficult means more than a five or six steps). Thanks in advance. Quote
Nevermore Posted December 22, 2014 Posted December 22, 2014 Sorry, forgot to thank you for sharing the styles. Quote
Chris Van Cleve Posted December 22, 2014 Author Posted December 22, 2014 You're welcome. It wasn't difficult at all. 1. Create a photoshop document, and add shapes to it. (Must be an actual shape to work properly in my experience.) 2. Assign styles to the various shapes. (You can see from my provided screenshot I used circles) 3. Save .psd file and open it in AD 4. Click on each shape, one at a time, then right-click and select "Create Style" 5. Right-click on the style in the panel and choose Rename. You're done. ronniemcbride, Obrigado, Reggie1958 and 2 others 5 Quote Journey forth my friend, by body if needs be... MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Late 2013), 2.6 GHz Intel Core i5, 8GB RAM, OS X 10.14 beta || USB Keyboard, Wireless Trackpad, Wacom Intous 3 Tablet
Chris Van Cleve Posted December 22, 2014 Author Posted December 22, 2014 I forgot to mention, i'm working on v2 of my styles that allow editing the gradients directly in the image instead of manipulating them from the effects panel. That is much more difficult. The Gradient fill tool is tougher to get crisp transitions and set midpoints with. But it's doable. Quote Journey forth my friend, by body if needs be... MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Late 2013), 2.6 GHz Intel Core i5, 8GB RAM, OS X 10.14 beta || USB Keyboard, Wireless Trackpad, Wacom Intous 3 Tablet
Nevermore Posted December 26, 2014 Posted December 26, 2014 Thank you so much for taking the time to write this out. Not working for me yet but I will play with it. Love that you made it less than 6 steps :) Quote
ronniemcbride Posted January 1, 2015 Posted January 1, 2015 Chris this a fabulous gift and beautiful gift to the community thanks you for sharing your steps could I use this in my class tutorial and credit you for your work in the video? I will direct people to this thread to download this resource. Just let me know if you are ok with that. MacGueurle 1 Quote LEARN AFFINITY DESIGNER TODAY. Follow me on twitter:@mixmediasalad or WATCH my FREE Youtube Channel Content Also check out my Affinity Designer Essential course on Lynda.com or Affinity Designer UX tools course and get a 30-day FREE!! trial to Lynda.com entire LIbrary by clicking this link
Chris Van Cleve Posted January 2, 2015 Author Posted January 2, 2015 Sure, Ronnie. I have no problem with that. They're meant to be free for everyone, so promote away. :) Quote Journey forth my friend, by body if needs be... MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Late 2013), 2.6 GHz Intel Core i5, 8GB RAM, OS X 10.14 beta || USB Keyboard, Wireless Trackpad, Wacom Intous 3 Tablet
ronniemcbride Posted January 2, 2015 Posted January 2, 2015 Sure, Ronnie. I have no problem with that. They're meant to be free for everyone, so promote away. :) Great I assumed that but always like to ask first. Thanks! Quote LEARN AFFINITY DESIGNER TODAY. Follow me on twitter:@mixmediasalad or WATCH my FREE Youtube Channel Content Also check out my Affinity Designer Essential course on Lynda.com or Affinity Designer UX tools course and get a 30-day FREE!! trial to Lynda.com entire LIbrary by clicking this link
Chris Van Cleve Posted January 2, 2015 Author Posted January 2, 2015 Asking is always the smart move. :) ronniemcbride 1 Quote Journey forth my friend, by body if needs be... MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Late 2013), 2.6 GHz Intel Core i5, 8GB RAM, OS X 10.14 beta || USB Keyboard, Wireless Trackpad, Wacom Intous 3 Tablet
sincetimebegan Posted January 9, 2015 Posted January 9, 2015 Downloaded these styles, going to have a play - thanks for sharing, you never know when something like this could come in handy! ^_^ Quote www.sincetimebegan.com Personal Portfolio
Chris Van Cleve Posted January 9, 2015 Author Posted January 9, 2015 I hope you find them useful. :) Quote Journey forth my friend, by body if needs be... MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Late 2013), 2.6 GHz Intel Core i5, 8GB RAM, OS X 10.14 beta || USB Keyboard, Wireless Trackpad, Wacom Intous 3 Tablet
Chris Van Cleve Posted January 25, 2015 Author Posted January 25, 2015 I just updated the top post with version 2.0 You can adjust the gradients with the gradient tool, and the stroke without going to the Effects panel. I also had a request for the style I created of the blue atmosphere for my planet render with 3 more color options as well. I have provided those too. Enjoy! MacGueurle, raqs and MattP 3 Quote Journey forth my friend, by body if needs be... MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Late 2013), 2.6 GHz Intel Core i5, 8GB RAM, OS X 10.14 beta || USB Keyboard, Wireless Trackpad, Wacom Intous 3 Tablet
ronnyb Posted January 25, 2015 Posted January 25, 2015 Thanks Chris!! I used v1 in my Flip vs. Flop post earlier :D Quote 2021 16” Macbook Pro w/ M1 Max 10c cpu /24c gpu, 32 GB RAM, 1TB SSD, macOS Sequoia 15.1 2018 11" iPad Pro w/ A12X cpu/gpu, 256 GB, iPadOS 18.1
Staff MEB Posted January 25, 2015 Staff Posted January 25, 2015 Thanks again for sharing Chris ;) Top notch work! Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software
Adrianna Posted February 10, 2015 Posted February 10, 2015 Again… Thank you Chris for your generosity you have certainly made my day! this will help me with my textile motifs :) Quote
Chris Van Cleve Posted February 11, 2015 Author Posted February 11, 2015 You are very welcome, Adrianna! Quote Journey forth my friend, by body if needs be... MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Late 2013), 2.6 GHz Intel Core i5, 8GB RAM, OS X 10.14 beta || USB Keyboard, Wireless Trackpad, Wacom Intous 3 Tablet
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