Davilyn Posted October 20, 2016 Share Posted October 20, 2016 You can use Calibre to create a PDF version of the help, but it will require you to experiment with the settings to get the best results. I've had good results converting the help to an EPUB file and using iBooks to read it. Try this: Go to Applications Right click Affinity Photo and click Show Package Contents Go to Contents > Resources and right click AffinityPhoto.help and click Show Package Contents Go to Contents > Resources and copy de.lproj & shared to your desktop Open Calibre and drag index.html from the de.lproj folder into Calibre - this will add Affinity Photo Help: Get Started to the list of books Right click Affinity Photo Help: Get Started and select Convert Books > Convert Individually Make sure PDF is selected from the Output format drop down Make any changes needs in the other sections and click OK Wonderful. I hope this works for me. I am deaf. I find it hard to cognize why companies don't think the approximately 1 million deaf people in the U.S. don't deserve closed captioning or text tutorials. I've had Photo and Designer sitting here for years now, with no way to learn to use it. So I went back to Ps where there are a great many tutorials in text and CC. I thought I'd try again to see if I could find instruction so I'll try this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arfo62 Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 You can use Calibre to create a PDF version of the help, but it will require you to experiment with the settings to get the best results. I've had good results converting the help to an EPUB file and using iBooks to read it. Try this: Go to Applications Right click Affinity Photo and click Show Package Contents Go to Contents > Resources and right click AffinityPhoto.help and click Show Package Contents Go to Contents > Resources and copy de.lproj & shared to your desktop Open Calibre and drag index.html from the de.lproj folder into Calibre - this will add Affinity Photo Help: Get Started to the list of books Right click Affinity Photo Help: Get Started and select Convert Books > Convert Individually Make sure PDF is selected from the Output format drop down Make any changes needs in the other sections and click OK Hi Leigh, Hi everybody at the Affinity forum, I tried the method you suggest but with no success: I have no shared file and no index.html file into the de.jplroj folder (I also tried the it.ljproj as I'm Italian but with no results...). Can you help me? I'm using the 1.4.2 version on a macmini late 2012, osx 10.9.5 Mavericks. Tanx for helping me, arfo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Leigh Posted December 1, 2016 Staff Share Posted December 1, 2016 When you open right click AffinityPhoto.help and select Show Package Contents do you see the following folders: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arfo62 Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 Thank you very much, Leigh, I'd missed it! Now I've tried again and I succeeded :_) arfo Leigh 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zox Posted December 10, 2016 Share Posted December 10, 2016 You can use Calibre to create a PDF version of the help, but it will require you to experiment with the settings to get the best results. I've had good results converting the help to an EPUB file and using iBooks to read it. Try this: Go to Applications Right click Affinity Photo and click Show Package Contents Go to Contents > Resources and right click AffinityPhoto.help and click Show Package Contents Go to Contents > Resources and copy de.lproj & shared to your desktop Open Calibre and drag index.html from the de.lproj folder into Calibre - this will add Affinity Photo Help: Get Started to the list of books Right click Affinity Photo Help: Get Started and select Convert Books > Convert Individually Make sure PDF is selected from the Output format drop down Make any changes needs in the other sections and click OK Hi. Just bought AP for Windows and try to make a PDF from HTML file, like U explained here. Unfortunately I just able to create a Epub file readable only with Calibre for windows. Is there another way to have a PDF User guide to easy read on tablet or other devices? Thx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arfo62 Posted December 10, 2016 Share Posted December 10, 2016 Hi Zox, I was only able to create an epub but I'm on a mac... No pdf for me too, there is always some error (I didn't spend a lot of time on settings, for the truth...) I've found an epub guide somewhere in the web but I've missed the link; probably you can find it out... On the opposite I didn't find any pdf guide and is not possible, if I'm not wrong, to create it from an epub... arfo Zox 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zox Posted December 10, 2016 Share Posted December 10, 2016 Hi Zox, I was only able to create an epub but I'm on a mac... No pdf for me too, there is always some error (I didn't spend a lot of time on settings, for the truth...) I've found an epub guide somewhere in the web but I've missed the link; probably you can find it out... On the opposite I didn't find any pdf guide and is not possible, if I'm not wrong, to create it from an epub... arfo Thx for the info! Error here too! :( Hope in an Official PDF User guide for APhoto and ADesign too. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ski Posted January 20, 2017 Share Posted January 20, 2017 You can use Calibre to create a PDF version of the help, but it will require you to experiment with the settings to get the best results. I've had good results converting the help to an EPUB file and using iBooks to read it. Try this: Go to Applications Right click Affinity Photo and click Show Package Contents Go to Contents > Resources and right click AffinityPhoto.help and click Show Package Contents Go to Contents > Resources and copy de.lproj & shared to your desktop Open Calibre and drag index.html from the de.lproj folder into Calibre - this will add Affinity Photo Help: Get Started to the list of books Right click Affinity Photo Help: Get Started and select Convert Books > Convert Individually Make sure PDF is selected from the Output format drop down Make any changes needs in the other sections and click OK Thank you kindly, Leigh, for posting these instructions. They worked very well for me and now I'm a happy camper with my easy-to-read AP Help files! Best regards. Leigh 1 Mac mini, 2018 • 64GB • 3.2 GHz 6-Core Intel Core i7 • Graphics AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT 4 GB • macOS Ventura 13.3 • Dell S2721QS - 27-inch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terry47 Posted February 8, 2017 Share Posted February 8, 2017 Well it's certainly a good idea but have no luck getting it to work. I've tried the above method on 3 different macs (2 with El Capitan and the other on Yosemite) but it gets to 47% and then stalls. After a few minutes it reports back that the conversion has failed. Any ideas from those in the know? otherwise its back to the online version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirkt Posted February 9, 2017 Share Posted February 9, 2017 @terry47 - do not despair, someone has done the work for you: https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/34556-affinity-photo-pdf-manual-for-your-enjoyment/ enjoy, kirk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terry47 Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 Many thanks for the link Kirk. kirkt 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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