cruizer1 Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 While the interface resembles PS, it is not intuitive. Is there a manual or tutorial for beta participants? IomarMup 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alansky Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 Definitely not intuitive. I can't even figure out how to set foreground and background colors. An image editing app that has even a good subset of Photoshop features needs a user manual—no doubt about it. Claude B. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff acapstick Posted February 10, 2015 Staff Share Posted February 10, 2015 Hi Cruizer1, We're currently developing the help for Affinity Photo as I write. You should able to find what you need via the Help menu using the Search box, but the forums can obviously provide assistance if you can't find what you're looking for. Let me know what you think of the Help so far. I'm confident that the content there should get Beta testers up and running. We're updating topics as we go to track functionality changes and beta feedback like your own. Content will be fluid as we're hoping for an excellent learning resource on release. Thanks Andy Capstick Claude B. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hkhawaii Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 Is there a manual for Affinity Photo? Tutorials are too fast for me. I am used to slow learning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Andy Somerfield Posted July 11, 2015 Staff Share Posted July 11, 2015 Hi, The integrated help in the Help menu will work for you - it's example based and you can go at whatever speed you like :) Hope this helps, Andy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newstone Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 Can I Export the integraled Help to PDF? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisBut Posted July 15, 2015 Share Posted July 15, 2015 Hi I've been using Serif products for many years and they always come with a manual and resource guide. I prefer to read and use my computer at the same time as I find this is better than using the help on screen as I can see what topic I want rather having to find the jargon for it and then the topic. (I am dyslexic and over 65) I currently find this program very hard to follow and a split screen does not help. Unlike many others I have not used photoshop so I am not familiar with any type of program like this. Finally I have the purchased copy not the trial copy and it keeps crashing. Anyone else having this problem? Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff acapstick Posted July 16, 2015 Staff Share Posted July 16, 2015 Hi Newstone, Ref, the Help to PDF. The help is a collection of HTML5 files - you could take the HTML files to another program, reformat and then create a PDF output from that. If you're interested in more info, I can supply details. Just reply to the thread. Regards \Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newstone Posted July 16, 2015 Share Posted July 16, 2015 Hi Andy, Please give me more information or post the help of designers and Affinity Affinity Photo in German version in PDF format. Thanks Newstone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Leigh Posted July 21, 2015 Staff Share Posted July 21, 2015 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 My Strawberry Monkey, Erwe, Koyotte and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
My Strawberry Monkey Posted July 21, 2015 Share Posted July 21, 2015 Cool, it worked. Not that I need to, I like the help menu but i'd thought i'd give it a go. Used an ePub for iBooks instead. Leigh 1 About me: Trainer at Apple, Freelance Video Editor, Motion Graphics Artist, Website Designer, Photographer. Yes I like creating things!!! Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/mystrawberrymonkey/ Twitter: @StrawberryMnky @imAllanThompson Web: mystrawberrymonkey.com Portfolio: behance.net/allanthompson YouTube: Affinity Designer & Photo Tutorials Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeFromMesa Posted July 21, 2015 Share Posted July 21, 2015 Finally I have the purchased copy not the trial copy and it keeps crashing. Anyone else having this problem? What, exactly, are you doing that is making it crash? Loading a raw image? Loading a non-raw image? Editing a loaded image? If so, what edit tools? Exporting an image? Calling a plugin? Perhaps we can help if we know what you are doing, what might be happening right before the crash and so on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koyotte Posted July 24, 2015 Share Posted July 24, 2015 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 Leigh, this is what I needed. Very helpful. Leigh 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newstone Posted July 24, 2015 Share Posted July 24, 2015 Thanks Leigh. Now, i have a PDF :-) Leigh 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justwilliam Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 Just imagine if Affinity/Serif were to make the help files, in iBook format, available via the App Store. Updates which altered the help files could then also be downloaded. It could even contain the official Affinity tutorials. I am not using a second display but I would love to have the ability to view the help files and tutorials on my iPad whenever needed instead of switching its window in front of or behind what I am working on. Of course there is this wonderful suggested PDF work-around, but not everyone can or would do that. anon1 and Hanzz 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anon1 Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 justwilliam, oh yes that´s an awesome idea! note: I already questioned myself why the e-zines are not available directly from the iBook Store (at least I haven´t found them there) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanzz Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 +1 May the fun be with you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newbold1 Posted October 1, 2015 Share Posted October 1, 2015 This is great! I was able to download the English version of the book into PDF following these instructions but using the English index file versus the one mentioned here. I think having a PDF viewable on my iPad or other separate device while working within Affinity on my Macbook will be very helpful! Thank you for these instructions!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GFS Posted October 4, 2015 Share Posted October 4, 2015 Alternatively ... you can just open the index file in a web-browser and save the first page as a bookmark, there by making it an instantly accessible offline web site. Closing tab bar and favourites bar etc. makes it pretty much an identical view to the Help viewer ... except it doesn't annoyingly float above all other windows. Leigh 1 Grumpy, but faithful (watch out all you cats) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billtils Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 A bit surprised at some of these comments, especially the ones that seem to me to be implying that Photoshop is intuitive ... really folks?! In addition to the Help feature, there are some really good videos that new users and more experienced people coming from another editor can access on the Affinity Vimeo channel (and they are constantly being updated). Having said all that, there are clearly some customers who would prefer a manual - a small business opportunity for someone to write an ebook ... spokanimal 1 Retina iMac (4K display, 1TB SSD, 16GB RAM) OS X 10.11.6 Capture One 10. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spokanimal Posted October 15, 2015 Share Posted October 15, 2015 I have done my research. I am about to buy..and well..probably will buy this no matter what the response to my query....but is there a manual or user guide at this point and if so...well. humbly...I think that there should be... Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GFS Posted October 15, 2015 Share Posted October 15, 2015 It does seem like it would be simpler for Affinity to make the PDF themselves and have it available for download, rather than have people go delving into the package contents and trying to figure out what to do. Grumpy, but faithful (watch out all you cats) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billtils Posted October 15, 2015 Share Posted October 15, 2015 @spokanimal There are 67 "How to videos' here. Retina iMac (4K display, 1TB SSD, 16GB RAM) OS X 10.11.6 Capture One 10. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johalenn Posted November 4, 2015 Share Posted November 4, 2015 Is there anyway to download the affinity instruction videos so I can watch them without using internet connection? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Leigh Posted November 4, 2015 Staff Share Posted November 4, 2015 Is there anyway to download the affinity instruction videos so I can watch them without using internet connection? Yep. If you go to our Vimeo Channel you can download any of our videos by clicking the download button :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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