paolo.limoncelli Posted March 8, 2015 Share Posted March 8, 2015 Testing a newly made brush, based on the tuturial provided by PAULO (http://www.paololimoncelli.com/bristles-for-affinity-designer/ ) Mixing goes well. This one was a caricature I started in Mischief, and abandoned. I won't completely finish it, but it gave me the drive to do a good one very soon.... So keep an eye open on this space... ;) Terrific! The white dog, making tools for artists, illustrators and doodlers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MattP Posted March 9, 2015 Staff Share Posted March 9, 2015 I agree - this is absolutely marvellous! :D Hanzz, try doing a quick 'File'->'Save as...' and choosing a new file name. It should (often) shrink the file a little... there is a built-in redundancy in the file format to cope with a possible file system error without losing your whole file, but when you do a 'Save as...' it just writes the file without any of the extra bits of information in it so is often a bit smaller :) Thanks, Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanzz Posted March 9, 2015 Author Share Posted March 9, 2015 Thanks, MattP. i'll try this ASAP EDIT: just did what you suggested, and the file is now 127MB. I have now 4 files on my disk. #1=587,4MB #2=487,6MB #3=188,3MB #4=127MB This can not continue, without loss of quality ,I guess? MattP 1 May the fun be with you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MattP Posted March 9, 2015 Staff Share Posted March 9, 2015 No, I think you're at the smallest size now, I'm afraid! ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanzz Posted March 9, 2015 Author Share Posted March 9, 2015 I hope the link works. This is the finished Affinity-file of the latest painting I made. Warning: file size is 127MB ! For personal use only. https://www.dropbox.com/s/6fjclzqv2xtk5d6/Neil_degrasse_Tyson-BETA_SHARE.afphoto?dl=0 May the fun be with you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronnyb Posted March 9, 2015 Share Posted March 9, 2015 Matt, that's a good trick, Save As multiple times to compress native file format... Got me thinking, might be a good idea if the app does that multiple pass save automatically...? That's quite a size difference!!! I agree - this is absolutely marvellous! :D Hanzz, try doing a quick 'File'->'Save as...' and choosing a new file name. It should (often) shrink the file a little... there is a built-in redundancy in the file format to cope with a possible file system error without losing your whole file, but when you do a 'Save as...' it just writes the file without any of the extra bits of information in it so is often a bit smaller :) Thanks, Matt Hanzz 1 2021 16” Macbook Pro w/ M1 Max 10c cpu /24c gpu, 32 GB RAM, 1TB SSD, Sonoma 14.4.1 2018 11" iPad Pro w/ A12X cpu/gpu, 256 GB, iPadOS 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanzz Posted March 29, 2015 Author Share Posted March 29, 2015 Trying my hand (only now first chance, time eh...) on the latest Beta. it seems to behave well. I do had occasions that after painting for something like an hour or more, the memory starts to drain to the point where my iMac gets almost on his knees. But restoring memory helps everything back on track, and I'm off for a while. If things get worse, I stop the app, en restart after a while. Undo's limited to 100. Chances are, I'll finish this one...... After all this man has finished his job too Brushes are the same as the previous painting May the fun be with you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanzz Posted May 17, 2015 Author Share Posted May 17, 2015 Here's another one I made. This time with imported (free) brushes from this location. After some fiddling with it, I was going great... Hope you like it, friends. ronnyb and MattP 2 May the fun be with you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrograde Posted May 17, 2015 Share Posted May 17, 2015 Hi Hanzz, how does the AP experience compare to your Artrage experience? Some pretty impressive work you've done in that app. http://www.kevincreative.com https://www.behance.net/kevincreative https://dribbble.com/kevincreative https://www.instagram.com/kevincreative/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Andy Somerfield Posted May 17, 2015 Staff Share Posted May 17, 2015 I love to see these pieces :) It is a proper and exhaustive use of the tools in the app - pushed to the limit! Hopefully we have solved some of the problems you encountered earlier, Hanzz, but feel free to let me know if there is more we can do :) Andy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanzz Posted May 18, 2015 Author Share Posted May 18, 2015 Well, the only downside I encountered (to me) was this: I work in separated windows mode to have the painting alongside the reference picture. When starting out, I pick the colors from the reference, and when I do so, the color appears active in the reference window, but when I switch to the painting window, the color stays the same as before. I know, I have to drag the picker from my painting to the reference, but it is a hassle. The picker also got it wrong quite a few times, and when that happens, always a light blueish dark color. (see photo, the pick was an orange - pinkish color....)) Conclusion :Maybe if I pick a color from anywhere, the color changes in the desired color on any open document.That would be a great plus. Thanks for the nice comments @Retrograde: I uninstalled ArtRage. I never liked it after version 3,5. May the fun be with you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanzz Posted May 18, 2015 Author Share Posted May 18, 2015 Here's what I'm testing now.... Delicate skin, and bigger filesize. (4700 X 5400 at 300DPI ) May the fun be with you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted May 18, 2015 Staff Share Posted May 18, 2015 So cool (as always)! Curious to see Jeremy's caricature finished too. Thanks for sharing. Lookig forward for more... Hanzz 1 A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanzz Posted May 18, 2015 Author Share Posted May 18, 2015 The new beta seems to be holding up very nice on this painting. No memory issues no nothing ! this is a painting tool I will be using a lot from now on ! Now comes the hardest part,........details and hair ! ronnyb 1 May the fun be with you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronnyb Posted May 18, 2015 Share Posted May 18, 2015 SO cool!!! 2021 16” Macbook Pro w/ M1 Max 10c cpu /24c gpu, 32 GB RAM, 1TB SSD, Sonoma 14.4.1 2018 11" iPad Pro w/ A12X cpu/gpu, 256 GB, iPadOS 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanzz Posted May 19, 2015 Author Share Posted May 19, 2015 Had lots of fun on this. The app behaved as expected, no hassles. (except for the one mentioned before, about the color picker) And most importantly, no memory problems. Thanks, and congratulations to the develloppers for a fantastic piece of software. ronniemcbride 1 May the fun be with you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronniemcbride Posted May 19, 2015 Share Posted May 19, 2015 superb as usual! R.I.P BB King! 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted May 19, 2015 Staff Share Posted May 19, 2015 Great work on the hair. Well... in everything really! Nice progress :) A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanzz Posted May 24, 2015 Author Share Posted May 24, 2015 As much as I love painting with this game changing app, I will have to let it go. I keep coming back to it, because it feels so good to work with. But that bug with the Colorpicker , giving me false information, is ruing it for me. I will try again when this is behind us. It frustrates me too much. Sorry to be such a spoil... :( :unsure: May the fun be with you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Andy Somerfield Posted May 25, 2015 Staff Share Posted May 25, 2015 Hello Hanzz, I am trying to reproduce the colour picker bug - but I cannot make it go wrong. Is there a special "recipe" to make it fail? Andy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanzz Posted May 25, 2015 Author Share Posted May 25, 2015 No, I just pick colors from one picture to another. That's all.... May the fun be with you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanzz Posted May 25, 2015 Author Share Posted May 25, 2015 I could record it, The fifth time I pick a color (skintone) I get this weird greenish-blue color. I had to try quite a few times to replicate it, but once it begins, it comes more often. Link to screen recording: http://screencast.com/t/CyjtthhesB3z Hope this helps. May the fun be with you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanzz Posted May 26, 2015 Author Share Posted May 26, 2015 I won't take this any further than this. Hope you like it anyways.... Stephen Rea MEB and Andy Somerfield 2 May the fun be with you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Andy Somerfield Posted May 27, 2015 Staff Share Posted May 27, 2015 Hi Hanzz, We think we know what is causing the strange colour picker behaviour :) Hopefully we can fix it for the next update! Thanks, Andy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanzz Posted May 27, 2015 Author Share Posted May 27, 2015 I cannot express enough how thankful I am for this !! Thanks so much !! May the fun be with you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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