KipV 97 Posted September 12, 2018 2 hours ago, tjpanda said: This does remind us that it would be great to change ruler units by clicking or right-clicking on the rulers... And both the x and y at the same time. At one point I think InDesign only let you change one at a time. 2 Jowday and Renfield reacted to this https://www.pinterest.com/kipvdesign/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Oval 336 Posted September 12, 2018 5 hours ago, fde101 said: How about light-seconds while we are at it? “I think we may have missed hands and fathoms... And parsecs. All really useful when mocking up websites. ” Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SDLeary 4 Posted September 12, 2018 On 9/6/2018 at 3:25 PM, douglasrthomson said: To me though, the most important measurement is the pint! Mind, thats an Imperial Pint. SDLeary Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ijmsmith 3 Posted September 13, 2018 Why not simply make the input boxes within Affinity Publisher intelligent (like Quark XPress) so that the user can enter a number followed by "pt", "mm", "cm", "in", "ft" or "p" for pica -= that can't be too hard to implement and satisfies everybody. If nothing is added after the number then the default measurement system would be used. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MEB 6,835 Posted September 13, 2018 Hi ijmsmith, Welcome to Affinity Forums That's how they work currently. You can also use math expressions in the input fields. We simply don't support picas as unit at this point. 1 Jowday reacted to this Affinity Quick Reference | Common Feature Requests | Call for Camera Images Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tjpanda 12 Posted September 13, 2018 That's sad @MEB. Not supporting picas will relegate AP to "toy" status in the USA. A blunder a serious as, for example, Microsoft failing to support CMYK which resulted in almost 0% market share in the pro market. AP will never gain any traction against Quark and InDesign in the US by ignoring the needs of professional designers. That a big market to give up by being stubborn over stuff that is easy to fix. 2 jmwellborn and Renfield reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tjpanda 12 Posted September 13, 2018 16 hours ago, KipV said: And both the x and y at the same time. At one point I think InDesign only let you change one at a time. Depends on where one clicks: on one ruler vs intersect of both rulers. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MEB 6,835 Posted September 13, 2018 Hi tjpanda, Welcome to Affinity Forums I was replying to @ijmsmith specifically when I said he can define/use units in the inputs fields. The reference to picas was just to say it's not available as a unit currently. It doesn't mean the dev team won't consider it for future updates/improvements. Affinity Quick Reference | Common Feature Requests | Call for Camera Images Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KipV 97 Posted September 13, 2018 1 hour ago, tjpanda said: Depends on where one clicks: on one ruler vs intersect of both rulers. This works with Quark but currently it doesn't appear that you can use units of measurement that way in Publisher. This needs to be done as easily as Quark. https://www.pinterest.com/kipvdesign/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ijmsmith 3 Posted September 17, 2018 To use picas simply times the number of picas you want by 12pt. The input menus are interactive and understand this so for instance 12pt*15 will give you a measure that is equal to 15 picas, 12pt*24 gives 24 picas etc... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Oval 336 Posted September 17, 2018 2 hours ago, ijmsmith said: To use picas If the unit is set to points, simply override the field with *12. But you cannot get pica output until a new beta. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Medical Officer Bones 213 Posted September 18, 2018 Yesterday I purchased Xara Designer Pro X through the latest Magix Humble Bundle deal, and the way it handles units is exemplary. (If you're a Windows user looking for a great graphics design/layout app to add to your library of tools, this deal is bordering on the verge of too much value for a ridiculously low price) ANY custom unit is definable. How nice is that? May it serve as an example of how Publisher and the other Affinity products ought to solve the issue of missing unit types support. Why not make these unit types user definable in the first place? Problem solved. Simple and effective. 1 Alfred reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Alfred 3,223 Posted September 18, 2018 2 minutes ago, Medical Officer Bones said: Yesterday I purchased Xara Designer Pro X through the latest Magix Humble Bundle deal, and the way it handles units is exemplary. (If you're a Windows user looking for a great graphics design/layout app to add to your library of tools, this deal is bordering on the verge of too much value for a ridiculously low price) Sounds well worth a look. Thanks for the tip! (I haven’t used any Xara product since Xtreme 4, which wasn’t exactly yesterday.) Quote ANY custom unit is definable. How nice is that? May it serve as an example of how Publisher en the other Affinity products ought to solve the issue of missing unit types support. Just think: we could have not only Affinity cats and Adobe pugs, but a veritable menagerie!! 1 Medical Officer Bones reacted to this Alfred Affinity Designer 1.6.5.123 • Affinity Photo 1.6.5.123 • Windows 10 Home (4th gen Core i3 CPU)Affinity Photo for iPad 1.6.11.85 • Affinity Designer for iPad 1.6.4.45 • iOS 12.1.1 (iPad Air 2) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Oval 336 Posted September 18, 2018 37 minutes ago, Medical Officer Bones said: Why not make these unit types user definable in the first place? Problem solved. Simple and effective. Because “We don't plan to allow user-defined units.” (?) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Medical Officer Bones 213 Posted September 18, 2018 5 minutes ago, αℓƒяє∂ said: Sounds well worth a look. Thanks for the tip! (I haven’t used any Xara product since Xtreme 4, which wasn’t exactly yesterday.) I always wanted to get a copy of Designer Pro X, but the price ($299) was a bit too much for me. I've been testing the waters in DPX, and it is a surprisingly powerful layout app. It has its own approach which I like (such as a combined page and layers panel, which is a novel idea), and as far as a illustration tool goes compared to Designer, it provides those tools which a lot of Designer users have been asking for (simple 3d tool, blend tool, contour tool), yet missing others. As a layout tool it has some very powerful features which are still missing in Publisher, yet many odd omissions as well. For example, web export is more than excellent: layouts can be exported as responsive websites, with pages exported separately as regular html/css/js pages, or as a super-single page site with parallax and animation effects. It has most of the essentials of a decent layout app, but curiously falls flat on its face in regards to basic stuff like a baseline grid, optical margin alignment, and a number of other things we have in both InDesign and even this first version of Publisher. And no master pages, it seems. Objects may be repeated over all pages instead. So not the InDesign alternative I was hoping for either. The 3d tool is the (by far!) simplest to use 3d tool I have ever used in a graphics design app. So simple, yet quite effective (yes, I am quite an experience 3d generalist, but sometimes you just want simple extruded shapes in an illustration or presentation). And just for that and the web export it's worth the $25 - no questions asked. Also, some of the live shapes are more usable than the ones in Designer. For example, the demo presentations include live graphs which are again super simple to adjust. And true arrows Anyway, quite powerful companion tool. Fun to work with. 1 Alfred reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Medical Officer Bones 213 Posted September 18, 2018 6 minutes ago, Oval said: Because “We don't plan to allow user-defined units.” (?) Sigh. That's rather short-sighted. Simple solution that caters for all, and it is not even considered. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Oval 336 Posted September 18, 2018 12 minutes ago, Medical Officer Bones said: Sigh. That's rather short-sighted. Simple solution that caters for all, and it is not even considered. Yes, perhaps their opinion has changed a bit or byte since at least 2.5 years! Perhaps we have to shout out much louder what is needed (not only for Serif). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
segts 7 Posted September 18, 2018 Hey @KipV. I agree. Picas are needed and it was the first thing that I noted. In the meanwhile, I know it's a pain, but you can work in points and that's a more apples-to-apples conversion until they get this straightened out. And if you put in measurements like "3p6", the app auto converts the measurement for you. Here to hoping for Picas in our future! 1 jmwellborn reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KipV 97 Posted September 19, 2018 9 hours ago, segts said: Hey @KipV. I agree. Picas are needed and it was the first thing that I noted. In the meanwhile, I know it's a pain, but you can work in points and that's a more apples-to-apples conversion until they get this straightened out. And if you put in measurements like "3p6", the app auto converts the measurement for you. Here to hoping for Picas in our future! Wow, I didn't know Publisher converted 3p6! Interesting, I haven't really been using Publisher much beyond the first week since I don't plan on it getting roughly where I want it to be in the near future. I might use it more in a year depending on much it advances. https://www.pinterest.com/kipvdesign/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tjpanda 12 Posted September 19, 2018 This discussion has me seriously worried about AP's success. I had assumed that AP was being created as a tool for the publishing industry. The basic units of measure in the publishing industry are the PostScript point and the PostScript pica. Those are fundamental units: the units that are used internally by all of the devices that convert our computerized designs into reality. It is the same throughout the world. If AP is using some other measurement system internally I worry that everything it produces will be just a tad off kilter. That would not be a good thing. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
segts 7 Posted September 19, 2018 @KipV Yeah. All the programs for Affinity and Adobe do measurement conversion on the fly. Glad this helped Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Oval 336 Posted September 19, 2018 11 hours ago, KipV said: converted 3p6! When, where? Serif’s super cat shifted the time-space-structure? Again? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Patrick Connor 2,082 Posted September 19, 2018 22 hours ago, segts said: if you put in measurements like "3p6", the app auto converts the measurement for you and 1 hour ago, segts said: All the programs for Affinity and Adobe do measurement conversion on the fly. then 1 hour ago, Oval said: When, where? Well they do, but only for supported unit types (mm, inch, cm, pt, pix etc). Picas are not yet supported so typing in the form '3p6' is ignored (afaik). Once supported you would be able to type '15p' or 14p11 but only once it is a native unit type which it is not yet (afaik). 1 segts reacted to this Patrick Connor Serif (Europe) Ltd. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
segts 7 Posted September 19, 2018 51 minutes ago, Patrick Connor said: 22 hours ago, segts said: if you put in measurements like "3p6", the app auto converts the measurement for you and 1 hour ago, segts said: All the programs for Affinity and Adobe do measurement conversion on the fly. .......... Well they do, but only for native unit types. Picas are not yet supported so typing in the form '3p6' is ignored (afaik). Once supported you would be able to type '15p' or 14p11 but only once it is a native unit type which it is not yet (afaik). Oh sorry. You are right. I thought it was converting for me. Sorry. I totally misspoke. Yeah, this should definitely be fixed. Sorry for getting your hopes up, @KipV 1 Patrick Connor reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Oval 336 Posted September 19, 2018 1 hour ago, Patrick Connor said: '3p6' is ignored (afaik) […] a native unit type which it is not yet (afaik) Correct on earth in this time bubble. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites