occasionalpiece Posted November 28, 2018 Share Posted November 28, 2018 I design craft patterns for sale, specifically quilt patterns. I've been waiting for this software for a long time, and am happy to try out the Beta version. Thank you for the tuturials as they are really helpful. I'm slowly making my way (no Illustrator experience) in creating instructions for my latest quilt. Problem: I created rounded rectangles to show color swatches for fabric choices, but they don't seem to be imbedded in the chart, moving independently when I resize the chart. (page 1 attached) Any tips? Can these not be embedded? Northern Lights Medallion Pattern_1A.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Bruce Posted November 28, 2018 Share Posted November 28, 2018 13 minutes ago, occasionalpiece said: Problem: I created rounded rectangles to show color swatches for fabric choices, but they don't seem to be imbedded in the chart, moving independently when I resize the chart. (page 1 attached) Any tips? Can these not be embedded? Northern Lights Medallion Pattern_1A.pdf Sadly, no. This is something that has been requested numerous times. Quote Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.6 Affinity Designer 2.5.5 | Affinity Photo 2.5.5 | Affinity Publisher 2.5.5 | Beta versions as they appear. I have never mastered color management, period, so I cannot help with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MickRose Posted November 28, 2018 Share Posted November 28, 2018 I don't understand this question. Is it the lack of inline graphics? But I don't see why chart items can't just be grouped before any resizing. I must be missing something here. Quote Windows 10 Pro, I5 3.3G PC 16G RAM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
occasionalpiece Posted November 29, 2018 Author Share Posted November 29, 2018 I am (obviously) a newbie, but when I watched the tutorial video, the presenter was able to move the chart up and down and around, but his was only filled with text. I tried that with mine, but it left the two rows of color swatches static on the page, which I then had to move as a group back into place. If you are suggesting that I group the color swatches, please tell me how, as I went up to the menu, clicked on "group" yet still the chart moves independently of the color swatches. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Bruce Posted November 29, 2018 Share Posted November 29, 2018 6 minutes ago, occasionalpiece said: If you are suggesting that I group the color swatches, please tell me how, as I went up to the menu, clicked on "group" yet still the chart moves independently of the color swatches. I think @MickRose means to group the Swatches and Text Frames together. I should look at the file before saying anything else. Quote Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.6 Affinity Designer 2.5.5 | Affinity Photo 2.5.5 | Affinity Publisher 2.5.5 | Beta versions as they appear. I have never mastered color management, period, so I cannot help with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
occasionalpiece Posted November 29, 2018 Author Share Posted November 29, 2018 I'd love it if that would work, but I couldn't figure out how to do it. The frame is a Table, not a Text Frame Chart. Any tips are welcome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad_Wolf Posted November 29, 2018 Share Posted November 29, 2018 Hi, I drawed your raster with those rounded rectangles and some text. then I selected the chart, those rounded rectangles and the text by drawing a selection rectangle around them. Then in the context sensitive toolbar, somewhere in the middle you see "group". Just click on that and everything will be grouped. When you now drag the resizing handles, everything will resize with respect to the other grouped objects. I attached the demo project with this reply. Hope this helps. Chris GroupedRaster.afpub Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad_Wolf Posted November 29, 2018 Share Posted November 29, 2018 Hi, Our replies crossed each other. Why not creating the chart lines with a rectangle and the divider lines with the pen tool? However I added a second page and now used a table, grouped everything and when resizing everything resized perfectly. I attach the update project again. Chris GroupedRaster.afpub Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
occasionalpiece Posted November 29, 2018 Author Share Posted November 29, 2018 27 minutes ago, Bad_Wolf said: Hi, I drew your raster with those rounded rectangles and some text. then I selected the chart, those rounded rectangles and the text by drawing a selection rectangle around them. Then in the context sensitive toolbar, somewhere in the middle you see "group". Just click on that and everything will be grouped. When you now drag the resizing handles, everything will resize with respect to the other grouped objects. I attached the demo project with this reply. Hope this helps. Chris GroupedRaster.afpub Genius! I guess I just didn't draw the "select all" large enough. I re-tried it again, according to your directions, and it functions as a group. Thank you for taking the time and for attaching your demo. I don't have any Illustrator experience, so anything I'm trying out in the Beta release comes from the posted tutorials (I've gone through them pretty thoroughly and took notes, but still...) and info I can find on the internet, so I appreciate the help you gave. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fde101 Posted November 30, 2018 Share Posted November 30, 2018 Illustrator is really the wrong comparison for Affinity Publisher. If you are looking for something like Illustrator you should really be looking at Affinity Designer. Affinity Publisher is better compared with Adobe InDesign. Seneca 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
occasionalpiece Posted November 30, 2018 Author Share Posted November 30, 2018 Okay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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