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@glennfleming 15 күн бұрын
I just purchased Affinity Designer 2 to create a website. Thing is, when I want to link to other pages and/or websites, Im told to go to 'Text, drop down and go to hyperlink: Which is NOT there. I'm working on a Mac and so my mouse doesn't 'right click'. Any ideas of where I'm going wrong?
@netspacearts3301 14 күн бұрын
Hey Glenn. I have not tried to make a website using Designer, but I can tell you the option to add hyperlinks to text/images etc is in Publisher and not Designer. I'm not a mac user (there's probably a shortcut hey) but as an alternative to right click in Publisher, go to the menu bar up select 'text/interactive/insert hyperlink' and you should have the function I explore in this video. Hope this helps!
@glennfleming 14 күн бұрын
@@netspacearts3301 : Many thanks! I'll check it out!
@janitashelton 20 күн бұрын
I've been doing this too! Did you know you can use the "Develop" Persona to export multiple Artboards at once... each with different properties if you like.
@NilsWolter Ай бұрын
Thanks for sharing your opinion on the usage of the text to image generator. Altough it wouldnt be necessary to make it 13 minutes long to explain just one feature
@netspacearts3301 27 күн бұрын
Thanks yeah I was just exploring a few things on the app. Definitely not a tutorial haha
@lindseymcewan6558 Ай бұрын
I was adding some client supplied images to a flyer that weren't wide enough for the layout and it was a time saver to just click on 'Generate' and let AI extend the backgrounds of these.
@netspacearts3301 Ай бұрын
That's great! Yeah I haven't yet explored this function much, so will check it out!
@nikkilesley2525 Ай бұрын
Thank you!
@netspacearts3301 Ай бұрын
My pleasure!
@johnd.michaels Ай бұрын
There are a bunch of free variable fonts you can search on google fonts by filtering for 'Variable' under the 'Technology' sub-menu, and it'll tell you how many parameters you can adjust. You can preview them and play with the sliders. Most have just weight and width, but there are some with pretty dramatic variability. You just need to make sure that when you add them to your font folder that you only add the variable versions of the fonts, otherwise they may be deleted as a duplicate, or, if the variable and non-variable versions are in the same parent folder for the font, they won't show up when you filter for variable fonts. You might already have some more variable fonts hidden within parent folders.
@geckosonic Ай бұрын
Canva is shit. Period
@netspacearts3301 Ай бұрын
Hahaha. Yeah I'm trying my best to play a 'neutral' position ;P It ain't easy
@smileysmultimedia 2 ай бұрын
They say fairly priced perpetual license because owners of Adobe's CS software along with others know that when Adobe switched over to the subscription model the perpetual licensees we're still out there but 1) You had to scavenger hunt for it because it was no longer easy to find and then 2) When you did find it the prices for the Perpetual copies were skyrocketed sky high. Very blatantly, very obviously to make people that wanted to use Adobe have to get the subscription plan if they wanted a reasonable price.
@netspacearts3301 2 ай бұрын
Let us prey they don't go the same way as Adobe. I don't believe they have anywhere near the market share to pull such a trick.
@netspacearts3301 2 ай бұрын
Here's a more recent text box video! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/asd_n7Onv6mugGg.html
@richardcooper4336 2 ай бұрын
I’m surprised Canva was allowed to acquire Affinity as it maybe considered anti-competitive
@netspacearts3301 2 ай бұрын
I suppose they are not direct competition in their current states, so perhaps that allowed it to pass?
@graciedesign 3 ай бұрын
Canva needs to stay out of Affinity.
@netspacearts3301 3 ай бұрын
Yeah TBH I really think Affinity will bring more features to the Canva platform than the other way round. We will see I guess
@peterbreis5407 3 ай бұрын
@@netspacearts3301 My absolutely real concern is Canva will switch to subscription which was THE reason I switched from Adobe. I hope, but it is only a hope, that Canva will improve features, make it more accessible not just via schools etc but also UI/UX. Serif was very generous with their licencing. Even though I am not a major user I like fostering competition so I bought the bundle with licence for macOS, Windows and iOS. One thing that could be a huge benefit is creating a huge market for templates and artwork created in Affinity Apps.
@smileysmultimedia 2 ай бұрын
@@netspacearts3301 In my opinion Affinity as a suite of programs still is no competition to Adobe because they lack video, motion graphics and audio apps. If they at least had a video editor then that would go a long way to make them more attractive than Adobe and their Premiere Pro. Many of us use the graphics programs in conjunction with our video program.
@primothegreat9022 3 ай бұрын
Dimension tool, image tracing are enough
@netspacearts3301 3 ай бұрын
Yeah image tracing would be fantastic
@warburgaby 3 ай бұрын
Ehm... but.... HOW to insert a table in a text box, in a useful mode? 😰😰😰 thanks
@netspacearts3301 3 ай бұрын
Yeah there is a table tool but it's still fairly basic. Hopefully one day they develop it to include formulas etc. Apparently you can import Excel files, but I have yet to try it.
@geishagrrrl1 3 ай бұрын
Love it!
@Loscha 3 ай бұрын
It certainly doesn't make graphics that would make me trust a company or their products. I do agree that getting stock photos of groups of people, they're never a family. Most of the stock photos people use in their ad campaigns are "young edgy" types, as if people under 23 years of age are the only people who buy products.
@netspacearts3301 3 ай бұрын
Yeah, look I am sure if I spent more time with the prompts it would be possible to finesse out some suitable images. But that time could be (better) spent developing actual designs?
@RoySATX 4 ай бұрын
You only need look back to what happened to Sketchup and the promises made by Google when they sold it to know what is to come. This is a sad day.
@brianwitter3271 4 ай бұрын
Subscription sucks for the users, period. What they could do, and some 3D apps have done for years is tiered pricing. You make over 100k commercially and you pay more. Related is maintenance plans which could also be tiered, if you want updates pay a reduced price each year for all the updates or don't and no updates and pay full price each major release. The difference between maint. and sub is one allows you to keep using the tools you've paid for and by extension have access to your own IP, the other doesn't. I've enjoyed having powerful and mostly polished tools for very little cost, but I challenge anyone to say the Affinity Suite isn't underpriced. With how the Affinity Suite is priced now, they could have a very low cost maintenance plan, making it affordable for even hobbyists, and still greatly increase their revenue to invest in development.
@netspacearts3301 4 ай бұрын
Absolutely. I went to Affinity to avoid the sub model and as a hobbyist, managed to build enough skills to acquire employment in a new field. Sad times my friend. I really hope they always allow a one off payment, but time will tell.
@llewellynvaneeden4467 5 ай бұрын
Difficult not to be worried but we have to wait and see, there is definitely some cool ideas they could explore.
@netspacearts3301 5 ай бұрын
Yeah it's a bit of a double edged sword, but as you say: We will have to wait and see. Fingers crossed.
@LuizErnesto 5 ай бұрын
I will keep the Affinity forever , i love this suite and i love Canva too.
@netspacearts3301 5 ай бұрын
Totally. It's been a dream to discover the Affinity suite... and yes... I have to admit it.. Canva is good for what it offers ;P
@metallicaband 5 ай бұрын
Thanks a lot for making this video, most tutorials I've seen don't mention the sharpen part, it really helps to lower the blur effect for removing the seams which is a pretty important to end up with a nice texture.
@netspacearts3301 5 ай бұрын
No problem! Yeah I was pretty excited to see the results of that step. I have done a few of these textures since this vid and refined the process some more.
@eddiekross2130 7 ай бұрын
lol never mind. You're in Affinity PUBLISHER! ...I'm OK.
@netspacearts3301 7 ай бұрын
No problem. Yeah this is a publisher function. Get yourself all three apps and open via Publisher. Then you can swap between the three. It's awesome.
@eddiekross2130 7 ай бұрын
I don't have that interact option when I right click! I have the latest version, but my Affinity photo looks different than yours
@juliefutoran-ulsted3293 5 ай бұрын
I'm having the same issue.
@netspacearts3301 2 ай бұрын
Sorry for the super late response. This comment didn't come up in my notifications. I am using Affinity Publisher here, which is (I believe) required for adding hyperlinks to documents. Hope this helps!
@netspacearts3301 2 ай бұрын
@@juliefutoran-ulsted3293 Sorry for the super late response. This comment didn't come up in my notifications. I am using Affinity Publisher here, which is (I believe) required for adding hyperlinks to documents. Hope this helps!
@ZarekSilberschmidt 7 ай бұрын
Helpful! Thanks mate!
@nounix 7 ай бұрын
is there a way to hyperlink a phone number in the PDF we're making in Affinity Publisher? (So that the phone number's hyperlink will maybe open up a FaceTime app or something on your Mac or PC (or just the phone app to make a regular call if you click on the link from a phone)? Obviously this hyperlink CANNOT be an https link...
@netspacearts3301 7 ай бұрын
Hmm that's an interesting one. I have never tried that, but would imagine there is possibly an anchor of some type like this one that might be worth looking into blog.hubspot.com/website/html-telephone-link
@nounix 7 ай бұрын
is there a way to hyperlink a phone number in the PDF we're making in Affinity Publisher? (So that the phone number's hyperlink will maybe open up a FaceTime app or something on your Mac or PC (or just the phone app to make a regular call if you click on the link from a phone)? Obviously this hyperlink CANNOT be an https link...
@netspacearts3301 2 ай бұрын
This would be a great feature, but I don't think it is currently possible.
@georgea7832 7 ай бұрын
"Promosm" 😚
@theanimaster 7 ай бұрын
How do you convert text boxes for pages that are created from a master page?
@netspacearts3301 7 ай бұрын
I may have what you are asking wrong, but I will try to answer your question as I read it. If you are trying to use the master page as a basis for creating a variant of an object like a text box. As in, you want to modify something in the master page for use on a page, I would suggest opening the master page and copying the asset you want, go to the page and paste it then modify. Then open the layers panel and hide the master page from that page, or right click on the page in the pages panel and select 'clear masters'. If you still want to use master pages but some variation on pages, I'd suggest copying the assets you want and making a new master page, then apply it to the page you like. Hope this helps!
@Tiwaz111 8 ай бұрын
Fantastic, thank you!!
@netspacearts3301 8 ай бұрын
My pleasure
@PTbyNIGHTEvents 8 ай бұрын
Life saver thanks bud!
@netspacearts3301 8 ай бұрын
Happy you got something from it man. I have some more recent ones that may help too :)
@hitrold 8 ай бұрын
Thank you so much!!! Just what I needed to learn! Very helpful video.
@netspacearts3301 8 ай бұрын
My pleasure thanks for leaving a comment!
@dawnjohnson8739 9 ай бұрын
Thank you!
@Kaourentina 10 ай бұрын
Simple et usefull
@netspacearts3301 10 ай бұрын
Thanks a lot! I have improved since this video so I may make some more in the future.
@nounix 10 ай бұрын
hey! Any idea why hyperlinks to emails aren't working? (I'm on a Mac BTW). When I select a text (inside a text field) and right-click -> interactive -> insert hyperlink, it works fine when I choose either "Page" or "URL", and when I've inserted either of the two, it takes you to either the page in the document, or opens Safari up and takes you to the URL's page, when I then right click -> "Go to hyperlink target" All good until here. BUT, when I've selected "Email" as the hyperlink type, and I've inserted an email address as the hyperlink, when I then right-click and select "Go to hyperlink target" , not only does it not open the Mail app or even safari to send the email, but the "Go to hyperlink target" button is greyed out! Am I doing something wrong, or does hyperlinking email addresses in AP just not work? Last, is there a way to hyperlink a phone number? (So that the phone number's link will maybe open up a FaceTime app or something on your Mac or PC (or just the phone app to make a regular call if you click on the link from a phone?
@nounix 10 ай бұрын
Hi again.. :P Thank you so much for your previous reply!! :) :) Maybe you can help/advise on this?... 🙏🙏: I'm having REAL trouble with some hyperlinks that just won't work the way I need them to... Maybe you can help 'cause I must be doing something wrong and I am wasting SOO much time trying to figure out what's going on that I've nearly given up.... Your answer may be really brief (but my question is quite long :( :( as I need to explain what's going on...). I have a 64-page document. Pages 1 and 2 are just the cover page, and the TOC page. Then pages 3 to 38 are "Section 1", pages 39 to 57 "Section 2" and pages 58 to 64 are "Section 3". What I need is to have: a) A hyperlink "button" on ALL pages (3 to 64) that says "Jump back to TOC" and when clicked on you are taken back to the TOC (page 2), This is done! :) b) A hyperlink button on all pages of "Section 1", apart from its first page (so on pages 4 to 38), that says "Jump back to Section start", and when click on will take you to the start of “Section 1” (page 3). This is also done! :) c) A hyperlink button on all pages of "Section 2", apart from its first page (so on pages 40 to 57), that says "Jump back to Section start", and when click on will take you to “Section 2” (page 39). This has failed. d) A hyperlink button on all pages of "Section 3", apart from its first page (so on pages 4 to 38), that says "Jump back to Section start", and when click on will take you to “Section 3” (page 58). This will also fail since "c" doesn't work... To do this I have made a total of 4 master pages to apply throughout the document. One hyperlink "button" on the first master page to take you back to the TOC page, on all pages, And 3 hyperlink buttons, each on the next 3 master pages, each taking you back to the starting page of the corresponding Section, of the 3 in total in the document. So, 1) The first master page has the text "Jump back to TOC" that I've hyperlinked to the TOC page (page 2 ). I then have applied this master page to all the following pages of the document (pages 3 to 64) so that all these pages have this "button". This works! All the buttons take you back to the TOC page (page 2)! :) 2) The next master page has the text "Jump back to start of section" that I've hyperlinked to the first page of "Section 1" (page 3). I then applied this master page to all the following pages of the document (pages 4 to 38). This also works! All the buttons on pages 4 to 38 take you back to the start of this Section (page 3)! : **From here on, start the problems... :( :( :( I don’t seem to be able to create the same "Jump back to start of section" hyperlinks for “Section 2” and for “Section 3”, on the next 2 master pages... :( What I did was: 1) Create a new master page (the 3rd master page) 2) From the previous master page (the 2nd), I copied the (already) hyperlinked text "Jump back to start of section" (which included the hyperlink to page 3). 3) Pasted this text group to the new (3rd) master page - so that it's positioned at the same exact location on this master page, with same font and size, as it was on the previous master page. 4) Right-clicked on this pasted, hyperlinked with the previous target page (3), text and EDITED the existing hyperlink (to go to new target page (page 39, this time)). 5) It failed. The newly edited hyperlink text, on the new master page, does NOT take you to page 39 as I have edited it to, but instead takes you AGAIN to page 3!… So I obv can’t apply this new hyperlinked text (to go to page 39) from the new master page, onto pages 40 to 57, since AP just doesn’t “want” to change the hyperlink page target! It’s like the original hyperlink (to page 3) just can’t be edited to point to a different page than it was originally made to take you to… :( :( What do I have to do to make it work??
@nounix 10 ай бұрын
Never mind my question! ;) I found the solution!! How %$#% stupid of Affinity to make this so unnecessarily complicated and hidden.... What I was doing "wrong" (it should have worked this way too, though...) is that I was right-clicking on the text FIELD that had the "Jump back to start of section" text (that was already hyperlinked from the previous master page). Nothing would, then, happen when I would select either Delete or Edit Hyperlink command. What I "had" to, instead, do is to double-click on the text field to "enter" it, then CMD+A to select/highlight all the TEXT, and THEN right-click and either Edit or Delete Hyperlink! Now the new hyperlink that takes you to the new page works!! :) :) HOW ANNOYING to have wasted SO much time to figure this out, when all Affinity had to do was to simply allow the hyperlink's editing, or its deletion, when the text field was simply selected... I mean it makes no sense for this not to be happening when the Delete (or Edit) Hyperlink option IS available in the drop-down menu I when the text field is selected... If it does nothing then what's it there for??? Anyway, I got it to FINALLY work ;)
@netspacearts3301 10 ай бұрын
Hey so sorry I had missed this question but glad you figured out the issue! Yes the link functionality could definitely use some work! All the best with your book project.
@nounix 11 ай бұрын
How do you set a hyperlink on the selected text on a page that will take you back to one of the MASTER pages?? I can't see an option for this (only to a specific page that is NOT a master page!)...
@netspacearts3301 11 ай бұрын
Interesting question. Master pages are not technically part of the document once it's exported into PDF. Sorry I can't be of more help.
@jessicaherrera7900 Жыл бұрын
Will assets slow the program down? Where are assets saved? Does it make a copy of the image and save it somewhere? Thanks for the tutorial.
@netspacearts3301 Жыл бұрын
Good questions! As far as I can see, the assets do not effect performance since they are not actually open in the application (imo it might improve performance overall since you would not be opening large files to open clipart, textures etc). It appears to create a library file called assets.propcol in the c: user folders: user / (username) / .affinity / common / 2.0 / user - Although you cannot use that library file except in Affinity. My assets file is about 1.9GB so it appears to make a copy in that directory and I would imagine the paper textures I also have would be large files whereas my clipart in the video are not large. Hope this helps!
@gotcomps Жыл бұрын
GREAT Info!!! Thanks!
@netspacearts3301 Жыл бұрын
It's my pleasure, glad it helped. Let me know if there is another topic that could be covered and I will see what I can do.
@12thDecember Жыл бұрын
Ditch the background music.
@netspacearts3301 Жыл бұрын
Thanks. Yeah I have often wondered if the music is annoying. Appreciate the feedback.
@clindsay8362 Жыл бұрын
Text wrapping makes this easier
@netspacearts3301 Жыл бұрын
Thanks. Yes I actually cover that in a more recent video :)
@Amil_Developer Жыл бұрын
Hi, tip: also you should flatten highlights and shadows in order to balance the overall exposure and avoid big color banding. The texture will look less 3d but more smooth. You will compensate later with normal map and real 3d geometry
@netspacearts3301 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the tip Francesco! Much appreciated. Always happy to learn more so I will apply this to my files and maybe make a better video.
@Final_Cut_FF Жыл бұрын
Wow, thanks,
@netspacearts3301 Жыл бұрын
My pleasure! I have some more vids coming up. Just been busy working on a few large projects.
@JohnStansfieldArt Жыл бұрын
Thank you very much, just what I was looking for.
@netspacearts3301 Жыл бұрын
Glad I could help!
@haydenkameron5281 Жыл бұрын
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@LittleByte_Games Жыл бұрын
Nice work mate 👍
@netspacearts3301 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching mate!
@kdeuler Жыл бұрын
Nice, but can’t you just configure the wrapping settings on the image, rather than adjusting the text box?
@netspacearts3301 Жыл бұрын
Thanks Kurt yeah I figured this out a bit after this vid...I may make an updated video with this better method for sure. Affinity is so amazing that there seems to be multiple ways to do everything. Appreciate the comment.
@netspacearts3301 Жыл бұрын
I actually have a later video showing pretty much what you describe. I have found sometimes I require a more static shape text boxes especially if using larger fonts, but the image wrapping text boxes is better in most situations for sure.
@jameslabs1 Жыл бұрын
thanks
@netspacearts3301 Жыл бұрын
You're welcome!
@alyahyai Жыл бұрын
Excellent tutorials, thank you for helping out.
@netspacearts3301 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching. I'll be uploading more Affinity videos.
@alyahyai Жыл бұрын
@@netspacearts3301 Thank you too, I am a newbie to Affinity and watched most of your tutorial videos, happy to know there is more to come, especially with V2. All the best.
@netspacearts3301 Жыл бұрын
@@alyahyai Let me know if there is a topic I can make a video about for Affinity Publisher/Design/Photo on Windows PC.
@skins3738 Жыл бұрын
Nice video. You can create a master page with your watermark. Then you can apply it to any page you like and remove it anytime you like.
@netspacearts3301 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the comment and sub skins3738. Yeah someone else mentioned this recently. So much better! I might make an updated video with this preferred method.
@KanoWhite53 Жыл бұрын
Cool! No pun intended.
@mtm7031 Жыл бұрын
Affinity publisher 2.0 iPad versions make a video please
@netspacearts3301 Жыл бұрын
I have that version but have not actually tried it yet on my ipad. It looks amazing for a tablet app. Have you tried it?