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William wrote:As far as I know, PDF is not intended to be read in for editing. it is intended to get print output that is precisely specified.
PDF may not originally have been conceived as a format for editable documents, but it is literally a Portable Document Format rather than just a document output format, and many programs — including every version of Serif PagePlus from PagePlus 8 PDF Edition onwards — can copy the content for editing (or even edit the PDF file directly).
William wrote:I am thinking of something that does what a .afdesign file does, yet without being linked to a proprietary file format that depends for its continuing accessibility on the decisions of a company.
A noble aim, but we’re always going to be at the mercy of the developers who produce the software that reads the files, as well as those who develop the operating systems on which the editing software runs.
William wrote:As far as I am aware, neither HTML nor PDF are proprietary formats.
If they’re both non-proprietary, text-based formats, what do you hope to gain by creating another one?
William wrote:Conserving artwork in a new text file format
I write to suggest that those of us who are interested design a way to store artwork designs in a text based format that is open source and simple.
That way the artwork will not be vulnearble to future non-availability of software in the way that artwork recorded in a proprietary format is.
Although HTML files and PDF files contain nothing but plain text, that doesn’t obviate the need for specialized software to display the contents in something other than text form.
JAmedia wrote:PS when are you going to develop an open source Linux version of the V2 affinity suite? :-)
LOL.
JAmedia wrote:I am assuming that as this is a user forum not a company forum that does support and feature requests we won't see a Linux thread on here :-)
I’m inclined not to censor anything that isn’t illegal or gratuitously offensive, but there are better places for general discussions about Linux.
JAmedia wrote:Actually on a serious point an Affinity-Linux section for those who are trying to use Affinity on Linux might not be a bad idea, as long as they stay in it with their heretical rants :-)
I’m happy to add such a section and wait to see whether — and if so, how — anyone uses it.
William wrote:I am asking what you are both claiming has been stolen.
I’ve made no such claim here.
Ali wrote:The issue was whether or not the art is original.
As I see it, the issue is whether the piece (however derivative it may be) deserves to be called ‘art’. Everything ever written uses letters and words which — with the exception of neologisms — have been used before, but they’re put together in different ways. Likewise, everything ever painted uses materials that a true artist could use, but imitating the style of, say, Monet or Manet or Picasso or Pissarro doesn’t put the work on a par with that of the masters.
JGD wrote:First post! 
LOL, João. Are you sure you didn’t mean to type “First poassstt!!!!!!”?
Welcome to my merry little band.
JAmedia wrote:Alfred wrote:JAmedia wrote:We have our own ISBNs which helps. If you have an Amazon one you can only sell on Amazon AFAIK.
When you say “an Amazon one”, are you referring to an actual ISBN or do you mean their own ASIN stock identifier?
An actual ISBN you get from here https://nielsenisbnstore.com/Home/Isbn Some years ago my company bought a bulk set before there was a price rise. They have gone up a lot since then. Once issued they don't age., they last forever.
If you use Amazon and their ISBN they become the publisher so you can only sell via Amazon.
Mine belong to me (JAMedia) we can put them anywhere.
I see. Thanks for the clarification!
JAmedia wrote:I hope you have a plan for the future, as I suspect this forum will grow, and it might need upgrading to a full forum system.
Plan? Wozzat?? 
Raff wrote:This avatar actually uploaded itself when I signed up!
I don't know why!
I pick up the associated ‘gravatar’ image if your email address is associated with an account on WordPress.com, otherwise you just get an ‘identicon’ (see below).
Raff wrote:I wanted to add one later; the one I had on the Affinity forum was a photo of my cat.
But maybe I'll keep this one.
What do you think?
I’m not sure! You’re free to change it at any time, which means you can always change it back again if you decide you don’t like it.
JAmedia wrote:We have our own ISBNs which helps. If you have an Amazon one you can only sell on Amazon AFAIK.
When you say “an Amazon one”, are you referring to an actual ISBN or do you mean their own ASIN stock identifier?
Welcome, Raffaella, and thanks for joining us here!
It’s a pity that avatar dimensions are limited to 60 pixels. That’s OK for a geometric ‘identicon’, but a lot of fine detail is lost from the more elaborate images.
I think it was locked at some point between 06:00 and 06:20 our time.
I was pleasantly surprised to discover that we can still send private messages, at least for now. Perhaps cutting off write access to PMs without also making it impossible to view old messages it isn’t as easy (if it’s even possible) as making the forums themselves read-only. We can still react to existing forum posts, we just can’t make new ones.
JAmedia wrote:The title of this thread is an oxymoron. Bing Chat AI can not create original artwork.
Regardless of how derivative they are, the pieces are original in the sense that the elements have never before been put together in that form. Whether those pieces deserve to be called “art” is somewhat controversial.
oznogon wrote:Since the Affinity community is often more reliable at answering questions about the software in a public venue than Affinity's support resources, I'd prefer to have access to similar resources while at work instead of relying on personal devices, which might also violate company policies if found out.
If any personal devices violate company policies, they’ll do so whether found out or not!
On which pedantic note, thanks for joining us here.
GB wrote:I do not have an instagram account
I don’t have one either, Geoff, and I don’t want one! On the panel that pops up when you first visit the page it says “Sign up for Instagram to stay in the loop.” Those who, like you and me, don’t want to “stay in the loop” can simply click or tap on the X to close the panel. You can then watch the video without further ado.
Interesting, William. Thanks for sharing!
Granddaddy wrote:As a retired librarian I have great love and respect for print media, though many of my former colleagues have been dumping books out of libraries much to my dismay.
Welcome, Harry, and thanks for joining us here! I have to say that I’m somewhat surprised about the actions of your former colleagues, but (given the way things are in the modern world) perhaps I shouldn’t be.
Welcome, Sam, and thanks for sharing your thoughts about what Canva has in store for those of us who have Affinity version 2 licences. I just wish they weren’t keeping us waiting so long before the big reveal!
Really nature rather than science, but here ’tis!
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DPXL_HWkY_J
I’m pleased to have you as a member of my merry little band, Alfredo!
Welcome, Peter! Good to see you here, too.
Welcome, Sam! Thanks for joining us here.
William wrote:a painting of a cylindrical plant container with an added very flat prominent front panel
Setting aside the fact that you could probably have specified “flat” instead of “very flat” and still obtained much the same result, it doesn’t look flat to me anyway! Perhaps it’s an optical illusion, but it seems to follow the curvature of the cylinder.
JAmedia wrote:(I'm going to have the distinction of the first one banned here aren't I? :-) )
LOL, no. You don’t get banned for being inoffensively funny. Besides, there have been hundreds of spammers who were banned before you ever came near this site: the ‘security’ measures prevented real people from registering but somehow let the spambots in, which is why I had to disable automated signup.
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