1 Topic by Granddaddy

(2 replies, posted in Affinity Studio)

I'm sorry to see it so quiet here. Following is what I posted this morning to the CreoFora Affinity forum, which is fairly busy with comments.

I was not planning to continue with Affinity since almost all my routine photo editing is handled well by On1 Photo Raw as I've mentioned in the past. APhoto2 remained best for collage making (clipping masks especially) and APub2 for my Christmas Letter and PDF photo books.

I thought Canva had given me no compelling reason to continue with Affinity even though it is now free with the exception of paid features I thought I'd never use.

Then yesterday I came across an Image Trace tutorial. I had missed that capability in the announcements. I'm surprised it hasn't been emphasized by Affinity as it is a feature that was constantly requested in the old Serif forums. Perhaps I just wasn't paying attention.

As soon as I finished the tutorial, I downloaded and installed Affinity and applied Image Trace to a scan of a full-page drawing that has served as my avatar ever since a friend created it for me 36 years ago.

I was rejoicing last night that I now have a much improved avatar in several resolutions. I should play with it a bit more perhaps using the tutorial's tips on refining the output. The sheep was a drawing I scanned to pcx in 1989 to which I applied the red circle and slash using Microsoft Image Composer in 1998. I had vectorized it through a free online service, but Affinity produces a better version instantly. I exported it to several different pixel dimensions in just a few minutes.

The tutorial about Image Trace is at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNxu6dWPaS4

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2 Reply by Granddaddy

(10 replies, posted in Print Media)

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.

My young granddaughter taught herself how to publish her own books via Amazon. I was amazed at this video describing how print on demand works. Her books are delivered anywhere in America in a day or two. I marvel at the people who figured this out and got it all organized. We found that the books are not necessarily printed at the facility nearest to the recipient but at the facility that can produce and deliver it the fastest to that recipient.

Amazon Books on Demand Virtual Tour
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KjPcw64Izg

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