So how many do we have penciled in that are taking part?
It's now at version 4 and has even less mass appeal!
Who said mine isn't in the same camp?Just been going through my images for my zine and I think I'll be joining you in the "less mass appeal" camp. Mine's more for the "WTF was he thinking?" camp.
I've had to ditch my plan for a creative presentation
Are you doing a pop-up book?
No. No sheep either.Are you doing a pop-up book?
IFAIK A5 and slightly larger is a standard letter, it's the weight that is a killer so A6 won't help. I was finding that a zine in a cardboard backed envelope was more than 100g.after last times postage debacle, I'm going for A6 envelopes and you'll just have to iron them when they arrive :/
It's going to depend on the thickness I guess. I've managed to squeeze mine into normal A5 envelopes in the past.
Dave did a post here with some links. I think I just went to eBay last time though and have some left over.
Edit to add - If you're doing unusual sizes, @Mr Perceptive is the one to ask. I seem to recall his packaging was quite posh!
Yes, mine is a square size like David’s. I’ve been pricing up various stuff on eBay, so got a few options.
IFAIK A5 and slightly larger is a standard letter, it's the weight that is a killer so A6 won't help. I was finding that a zine in a cardboard backed envelope was more than 100g.
I've not had that problem but two possible fixes:Not sure if this is then best place to ask but since several people are using Affinity...
I have added a title to the front page of my zine using the Text Frame tool and it looks fine on screen but when printed, or print to PDF, the letters are squashed together. Google doesn't seem to know much about and I have tried changing the tracking, etc. but it makes no difference. Has anyone else had this happen and/or know of a fix?
Very good.
Very good.
It reminded me I was going to do one of a on-off thing I got printed. So I did it. Then (I was bored) I thought expand it a bit to add screenshots and archive pictures, and a music intro and narration, and ... What a bloomin' rabbit hole I've gone down!
I tried various things and switching to a different font worked. I was using Gill Sans and I found something similar so I guess it's some problem with the font file or type.I've not had that problem but two possible fixes:
Try using the artistic text tool instead of the text frame tool. That automatically scales the text as you resize the text box. It might help.
Or it might be something to do with the output settings - rasterisation or something.
It's a bit much for me too! I use Davinci Resolve (free and far too complimacated for an old guy like me) but it's easy to record the video upside down on my compact using the flippy screen to see what I'm doing, then flip the video in Davinci.That sounds too sophisticated for me! I used the video editor in windows, no idea if you can add sound to it. In fact I had to use three different picture slides to build up the intro slide as I’m either too thick to figure out a better way or it doesn’t have the functionality. Either way, I don’t intend joining you down the video rabbit hole just yet!
Fantastic, nothing like setting the bar nice and high.
It's a bit much for me too! I use Davinci Resolve (free and far too complimacated for an old guy like me) but it's easy to record the video upside down on my compact using the flippy screen to see what I'm doing, then flip the video in Davinci.
I'm just going to try the narration now. I know the sound will be fine using my digital recorder. It's the northern monkey doing the speaking that will make it sound dire!
Fantastic, nothing like setting the bar nice and high.
I may do one of those videos myself. [emoji106]
Still trying to get my brain around Affinity Publisher.
Cant be that hard to bung a few photos and odd line of text in a document.
Or can it, the terminology is the issue more than anything else.
My method is still old fashioned as I have [still] not got to grips with Affinity. I make each single page in Photoshop.
1. Get all your curated images into a single location
2. Open a new Photoshop document. A5 sized (or whatever), white background (or whatever).
3. Open the folder with all your photos in it. Select them all and drag into the PS document. It'll probably only drag one across to begin with, you need to click the tick to accept the transformation (down to A5 size) and it will pull the next one in.
You're then left with a single doc with all your images. Click the eye icon to hide all but the 1st one. Position that how you want, add any text etc, then save as a pdf.
Hide that one, unhide the next one, reposition, change text. Save as pdf.
Rinse & repeat for all pages.
The handy thing here is that you can put all the images into a folder and apply layer effects (like a drop shadow, outline, or bevel) to the whole folder and just do it once rather than for every image. Same for text. I tend to save the whole photoshop doc when finished to I can easily re-edit a page if neccessary.
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Extra points if you label them like this because when you drop them into Mixam they will auto arrange properly. (They did last time I did this!)
The order is "front cover" (which is the front cover), then "inner front cover" (which is the other side to the front cover), then page 3 (in my head this is the first proper page), 4, 5 etc etc with the last page being "back cover" (which is the back cover). As they have to be in multiples of 4, I also have "blank" as a... blank page I can drop into the booklet anywhere. Just re-upload it as required.
I'd love to do double spreads like Andy illustrated but I think that would require Affinity and a "full book pdf in one go" upload.
My method is still old fashioned as I have [still] not got to grips with Affinity. I make each single page in Photoshop.
1. Get all your curated images into a single location
2. Open a new Photoshop document. A5 sized (or whatever), white background (or whatever).
3. Open the folder with all your photos in it. Select them all and drag into the PS document. It'll probably only drag one across to begin with, you need to click the tick to accept the transformation (down to A5 size) and it will pull the next one in.
You're then left with a single doc with all your images. Click the eye icon to hide all but the 1st one. Position that how you want, add any text etc, then save as a pdf.
Hide that one, unhide the next one, reposition, change text. Save as pdf.
Rinse & repeat for all pages.
The handy thing here is that you can put all the images into a folder and apply layer effects (like a drop shadow, outline, or bevel) to the whole folder and just do it once rather than for every image. Same for text. I tend to save the whole photoshop doc when finished to I can easily re-edit a page if neccessary.
View attachment 312345
Extra points if you label them like this because when you drop them into Mixam they will auto arrange properly. (They did last time I did this!)
The order is "front cover" (which is the front cover), then "inner front cover" (which is the other side to the front cover), then page 3 (in my head this is the first proper page), 4, 5 etc etc with the last page being "back cover" (which is the back cover). As they have to be in multiples of 4, I also have "blank" as a... blank page I can drop into the booklet anywhere. Just re-upload it as required.
I'd love to do double spreads like Andy illustrated but I think that would require Affinity and a "full book pdf in one go" upload.
My method is still old fashioned as I have [still] not got to grips with Affinity. I make each single page in Photoshop.
1. Get all your curated images into a single location
2. Open a new Photoshop document. A5 sized (or whatever), white background (or whatever).
3. Open the folder with all your photos in it. Select them all and drag into the PS document. It'll probably only drag one across to begin with, you need to click the tick to accept the transformation (down to A5 size) and it will pull the next one in.
You're then left with a single doc with all your images. Click the eye icon to hide all but the 1st one. Position that how you want, add any text etc, then save as a pdf.
Hide that one, unhide the next one, reposition, change text. Save as pdf.
Rinse & repeat for all pages.
The handy thing here is that you can put all the images into a folder and apply layer effects (like a drop shadow, outline, or bevel) to the whole folder and just do it once rather than for every image. Same for text. I tend to save the whole photoshop doc when finished to I can easily re-edit a page if neccessary.
View attachment 312345
Extra points if you label them like this because when you drop them into Mixam they will auto arrange properly. (They did last time I did this!)
The order is "front cover" (which is the front cover), then "inner front cover" (which is the other side to the front cover), then page 3 (in my head this is the first proper page), 4, 5 etc etc with the last page being "back cover" (which is the back cover). As they have to be in multiples of 4, I also have "blank" as a... blank page I can drop into the booklet anywhere. Just re-upload it as required.
I'd love to do double spreads like Andy illustrated but I think that would require Affinity and a "full book pdf in one go" upload.
Booooooo! 20 A5 booklets is still the same price.
Naturally.Were you hoping they had gone up then?
Still trying to get my brain around Affinity Publisher.
Cant be that hard to bung a few photos and odd line of text in a document.
Or can it, the terminology is the issue more than anything else.
It’s a bit of a learning curve, but worth persisting with. I’ve no background in graphic design so I had to start from scratch, although I have been faffing round with Photoshop for many years. There are quite a few videos on YouTube, I found watching those useful.