Sue Thomas

May I suggest to you, that you remove the background paper from the baby's face in the mask, in my opinion his face should be sharp and clear. Simply by removing the greyed area with a white brush. Also add shadows to the two other photos, to give them depth.

Isn't it always the case that once one has checked and double checked that everything is complete, that the second it gets posted, an error or typo is instantly spotted. Been there done that! 😆

You won't get any argument from me, about where I live. I feel privileged, to live where I do.

Mary, you have plodded your way through the lab tutorials, with such dedication and enthusiasm, producing what can only be described as ineffable layouts. You should be ever so proud of yourself.

As always, your creations are perfectly executed. Right down to the last detail.

Several emotions surface during such moments, humbling, excitement, which I have to control, not to mention the memories I will always cherish.

I whole heartedly agree with you.

I won the knot 17script. It wasn't until today, that I found the ideal opportunity to try it out. With the new generation of ground squirrels, that have followed in their parents footsteps, by trusting me to come for some tasty morsals. It takes time and patience, but well worth it. The script worked a treat, adding a unique element to the layout. The corner punch is one of Carole's, the rest is mine, taking colours from the photos.

You put a great deal of effort into creating this layout. It has payed off, as it's simply beautiful. So many small details are always lost due to compression.

I didn't use the dingbat font, although I could have used the dragonfly dingbats. Anyway here is my take. The script font isn't one I would normally use, mainly because, and this is in my opinion, it is not very legible.

Overall I am impressed with Affinity. Perhaps down the road, they may make the bold and italic tool available to be used with every font.

It's early days. There is so much to learn, taking one step at a time. I love creating word art etc, and I have my favourite fonts, some of which are not part of a family.

Yes, I am able to change the fonts of words from within a sentence, which is on its own layer. What I am not able to do, with many of the fonts I use regularly, which are not part of a family, change those fonts to italic, shoud I want too, or bold for that matter, unlike in PSP.

For those fonts which are not part of a family, you still can not italic or bold them. Which limits the use of so many fonts. Which I have found frustrating. I did work out that I couldn't change the font of a few words within a sentence. Without creating them on a new layer, then arranging them, to make sense. That is the only drawback, I have encountered in Affinity.

Day 7. I had to do the text in PSP, as I failed to achieve what I wanted to do in Affinity. I highlighted the words 'are the kid sisters', only to find that the bold and italic icons weren't highlighted. I tried to do the same with Arial and other fonts like Times Roman, and I was able to change them to italic. I did try other fonts which aren't microsoft fonts, and the same thing happened. Anyone else experienced this?