Recent content by Robert Stott

Mmmm. Mischief does actually look interesting. Have to have a play with it some time. Thanks for pointing it out. Part of me wonders whether graphics software will exist entirely as a web-hosted service a la Google docs at some time in the future. I don't really see a reason why it wouldn't. If...

Yeah, sadly Adobe can afford to be compete ******s because the have a near monopoly. I say 'near' because there *are* alternatives. Depending on how you work then things like Pixelmator, Affinity Photo and Affinity Designer may be of use. Of course, always check that whoever you're going to be...

It's also worth keeping an eye on what Affinity are doing. They have a photo editing app in Beta at the moment, but I expect it can't be far off being production ready: https://affinity.serif.com/en-gb/photo/

Personally, I'd have to say yes since I was a graphic designer for 10 years, then switched career to be a software developer. I'm probably not the greatest in the world at either, but I'm more than competent at both. Is that common? No, I don't think it is - but maybe not as rare as you might...

Hi there, Just wondering - do you folks do much work in multiple languages? If so, how do you go about choosing a font that's going to support the needed character sets (e.g. Russian, or some of the less usual Latin characters). I know you can check what languages a font claims to support in...

Yeah, I'm afraid that (rightly or wrongly) people in the industry turn their noses up at Corel. It's generally regarded as a hobbyist's software rather than professional quality stuff. I've not used it in donkeys years so I can't comment. If you're serious about a career as a designer then...

Yeah, hand scanners can scan from a screen, they're just expensive in comparison. And easier to lose. ;-) The problem I've had in the past is packaging artworks being sent from third parties with barcodes on where the bars don't match the human readable numbers due to some muppetry at some...

Just for the record, I finally got it finished! https://itunes.apple.com/app/onscreen-barcode-scanner/id924889688?mt=12

I think automatability (is that a word?) would be a deal maker/breaker for most of the companies I've worked with. So much in the packaging industry depends on things like AppleScript and third party automation tools like the Esko's* Automation Engine. If Serif really want to compete in these...

Yeah, I think I remember them having something that was sub-Micro$oft Publisher many years ago - an achievement of sorts in itself! Still, this seems to be going like hot cakes on the App Store with some good reviews. Maybe it's just wishful thinking on my part. I'd love to see Adobe's monopoly...

Hi, Just been taking a look at... https://affinity.serif.com/about/ ...and pressurising them to release a trial version. Have any of you tried it yet? If so, what do you think?

Not a huge uptake then! ;-)

Morning all, I recently made a small app that can grab an area of your screen (like taking a screen shot), recognise any barcodes in it and display the code number(s) and type of code. It works for EAN8, EAN13, UPC-A, UPC-E and ISBN codes. I made it for my own use because I got tired of...

Hi Michael, Nice to see a big company like Enfocus stopping by to ask users what they think. I've filled it in as requested. Regards Rob

"There is nothing worse than having something look beautiful on-screen but looking completely different on paper. This is always down to the type of colour model that it is." ...sometimes, I agree but not always. It could also be down to poor screen calibration, characteristics of the printing...