SlavaUX

I just want to add that I came here after I failed to get rid of the guides by moving them in the empty space between the artboards in v1.7.

I've read here that it should have worked, so I gave it another shot by moving the guides beyond the last artboard, and only then it worked.

I don't want to complain to much about otherwise great design tool, but every time I need some feature from Designer I find a thread like this where it is already requested for years.

I'm wondering what the viewpoint is of the developers at Serif.

Are you guys working on it?

or is it one of the features you put in "won't fix" bucket?

I'm sorry I do not get why you are telling all this stuff about where selection belongs to. What does it matter? Selection is still a vector (a geometric, connected shape defined by X.Y coordinates of its points), and in its nature it cannot have overlapping areas of its own parts. Which makes it simple and perfectly suitable for implementing the requested delete feature by applying the exact same modifications as the "Image layer" has, and deleting the pixels in the original bitmap even though the original bitmap is contained inside a scaled and skewed "Image layer". I'm willing to bet two beers that once I got familiar with the codebase of Affinity I could code such operation in a day. This is not what I call hard to build.

Thanks. I got that from the previous posts in this thread. The functionality is a useful addition, which allows out of the box image manipulation without losing the resolution and revert changes.

I also understand that current versions of Affinity Designer/Photo are unable to delete bitmap pixels form a selection on top of an Image layer.

From my perspective it should be possible to implement ('walking ants' selection path is a single vector path anyway, so just apply size/scale/skew from the image layer in reverse order to the underlying original bitmap and delete those pixels. voila). This should be applicable to Erase Brush tool just as easy. Please put this on your roadmap. You know people want it.

Hi SlavaUX,
Pretty much almost all possible features were requested in the first couple years after the app's launch as soon as people started discovering about them so that's not really surprising. If you happen to have Affinity Photo you can easily reproduce this effect using a vector shape/closed path nested as a mask to a gaussian blur live filter (or any other type of blur filter or live filter you may want for other effects) and move as if it were a single object to wherever you need. You can copy the gaussian blur + mask layer to to Designer and still adjust the gaussian blur filter there. Here's a sample file showing how to achieve it: gaussian_blur_effect.afphoto
To move the circle, select the ellipse (the shape used as mask) in the layers panel clicking on its thumbnail and move it to where you need the effect.

This is hidden so far you have to have read this thread in order to know this feature exists. (there is a usability hint hidden in this statement)

Hi CPritchard,
You have to set the Fill mode to Alternate (go to menu Layer ▸ Fill Mode ▸ Alternate after performing the boolean operation or alternatively set the bottom shape Fill layer mode to Alternate before performing the boolean operation).

I don't want to complain to much about otherwise great design tool, but every time I need some feature from Designer I find a thread like this where it is already requested for years.

I don't want to complain to much about otherwise great design tool, but every time I need some feature from Designer I find a thread like this where it is already requested for years.

I'm really needing a free transform tool that can handle
Vector shapes and groups Bitmaps Symbols (with whatever is inside it) Sample use case attached.
Affinity Designer Freetransform Distort Tool Feature Request.mp4

Still needs the Free Transform / Perspective Distort - can we know when / where on the roadmap this essential tool is?

I'm really needing a free transform tool that can handle
Vector shapes and groups Bitmaps Symbols (with whatever is inside it) Sample use case attached.
Affinity Designer Freetransform Distort Tool Feature Request.mp4

I saw the implementation thanks to a guy on youtube. Though it is completely useless because it is not in Designer. I would need to purchase Photo just to add perspective to bitmaps, and that would only cover 30% of my perspective needs. I need perspective as a part of my main design process inside the same tool which can apply/modify perspective on the fly to bitmaps, vectors and symbol instances.

Affinity Photo perspective implementation is really beautifully made and this is exactly what I'm asking here as a feature of Designer.

 

I'm really needing a free transform tool that can handle
Vector shapes and groups Bitmaps Symbols (with whatever is inside it) Sample use case attached.
Affinity Designer Freetransform Distort Tool Feature Request.mp4

I saw the implementation thanks to a guy on youtube. Though it is completely useless because it is not in Designer. I would need to purchase Photo just to add perspective to bitmaps, and that would only cover 30% of my perspective needs. I need perspective as a part of my main design process inside the same tool which can apply/modify perspective on the fly to bitmaps, vectors and symbol instances.

Affinity Photo perspective implementation is really beautifully made and this is exactly what I'm asking here as a feature of Designer.

 

And, here a video showing the new rotate-on-plane feature of the Move tool.  A new shape is created into a grid, using the "Edit In Grid Plane" mode.  Then, with the mode on, any rotations maintain the grid plane perspective.
 
RotateOnPlane.mov
 

I just want to add that I came here after I failed to get rid of the guides by moving them in the empty space between the artboards in v1.7.

I've read here that it should have worked, so I gave it another shot by moving the guides beyond the last artboard, and only then it worked.

Select the line. Go In the menu "Layer" and select "Expand Stroke". After that your line is a filled shape that you can use with compound shapes.
Hope that could help.