Cecil

This should be added in Affinity Photo as a Text Tool.  I think it adds value to the program and expands it functionality.  I have a thread on this subject and was generously (Paul Mudditt) provided a macro.  
Please Serif, just add this feature.
 
 

Post a thank you to @jmwellborn and you may just be able to unchain the giant B.

Post a thank you to @jmwellborn and you may just be able to unchain the giant B.

Lessons every parent leans when they buy the big box chalk sets and allow the children a go on their driveway.  Easy on, hard off.

Lessons every parent leans when they buy the big box chalk sets and allow the children a go on their driveway.  Easy on, hard off.

@Kasper-V or as chalk pastels are often blended by hand, powder residue in the cracks are likely.

@Kasper-V or as chalk pastels are often blended by hand, powder residue in the cracks are likely.

I would support this (but not retreating to Photoshop).
 
John

Hi Cecil, everyone,
This is indeed an issue/bug and was logged as such. It's not yet clear what's going on - there's a few variables at play which we have to check/test carefully - but we are aware of these issues.

Thanks Cecil! 
I put gradients when doing other type of illustrations, i.e. cars, as it provides a feeling of environment to them and I think it contributes to the overall final look in most cases. But being this one a scientific illustration I can't do that, especially cause there are conventions and light is usually supposed to come from left to right. Here an illustration where I feel gradients are a good choice though:  https://www.behance.net/gallery/31578563/1957-Chevy-Corvette-Roadster-Affinity-D-Vectors

Oh! I didn't realise anyone took any notice of what I said in those videos.

I'm sorry Cecil! I do. try and keep my voice slower but sometimes I do get a bit excited about whatever it is I'm talking about.
If it's any consolation I'm typing very slowly right now.
Simon

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Tooltip/Hints, meaning the Desktop tool instructions when tool selected are not available, a competent context menu is and a neat feature, press ?, see attachment.

Hi All,
Unfortunately, we are hearing many stories from the creative community about how they are being severely impacted by the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. We know we can’t solve a lot of these problems, but we do want to try to offer as much support as possible.
That’s why we’re announcing three measures that we've just put in place. They are:
A new 90-day free trial of the Mac and Windows versions of the whole Affinity suite A 50% discount for those who would rather buy and keep the apps on Mac, Windows and iPad A pledge to engage more than 100 freelance creatives for work, spending the equivalent of our annual commissioning budget in the next three months (more details of this will be announced next week). The introduction of the 90-day free trial and deeply discounted pricing is done in the hope that this will make life a little easier for people who rely on creative software to make a living, but may be stuck at home without their usual tools, or for students who might not have access to their Affinity apps on their personal devices. In addition, by increasing our spend on commissioning work from freelancers we can also put some extra money into a part of the industry which will be particularly affected. 
We plan to make the free trial and additional discount available until 20 April, but of course we will continue to review the situation as time goes on.
We have put posts on Facebook and Twitter about what we are doing if it's something you would like to share.
We're now all working from home
In terms of the team here, we have all vacated our Nottingham offices and are now working from home. Naturally this is causing us some disruption, but we continue to type code and expect to carry on making good progress with our development efforts. 
Support is a bit trickier though. Firstly, we can’t accept inbound telephone calls right now, and there are also going to be challenges for our staff to work their normal full-time hours – especially with imminent school closures in the UK. We’re obviously going to do our very best but hope you will understand if we are not as fast to respond to email as usual.
Of course, if a question you have is something which could be answered by our community, then we’d also greatly appreciate if you put that here on the forum rather than contact us directly. It would definitely help us out a lot. 
Frankly it’s hard to know what to say or do in this unprecedented situation. But more than anything else, we want to use this opportunity to wish good health to you and your loved ones at this incredibly difficult time.
All the very best,
Ash

Is this the sort of thing you had in mind
https://affinity.serif.com/supporting-the-creative-community/
 
 

No worries Uwe T 🙂
If you don’t have a dedicated screen recording app installed, you can use the built in macOS features to do a basic recording.
Apple's Support page on screen recording and taking screenshots can be found here: https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/mac-help/mh26782/mac
 

I thank you Serif, as I have two teenage grandsons at home, from school.  I hope this encourages them them to test their creative skills.

This is available iPadOS

Walt I don’t disagree.  Wife and I (also daughter & son) have Touch ID’s and password set for iPad and iMac password, and each Face ID and a password on iPhone.  As we use Apple’s password manager, this allows all to gain access if something happens to one or both of us.  It happens and those left to mange our accounts, closed them, etc., as I see is essential. How they manage my computer, after I escape Planet Earth, I have no control.

Great work.  The last BW photo, on my iPad Pro, look’s like a double exposure nose and lower left lip area layer was moved out of place or mask layer on/off. Thank you for posting.

Please excuse me if this has been requested.  Please consider option to change Adjustments/Filters panels to List.  The panel fly outs are pretty, but take up a lot of limited space on the iPad.  Thank you.

Thank you.  I posted because I thought I was doing something wrong.  I totally understand the team has many problems to fix and request to implement. 

That download loaded,, without problem.  I think clone/stamp tool could help removed additional lines.  Huion Inspiroy Q11K V2 arriving tomorrow, I’ll play with it, no way with a mouse.  I just hope tablet will work Ok with macOS Catalina and Huion driver.

Or just clicking the download button on Safari will show the most recent download file.