.: NICKY G. :.

OK pasteboard I believe that the canvas is useless in AD and it is more common to work on drawing boards. I believe that the function of hiding the pasteboard is to be inserted also for the work tables. If I want to see the project by removing all the things that are bothering me around the pages I can't do it.

In Publisher, by the way, you may be looking for View > View Mode > then uncheck "Clip to Canvas". >>> I would like to get this publisher thing in designer! File > Document Setup then look at the Color tab. OK I had seen this too, but isn't there any way to see it like that in the bar below and always have it close at hand? If you keep it open in the Studio (which it is, by default) then it's a single click either way to access it. ok I was also looking for an alternative way to recover the space used for the panel transforms for other panels.

in practice, if I draw something with the pen and close the path, when I start drawing a new shape, the previous form remains selected with the visible nodes

I have a small problem. I have an old Pantone Library (paper) with the Digital Library for Adobe in * .acb / * .ase format PANTONE 4-COLOR PROCESS (COATED) .acb PANTONE 4-COLOR PROCESS (COATED) .ase Affinity Designer has Pantone libraries saved in * .csv file. How can I import these ADOBE libraries? How can I get the library in * .csv file for Affinity?

1. the ability to directly manage the guides through the panel transforms (I always have to open the guide panel, which is formidable but inconvenient to access), such as the possibility of transforming a path into a guide. 2. I can't find the possibility to display only the work table by removing the display of everything in the assembly table (which in pubblisher does, but in pubblisher I can't find the possibility to see the objects parked in the area of Editor) 3. I can't find how to display the icc color profile applied to the document 4. I have an old Pantone library, how can I put it in AD? 5. The tool creates shapes would not be bad 6. A tool to straighten an object horizontally and vertically. Like I have a track with a nib that AD does not mark the corner for me, but I would like to place it horizontally, like I do? 7. The slider for the stroke size is excellent, but I think we should also add predefined line thickness sets, such as 0.25, 0.5, 0.75, 1, .... (even if they can be customized by the user) or insert the notches on the slider as on the rotation slider. 8. Insert the transform panel in the top bar for quick access. 9. Overprint display and the various CMYK Spot print channels 10. Maybe implement a plug-in to be able to insert AD files in indesign 11. Display the fill / trace in the left tool palette even when set to 1 column display. 12. Arrangement of collapsible panels as happens in Ai, in order to have more palettes available but occupy less space. So limit the waste of time in having to always go looking for and open the desired panels. 13. the "X" button of the project close instead of putting it all to the right, putting it shortly after the name of the table, is more intuitive and visible. 14. the command to recall the momentary zoom in backspace + crtl, make it work even if you press as in adobe, ctrl + backspace. 15. Key object alignment. (first selection or last selection is a bit limiting if there are many objects to align. 16. Possibility of special selections, similar in color, etc. ... 17. Ability to open a PDF or other document, converting texts into tracks (especially if they are not present in the PC)

ok thanks could you explain this new tool to me instead what is it used and how is it used ??

Surely a PC with any hardware would work better with AD and not with Ai. So you could post an example file to understand the size, heaviness, complexity of the file you generated to understand example on my PC i7 4.0ghz gen4 / HD NVME m.2 / 32gb RAm and 4gb ram 1050ti if the file goes very well ? Hoi can opt for more recent hardware.

There is a way to generate a PDF file of the entire manual (in Italian). The online guide is wonderful, dynamic, etc. but I would need it in PDF or printable on paper to be able to study this software. I find it easier to read / study on sheets of paper. How can I do? I can only print 1 page at a time.

Opening a file created in Illustrator with 2 artboards and 4 levels, opening it in AD, only keeps the two tables but the whole structure of the levels changes. I think it's a problem .... Beta 1.7.0.331 Illustrator File af Designer open file

yes I know, I also put the link to the initial discussion .. I put the thing back into the "Suggestions for Affinity and Designer" section so as to keep it in an area where maybe developers can see it and take it into consideration (because I believe it is an indispensable function).

you can make a video I don't understand how it works

1 (1).mp4 1 (1).mp4 1 (2).mp4 Have a look at these tools for developers. Maybe there are some interesting ideas to consider. we started the conversation here https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/85639-question-circle-passing-through-3-points/& 3 circle.mp4

I'm not saying that other things that other users would like to be expanded are not to my liking, I have only highlighted some implementation "which I think" are easier and faster to expand, than I know about a perspective grid or a 3D generation. It is clear that if it were possible to have all the functions of Ai in AD it would be fantastic. But I take Ai as an example because it is the most popular, but I saw for example doing great things even in corel draw.

Look at the current state, you've really done a great job. AD really works better than Ai for practical purposes, I've been fiddling with it for a few weeks, without having worked on it, but it seems to be fast, lean, reliable ... I have been using it for 10 years not constantly (I prefer), but every time I have to using Ai is a headache ... Slow, Heavy, Inaccurate, as long as you work with a few vectors it goes more or less well but when you start putting images, shadows, and many tables, it becomes difficult even to move from one table to another ... I don't ask big things about AD, many illustrator functions I don't even use (or rarely), see 3D, perspective grid, mesh tools, effects (except shadows) or new functions ... From AD I would ask only for more precision, some 3-point circle drawing tools (which even AI does not have, but via plug-ins), or tangent lines, objects that adapt to the curvature of the path and remain at 90 ° with it , in the end it is a vector / technical drawing software, so I believe that having certain functions is a must, it will benefit the software but also the sales. Type in AD I can't find 1. the ability to directly manage the guides through the panel transforms (I always have to open the guide panel, which is formidable but inconvenient to access), such as the possibility of transforming a path into a guide. 2. I can't find the possibility to display only the work table by removing the display of everything in the assembly table (which in pubblisher does, but in pubblisher I can't find the possibility to see the objects parked in the area of Editor) 3. I can't find how to display the icc color profile applied to the document 4. I have an old Pantone library, how can I put it in AD? 5. The tool creates shapes would not be bad 6. A tool to straighten an object horizontally and vertically. Like I have a track with a nib that AD does not mark the corner for me, but I would like to place it horizontally, like I do? 7. The slider for the stroke size is excellent, but I think we should also add predefined line thickness sets, such as 0.25, 0.5, 0.75, 1, .... (even if they can be customized by the user) or insert the notches on the slider as on the rotation slider. 8. Insert the transform panel in the top bar for quick access. 9. Overprint display and the various CMYK Spot print channels 10. Maybe implement a plug-in to be able to insert AD files in indesign 11. Display the fill / trace in the left tool palette even when set to 1 column display. 12. Arrangement of collapsible panels as happens in Ai, in order to have more palettes available but occupy less space. So limit the waste of time in having to always go looking for and open the desired panels. 13. the "X" button of the project close instead of putting it all to the right, putting it shortly after the name of the table, is more intuitive and visible. 14. the command to recall the momentary zoom in backspace + crtl, make it work even if you press as in adobe, ctrl + backspace. 15. Key object alignment. (first selection or last selection is a bit limiting if there are many objects to align. 16. Possibility of special selections, similar in color, etc. ... 17. Ability to open a PDF or other document, converting texts into tracks (especially if they are not present in the PC) 18. other things that now escape me ...

Hello, Thank you for taking the issue into consideration. We users ask only for precise, versatile and reliable vector drawing software. The purpose is to be able to do everything within AD without having to use other software for "current" deficiencies of AD. I have been trying AD for a few weeks and I think it's amazing, 100,000 times better than Ai, but it has some shortcomings, missing features to finally replace Adobe software. (Ai has always sucked)

how do you do this thing ?? I believe that when you press hide hide bleed (shift + tab) you should also be able to hide all objects outside of the artboards and then hide the objects on the assembly table. Currently it does not. I believe that by default you should have set the artboard and the possibility of setting a bleed that can currently only be set later and not when a page is created. then you should be able to enter the number of tables (of the same format) that you can already create on file / new

+1 I hope they make these additions along with many other necessary ones. It would be great if the Designer * .afdesign files, besides being AF proprietary files, be natively compatible PDF files so as to insert them in INDESIGN without having to export a real PDF file. I understand that INDESIGN does not read such files ... Probably Affinity should create a tool that implements the Indesign functionalities making it capable of opening and importing the * .afdesign file as a link. I understand that on Affinity's part its purpose is to move on to the entire product range but as long as pubblisher will not be a worthy and valid substitute for Indesign this will never happen. Except Illustrator, Photoshop and Indesign are valid software. Illustrator in my opinion sins a lot in many structural things at the base that for 30 years are not resolved. If the Affinity Designer development team will soon commit, we hope, to fill the gaps in this software with respect to the competitor, I believe it is a valid adversary. Already now AD is better than Ai on many things, but the lack of some function makes the complete transition to AD stop. Ai is slow, inaccurate, cumbersome.

I see. I wonder: 1. Practically the double function is useless (superfluous), one could, should always use one or more artboards! 2. in artboard mode, there is no possibility to hide the display of everything that is not part of the artboard? so also the guides, margins, etc. as happens on indesign with the W key it would be useful and necessary. 3. Is there no way to turn any carrier into a guide? But to delete a guide you have to go to the guide management panel to eliminate them or is there any command? 4. The panel manages guides, certainly useful for many things, even for columns etc ... but I find it quite inconvenient .. to move a guide every time you have to go to recall the panel and change it, much more intuitive as it works in Adobe, would be better!

I also started with Freehand, then I switched to Ai due to the acquisition by the adobe ... Currently on windows it still works freehand, but the standard was passed to the adobe. But I never got along with Ai. Very slow, heavy, etc. With the many problems that had freehand (various bugs, color management, etc.), it was certainly easier to work. We did everything.

I still don't know the difference in creating a document without the artboard check

I hope they hurry up, I can't wait to leave Illustrator for good and, for my humble opinion, it has always sucked!

could you explain the difference between the two modes? Artboard and NOT artboard because if I create an artboard I can't insert the bleed ?? Wouldn't it be appropriate to be able to decide during the Document creation phase how many artboards to create instead of manually adding them then ??

can't you change this RMB + LMB command in the keyboard command settings ???

Forgive me if I ask you, but how can you do these things ??? This is exactly what I would like ... Similarly, the plug-in of the astute graphics subscribe ... How can we show these things to the AD developers? I believe that they should think of some design function a little more particular and precise. I'm not saying it should work like a CAD, but being a vector drawing software, a lot of drawing things should be able to do ...