Andy05

On a German keyboard layout, the " ß" is the next key to the right of the "0" (zero) with no additional modifying keys (Shift/Crtl/alt) pressed. Might be worth a try.

That's the question. Steam isn't the first place for users buying photo editing apps (otherwise other publishers would have jumped that bandwagon ages ago). Not every distribution channel for software is meant to be useful for all kinds of apps. Hence, it can also cause some more costs rather than earnings. Employees' time will be bound to version care on yet another platform, additional customer support for Steam customers via Steam would be needed and so on. If you want to do this right (and successfully), then it's not like you upload something once and then you just start counting the money...

In addition to the others' replies, I'd like to add that it's very, very unlikely, that the example you've shown is done by some kind of (automatic) warping. It's an illustration of a font, which might not even have had an actual font as a base. To me, that looks like manually (e. g. manually tracing an—analog or digital—sketch) done as you won't get such a perfect result with warping only.

This feature request is highly underrated and gets way too little attention in my eyes. I just found some time for managing my New Document presets today—so I thought—and was really annoyed that Serif's apps are missing such a basic feature yet again. What kind of developer/programmer decided to add the option of saving own presets for new documents without the option of managing them in some sort? Sometimes I wonder if they even test beyond 1-2 items for their features ("it's working, let's do something different"). Regulars in this fora all know, Affinity Apps are all about workarounds. But no—organising the presets in an external spreadsheet, deleting all of them in the Affinity app and add them anew in the desired order (e. g. alphabetically) is not a feasible workaround!

See the irony in this after reading this quote from the initial post?

Agree with this. It doesn't make much sense. That's like testing, if some outdated OS are still vulnerable to some specific malware or if an anti virus scanner can recognise it—even if newer versions might have tackled that issue with some updates since. The only reason for testing an outdated version of the Affinity apps might be, when Ver. 2.x is released. Since 1.x versions most likely won't get any further patches at that point anymore and a good amount of users might not upgrade to Ver. 2 and keep on working with the latest Ver. 1.x.

I stopped watching at about minute 5 in that video, when he used envelope/vector warping. This can't be done in Affinity Designer, despite being a fundamental function for most vector design software for decades. There have been literally hundreds of posts about this issue in this fora for years now. (e. g. https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/search/&q=vector warp&quick=1) As usually, there's a workaround for Affinity, which requires skill, experience and time: You'll have to move every single node of the object(s) manually in order to get them into the shape you want them to be. Or, in this particular case. create the initial text on a curved path and trace that.

Ah, great! Requested in 2019, so we can hope for Serif implementing it in Version 4 (year 2035ish)

Oops, you're right! I could have sworn, that I've seen the option to enter the values into the transform panel for bitmap fills (I have to admit, I rarely use them). Must have been in a different software. Could be an interesting feature request for AD, tho. EDIT: CorelDRAW (SE version from 2018) can do it, probably earlier versions could do it, too. So maybe that's where I've seen it.

So what? See your step 2. You already made a pixel layer! If you wouldn't have done that, your copy/paste steps wouldn't work either.

You can type in the values directly into the transform panel (-> View -> Studio -> Transform).

Three steps are right! Just use the shortcut (on Windows, it's CTRL+J as per standard) for copying the selected parts as a new layer and you can combine steps 3 and 4. 😀

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=photoshop+remove+reflections+glasses The steps are the same in Affinity Photo.

Agreed. I said it before in these fora (multiple times even?): I don't see any of those major features coming with any of the free 1.x updates. I, too, hope that they are already working on their implementation for a V2. release.

Yeah, certainly higher ranked than a shape builder tool. Also non-destructive vector and pixel warp, resizable UI elements among other things are more often requested, I guess.

That's not even close to being the "#1 request".

Yes, Publisher would be the better choice when working with multiple pages. Photo -> pixel image edit/manipulation Designer -> vector works/illustrations Publisher -> Layout program. Usually the best use for Publisher is creating your layouts with objects, you prepared or created in the other two apps. Especially if you are working with multiple pages.

Absolutely! That's why most vector boolean results in Affinity are not usable for creating CNC/laser engraving templates as the boolean functions create simply an incredible amount of unnecessary nodes most of the times.

Can't let that stand here without a final comment as you just showed that you didn't really wanted our help. Well, if you'd had put just 1% of the effort you made for meaninglessly replying here into actual READING and following simple instructions like "install a hair brush and paint with it", you'd have saved both of our times as you'd have found your solution a dozen posts ago. I can't believe, that you're really so incredibly incapable of installing a brush and using it. That you call this a "blabbering solution". If you deem that "blabbering", you might probably better stop using Affinity apps altogether as you prove that you're resistant to helpful advises as well as not willing to try any of them at all. What on earth is so difficult with downloading an already linked brush pack, install it and paint with it? There's no easier way to explain this—or to help you other than probably: "Send me the picture. I'll do the edits, if you promise that you'll never ever use Affinity apps again and that you'll also leave the fora right now". (BTW, I got some "likes" from regulars for my posts proving you not willing (or capable) to accept help, unlike you - so, according to your logic, I'm right? Just asking...)

Oh, that sounds like a bug. I don't think it should work like this.

Hm. Isn't it possible to remove the shortcut for the pixel tool completely (shortcuts -> tools)? That's working at least in Affinity Photo.

I haven't tested it, but maybe you could simply assign a shortcut, which you don't use otherwise to the pixel tool?

I have similar issues every now and then, if I activate my graphic tablet. Sometimes just picking a different brush and then pick the original brush again can help to avoid this kind of "hickups". Might help in your case, too, if it'd happen again.

I guess that's because most regulars avoided this thread after some of your replies as they deem further help pointless. Furthermore, regulars don't just automatically "like" each and every single correct and simple reply. This isn't some fancy social media for karma/like fishing, you know? Anyways, you can't even download a brush pack and install it? If you need help with that: read the online help. I didn't assume you'd need detailed instructions for that. I mean, you've managed to install the app after all! I'm soo glad that you're finally able to paint the hair now, after you created your own brush by following firstdefence's "helpful and clear" instructions. Wait! You DID create the brush already, didn't you? And you can paint hair with it now, right? Really, you deem "build your own brush like this" as a "helpful and clear" explaining instead? Jeez! I'm out of here. Any attempt of helping you any further is completely pointless. Good luck on your future hair-painting endevours!

LOL, read the whole thread, @firstdefence. If the OP isn't capable or following such simple advise like installing a ready-made brush set (which I even linked in one of my posts!)—you really think augustya would be capable of creating such a brush?