Guillem S.

I'm laying out a magazine with more than 150 pages and a lot of linked images. When I try to add or delete pages, Publisher crashes. The timeline is near, and I don't know what to do. I've tried to downgrade to 1.8.6 because I've done previous issues of the magazine with versions prior to 1.9, but I can't even open it precisely because it has been done with a recent version. What could I do?

Thanks @loukash and @Pauls. The problem was indeed the zoom: I had 62% and the threshold was set to 75% 😅 In case anyone has the same issue, I noticed the zoom threshold for the baseline grid to be visible can be configured through the Display Threshold option, in View → Baseline Grid Manager.

Hi! It’s just me or the “Show Baseline” option doesn’t work anymore since the last upgrade (1.9.3)?

Yes, but I felt bad because I usually only point out the bugs. I wanted to highlight that not all is awful, but the Affinity team have also made some improvements. Some kind words from time to time are important to encourage the team 🙂

The truth is that the expand stroke option has been dramatically improved. However, a merge points option would be really useful. Even necessary sometimes.

Here it is, Sean. test_tube.afdesign

It's a shame, but this kind of persisting errors make Designer unreliable for serious work. expand-stroke.mp4

When we create a new preset document from the categories “web” and “devices”, some presets are unexpectedly set at 144 dpi, instead of 72 dpi. This causes that when exporting the artboard as a slice (through the Export persona), the artboard’s size is reduced at the half. So if the preset artboard is 1080×1080 px, the resulting JPG (exported at 1x), will be 540×540 px. I thought it was a bug (probably it is) until I figured out what was going on. This is weird and misleading. I'm not sure if this isn't exactly a bug but

Thank you @leshido! I wasn't aware of that button! 🙂

Of course, Sean, here it is. search_icon.afdesign

Hi @Sean P I'm on 1.8.2 beta. Some issues with Boolean operations have been solved, but there are still bugs. Look at this: Mar-02-2020 12-45-20.mp4

It looks like the same errors in Boolean operations that have been reported in Designer 1.8.1 also exist in Publisher 1.8.

On iPad I've found exactly the same problem that occurs on the MacOS 1.8.1 version in relation to the Boolean operation “Add”:

@Cealcrest @JensW Same problems here. The only possibility I see is that the Affinity team put back version 1.7.3 instead of 1.8.1 in Apple Store until critical issues are solved. I also learnt a big lesson. 😞

@Sean P It looks like subdivisions only work from a 15px spacing and up. Look, in a 100x100px artboard, subdivisions doesn’t work at all. This is frustrating, but the problems on boolean operations are critical. I can't use Designer since I upgraded to version 1.8.1 and I can’t downgrade. PLEASE could you make available version 1.7.3 on Apple Store until 1.8.x becomes usable? subdivisions.mp4