Alexey Adamitsky

I'd love to move all my post-production in Affinity Photo for still cg images but lacking cryptomatte support is a blocker.

It's not possible to reuse names for deleted studio spaces. Here is how to reproduce: 1. Go to Windows → Studio → Add Preset. Name the preset “Workspace”. 2. Go to Windows → Studio → Add Preset. Name the preset “Workspace”. Now there won't be a prompt to override the existing preset. Affinity Photo will create “Workspace1”. Not, ideal behavior but it's ok. 3. Here is where the behavior is going into buggy territory. Go to Windows → Studio → Manage Studio Presets. Select and delete “Workspace” preset. 4. Rename “Workspace1” preset to “Workspace”. Nothing will happen. “Workspace1” will keep the name. I suspect there is an internal conflict. Probably the “Workspace” name is not cleared from the files or something, and it's causing issues. Now, create new “Workspace” preset work if the name is not used anymore (deleted before).

Yeah, this is a huge deal to support OCIO v2. I mainly bought Affinity because it was better with modern standards and supported OCIO at a time when Adobe Photoshop was a mess (and still is!) in that regard. Found the workaround in that thread but full OCIO v2 support is badly needed.

I was re-evaluating Affinity Photo as a possible candidate for our production pipeline. Affinity Photo pretty much has all the tools we need for our work except one — full cryptomatte support. I was hoping it would have it by now but unfortunately it's still not implemented. Will have to stick to old workflow. Too bad. We really like Affinity Photo and would love to use it on a regular basis. This option is pretty important too.

Mine is 2560x1440. I experience the issue across both Designer and Photo apps. A2Ax7QHthT.mp4 Even properties sliders in adjustment layers have delays. It makes apps feel sluggish and slow. Not a great expirience.

I've been experiencing this issue even before I posted about it. So I've been on many different versions of Nvidia drivers and the issues still existed. I'm on the latest driver now and the issue is still there so I doubt it's the driver's fault.

Yes, it's super weird bug and it still persists even in the latest update (1.8.5). Thanks for reporting you're experiencing this as well.

Make it possible to assign hotkeys for Lock Children option. Or rethink how it works in Designer. I would suggest to make it behave like in Figma when working with frames. If a modifier hotkey is pressed when transforming object then the children will stay in place.

I second this request. This is a must have feature. Doing anything complex makes real pain navigation through layers tree.

I discovered that Color panel and drop down Color panel aren't really the same. There are features and functionality disparities. The most prominent is the Opacity slider. Please improve the the drop down Color panel and add an option to see/add numeral values to the opacity. When you adjust the opacity with drop down Color panel there is no way to know the opacity value. Which is terrible UX decision. The other thing is the drop down menu(1) for the opacity in the color panel. What is it for? Why it wasn't implement simply like a filed(2)? It seems very redundant when there is a slider to adjust the opacity and the option to add a precise number manually.

I have a request to improve the functionality of the transform panel coordinate and size fields. 1. Ctrl + Enter, apply or dismiss aspect ratio option on the fly based on the current state of the Lock Aspect Ratio. This combination enables or disables aspect ratio when your enter your numbers. It saves you a lot of time by removing additional physical actions with your hands that are needed to turn on/off Lock Aspect Ratio icon. Ex. You write in W: 110 and press Ctrl + Enter. If Lock Aspect Ratio is On then operation ignores it and we get W:110px, H100px. If Lock Aspect Ratio is Off then operation works as if it's On and we get W:110px, H110px as a result. 2. Ctrl + Alt + Enter, make equal other field to the current. When you simply want to match the position or size of the shape on both coordinates or lengths. It saves you time from doing double work by typing and pressing twice the same information. Ex. Let's say you have W:110px, H:50px. All you need to do is just choose any field, type let's say W:100 and press Ctrl + Alt + Enter and other field will reset to the same number. P.S. It's also best if you make these modifier keys not hard coded but leave an option to assign different combinations from each modifier set. Different people might have different preferences to which modifier keys they'd like to use.

Please add the support to the Affinity apps for numpad keys. I was very surprised to discover that Designer couldn't assign numpad keys.

I too have some apps where visibility icons on the right. But I don't need to access them that often in these apps. Based on the use case I would prefer visibility icon on the left. But click and drag response with visibility icons must happen. It's a very good QoL functionality. Makes workflow so much smoother and natural.

Thank you for a workaroud. I love hotkeys and use them all the time. Still, I stand by my request. When my curse in the green area dealing with layers order it's much easier and faster to controls visibility with the cursor if the checkbox is close by on the left side.

Really enjoy many sides of Designer. Unfortunately, there are still many things that frustrates me. I have 3 request regarding Layers Panel functionality. 1. A lot of work is happening in the green area. I move, arange, clip, mask and re-arrange layers stack. I very often need to control layers visibility. Please move layer's visibility check to the left side. It will reduce the distance I have to move my mouse/stylus at lest 5 time. Right now Designer makes me do 5 times more work in the layers panel. I'm really confused why visibility check boxes are on the far right side away from all the action that is happening with the layers on the left side. Please fix it. 2. Make visibility check boxes respond better. When I need to deactivate/activate visibility of 3 and more layers in a row it's a real problem. You have to click on each box. Please make visibility checkboxes recognazie click and drag action for improved and faster working experience. 3. Pure aesthetics request. Can you make checkboxes into an eye icon? It's much better recognized in it's functionality. Use of checkboxes is weird. P.S. Propagate this design change across all packages.