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Makes sense, though I expect the equivalent here to what you're referring to would actually be "1.X.Y".

I don't know if this should be here or in Feature Requests, so by all means move it to whichever is correct. In any case, I was wondering if there were any plans to add support for plugins in Affinity Designer (as has been done in Photo). If so, will you focus on existing Adobe Illustrator plugins or on plugins designed for Designer? I also have a question concerning the nature of plugin support (both as it is now and in the future), which is why I elected to post this under "Questions" rather than requests. Are there (or will there someday be) plugins designed for Affinity, or is the feature meant specifically for supporting Adobe's plugins? Is it possible to create plugins specifically for use in Affinity Photo?

Are you referring to a major release like (v 1.X) or a minor release like (1.X.5)? I was referring to the major releases.

Thanks so much for the quick reply. I look forward to seeing what they do to improve things.

That sounds really interesting! I think the Affinity staff should definitely look into it.

That looks like a 3D modelling application. Are you sure that would work in a 2D vector design app?

Thanks, but I already know the roadmap by heart. I was wondering specifically about the next update and what sort of features it might focus on, in the same way that 1.5 focused on features that would be useful to UI designers.

The latest update to Affinity Designer was mainly focused on UI design, and it did a fantastic job; the addition of constraints, symbols, and assets have made Affinity even easier to use. I'm curious about the next update; what will it focus on? Can we expect an update for illustration or something else?

I'm not entirely sure what issue you're having. Is the image resolution the same as what you'd use in PS? I'm not sure if they've added it yet or not, but I've heard that it'll eventually be possible to set the defaults for these tools, which would make it easier (assuming your problem is what I think it is). If you could post a few screenshots it might make things easier to understand.

That's good to hear; it certainly takes a great weight off my chest knowing that I'll eventually be able to do what I need to do for my work. My need for this feature isn't urgent, however, so I'll be glad whenever it's added—not worried when, so long as it's implemented eventually. :)

It would certainly make illustrations easier. MattP has already said on another thread that he plans to add a roughening tool that can be "rubbed over" an area, which sounds quite versatile: As discussed in the post that Alfred mentioned, it's actually a very simple algorithm called "midpoint displacement." I've looked at many requests on the forum, and it seems many people are struggling without it, and MattP did express intent to implement such a tool. I do understand, however, that there are many other features that need your attention far more quickly, which is to be expected so early as this in an application's development. Note: The various quotes were a bit tricky to add to this post, and so eventually I gave up trying to make them look right and just left it as is; please excuse the sloppy nature of this comment.

Now that the new update's finished, I thought it would be a good time to bring this up again.

For making large-scale maps, the dimension tool should be able to use large measurements like kilometres (metric) and miles (archaic), as well as increments of '100s, '200s, etc. You should also be able to measure from one point in the image to another.

Firstly, a apologize for my multitude of questions; although I do have some experience with using Affinity and applications like it, there are some aspects of which I have virtually no knowledge. I was wondering if someone could tell me about how Affinity works with Plugins and/or how scripting might work if it's added in the future. What are some examples of what one could do with scripting? How big a deal is it to make a plugin for a particular feature that isn't in Affinity? It says in the preferences that plugins have something to do with Photoshop; could someone please explain how this works? And finally: is there anything else that I should know about these features that I haven't thought of?

Oh… I just realized that this thread was from last year. My mistake.

Just as Hokusai said, Affinity designer isn't designed for making multi-page newsletters. If what you need is a PDF, then the Artboard feature might help, but even this feature is more for graphic design and not so much for page layout. There will, at some point, be Affinity Publisher, which will be designed for this purpose. Designer is for making vector illustrations, pixel/vector art, web design, and the like, so templates for newsletters or greeting cards aren't necessary; I mean, all you really need in order to draw a picture is a blank page. I found it easy to make my business card design using Designer, but business card printing requires two appropriately-sized and formatted .png files, as opposed to a multi-page newsletter, which essentially requires a full pdf and thrives on templates to make it go faster (because the emphasis is on what's written rather than images). I assume by "graphics," you refer to symbols, emojis, clip-art, or something similar. Affinity designer is far better suited to designing those graphics themselves than making a newsletter. It does have a large selection of geometric shapes, but those are intended more as a basis for one to build on than as symbols to insert into a page for print. The same can be said for pages; the Artboard tool essentially does for illustration what pages do for a newsletter, but again they are designed to benefit the illustration side of things rather than page layout. In short, you're looking at the wrong app for your purposes. If you like drawing, you should give Designer a try with art in mind. Otherwise, you should wait until the release of Affinity Publisher, which will almost certainly serve your needs.

Well, in any case, Artboards work really well for Affinity Designer. I used them to make my business cards, and now that they've just been professionally printed, they look bloody perfect! Even if there were already a publisher app, Artboards would still be a great feature when you don't need to print a whole booklet and just need to design a few related images. They make it easy to get two images to mirror one-another.

It's good to know that we're not the only ones who think this'd be useful. I think it's a great idea for it to be a non-destructive property. I'd also like to add that you should be able to bake roughening the same way you do with corners so you can then make more precise edits afterward. Agreed! It would also be good for drawing mountains, speech bubbles, maps, hair, and "ripped paper" effects.

I recently put forward a bug report about FFT Denoise, but having tried it out on a friend's newer macbook air it seems like it's probably just a bug on Lion or just on my old computer. It doesn't make that much of a difference, really; my Macbook Pro is woefully out-of-date, and I've been intending to get a new one anyway. Since I'm going to be buying a new Macbook Pro in the next few months, I thought I should ask about this. I read a recent thread on this forum where you said that the best computer for Affinity is the 15-inch Macbook Pro, and I was wondering how vital the 15-inch is. I mean, would a 13-inch with all the extra processing power you can get be passible, or does Affinity really need the 15-inch to work well?

I tried both of those, and one was just a free trial for something you must pay for later; the other didn't work. Luckily for me, I've already bought Affinity, and I doubt I'll really need anything more than the "selection to vector" feature for my purposes. I know what the tool would do, but I've been quite curious as to what sort of tasks might benefit from being able to do that. The first thing that popped into my mind is taking a photo or drawing and using that as the basis for a vector image, but I also thought of the idea that it might sometimes be quicker to simply draw a particular shape in raster than to make it from scratch. Are there any other uses I might not have thought of?

Sorry if someone else has already asked this question. I'm just a bit curious about a feature listed in the roadmap: Pixel Selection to Vector Shape. I don't need it right away, but I've been wondering when and how you plan on implementing this feature. How would it differ from the more far-off "auto-trace" feature? How will the feature work when it's added? What are some of the possible ways this feature could be applied to one's work? I know it's not one of the features that's coming right away. I'm just curious about what the plan is. :)

I agree that line smoothing is an incredibly important tool to have. I would also like to add that the ability to do the opposite is equally important for illustrations. https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/23355-roughen-curves/ It's really hard to draw a rough-looking curve within a reasonable amount of time, and I constantly wish I had a way to make curves look less uniform without wasting too much time on a single curve.

I imagine many aspects of comicbook illustration would be easier if you could draw a rough line quickly.

I know I've suggested a similar feature, but all this talk of smoothing curves brought this up in my mind; in addition to a tool to smooth a curve, Affinity Designer should also have the opposite. I am of course referring to Midpoint Displacement, which would allow illustrators to make non-uniform curves more easily than having to draw each node individually. Being able to smooth curves is indeed important, but as it is, it's really hard to produce a line that doesn't look uniform, and a roughening tool to add pseudorandom midpoint displacement would make illustrating much less time-consuming.

I just heard about the new symbol feature in Affinity Designer, and I was wondering if that's going to make it possible to make symmetrical shapes. It looks like it would be great for designing, but it would be extremely useful to have the ability to make a symmetrical curve so you're not reduced to eyeballing a vector shape when you want something symmetrical. Would the Symbol feature make that easier?