[Gradient with global colour]

On 4/16/2021 at 10:17 AM, loukash said:

It's a bit of a counterintuitive workaround, but:

1. select the gradient swatch
2. Node tool
3. edit your gradient in the context toolbar
4. add edited gradient as a new swatch
5. in Designer (use File > Edit in Designer if you're in another app): Select > Select Same > Fill Color
6. apply the new gradient to all selected objects

That's definitely an omission.

But I do remember having many other "annoying difficulties" that I don't have now.
And checking out the Gradient tool in InDesign CS5.5 as we speak, there are quite some odd quirks as well.

That said, it should be definitely easier and more straightforward to edit gradient swatches in Affinity.

Thank you so much! This is such a great solution. I hope Affinity implements global-gradient-color swatches in the future! 

[How to select all shapes inside the group easily, please?]

+1

[Replace Symbol functionality]

+1

[New Symbol Name Not Updating in Layer Panel]

@prophet That sounds so annoying! I guess we need to seriously preplan naming symbols in complicated projects.

I also noticed that longer names don't appear in the Symbol Panel, so shorter names are important. A list view feature would be helpful too! 

Yes, I agree that a 'symbol layer name update' would make a great feature update! Make our lives a lot easier. 

[New Symbol Name Not Updating in Layer Panel]

@Hangman I just discovered this preventative method! Thanks for your help. However, renamed symbols will still not update in the Layer Panel. 

[New Symbol Name Not Updating in Layer Panel]

Hello!

Maybe this is not a bug?

After I create a new symbol and rename it, in the Symbol Panel, the name does not update in the Layer Panel.

This causes a lot of confusion because all of the different symbols, in the Layer Panel, all have the same name 'Symbol'.

How do I update the Layer Panel name to match the Symbol Panel name?

Thanks for your help!

Sam

[Stop setting brush size when switching brush.]

On 1/5/2023 at 7:20 AM, Irrgeist said:

Thanks, works like a charm. Would be cool if there was a way to make it the default behavior, though.

I agree! It would be so helpful for the brush to stay the same size, by default, when switching brushes. 

[Expand Stroke Bug on Windows]

On 7/29/2024 at 5:04 PM, Alfred said:

The trick is to enlarge the objects by a factor of ten or more, expand the strokes and then shrink the expanded objects back down to their original size.

Alfred, thanks for your help!

I'm going to try your trick because I think it's better than going back to Affinity V1. I didn't think about shrinking ALL of the glyphs after I'm done creating them, which will save time. Plus, Affinity V2 is so much faster and accurate when drawing with a mouse instead of the Bezier tool!

[Expand Stroke Bug on Windows]

@lepr Thanks for your help, but I don't understand how to go back to an older version of Affinity. There could be errors, with my 2.5 file, because it's not backwards compatible. I'll go back to Affinity V1, for now. 

[Expand stroke on path with round ending]

@Dan C Thanks for your help. I appreciate how transparent the Affinity team is and how they openly address user issues.

I've seen the developers fix bugs in the past, with Affinity V1, so I have faith they will solve this one!

[Expand stroke on path with round ending]

@Dan C Thanks for your help, but I think that your solution is too complicated for me. While I wait for a bug fix, I'll use Affinity V1 for my font designs.

This bug is almost 2 months old, or possibly older based on other user complaints. It's been fixed for iPad, but not Windows. Is there an estimation of when the bug will be fixed for Windows?

[Vector line endpoints are broken when converted to outlines]

Affinity V1 does not have this bug. I’m going back to V1 while waiting for this bug to be fixed. 

I’m also a font designer and can share your pain. We don’t have time to fix all the end points of each glyph. 

The developers fixed this bug in the iPad version so hopefully they can fix it for Windows!

 

[Expand Stroke Bug on Windows]

@Alfred I just tested this bug in Affinity V1, and there are no pointy and distorted ends on round strokes. There are minimal nodes too. 

[Expand stroke on path with round ending]

Affinity V1 does not have this bug. 

[Expand Stroke Bug on Windows]

@Alfred Thanks for your help, but that trick will cost me a lot of time with many glyphs. Affinity V1 does not have this bug, which I will go back to. 

[Expand Stroke Bug on Windows]

I need to work at small sizes so I don't have to resize the glyphs in my font program. I've attached an example file showing the size I need the glyphs vs a bigger size. 

 

ExpandStrokeBugWindows.afdesign

[Expand stroke on path with round ending]

I need to work at small sizes so I don't have to resize the glyphs in my font program. I've attached an example file showing the size I need the glyphs vs a bigger size. 

ExpandStrokeBugWindows.afdesign

[How to Reset Default Document Templates?]

@GarryP Thank you!

[Expand stroke on path with round ending]

@MEB How has the progress been for fixing this bug? I would love to use Affinity Designer to create glyphs for my fonts. 

[Expand Stroke Bug on Windows]

@DWright Thanks for your help. Hopefully the issue will be resolved soon. 

[How to Reset Default Document Templates?]

Hello,

I accidently deleted a default document template in Affinity Designer. How do I reset the default document templates?

Thanks for your help!

Sam

 

[Expand Stroke Bug on Windows]

Hello,

I’ve been really enjoying Affinity V2. There are lots of great new features that make creating art so much fun.

There seems to be a bug, in the Windows version, when expanding strokes. I used the Pencil Tool, then the Stroke Width Tool, and then expanded the strokes. After expanding the strokes, the rounded stroke ends become pointy and distorted. 

The strokes look the same as the screenshot from the ‘Expand Stroke Bug’ post, found in the iPad version.

I noticed that the iPad’s bug is resolved after the 2.5.4 update. Will the Windows 2.5.4 update be available soon?

Thanks for your help!

 

[Import/Export common palette formats]

Please add GIMP .gpl file palette compatibility.

Most art programs are able to export this file type, so it's almost a universal file type for color palettes. 

I have to manually recreate color palettes based on color palettes I created with Aesprite. 

[How to save selected brush stroke as a new brush?]

@walt.farrell Walt, you're a hero! Thank you again!

[Default Brush Category Names & Brush Counts List (all apps)]

11 minutes ago, walt.farrell said:

If it helps, the Brushes panel options allow you to sort the categories by date added. If you do that, everything you've added will appear at the end, and all the default brush categories will be before them.

Thanks for your help Walt! That's great advice!