maxvolume
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No, it’s not easier. It’s just more work.
VS is responsive to user requests. Serif is not.
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11 hours ago, AffinityMakesMeSmile said:
When we talking vector features on desktop version of Affinity Designer, I can in some way agree that we miss a few tools/features, but, if we look at the iPad evertyhing change...
After ten years with iPads we still don’t have one single app that have warp transition and other requested functionalities from end users...
Why? After ten years of development the best we have is Affinity, so, It not that easy to implement this features...
Free Transform is not a feature that is difficult to implement. It is simply a matrix multiplication, which is almost identical in code to rotation or scaling. Also, clearly code already exists to do this on a pixel image, because that's a feature that is available in Photo.
This also would not be related to the platform this is implemented on, I'm almost completely certain that all the drawing code is shared between iPad and Mac versions.
As with all software development, it's a question of prioritisation of limited resources (developer time), and Affinity have unfortunately made the decision that this feature is less important than many others. 🤷♂️
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4 hours ago, Mithferion said:
How do you know that the Developers know what you are expecting? I don’t like taking anything for granted, do you?
Best regards!
That’s a fair enough question, but yes, I do take it for granted in this case, it’s really that basic a function.
The feature is also already implemented (destructively) in Photo, so the developers definitely know what we are asking for.
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16 hours ago, Mithferion said:
So... anyone wanting to contribute with ideas on how you’d use the vector distortion tool or how you’d like to work with it?
Here is a thread I made to discuss fratures (not the lack of) and considerations on what it should be.
Best regards!
This is not a necessary discussion for a free transform tool. It’s well established how this function works. It’s not a “feature idea”, it’s almost as basic a tool as drawing bezier curves.
Google “illustrator free transform” for quite literally hundreds of different uses.
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+1 from me. It’s the only reason why I am, sadly, still using Illustrator.
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+1 for a free transform tool.
This is a tool that I need very frequently. I was rather astonished to find this missing from the otherwise excellent designer.
Designer - Free transform tool (perspective distort)
in Pre-V2 Archive of Affinity on Desktop Questions (macOS and Windows)
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Nonsense. If you want to edit vectors in another vector editing app, you export vectors.
Pixels are a grid of colour values.
Vectors are a scalable description of points, lines, curves, gradients, fills, etc.
Once you drop down to pixels, you’ve destroyed all of the information that is not relevant at that particular resolution, and you cannot get it back.