Mark Freeman
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9 minutes ago, walt.farrell said:
There's a Settings option in the Affinity apps to enable the View Tool, I think.
Walt, you are a legend sir. I wish it was integrated into the mouse, along with zoom, but I’ll take it, thanks!
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I fairly regularly use my ipad as a desktop, especially when not illustrating. The single biggest hurdle however is not having a functioning hand tool. I have a Magic Trackpad but it simply isn’t adequate for maintaining a decent workflow. If a right click hand tool was introduced that would be very welcome. Also currently the wheel tracks the vertical axis which is great for reading text, but a more suitable application for AD specifically would be a zoom feature. Love your Apps, love that you have this suggestion thread, keep up the great work!
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6 hours ago, Callum said:
Hi Mark,
Its difficult to say what might be causing this just from the info provided I'm afraid. If possible could you provide a screen recording that demonstrates this problem?
Thanks
CSure thing, here you go man. I don’t know whether it’s because I open another app for a bit, then return to AD. I restarted the app and everything corrected itself.
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When working on a document yesterday I found the above issue. I worked out that by opening up a new document with margins/bleed off they would be visible, but opening up the same document this morning, they’re gone again. Note: I just went back in to the same document to get a screen grab, and now they’re visible again! It seems to be intermittent.
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On 8/24/2023 at 11:50 AM, Callum said:
Hi Mark,
In the snapping menu if you untick show snapping candidates it should stop showing the pink outline
Thanks
CYou’re a legend. Thanks mate
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I know I’m probably missing something simple… but… this:
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2 minutes ago, MCFC_4Heatons said:
It is clear Designer is low doen on priorities now, you can the developement of the PHoto app and the iPad app vs slow progress with Designer
Designer 2 has vector warp and a ton of other stuff.
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With the move tool selected in AD 1, there was a button at the bottom of the screen that allowed an object to be expanded and contracted from it’s central point. It’s funny how you don’t realize the amount you use something until it’s no-where to be seen. Apologies if I’m being dense, but would love to know wtf it’s lurking (in AD 2).
Thanks 🙏🏻
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I didn’t know about global swatches, thanks for that.
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1 hour ago, loukash said:
Usually that happens if you have adjustments or layer effects on top of the layer stack. Can you upload an example afdesign document?
I removed the adjustments, and yeah, you’re totally right svg (for export) worked with adjustments deleted, was rasterized when not.. I guess I never attempted to export an adjusted file in that format before, which seems odd. I attached the file anyway. I don’t suppose there’s a way round this? Thanks a lot for your help!
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58 minutes ago, fde101 said:
In general, this will happen if the document uses features which are not supported by that particular vector format.
I wish there were something similar to the preflight checks in Publisher which you could set to some vector export format which would point to layers which would export as raster and tell you why.
Unfortunately it’s everything, not just unsupported elements. The whole thing becomes rasterized, in complete contrast to AD1 that didn’t. I could just export within the studio in any format that supported vector, and on the whole it would be fine. Very disappointing, but also a pain in the a** since some clients require vector format. On the whole I’m loving AD2 but there arguably couldn’t be a worst area to have bugs.
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exports svg’s as raster, therefore not being scalable, nor vector? I deleted AD1 and now regret it mainly because it was the only avenue I had for exporting my work as vector. The best option so far is avoiding the studio altogether and exporting as a pdf with all options to rasterize turned off, but then it doesn’t export the adjustments. Thanks! Edit…. it’s AD2 on ipad I’m using.
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On 12/2/2022 at 9:21 AM, walt.farrell said:
H should work to switch you to the View Tool. Spacebar doesn't, as far as I know.
On 12/2/2022 at 9:22 AM, Paul Mudditt said:H is the shortcut you want
Thanks guys, I should have been more specific, I need it in designer. Thanks anyway 🙏🏻
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Just now, Mark Freeman said:
Is there a hand tool shortcut using keyboard and mouse in lieu of touching the screen? I use my Ipad like a desktop, and it would be great to not have to reach up to navigate. That or a select magnification area by drawing a box would be awesome. I’d put this in the feedback section since I know the first option is likely unavailable, but the thread’s been archived. Thanks!
Fyi, I’m aware of the navigation panel, but spacebar hand tool would be awesome.
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Is there a hand tool shortcut using keyboard and mouse in lieu of touching the screen? I use my Ipad like a desktop, and it would be great to not have to reach up to navigate. That or a select magnification area by drawing a box would be awesome. I’d put this in the feedback section since I know the first option is likely unavailable, but the thread’s been archived. Thanks!
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5 hours ago, Cpt. Tom said:
I understand that people are unsatisfied with v2 at the moment, but I’m sure the people at serif are reading most of this and will improve. It is still one of the main alternatives. Adobe destroyed the market 15 years ago when they bought macromedia. And when all serious competition was gone they used their monopoly and switched to subscription based licensing. That’s why most of us are here, because the full suite is a fraction of what we would pay at adobe. Of course there are other alternatives. But what I love about the affinity tools is that their general user interface is similar over all three products. I could not make the switch from photoshop to Illustrator because it was so different. But enough ranting, Affinity Crew you need to improve perspective warping and I think it’s mainly a usability issue. Please consider our idea’s and suggestions and make this great software even better.
Thank you
I think that is totally fair.
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1 hour ago, Designer1234 said:
What is so funny? Except a few shapes, standard pen, standard node tool, standard fill and gradient, one transform tool (contour) and recently added knife and shape builder (nice, I admit) it has nothing. No perspective, no extrusion, no free shadows, no vector brush, no mesh gradients, no envelope, no eraser, no distortion, roughen, smudge, blend tools... FX effects? Cool, so helpful when you design something... Of course you can draw everything using only a pen, but...
It’s funny because most tools required to complete the vast majority of potential client’s work exist in designer. Admittedly there are some that would be nice, and would speed up workflow, but as someone who uses both pen and keyboard/mouse I find it perfect, especially compared to AI on ipad, which is junk, I have to rent it periodically for exporting in AI format for certain clients and that. is. it. Speaking of which… if you’re wanting all those things and you are a professional, why aren’t you renting desktop illustrator instead of again, whining here?
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19 minutes ago, Designer1234 said:
Yeah, that's the problem, Non destructive means also no snapping, no exact and replicable perspective etc... Why they don't call that program Vector Paitner Basic? It has nothing to do with design. Zero tools for vector designing, no extruding, no grids, no proper transform tools, it has nothing, only "vector" brushes (that means bitmap brushes) and some basic shapes to draw... It's a joke when you look what Inkscape offers... Personally I shouldn't care because I rather need only photo editing software, and AP is great, but AD still amazes me how bad it is and how anyone can use it without simple tools that exist in other apps for twenty years. Amazing.
Good question, why do you care so much? I use AD professionally on the ipad. Yeah I had to use some workarounds for AD1, and AD2 is still flawed, but overall fantastic, especially at the price, and if you compare it to AI for the ipad there is no competition…. none, and it’s $9.99 a freaking month. Vectorizing is the only thing it has going for it. Your description sounds like you have never used AD, but yet you are on here whining? “zero tools for vector designing” 🤣
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Unrelated since It’s reference to AD2, but guys…. seriously…. excellent job with this app! You’ve outdone yourself. You were already miles ahead of AI on the Ipad, my chosen hardware, now you’ve lapped ‘em by miles. Some of the improvements were small but a big deal for me (artboard background shade altertation being one), others were world changing like the vector warp (although imho it could be a little more prominent in the UI, but VERY small gripe). Super pleased with it, great job!!!!
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1 hour ago, sheriffderek said:
"allows you to apply a non-destructive warp over any vector artwork or text. Choose between a fully customizable mesh, or use presets including arcs, perspective, fisheye and twists. Editing a warp gives a super-fast live preview, even on complex illustrations, and gives a true vector end result"
Is it finally here!!??
Some said it would forever be a dream! Yes brother…. it……... it is here.
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Mmm, well the adjustments studio in AD1 operated in a similar manner… a layer was created that allowed alterations to be non destructive, yet it was way more prominent in the UI. Not entirely sure if you’re being passive aggressive with your “big if”.
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18 minutes ago, postmadesign said:
edit: I found it, it's in the layer stack, middle button at the top. It's bloody well hidden though, I will say that.
Nice catch mate…. it’s almost the least intuitive place to put it in the entire app, but whatevs it’s there and it’s badass.
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On 11/6/2022 at 12:08 AM, DelN said:
Beautiful artwork...
Thanks mate 😊
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Node points and move box become invisible randomly
in Affinity on iPad Questions
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Hey Callum, just following up mate, I have the above screen recording, but this might highlight it better. Unfortunately it’s still happening (intermittently) on random projects. Usually going out of the project and coming back in fixes it, but I am having to do it repeatedly on this one. I solved it by taking the elements I needed and transferring them to a new document.