[Difficulties with Gesture Modifiers]

Hi Jocelyn a lot of our gestures changed for V2 such as 3 finger hold now being the gesture for resizing around the centre. You can read about the gestures that are now used in the app help found below.

https://affinity.help/designer2ipad/English.lproj/contents.xml?page=pages/Tools/tools_pen.html?title=Pen Tool

https://affinity.help/designer2ipad/English.lproj/contents.xml?page=pages/ObjectControl/transform.html?title=Transforming objects

Thanks
C

[Blend modes changing after they are applied to a layer]

Hi Farawayspices,

It may be handy if you provide a screen recording demonstrating this issue as we haven't seen this reported before.

Thanks
C

[Convert V2 document back to V1]

Hi Stefan,

I'm sorry to hear V2 is crashing for you this is something we can likely get to the bottom of if you tell me which operating system you are using etc. Unfortunately there is no way to convert V2 files back to V1 files.

Thanks
C

[Affinity Photo - Transform tool switches to pixel although document is set to millimetres [macOS]]

Hi Caramba,

This is by design when using a selection tool. You can read more about this here: https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/103810-affinity-photo-designer-units-in-transform-panel-switch-from-millimeters-to-pixel-when-selecting-marquee-or-lasso/

Thanks
C

[Designer V2 (latest version) Quits Unexpectedly under Ventura 13.3]

Hi IsoundRD,

Please could you tell me which GPU you have in your Mac? If possible please could you also try navigating to the apps preferences and under performance try disabling Metal Compute Acceleration to see if this solves your problem?

[New From Scanner]

Hi Mike,

As far as I'm aware its not something thats on our radar at the moment I'm afraid.

Thanks
C

[Layer creation and clipping mask behavior]

Hi GenewalDesign,

Do the buttons found in the following help article help with this at all?

https://affinity.help/designer2/English.lproj/index.html?page=pages/ObjectControl/target.html?title=Targeting objects

Thanks
C

[About Center Transform Function]

If you hold two fingers on the canvas and then resize the shape it should have the same effect as the About Centre button found in V1.

Thanks
C

[SVG generated by ChatGPT 4 crashes Designer 2]

Hi All, 

I've logged this with our developers for comment and will update this thread once I have more info.

Thanks
C

["failed to open file" error with Linked Files]

Hi Felipe_RB,

I don't seem to get this error when I try this here, in Blender are you saving as an Open EXR or an Open EXR multi layer?

Thanks
C

[Crop applied in Develop Persona intermittently undone after hitting Develop button]

Hi Mikethhetinkerer,

If possible could you provide a screen recording demonstrating this issue as it seems to be working fine here for me.

Thanks
C

[not grouping objects]

Hi Sheri Medforrd,

Please could you provide a screen recording showing this issue so I can see what might be happening?

Thanks
C

[Corner radius removed when changing document size]

Hi Floor,

I have logged this with our developers to be fixed in a future version.

Thanks
C

[corrupted file to fix]

Hi Jpportraits,

This is still with the dev team at the moment I'm afraid. If this file is time sensitive it may be worth just recreating the file as there is still a chance this file can't be recovered.

Thanks
C

[Selection brush drawing with a double lin]

Hi Nagoodman,

Please could you provide a screenshot demonstrating the selection brush issue you are referring to?

Thanks
C

[Position of the selection is automatically changing in a document]

Hi Malayali,

Walts advice in this thread is correct this is a known issue that has since been fixed with version 2.0 unfortunately the only work around for this would be temporarily disabling bleed as Walt has suggested.

Thanks
C

[Label design question]

Hi Ladybug119,

I'm not sure if i understand exactly what you are looking for however if you are trying to apply a label to an object such as a bottle etc you should be able to use a warp group on your label with a perspective warp and manipulate the nodes until your design conforms with the bottle. You can find a crude example of this attached to this thread. You will likely find the results look far more realistic with a more realistic looking label. You may also find the following help article handy.

https://affinity.help/designer2/English.lproj/index.html?page=pages/ObjectControl/warp.html?title=Warping objects

Thanks
C

 

 

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[V2.04 / W10 Home: Cannot paint to Masks (pixel brush will paint a colour but will not clear with the opposite colour]

Hi Steve J10,

Welcome to the forums

If possible could you provide a screen recording demonstrating this issue? This will allow me to investigate this further.

Thanks
C

[Lab Mode and 32bit]

Hi Jerry,

When I try this here I'm seeing a reasonable change in colour using both 32bit and 16bit colour formats for my document. Please could you provide another screen recording demonstrating the different between 32bit and 16bit you are referring to?

Thanks
C

[Designer export preview very slow]

Hi Houser,

We are aware that the export preview can be slow on certain machines etc. An option to disable this preview isn't currently a feature however it has been requested in the past and may be considered for a future update.

Thanks
C

[problem starting the GradientXterminator plugin- Affinity shuts down]

Hi RastislavSVK,

This isn't a plugin we have tested I'm afraid so its possible that this a result of the plugin not being compatible with Affinity. If you go into the affinity app preferences an under performance try disabling Open CL does the plugin open correctly.

[Color selection in Affinity 2 brings different shades of black to 100% black]

Hi Beruce,

Please could you provide a copy of the project file in question so I can look into this further with you? If you would rather not post it publicly let me know and I'll provide a link to our DropBox account.

Thanks
C

[Problem with Color Studio. The CMYK values change when you switch back and forth between RGB and CMYK.]

Hi KamKam,

I have logged this with our developers to be investigated further. I'll let you know once I have more info.

Thanks
C

[Add a grid overlay to a landscape?]

Hi True_Blue1878,

You may find the suggestions in the following post handy. I have attached a very crude example showing how I would force the grid to fit the landscape section your provided image by isolating the grass from the background and then clipping the grid layer to it. However getting the grid to conform to contours such as a mountain landscape etc will likely be considerably more difficult using Affinity you'll likely find the grid was actually drawn this way as opposed to being a flat grid forced to conform to a shape using editing tools. Using my example you should be able to select the grid layer and then alter the vanishing point by applying a perspective filter etc.

Thanks
C

Example grid effect.afphoto

[Lag on adjustment sliders]

Hi Storrya,

Would you mind trying this in our beta build found using the below link to see if the lagginess still occurs?

https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/181008-how-to-participate-in-the-affinity-beta-software-program/

Thanks
C