jboissy

Greetings Affinity, and fellow users...
My top two feature requests for Designer, ones I feel it DESPERATELY needs...
Free Transform/Warp Mesh/Envelope function - We're waayyy past due on this request. Other apps, like VectorStyler, have this already built-in. Node-based Gradient editor - Based on the above tech, the ability to assign color to vector-nodes puts AD in a more competitive position. None of this is meant as a commentary on the current Designer development, I really, REALLY want to kick Illustrator to the curb.

Cheers!
jB

I too am waiting for the mesh function similar to that of illustrator, it would be very welcome to make photographic illustrations, like the one attached, to be used on building renovations.

Greetings Affinity, and fellow users...
My top two feature requests for Designer, ones I feel it DESPERATELY needs...
Free Transform/Warp Mesh/Envelope function - We're waayyy past due on this request. Other apps, like VectorStyler, have this already built-in. Node-based Gradient editor - Based on the above tech, the ability to assign color to vector-nodes puts AD in a more competitive position. None of this is meant as a commentary on the current Designer development, I really, REALLY want to kick Illustrator to the curb.

Cheers!
jB

Greetings Affinity, and fellow users...
My top two feature requests for Designer, ones I feel it DESPERATELY needs...
Free Transform/Warp Mesh/Envelope function - We're waayyy past due on this request. Other apps, like VectorStyler, have this already built-in. Node-based Gradient editor - Based on the above tech, the ability to assign color to vector-nodes puts AD in a more competitive position. None of this is meant as a commentary on the current Designer development, I really, REALLY want to kick Illustrator to the curb.

Cheers!
jB

Yes these options would be great. It would be nice if the devs could just copy and past the code from drawplus of these features and improve them. Ha ha. But nope it doesn’t work like that. 

Greetings all!
 
I wanted to show off my artistic endeavors with Affinity Designer. A lil' backstory, I used to do the small-press comic scene 10+ years ago and used a program called Creature House's Expression 3. In 2003, Microsoft bought Expression and continued the program... haphazardly... but only for Windows. As a Mac user, I lost my favorite digital inking program as OS updates rendered the old version of Expression useless. Flash forward to 2015, Affinity Designer appears and gives me another chance at creating natural looking, vector-based art.
 
Check out my weekly comic strip, Wee Freekz... www.facebook.com/weefreekz
 
Cheers!
jB

Greetings programs,
I would love to see a feature similar to the Effect Lines feature in the old drawing program, Creature House Expression 3.3 (pre-Microsoft acquisition). Essentially, you would draw two lines, turn on Effect Lines, and Expression would generate a series of lines based on current brush settings. The EL palette was used to tweak the line effect... a great tool for generating comic-style, effects lines. You could also convert to individual paths if desired.
Cheers!
jB

Greetings Affinity,
 
I was wondering if it would be helpful to have a HEX field available in all color profile palettes/windows. Lately, I've been working in HSL, as I find it easier to target a particular color, and it would be nice to have the HEX code running alongside the sliders (like RGB Hex). Also, I've been using AD to comp web designs and I'm constantly bouncing between RGB Hex and HSL to input HEX colors from a pre-existing brand style guide.
 
Just a thought. :-)
 
Cheers!
jB

Greetings Affinity,
 
After downloading the AD 1.6.1-Beta 4 update, I noticed the Place Image Tool icon has disappeared from the toolbar (see attached - red box for emphasis). Can anyone else confirm this?

Regards,
jB

Greetings Affinity,
 
After downloading the AD 1.6.1-Beta 4 update, I noticed the Place Image Tool icon has disappeared from the toolbar (see attached - red box for emphasis). Can anyone else confirm this?

Regards,
jB

Greetings Affinity,
 
I was wondering if it would be helpful to have a HEX field available in all color profile palettes/windows. Lately, I've been working in HSL, as I find it easier to target a particular color, and it would be nice to have the HEX code running alongside the sliders (like RGB Hex). Also, I've been using AD to comp web designs and I'm constantly bouncing between RGB Hex and HSL to input HEX colors from a pre-existing brand style guide.
 
Just a thought. :-)
 
Cheers!
jB

Greetings Affinity,
 
I was wondering if it would be helpful to have a HEX field available in all color profile palettes/windows. Lately, I've been working in HSL, as I find it easier to target a particular color, and it would be nice to have the HEX code running alongside the sliders (like RGB Hex). Also, I've been using AD to comp web designs and I'm constantly bouncing between RGB Hex and HSL to input HEX colors from a pre-existing brand style guide.
 
Just a thought. :-)
 
Cheers!
jB

Paul,
 
Excellent... thanx so much. I forgot about this system pref feature and had it set to "always" at one point... I think an update reset it.
 
BTW... I'm blaming this on Monday. ;-)
 
Cheers!
jB

Thanx MattP! :-)
 
Expression and I go waaaay back. I was part of the Beta test team for Exp2 when it was under Fractal Design's umbrella. At the time, Exp1 couldn't support raster data, so you couldn't use the program to "ink" overtop scanned pencil art. When I brought this up to the program manager, he told me they were working on version 2 which would support raster data import and invited me to join the Beta program. The rest, as they say, is history.
 
Serif made me a lifelong supporter with Affinity Designer... it's put me back in the comic business. :-)
 
Cheers!
jB

Haha! These are awesome! Love the sketchy style you've achieved with AD. It's amazing what different styles can be achieved with this program.
 
George

I agree eejits. The crossover potential of various styles with this suite is just getting started. The combinations and possibilities are literally endless. It's very exciting.

There is a nice article in Mark Zimmer's blog in which he explains how ported vector spline mapped strokes from Expression to Painter.
It is interesting to notice that the only way to have an opacity variance by pressure even in Painter 2016 is still using the old mapped stuff... ;)  
 
Expression, Xara, Matisse, Painter and now Affinity.
The disruptive way to think always pays back!  ;)

I like this style, very funny  :wub:

Welcome to Affinity! Your Mac is now complete. :P AD has really given Adobe and Serif users a new hope.

Greetings all!
 
I wanted to show off my artistic endeavors with Affinity Designer. A lil' backstory, I used to do the small-press comic scene 10+ years ago and used a program called Creature House's Expression 3. In 2003, Microsoft bought Expression and continued the program... haphazardly... but only for Windows. As a Mac user, I lost my favorite digital inking program as OS updates rendered the old version of Expression useless. Flash forward to 2015, Affinity Designer appears and gives me another chance at creating natural looking, vector-based art.
 
Check out my weekly comic strip, Wee Freekz... www.facebook.com/weefreekz
 
Cheers!
jB

Greetings all!
 
I wanted to show off my artistic endeavors with Affinity Designer. A lil' backstory, I used to do the small-press comic scene 10+ years ago and used a program called Creature House's Expression 3. In 2003, Microsoft bought Expression and continued the program... haphazardly... but only for Windows. As a Mac user, I lost my favorite digital inking program as OS updates rendered the old version of Expression useless. Flash forward to 2015, Affinity Designer appears and gives me another chance at creating natural looking, vector-based art.
 
Check out my weekly comic strip, Wee Freekz... www.facebook.com/weefreekz
 
Cheers!
jB

Greetings all!
 
I wanted to show off my artistic endeavors with Affinity Designer. A lil' backstory, I used to do the small-press comic scene 10+ years ago and used a program called Creature House's Expression 3. In 2003, Microsoft bought Expression and continued the program... haphazardly... but only for Windows. As a Mac user, I lost my favorite digital inking program as OS updates rendered the old version of Expression useless. Flash forward to 2015, Affinity Designer appears and gives me another chance at creating natural looking, vector-based art.
 
Check out my weekly comic strip, Wee Freekz... www.facebook.com/weefreekz
 
Cheers!
jB

Greetings all!
 
I wanted to show off my artistic endeavors with Affinity Designer. A lil' backstory, I used to do the small-press comic scene 10+ years ago and used a program called Creature House's Expression 3. In 2003, Microsoft bought Expression and continued the program... haphazardly... but only for Windows. As a Mac user, I lost my favorite digital inking program as OS updates rendered the old version of Expression useless. Flash forward to 2015, Affinity Designer appears and gives me another chance at creating natural looking, vector-based art.
 
Check out my weekly comic strip, Wee Freekz... www.facebook.com/weefreekz
 
Cheers!
jB

Thanx MattP! :-)
 
Expression and I go waaaay back. I was part of the Beta test team for Exp2 when it was under Fractal Design's umbrella. At the time, Exp1 couldn't support raster data, so you couldn't use the program to "ink" overtop scanned pencil art. When I brought this up to the program manager, he told me they were working on version 2 which would support raster data import and invited me to join the Beta program. The rest, as they say, is history.
 
Serif made me a lifelong supporter with Affinity Designer... it's put me back in the comic business. :-)
 
Cheers!
jB

Thanx MattP! :-)
 
Expression and I go waaaay back. I was part of the Beta test team for Exp2 when it was under Fractal Design's umbrella. At the time, Exp1 couldn't support raster data, so you couldn't use the program to "ink" overtop scanned pencil art. When I brought this up to the program manager, he told me they were working on version 2 which would support raster data import and invited me to join the Beta program. The rest, as they say, is history.
 
Serif made me a lifelong supporter with Affinity Designer... it's put me back in the comic business. :-)
 
Cheers!
jB